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Barcelona became the first team to successfully become World Club champion twice, once in the final at the International Stadium Yokohama, Japan, Sunday (18/12), crushed Libertadoires Copa champion, Santos to score a landslide, 4-0. Barca’s goal each scored by Lionel Messi (two goals), and one goal each from Xavi and Cesc Fabregas. In the live game impressed Santos defeated top-class Barcelona as usual played a short pass.

Meanwhile, Neymar, 19-year-old star of Santos, which is staying digadang as great talented player, unable to penetrate Barca goalkeeper Victor Valdes who escorted.

In addition to the world club championship trophy, El Barca’s UEFA Champions League winners also received the Fair Play trophy trophy is handed FIFA President, Sepp Blatter to captain Carles Puyol. Previously, these foster children Josep Guardiola won the world championship club in 2009, also with Estudiantes beat thin with a score of 2-1.

With this success, which also favored Barcelona club received his best to add a record 13 times world champion since dealt with Pep Guardiola. Analysts said the world football, soccer-style Pep inherits the legacy Johan Cruijff (Netherlands), his coach in the era of the 1990s in Barcelona. This legendary Dutch player who brought style ‘total football’ then adopted today by a characteristic ‘tiki-taka’ and the harder it is conquered many famous clubs. Evidence, victims continue to fall when faced with this style of football, including Real Madrid, Manchester United, AC Milan and now Santos.

In this year 2011, Barcelona have won at least five championship trophies, among them the Spanish League, UEFA Champions League and World Cup (FIFA).

Barcelona beat Santos 4-0

Barcelona beat Santos 4-0. Messi managed to win the duel with the young star of Brazil, Neymar, at the Club World Cup final with a score of 4-0, at Nissan Stadium on Sunday (18/12).

World Cup final Inter-club which is eagerly awaited, because it featured two teams have talented players. However, the most anticipated is the exciting duel between the world’s best player, Lionel Messi and also the player who called the call will be the world’s best players, Neymar.

Both teams are good enough to play in the final, they really showed the qualities of, not only Messi and Neymar to show off, the other players too, showing their best ability. However, keep Barca Barca, one of the best teams that has a Tiki-Taka style games are very beautiful. They also managed to lead after just seventeen minutes.

The mega star is Lionel Messi, who managed to open the coffers of goals in this game.Utilizing feedback from Xavi, Messi took the ball past the goalkeeper and the goal, 1-0 to Barca. Did not take long, which gives assists Xavi is now listed his name on the scoreboard. Horizontal kick Spanish International player was unable driven goalkeeper Santos, Rafael.

Barca were increasingly showing its strength, control of the ball continue to be held in foster care is Josep Guardiola.
Domination also increasingly showing that he is a strong candidate in 2011 the world’s best players, while Neymar, are staying digadang will showcase their best ability, a little invisible.

This first round match was terminated by a search goal Cesc Fabregas. Position to be 3-0.
In the second half, control of the game is still held by Barca. While Santos with his Neymar, still not able to make the goal Barca vibrate, although Neymar had destroyed the Barca defense.

Barca even managed to increase his lead in the 82nd minute by Lionel Messi, the Catalan club managed to make this add goals Barca to 4-0. Barcelona with Messi managed to beat Santos by Neymar the four goals without reply in the Club World Cup final.

Messi

Three candidates for the Ballon d’Or winner of the FIFA 2011 has been officially announced. Barcelona duo Lionel Messi and Xavi will compete with the star Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid won the title of world’s best players. All three nominees have been shortlisted from a list of candidates consisting of 23 persons. Messi won the award last year by beating Xavi and Andres Iniesta who this time did not make the big three.

Messi again a favorite to steal this award for the third time. Argentine footballer that displays brilliant performance in last season where he scored 53 goals in all competitions. While Xavi become creators of goals as his team’s co. Spanish midfielder is proving itself as one of the best midfielders in the world. The combination of Messi and Xavi took Barca managed to retain the La Liga title and Champions League. Ronaldo’s performance also is no less severe with the two rival it. Although only able to present the Copa del Rey title, the owner of the nickname CR7 was successfully struck 53 goals last season.

Special for Messi, he managed again to win this award in order to he became the third person who successfully won three awards of the world’s best players after Zinedine Zidane and Ronaldo Luis Nazario da Lima. While the world’s best trainer award will be contested by Josep Guardiola (Barcelona), Jose Mourinho (Real Madrid) and Sir Alex Ferguson (Manchester United).

Messi likely picked up two awards after his goal against Arsenal managed to enter as candidates for the award or the prettiest goal Puskas Award along with Neymar and Wayne Rooney.

The best footballer category will be contested by daughter Marta (Brazil), Homare Sawa (Japan) and Abby Wambach (United States). While the daughter’s best coach award will be contested by Bruno Bini (France), Norio Sasaki (Japan) and Pia Sundhage (Sweden). The entire award will be given in FIFA Ballon d’Or Gala will be held at the Kongresshaus in Zurich, Switzerland on January 9, 2012.

Arsenal continues to fence off Cesc Fabregas from the approach from Barcelona. Barca midfielder Xavi Hernandez said, measures the Gunners like just delaying something that must happen.

Barcelona looks have not stopped doing approach to Fabregas. After June last formal offer was rejected by the stronghold of North London, The Catalans are a little “pressure”, but that does not mean they give up.

A number of Barca players were not left behind to “enliven the atmosphere” by stating their belief that Cesc would be in uniform Azulgrana. After previously Lionel Messi, Carles Puyol and Andres Iniesta, Xavi Hernandez now turn to express his opinions.

Spain national player was considered that the actions Arsenal almost in vain, because Fabregas would have landed at Camp Nou.

“We understand where the desired Cesc club for next season. But maybe this time is not enough time for Arsenal and Barcelona to reach agreement,” Xavi said as quoted from the FIFA website.

“But Arsenal should understand when their actions can only postpone something that would happen,” said 30-year-old midfielder.

Xavi also thinks Fabregas is currently existing in the heart of Barcelona. Arsenal captain’s move was also a matter of time and may be completed no later than mid next year.

“We were with him for five weeks at the World Cup in South Africa and we really understood that he wanted to Barcelona. Menungkapkannya Fabregas has stated clearly,” claims Barca players since 2000′s.

“If we fail to get signatures Cesc this season, then Arsenal have Cesc supposing only as a loan player during the season. Because no one can stop the move to Camp Nou Cesc next summer.”

“I do not give up to remain confident that he’ll join us on this season. But if it did not materialize, then we are just waiting for one more year. Parties Fabregas had time during the season to complete the process of agreement between both clubs and it will happen most late summer of next year, “he bluntly.

The process to bring home Fabregas Barca are quite complicated. But Xavi believes this situation will be closed with a happy ending for the team including bullet Warehouse. “Obviously Cesc is not going to do anything that makes Arsenal fans disappointed. And that’s why Barcelona had to wait for a year,” concluded the man that brought Spain won the European Cup in 2008 and 2010 World Cups it.