B team come out top in ten goal thriller
Barça B
26.02.2011 20:12
B team come out top in ten goal thriller
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In an amazing ten goal thriller in Soria, Barça B came out top against Numancia with a 4-6 win thanks to a hat trick from Soriano (3) and goals from Espinosa, Benja and Edu Oriol.
Photo: FCB archive.
STATS
Numància, 4
Barça B, 6
CD Numància: Edu Navarro, Flaño, Garmendia (Víctor Andrés, min 78), Nagore, Dimas, Del Pino, Dani López, Barkero, Pavón, Ion Vélez (Íñigo Vélez, min 61), Cedric.
Barça B: Oier Olazábal, Dalmau (Espinosa, min 46), Bartra, Armando, Planas, Fontàs, Dos Santos, Sergi Roberto, Nolito, Saúl (Edu Oriol, min 59), Jonathan Soriano (Benja, min 80).
Goals: 0-1, Soriano (min 32); 1-1, Nagore (min 45); 2-1, Cedric (min 48); 2-2, Soriano (min 57); 2-3, Soriano (min 61); 3-3, Íñigo (min 72); 3-4, Javi Espinosa (min 78); 4-4, Barkero (p) (min 87); 4-5, Benja (min 88); 4-6, Edu Oriol (min 91).
Referee: Sureda Cuenca.
Barça B, 6
CD Numància: Edu Navarro, Flaño, Garmendia (Víctor Andrés, min 78), Nagore, Dimas, Del Pino, Dani López, Barkero, Pavón, Ion Vélez (Íñigo Vélez, min 61), Cedric.
Barça B: Oier Olazábal, Dalmau (Espinosa, min 46), Bartra, Armando, Planas, Fontàs, Dos Santos, Sergi Roberto, Nolito, Saúl (Edu Oriol, min 59), Jonathan Soriano (Benja, min 80).
Goals: 0-1, Soriano (min 32); 1-1, Nagore (min 45); 2-1, Cedric (min 48); 2-2, Soriano (min 57); 2-3, Soriano (min 61); 3-3, Íñigo (min 72); 3-4, Javi Espinosa (min 78); 4-4, Barkero (p) (min 87); 4-5, Benja (min 88); 4-6, Edu Oriol (min 91).
Referee: Sureda Cuenca.
Open game
The game against ex-Barça man Juan Carlos Unzué’s Numancia was a constant to and fro between the teams as in a thoroughly open match, all 22 players seemed to be committed to taking the ball and attacking. The ten goals were a fair reflection of the open nature of the game and both teams commitment to go forward.
Half an hour of peace and quiet !
The first goal actually took more than half an hour to come, with Jonathan Soriano opening the scoring on 32 minutes, heading in a Dos Santos free kick, but Numancia hit back soon after with a Nagore stike before the hosts went 2-1 up thanks to a Cedric goal at the start of the second half . That was to be the first and last time they led the game though, as the flood of second half goals began.
Soriano gets his hat trick
That second Numancia goal seemed to spur Barça to attack even more and Soriano got his hat trick with two quick strikes either side of the hour mark, before Íñigo Vélez made it 3-3 on 72 minutes.
Espinosa scores on debut
Youth Team player Javi Espinosa made his debut at this level after coming on for Dalmau at the break and he settled into the midfield alongside Fontàs and Sergi Roberto, as well as putting Barça ahead again with a goal on 78 minutes, only for Barkero to once more draw the teams level with an 87th minute penalty given against the Barça B keeper Oier Olazábal (4-4).
Breathtaking finale
Then in a breathtaking finale, Benja made it 4-5 and Edu Oriol took advantage of a quick free kick in injury time to make it a half dozen.
Next game on Tuesday
The team are back in Barcelona for their next game, on Tuesday against Cordoba at 20.00, where they will hope to build on this win and secure the 50 points they had identified as the minimum needed for survival and begin to climb the table again.
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