FC Barcelona advance 12 points ahead of Real Madrid

On Saturday, December 13th the biggest rivalry game took place in the Spanish soccer league, La Liga. The match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid was played in the Camp Nou, Barcelona’s home stadium, in front of a vast, blaring audience of 96,059. It was a very important game for Barcelona, because with a win they could advance 12 points ahead of the defending champions, Real Madrid. This game is one of the biggest rivalry games in professional soccer all over the world. It was a tight match, but Barcelona fought through and broke the dead-lock late in the game. In the 69th minute a penalty kick was presented to FC Barcelona; Eto’o was the kicker chosen by his team to take the kick, but Casillas, Real Madrid’s goalie denied him and the score was still level at zero. The first goal came in the 83rd minute, scored by Samuel Eto’o. The goal came from an outstanding cross from the corner, and Eto’o kicked the ball in the net using his knee. The second goal was scored in the 89th minute by Messi; this was a very important goal that guaranteed Barcelona the win. Overall the game was very well played by both teams, especially by Victor Valdes, and Iker Casillas, the two goalies who kept the score low.
This was a very exciting game for me because I am a huge FC Barcelona fan; I was very happy to see them win and take a 12 point lead from Real Madrid. I liked how this game was played, both teams were very strong defensively and offensively; no goals were scored until the 83rd minute, but the entire match was very exciting. A lot of scoring chances were created throughout the game which made the game exhilarating from the beginning, to the end. FC Barcelona has been playing outstanding this season, and has a chance to win the championship.

Team Standings Dec/13/08

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December 13, 2008

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