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A Win And A Loss For Barcelona

Submitted by xtina.cortes on Thu, 2011-12-15 11:35



            After a 3-1 victory against longtime rival Real Madrid, FC Barcelona went into this morning’s FIFA Club World Cup game against Al-Saad with some confidence.  If you were up at 5:30am this morning to watch the game, you had the opportunity to witness yet another great victory for the club.  You also got to see a loss, though, that Pep and the rest of team will have to work around. 


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Shortly after a goal in the 25’ by Adriano, David Villa (7) had an awkward fall, which resulted in him being taken off the field in a stretcher and was later sent to Yokohama Rosa hospital in Yokohama, Japan.  Barça continued playing and went on to rack up three more goals – another from Adriano, one from Keita, and one from Maxwell.  By winning today’s match, they are now moving on to play in the championship game against Brazil’s Sanots, where star Neymar is guaranteed to bring his A-Game. 


 


Unfortunately, Villa’s injury is much more serious than initially believed to be, and will not be rejoining Barcelona for that game.  It has been announced that Villa sustained a fractured tibia, leaving him out for at least a six-month period.  This comes at the most inopportune time as Barça has not only moved on in the FIFA Club World Cup, but Villa will also miss La Liga games.  It is possible he may also miss playing in Spain’s upcoming games in Euro 2012, which leaves Spain without its leading goal scorer. Maybe most important of all, Villa will now miss out on next month’s transfer period in which it has been said a few EPL teams were planning to make a big for the 30 year old striker.


 


Coach Pep Guardiola spoke with the media following today’s game, saying “David has fractured his leg and will return to Barcelona for an operation as soon as possible.” He went on to comment on how Villa’s injury is a massive blow for the team and he will be missed. 


 


Although Barcelona will be celebrating their win today, placing them in the Club World Cup championship game, worried thoughts of their friend and teammate David Villa will be in the back of their minds.