Eurosport - Mon, 16 Mar 09:46:00 2009
A quick-fire second-half brace from Bojan Krkic gave Barcelona a 2-0 win at Almeria that extended their lead at the top of La Liga to six points.
The 18-year-old Spain striker was handed a rare start with Samuel Eto'o and Thierry Henry on the bench and he did not disappoint, finishing off delightful passing moves for his first league goals of the season.
Until the diminutive Catalan's 53rd-minute opener, Almeria had frustrated their visitors with goalkeeper Diego Alves in fine form.
The Brazilian shot-stopper made brilliant first-half saves from Seydou Keita, Andres Iniesta and Lionel Messi, and one incredible stop from a Gerard Pique header that was so powerful Alves ended up flying backwards into the goal while the ball spun to safety.
The hosts, meanwhile, were not only on the back foot and tiny winger Albert Crusat should have given them the lead when he raced clear from halfway only to panic and lob well over as Victor Valdes raced to the edge of his penalty area.
Barca took the lead seven minutes into the second half after a hypnotic spell of passing culminated in Messi rifling a shot off the post and into the path of Bojan, who slid the ball into the unguarded net with keeper Alves stranded.
He doubled the lead just over two minutes later after a quite spectacular piece of build-up play that included a give-and-go started by Daniel Alves that went via a flying flick from Iniesta and an audacious backheel by Messi, with Alves running on to the latter to set up Bojan for a deflected finish.
The finish was fortuitous but the prologue spectacular. There was little left for either side to say afterwards as the match fizzled out into a training-ground exercise that saw Alexander Hleb and Eidur Gudjohnsen given a chance to stretch their legs.
The win puts Barca on 66 points, with second-placed Real Madrid on 60, but with 11 games remaining - including a Clasico at the Bernabeu - Los Merengues still have everything to play for.
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bojan has a parent from serbia and a parent from spain. he lives in spain and he has a spanish passport... he is spaniard
I must say that Bojan is the best under-20 striker in the world followed by Balotelli, Higuain and Giovinco. his finishing is class and he knows how to move off the ball wicked player.
correction abbys84
correction stephen.berry16...he's croatian but not that i care! VISCA ELBARCA that was a masterclass...can't wait for the ECL draw this friday
he's serbian
Also, as far as I know Bojan is Bulgarian. Not a Catalan and not Spanish.
okay with all said and done,. we are still at the top and in contention for a treble,
im however not glad that liverpool is topping the european power ranking. and that zidane reckons that gerrard is
a better player than Messi!!! with all due respect zizou, messi will prove you wrong just like he did to maradona and crypff*
Get your act together Reda Maher, it's not the first time you mess up simple facts!!!
mampoih la real....season ni barca punya...muahahahaha
Also the pic is from last season. That jersey is old.
It's 6 points not 7. Also it's Seydou Keita NOT Kader!
Bien, Bojan, bien !!!!!
Second goal.. Magic!
the second goal is for an oscar! incredible! the finish was not that good but what a passing game! spectacular!
Erm yea, it's only 6 points, not 7. The mistakes are minor but it's happened too many times..
I am a Barca fan...but Barca have 66 points, which gives us 6 points advance over Madrid
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