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Report: Seydou Keita delivered another solid, steady season. He played in the center of the midfield, but the severe drop-off in quality from Xavi and Andres Iniesta to the Malian was clearly noticeable. Keita will never be the most talented player on the pitch, but he always gives his best.
Seydou was in the starting eleven only against less dangerous teams and in the early stages of the Copa del Rey where Pep Guardiola felt that Keita's lesser offensive qualities can still provide enough for a Barcelona win. It has to be said Keita played well, but comparing him to the aforementioned midfield duo would not be fair. Had it not been for Seydou's experience he would have lost even more playing time to Thiago.
Ever since Keita has established himself as a rock-solid midfielder he played in around forty games, but this season he established a new career high as he made 56 appearances, also a team high. Despite all the appearances Keita had a down season when looking at the minutes played column as he started less than half of the games.
Consistency was always Keita's strong point and this season was no different. Seydou provided a steady share of goals and assists and was very responsible on defense. He has now scored six goals in four consecutive season (three with Barcelona).
Moment of the season: Keita scored many beautiful goals and the over the defense assist to Messi was brilliant, but his most important goal of the season came on 6 April against Shakhtar Donetsk. Barcelona were up 3-0 when Yaroslav Rakitskiy made a game out of it and scored the important away goal. But before any doubts of the winners could set in Keita scored on a quick counter to put the game out of reach. Barcelona won the game 5-1
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Pep Guardiola will leave FC Barcelona...eventually. He's said so himself: Being at a club more than one year at a time is something very difficult.
So, basically, what Pep is trying to say is he'll be a Barça coach as long as the players, the fans and the club management are comfortable with him. The minute that changes though, it's "Find a coach for the Camp Nou bench" all over again.
If we could ask Laporta if he expected Pep to win two Champions Leagues in his first three years, I'm sure he'd say he didn't expect that kind of success. Especially from a man that had zero games coached in first-level football.
That said, what are the characteristics that made Pep successful?
To me, there are three intangibles that made Guardiola the perfect candidate: faith in the 4-3-3 playing style, offensive and ball-possession mentality and leadership off the field.
This list will take those three values as the benchmark on what to look for to find Josep's eventual possible replacements.
Lo and behold, the RFEF and the LFP have kindly decided to give us an idea of when matches are to be played next season, to help us get over our bad case of football withdrawal.
Keep in mind that this doesn’t tell the time, which is decided 7-10 days before the actual match (and they can be moved to Saturday or even Monday, too). So, if you’re planning a trip to watch one of these matches… well, don’t plan too long ahead. Live in the moment! Embrace spontaneity!
In any case, save the date for the Clásicos, which this season will be on Sunday, December 11 (Real Madrid – FC Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabéu, though this might change depending on the dates of the Club World Cup) and on Sunday, April 22 (FC Barcelona – Real Madrid, at the Camp Nou).
Find the complete Barça 2011/2012 Liga Schedule under the jump:
2011
August 14 (at 22:00 CET): Spanish Supercup (first leg): Real Madrid – FC Barcelona
August 17 (at 23:00 CET): Spanish Supercup (return leg): FC Barcelona – Real Madrid
August 21: La Liga: Málaga – FC Barcelona
August 26: European Supercup: FC Barcelona – FC Porto
August 28: La Liga: FC Barcelona – Villarreal
September 11: La Liga: Real Sociedad- FC Barcelona
September 18: La Liga: FC Barcelona – Osasuna
September 21: La Liga: Valencia – FC Barcelona
September 25: La Liga: FC Barcelona – Atlético de Madrid
October 2: La Liga: Sporting de Gijón – FC Barcelona
October 16: La Liga: FC Barcelona – Racing
October 23: La Liga: FC Barcelona – Sevilla
October 26: La Liga: Granada – FC Barcelona
October 30: La Liga: FC Barcelona – Mallorca
November 6: La Liga: Athletic de Bilbao – FC Barcelona
November 20: La Liga: FC Barcelona – Zaragoza
November 27: La Liga: Getafe – FC Barcelona
December 4: La Liga: FC Barcelona – Levante
December 11: La Liga: Real Madrid – FC Barcelona
December 18: La Liga: FC Barcelona – Rayo Vallecano
2012
January 8: La Liga: Espanyol – FC Barcelona
January 15: La Liga: FC Barcelona – Real Betis
January 22: La Liga: FC Barcelona – Málaga
January 29: La Liga: Villarreal – FC Barcelona
February 5: La Liga: FC Barcelona – Real Sociedad
February 12: La Liga: Osasuna – FC Barcelona
February 19: La Liga: FC Barcelona – Valencia
February 26: La Liga: Atlético de Madrid – FC Barcelona
March 4: La Liga: FC Barcelona – Sporting de Gijón
March 11: La Liga: Racing – FC Barcelona
March 18: La Liga: Sevilla – FC Barcelona
March 21: FC Barcelona – Granada
March 25: Mallorca – FC Barcelona
April 1: La Liga: FC Barcelona – Athletic de Bilbao
April 8: La Liga: Zaragoza – FC Barcelona
April 11: La Liga: FC Barcelona – Getafe
April 15: La Liga: Levante – FC Barcelona
April 22: La Liga: FC Barcelona – Real Madrid
April 29: La Liga: Rayo Vallecano – FC Barcelona
May 6: La Liga: FC Barcelona – Espanyol
May 13: La Liga: Real Betis – FC Barcelona
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