Filed under: International Soccer, La Liga (Spain)
It’s fitting that Pedro Rodriguez and Lionel Messi scored the goals that carried Barcelona to a 2-1 overtime victory over Estudiantes de La Plata in Saturday’s FIFA Club World Cup Final, a game that cemented the greatest year for a single team in the history of organized sports.
In Wednesday’s semifinal defeat of Cancun’s Atlante, Pedro became the first player to score in six separate club competitions in a given season. On Saturday in Abu Dhabi, his looping 89th-minute header drew Barcelona level with an Estudiantes side that took a shocking first-half lead then spent nearly an hour holding on for dear life.
Twenty minutes into extra time, the world’s best player clinched the trophy for the Catalans. Defender Dani Alves whipped a cross toward the six-yard line, and the irrepressible Messi slipped behind two defenders and chested the ball past goalkeeper Damian Albil.
Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Today on the Internet: Do you know the one Blu-ray player than can connect to the Internet and play movies online? You will if you read this LG BD 390 Review.
Sun, Dec 20, 2009
World Cup Headlines