Grand Derbi

Watching Grand Derbi right know. Seems that again the question is not if Real is going to lose against Barcelona. It's rather how high.

It's only 25' and Barca is already leading the game 2:0.

Well, at least there is a lot of Casillas. He has his hands full of work tonight.

Edit: Real was crushed. 5:0 for Barca, and they completely dominated the game. Missed the second half but I don't even regret this too much, really. They whole game almost ended up in a fight in the first half, the second apparently wasn't better, as most of the players were shown a yellow card (including the both goalkeepers) and Serio Ramos was send away with a red one.

Two saves of Victor Valdes (both in the first half I think) and one of Iker Casillas. It was not a game for goalkeepers' fans.

Arsenal - Barca 2:2 31 Mar 2010

What a match! Great to watch for every football fan, but for a goalkeepers fan it was even better. So many stunning saves of Manuel Almunia! Although he was not able to stop Ibrahimovic, who eventually scored two goals for Barcelona, it doesn't changes the fact that thanks to his excellent performance Arsenal didn't lose any goals in the first half.



In the first fifteen minutes of the game he saved two very dangerous shots. It was his evening, no doubt.



He was invincible in the first half. However, at the very beginning of the second Ibrahimovic scored his first goal.





Almunia reacts after a lost goal



According to ESPN stats Manuel Almunia made 8 saves in the game. That's a lot!

On the opposide side of the pitch Valdes made only 1 save. Seemed to be a bit late when Theo Walcott scored the first goal. He also had to face a penalty. Was without a chance to stop it. Fabregas shot was perfect.







Puyol and Bendtner, Valdes in the distance



Theo Walcott scores



Victor Valdes reacts after Puyol is shown a red card





Cesc Fabregas scores a penalty which gives Arsenal a 2:2 draw in the last minutes of the game

Barcelona vs VfB Stuttgart, pictures

Watched Barcelona v VfB Stuttgart today. What a match! Messi was unstoppable. But what I liked even more was the fact that Bojan Krkic scored a goal just after he came on the pitch. It was three minutes till the end of the match. Lucky evening for him!

Nothing special to be said about the goalkeepers. Neither Lehmann nor Valdes are among my favorite players. Valdes didn't have too much work to do. Stuttgart players rarely had an occasion to be a threat for his goal. And Lehmann was just Lehmann. Sometimes made an impression that just moves too slow. But considering his age... Two or three really good saves, that's all. Was late with an intervention when Messi scored the second goal. And Ibrahimovic send a ball into the net between his legs. Ashaming for a goalkeeper, nothing to be surprised about he get angry. Fortunately for him it was an offside. But nevertheless the result 4:0 doesn't look good for Stuttgart. For sure this match wouldn't be a nice memory. Just like FC Porto - Arsenal match for Łukasz Fabiański.

Small goalkeepers picspam. Victor Valdes first.











And Jens Lehmann.











An argument with the refeere and a yellow card in the result...