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28.07.2008 12:29

Eleven goals and seven stars

Jesús Carrillo

The two games in Scotland have thrown up an interesting statistic for the start of Pep Guardiola’s time in charge of Barça. The games against Hibernian and Dundee United ended with eleven goals for, one against and seven Barça goalscorers.

Messi, Touré Yaya, Henry, Eto'o, Gudjohnsen, Bojan and Pedro all scored during the team’s time at Saint Andrews. Messi comes top of the list with four strikes.

First by Gudjhonsen

Icelander Eidur Gudjohnsen scored the first goal of preseason when the ex-Chelsea man found the net twice in the first game against Hibs. Barça notched four in the first half, the two from Gudjohnsen plus one each from Messi and Pedro. In the second half Bojan and Touré each added one more.

Hat-trick by Messi

Two days later Barça scored five against Dundee United. The first, just like last year, came from Henry and the teams went in at one all. In the second half, however, Barça pulled ahead with three from Messi and one from Eto'o.

All shots

Funnily enough all Barça’s goals have come from shots and none from headers. Ten were scored from inside the box, with only Gudjohnsen’s first against Hibs coming from outside. Seven were struck with the left foot and four with the right.