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The papers in Spain were all about stats this week.

Víctor Valdés beat Miguel Reina’s clean sheet record of 824 minutes against Plzen.

Leo Messi beat the 200 goals mark in official matches for Barcelona with his hat-trick in the same game. (202)

And Pep Guardiola managed his Dream Boys in a competitive match for the 200th time.
In that spell, the Barça boss has overseen 144 wins, 39 draws, and 17 defeats (and, subsequently, 17 crises) with 500 goals scored and 143 conceded.

And in a stats clash cross over, the club’s Argentinean striker has scored 160 of that 500. Which is about a half, or maybe a third. Who knows. Someone else work it out.

Mourinho has 100 european games coached.
Ronaldo has 101 goals scored for Real Madrid

Jinx

 

The CWC Jinx

No club ever managed to defend the Cup Winners' Cup, although the holders reached the next final on no fewer than 8 occasions - and the teams that failed include some of the most prestigious of the continent, as the following list shows:

Fiorentina:       winners in 1960/61, lost 1961/62 final to Atlético Madrid;
Atlético Madrid:  winners in 1961/62, lost 1962/63 final to Tottenham Hotspur;
Milan:            winners in 1972/73, lost 1973/74 final to 1.FC Magdeburg;
Anderlecht:       winners in 1975/76, lost 1976/77 final to Hamburger SV;
Ajax:             winners in 1986/87, lost 1987/88 final to KV Mechelen;
Parma:            winners in 1992/93, lost 1993/94 final to Arsenal;
Arsenal:          winners in 1993/94, lost 1994/95 final to Real Zaragoza;
Paris St-Germain: winners in 1995/96, lost 1996/97 final to Barcelona.

Since the CWC was discontinued after the 1998/99 edition, the jinx will never be broken. In fact, it seems to have been transferred to the Champions League, where both Ajax and Milan again fell victim to it.

The Champions League Jinx

Since the traditional Champions' Cup was transformed into the Champions League, no winners have managed to defend their title, a situation reminiscent of the Cup Winners' Cup Jinx: no club ever managed to defend the Cup Winners' Cup. Since the 1991/92 season, when the Champions League was introduced, the holders have reached the final on 4 occasions but always ended up on the losing side:

Milan:            winners in 1993/94, lost 1994/95 final to Ajax;
Ajax:             winners in 1994/95, lost 1995/96 final to Juventus;
Juventus:         winners in 1995/96, lost 1996/97 final to Borussia Dortmund;
Manchester United:winners in 2007/08, lost 2008/09 final to Barcelona.

Milan and Ajax also reached the Cup Winners' Cup final once as holders, in which they faced rank outsiders (1.FC Magdeburg and KV Mechelen respectively), but failed to defend their trophy.

Michael Ballack

2001 - 2002

Bundesliga
Leverkusen pierde penultima etapă la Nuremberg, în timp ce Dortmund întoarce un 3-2 într-un 3-4 cu goluri în min. 87 şi 90. Dortmund trece cu un punct în faţă şi ambele bat în ultima etapă

1 Borussia Dortmund 34 21 7 6 62 33 +29 70

2 Bayer Leverkusen  34 21 6 7 77 38 +39 69

DFB Pokal Final:
FC Schalke 04 4–2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen

UEFA Champions League Final
Bayer Leverkusen 1 – 2 Real Madrid

World Cup Final
Germany 0 – 2 Brazil


2007 - 2008

Premier League
Chelsea e la egalitate de puncte cu United înaintea ultimei etape

1 Manchester United (C) 38 27  6 5 80 22 +58 87

2 Chelsea               38 25 10 3 65 26 +39 85

League Cup Final:
Chelsea 1 – 2 (a.e.t.) Tottenham Hotspur

UEFA Champions League Final
Manchester United 1p – 1 (a.e.t.) Chelsea

Euro 2008 Final
Germany 0 – 1 Spain

The most drawtastic day in football

"These are the classified results for Serie A, on Sunday 16 September 1979: James Alexander Gordon-style voice in your head): Ascoli nil, Napoli nil; Avellino nil, Lazio nil; Cagliari nil, Torino nil; Fiorentina one, Udinese one; Internazionale two, Pescara nil; Juventus one, Bologna one; Perugia nil, Catanzaro nil; Roma nil, Milan nil."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/oct/19/footballers-eco-friendly-knowledge

'I Played for FC Barcelona': 20 Weirdest Players to Ever Wear the Blaugrana

20. Pepe Reina

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Pepe Reina with hair and as a Barcelona player?

Fantastic way to start a "weird" list, if you ask me.

19. Oleguer

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Some actually liked Oleguer.
But for me it was weird every single minute he played for Barcelona.
And it still is.

18. Rustu Recber

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Rustu Recber had a fantastic 2002 World Cup with Turkey and he signed for Barcelona.
The fantastic ended there, and he was a nightmare in each of the four games he started as a Blaugrana keeper.

This image is a collector's item, indeed.

14. Simao

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Clubs Simao was great for: Lisboa and Atlético.
Clubs Simao was horrible (and weird) for: Barcelona.

9. Roberto Bonano

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Bonano was not just weird as a Barcelona goalkeeper; he was awful.

8. Demetrio Albertini

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Albertini played exactly five games in a six-month span at Barcelona.

So appreciate the image you see here, because it's quite rare.

6. Winston Bogarde

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I never saw Bogarde receive a ball without it bouncing 10 feet away from him.

That's weird when you're a Barcelona player, for sure.

5. Richard Dutruel

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Saying Barcelona got Bonano (No. 9 on this list) to replace Dutruel just about says how weird the French goalkeeper was for Barcelona.

4. Francesco Coco

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Francesco Coco was the first Italian ever to play for Barcelona. He is also the worst.

3. Frederic Dehú

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The Frenchman was supposed to be the next Laurent Blanc.

He was worse than Christanval, which is really saying something.

-- Si --- LOL

1. Samuel Okunowo

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Okunowo played 14 matches in two years at Barcelona.
And he was awful in every single minute.

If you seriously remember this player, you are a true Barcelona fan. 

And if you remember him without him weirding you out, either you're not human or your name is Samuel Okunowo.