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Stuttgart 0-2 Barca
A 2-0 away win against the German champions, who hadn't lost at home for 19 games - yeah, I'll take
that. We've never had an easy time in Germany, and this was no different. This result, combined
with Rangers' fantastic win, have left us very well placed in the group.
However, Rijkaard criticized the forward line for being wasteful and hinted that the star
players would have to work harder.
(I've recently taken over the Argentina World Cup Blog, so that's where all Argentina-related posts
will go in the future.)
Atletico were the last team to beat Barca at Camp Nou in the league back in February of
2006. Since then, Barca have gone 30 games undefeated at home, of which 22 were victories. So you
could say that this was a bit of a test.
It was a weekend that defied predictions as the 3 promoted sides all won at the expense of some of
the bigger teams, Real looked better than expected, Sevilla won but it didn't matter, Barca bored
and Valencia and Atletico bottled it once again.
Barca 0-0 Racing
As a certain Spanish newspaper put it, 'fantastically boring'. Fair play to Marca, it made me
chuckle.
A few surprising deals did go through, but I'm sure some clubs lamented the (to them, untimely) end
of the transfer window, most notably Deportivo who were looking to get 3 more players and as far as
I know didn't succeed.
Frankly, based on their opening day performance, I can't blame Miguel Angel Lotina, but surely
somebody at that club realized the malaise there during the long months of the transfer window?
Tiago Motta, born in Brazil but raised exclusively in Barcelona's cantera, moved to Atletico
Madrid. In his new club he was met by his compatriots Cleber Santana and Diego Costa.
