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Saturday, September 11, 2010

Barcelona's Home Opener: Some Lineup Surprises

Barcelona plays their first home game of the season today. The Nou Camp is packed! Looks like a sellout on t.v.. FCB is playing Hercules, the newly promoted team from Alicante (whose bumble-bee jerseys do not match the beauty of their home town's beach).

Interesting line up for Guardiola: he's starting the recently signed Mascherano as a pivot, defensive midfielder and he's got Adriano in at right back. Both plays are extremely new to the team so it will be interesting to see how they play.

Of course, Villa and Messi are up front and Iniesta is in the midfield. The team is world-class even if Xavi, Alves and Pedro are on the bench.

I assume Pep is resting those three for Barcelona's Champion's League match on Tuesday.

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