Okay I want to acknowledge a couple of things first. It’s been a while since I spoke about a game that Barca has had so I am happy to be posting a topic about a match. Secondly, I know this blog is all about Ronaldinho and how to play like him, but I think Henry deserves a little credit for the great start he’s had with his new club and team mates. This breaks some what of a curse that Barca has had to contend with, as the club has lost to the Scottish side on four previous encounters. Manager Frank Rijkaard noted the great performances of his debutants. Here’s what he had to say about them:

Touré Yaya had a great match especially considering how little we’ve trained, and he adapted very well to our playing system. Abidal did a good job on the flank. It’s promising because he’s very strong, fast and can only improve. Henry moved well, intelligently, and gave extra depth to our game. He hadn’t played for some time. At the beginning he had doubts but he was convinced that he wanted to take part with the team.

Now Onto The Actual Match

Henry was the hero for the day with the only goal, Yaya provided a solid wall of defence and Abidal proved to be the owner of the left flank. The actual goal itself came in the 90 th minute thanks to Giovani dos Santos being fouled inside the left-hand side of the penalty box. As a result, Henry stepped up to take the spot kick and delivered the ball down the centre to rebound off the keeper and then calmly put the ball away.
Before this event however, Barca came close with missed opportunities from Ronaldinho, who hit the cross bar off a free kick outside the area and both Ezquerro and Eto’o had their respective chances before the half-time whistle blew. It’s a great result for Barcelona who will take this win in their stride and prepare for their next match against Hearts tomorrow which should be even more exciting and I will cover that one as well.