Barça Weekly Digest 3 (24th Oct to 29th October)

Very productive week for Barcelona, we ended winning on La Liga and Copa del Rey. Ghosts of crisis are over, I hope, for the whole season.


Victory over Zaragoza (Barça's back on track)

- Barça trash Zaragoza to go three clear of Real (The Guardian)
- Barça score six to cruise to La Liga summit (TheSportReview)

Liga BBVA Awards: Five out of Six

- Messi awarded best player in 2008 Spanish league (USA Today)
- Lionel Messi and Barcelona dominate LFP Player Awards (Goal.com)

Victory over Cultural Leonesa (also Madrid loses 4 - 0)

- Copa del Rey: Pedro gives Barcelona two-goal advantage (ESPN Soccernet)
- Guardiola relieved to avoid upset (FIFA.com)

Feature Articles

- Take a break, Messi (SkySports)
- Rivaldo lauds 'unstoppable' Messi and Barcelona (Extrafootie)

Quote time

I am improving with every game for Barcelona

- Ibrahimovic

I used to train with Sinisa Mihajlovic, and he knows how to shoot free kicks. I had him for one or two years and when you see him take free kicks the only thing you can do is learn from him

- Ibrahimovic on his free kick goal last Sunday

These games are the most dangerous because they are taken for granted. We've got a very good result, and we are pleased.

 - Pep Guardiola about the Copa del Rey victory

People tend to be guided by results, but we know that if we continue playing like that then we will almost always win.

- Xavi refering to the game lost against Rubin after the victory over Zaragoza on Sunday.

It is impossible to see the Barca Messi playing for Argentina. They are two different teams with different players, different systems

- Sergi Busquets on criticism over Messi's game with Argentina

It's Quote Time: Barcelona 6 - Zaragoza 1 Edition

I never doubt of Messi

- Guardiola

Fist time of the season we knew how to read spaces

- Guardiola

Ibra is a huge player and every match our connection is better

- Messi

I get more attention, me and space. We are working on it because the coach asked for it

- Ibrahimovic

I'm happy but I am not a goal scorer. If (Leo) Messi or Ibrahimovic scores, it's better for the team.

- Keita

Puyol is a bit of a whiner

- Guardiola

(I love this quote)

We din't got the ball because the coach asks the players to give it to the opponent

- Marcelino García Toral (Zaragoza´s coach) angrily asking to a repoter's question about Zaragoza's lack of ball possesion

I'ts Quote time - Valencia 0 - Barcelona 0 Edition

Messi showed that he's human being, after all

-Keita

Draw was not a downer, we'll loose more points

We came here to win, but if we didn't it was because they have made it difficult enough

-Pep Guardiola

We did merit enough to take the three points

- Unai Emery, Valencia's coach

Our goalkeeper has been sensational. He deflected three near goal balls.

- Joan Laporta, Barça's president