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Messi was elected the best player in the League

Casillas, Alves, Xavi and Iniesta, other winners. Guardiola, best coach

Leo Messi was voted player of the Spanish League for the 2008-09 season during LFP awards, which yesterday held its first edition. The event took place at the seat of government of the Autonomous Community of Madrid. In terms of area (best goalkeeper, defenders, midfielders, attacking midfielder and striker), Barcelona won four of five awards (Alves, Xavi, Iniesta and Messi himself), to which must be added for the player revelation, Busquets, best coach, Guardiola (at the last minute announced it would not attend the ceremony even though he had confirmed their presence ) and the club champion. Iker Casillas was named best goalkeeper. BBVA The Fair Play prize went to Valerón. In Second Division Nino was named best player, best coach and best club Oltra Xerez. Fair Play was to Farina. The trophy was a statue of bronze, gold plated, which included the logo of the LFP.



The president of the Professional Football League, Jose Luis Astiazaran said at the opening of the event that "this gala, and these awards demonstrate the inner strength of the LFP. We should be congratulated for it. We all, and all together. This reflects the collective. Among all try to get the best league in the world. "Ignacio Gonzalez, vice president of the Community of Madrid, stressed that" the Spanish League is the best and helps to bring Spain's image worldwide. "

A jury, composed by Luis Aragones, Azkargorta, Ferrer, Julen Guerrero, Víctor MuÑoz, Martín Vázquez, Herrera, Lillo, Alberto Lopez, Maceda, Sarabia, Ricardo Resta, shortlists of three players selected by each river. The winners were voted by the coaches last season. The players chose the best player.

Messi was pleased "for prize I've been very wrapped up by the club." He also spoke of the classic: "I see very balanced. It will be a special game. It will be a nice show." Laporta Casillas described as "a great goalkeeper." Butragueno stressed that "the League has just begun, we must have patience." For Villa, "this year's Valencia is more balanced. "Enrique Cerezo was not present at having to attend a film awards.

Real Madrid arrived dead at the Camp Nou. It seems to resurrect much pride and order, but in the end, between 84 and 91 minutes, he lost his bet defensive. Is 12 points of the leader, a Barcelona game with torrents of whose errors could well turn into funeral announced its largest party.

The classic was the anguish of a treaty. The candidate for the title, as many already proclaimed champion in the making, and the emperor's fallen. One is to win anguish, the other by not losing. And at the end was a stroke of fortune, after much insistence, which opted to grieve the first option.

Aware of their inferiority, the Madrid pulled unit, proclamations of solidarity and to spurt from his own field off the audacious gamble of a Barcelona that is conceivable only from the ball. The 4-4-2 advocated Juande Ramos was one entelechy, with their tips in support of the midfield and they are committed to helping its defenses.

Messi breaches

The Barcelona attacked with the speed of ball that certifies every day since leaving the field to the phenomenal blunder of the Dutch. In the first quarter of an hour, aid of defensive Whites were recorded in misconduct: the only way they found Ramos, Gago and Sneijder up to stop Messi, the great threat. Little by little Madrid was closing the range offensive players, preventing the arrival of the bands. So, Barca were on strike darkens with some central spotless white: Cannavaro and Metzelder.

Barca took their options to change the script with a goal, but Casillas was infected with the enthusiasm of their peers and, most wrapped ever, began the road to recovery of their values. Stopped shots from Abidal, Messi, Henry and Etoo. And fitting ending two goals when his figure was the big winner of the night.

An error has it all. Not the best of Barca fought for the maximum. And a lost ball, beaten with force forward from midfield Madrid, found Drenthe, often the only option attack of its own. The boy was found with the opportunity to mark a turning point in his nascent career and discussed. Deepened doubts about his presence in that template.

The surprise of Juande: Lever

A paradón Valdes to zurdazo of Sneijder, just a minute earlier, had been the first breath of air in a Madrid so distressed. But the Dutch took seconds in touching the back of the right thigh (contracture isquiotibial) and ask for change "as a precaution." It might be the crowning moment in the dynamics of the new Madrid Juande Ramos: left Van der Vaart on the bench and gave the squad an alternative to the lever.

A Guardiola did not like anything the first time. His team, of course, had shown an almost insulting superiority with the ball, but no rival are the progressing and it was growing before your eyes. For the first time in recent weeks, Messi, Henry and Etoo not exchanged their positions, insisted on banging against the wall with no alternative to white hands.

The start of the second half charted changes. Messi came to the center, Etoo was right. And the left Barcelona for Madrid will find something else to their main enemy, that in these times is the ball. Lever appeared as a main architect of its few moves deep tread the end of the right wing, territory Untouched by the Madrid Bernd Schuster, the coach defenestrado.

