FCBARCELONA.CAT

18.11.2008 10:00

Woodwork woes

Jordi Clos

Barça hit the woodwork three times at Nuevo Colombino, which means they have now been denied by the post or the bar twelve times so far this season in just eleven games.

Barça would be entitled to rue their luck with the woodwork this season, as the Catalans have now hit the post or bar twelve times in eleven League fixtures. The last three instances came in Sunday’s game away at Recreativo with Henry (twice) and Bojan the unlucky players. However, the team has still racked up the pretty impressive figure of 36 goals scored at an average of 3.2 per game.

Henry and Alves unluckiest

Thierry Henry and Dani Alves are the unluckiest players, seeing their goal attempts come back off the woodwork three times each. Next comes Iniesta, who hit the post twice in the thrashing of Atlético de Madrid (6-1). Finally Eto'o, Messi, Xavi and Bojan have all hit the woodwork once.

Woodwork dozen

D	MATCH	NAME	MINUTE
1	Numancia-FCB	Eto'o	16
1	Numancia-FCB	Messi	90
2	FCB-Racing S.	Alves	46
4	FCB-Betis	Alves	87
5	Espanyol-FCB	Xavi	15
5	Espanyol-FCB	Henry	68
6	FCB-At.Madrid	Iniesta	28
6	FCB-At.Madrid	Iniesta	30
9	Málaga-FCB	Alves	67
11	Recreativo-FCB	Henry	71
11	Recreativo-FCB	Henry	82
11	Recreativo-FCB	Bojan	93