kat malaysia ni ade ke forum untuk barca @ la liga fans/site je

utd main slow n mcm xmelawan jer...
member aku siap ckp barca menang sbb lwn team oku...
lawak2...

Xavi n Iniesta......best la mamat berdua ni.....

pg td aku ada terbaca paper news straits times penyokong barcelona fc kena belasah ngan penyokong man utd.. kat cheras lak tu.. skang budak yg kena belasah ada kat PPUKM cheras.. motif aku xtau..

Barcelona's megabucks signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic failed to impress as the Champions League winners claimed a last-gasp victory over Shakhtar Donetsk in the UEFA Super Cup.

Ibrahimovic, who moved from Inter Milan for £40million plus Samuel Eto'o, was completely overshadowed by Lionel Messi, who created the only goal for Pedro Rodriguez in the 115th minute.

The Swedish striker will need to do much more to justify his price tag, especially with the likes of exciting young striker Bojan Krkic pushing for a place.

UEFA Super Cups, the annual match between the winners of the Champions League and UEFA Cup, have rarely been classics and this was no exception.

Barcelona had complained about the state of the pitch in the Stade Louis II stadium and with some justification - it was dry, rutted and horribly bobbly.

Even so, and even without the injured Andres Iniesta, Barcelona still dominated against an unadventurous Shakhtar side packed with hard-running Ukrainians and only mildly spiced up by their four Brazilians.

Shakhtar did not create a single opening in normal time while Barca at least showed some intent.

Thierry Henry looked hungry and he was the first to threaten, a trademark dipped shoulder confusing his marker before he struck a rising shot which whistled over the crossbar.

Dmytro Chygrynsky, playing his last game for Shakhtar before joining Barca, gave the ball away to Messi and then went in hard on the diminutive Argentinian to regain possession.

A quick free-kick from Xavi saw Messi sting the fingers of Andriy Pyatov in the Shakhtar goal and the keeper recovered quickly to deny the lurking Henry.

Barcelona claimed for a penalty after Messi's direct free-kick struck Olexandr Kucher's arm but the referee was unimpressed.

If the first half had been disappointing, there was little to lift spirits in the second.

Daniel Alves produced a hopeless blast into the stands and then Ibrahimovic produced his major contribution to the game, falling like a sniper victim under Olexiy Gai's challenge and bringing a yellow card for the defender.

With the game drifting towards unwanted extra-time, Barcelona tried to step up a gear.

Messi hit a fierce left-foot effort that Pyatov could only parry, and when the ball drifted out to Henry by the left touchline he took deliberate aim to loop a shot into the far corner but the Shakhtar keeper climbed just high enough to turn it over.

Ibrahimovic continued to frustrate, failing to pass to Henry when he was clean through and then collapsing in the area theatrically under a fair challenge.

Messi lit up the match with a Maradona-like dribble past four challenges only to be thwarted at the very last moment. Furious, he became involved in a pushing match with Kucher and both were booked.

In the 98th minute Victor Valdes made his first save, diving low to keep out Julius Aghahowa's goal-bound shot.

Bojan, on for Henry, could have wrapped it up with two chances before, having barely threatened, the Ukrainians were denied a blatant penalty when Ilsinho was felled.

Shakhtar coach Mircea Luscescu stormed onto the pitch in fury but it was all in vain as Messi's brilliant pass set up Rodriguez for the latest of winners.

Lionel Messi will become Barcelona's highest-paid player when he signs a new contract this week, according to club president Joan Laporta.

The Argentina star, 22, is one of world football's leading lights and last season helped inspire Barcelona to an unprecedented treble as they collected the Primera Liga, Copa del Rey and Champions League titles.



Messi scored 38 goals in all competitions, as well as claiming 16 assists, and is rated as one of the favourites to succeed Cristiano Ronaldo as FIFA World Player of the Year in December.

The forward's current contract expires in 2014 but Barca are determined to keep hold of the Nou Camp hero and, despite the high-profile signing of Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the summer, have agreed a deal that will see Messi rise to the top of the club's top earners list.

"Leo should be the highest-paid player in the squad," Laporta told Catalan radio. "He deserves it. He's the best player in the world and one of the best in football history.

"Messi has already agreed to a new contract. He's content and that's why he's playing the way he is."

Laporta is also hopeful of retaining the services of captain Carles Puyol despite recent suggestions that the player may not be entirely happy at Camp Nou following the acquisition of Ukrainian defender Dmytro Chygrynskiy.

"I am convinced that Puyol is keen to end his career at Barca," Laporta said. "But I also understand that a player of his age examines the possibility of having an experience outside of Spain."