Etoo could not with Casillas

The Barcelona, with some added precaution, insisted the pressure and tried. Found a clear penalty for Michel Salgado to the newly incorporated Sergio Busquets. And Etoo continued to taste the bitter taste of its contrast with Casillas, who is grabbing the measure. The Cameroon was confused at the launch and resurrected the hero of Madrid, that he would reject a volley tremendous few minutes later.

The Madrid and stand in contrast to his image of the first part, had something more output. Still cautious, but the pride he gave any chance to break all the moorings of logic. The best was the lever that once the wall with Raul, forced Valdes to make his second intervention magic of the night.

The Camp Nou was sunk: win or even victory. Missed a penalty, a domain insulso ... And found the solution in a move anything artistic, in a header from Puyol to a balloon flown from the corner that ended up hitting, so some accidental, in Samuel Etoo.

It was the lace to Madrid after being left almost almost, to revive. The thin end of Messi is heading for history. Neither the classic embroidered front, but both have engraved with their names.

TECHNICAL DATA

BARCELONA 2
Valdes; Alves, Marquez, Puyol, Abidal, Touré, Xavi (Keita, m.90 +1), Gudjohnsen (Sergio Busquets, m.63), Messi, Etoo (Hleb, m.88) and Henry.
REAL MADRID 0
Casillas, Michel Salgado, Metzelder, Cannavaro, Sergio Ramos, Sneijder (Palanca, m.36), Gago, Guti (Javi García, m.74), Drenthe; Higuaín (Van der Vaart, m.76) and Raul.
15th day of the season.
Stadium: Camp Nou stadium before 96,059 spectators.
Referee: Medina Cantalejo (col. Andalusian). He showed a yellow card Metzelder (m.22), Sergio Ramos (m.28), Marquez (m.40), Drenthe (m.42), Salgado (m.69), Etoo (m.83), Casillas (m 90) and Messi (m.90 +3).
Goals: 1-0, Etoo (m.83) and 2-0, Messi (m.90 +2).

Barca, with three, is the team with more players rewarded

Barça Carles Puyol, Lionel Messi and Xavi Hernandez have received this afternoon at the Camp Nou the prize that distinguishes them as best footballers in their demarcation in the 2008 award handed to them by the international players' union (FIFPro).

The eleven selected in the team have emerged ideal of a vote conducted among 45,000 professional footballers throughout the world. Messi and Puyol repeated distinction for the second consecutive year. In addition to the three Barcelona, have been distinguished in the computer type: Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), John Terry (Chelsea), Rio Ferdinand and Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United), Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), and Ricardo Santos Kaká (Milan). Barça All three have received the distinction in the press room at the Camp Nou, in the hands of the president of FIFPro and the AFE, Gerardo Gonzalez Movilla. In addition, they have accompanied the act three managers of FC Barcelona, Albert Perrin, and Alfons Godall Jacint Borràs

Messi is delighted the dizzying game that showcases the Barcelona

The Argentine striker Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona said today that "at all" behaves in a "selfish" in the field of play and said that change does not think his style despite the fact that "many" of his coaches have already trying. "I play like this since I was a kid and I'm not planning on changing," Messi said in an interview published today that the German magazine Kicker, which stresses that his style, based in speed, is "instinctive".

10 Blaugrana is "delighted" with a dizzying game that comes to deploy the set designed by Pep Guardiola and assured that this year the club is offering entertainment. " Therefore, betting on the team Culea as the favorite to take the league, while in Europe prefer to avoid teams like Liverpool or Chelsea until the final.

More freedom
On his role in eleven players, said that the progress of players like Deco and Ronaldihno has now enabled to participate more in developing the game, but asserts that continues to seek the end of the game as much as before. It also believes that enjoys more freedom with Guardiola on the bench and underlines the fact that Catalan is always close to the players: "As if it were a more" says.

In the interview, Messi also refers to the work of doctors to avoid the repeated muscle injuries he has suffered throughout his career, a preparation that, according account, had not so far. In the same context, acknowledges having learned to wear eating more appropriate, explains that has been accustomed to eating vegetables and admits that fish has been a "discovery".

Cristiano favorite
On the selection of Argentina, Messi welcomes the arrival of Diego Maradona at the helm of the albiceleste, insists that the statements by the selector on his game did not pose "any pressure" and announced that "the time has come that Argentina again at last to be World Champion. " Referring to his nomination for the Golden Ball award, which also chose Iker Casillas or Fernando Torres, assured that he would be "delighted to be the first after Argentine Alfredo di Stefano and Omar Sivori to receive it, "but believes that Cristiano Ronaldo is, in his view, the favorite candidate this year.