Barcelona demolished a lacklustre Villarreal side in their first La Liga game of the season.
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Barcelona 5-0 Villarreal: Guardiola switches to a 3-4-3 (diamond) and Barca run riot
Mourinho tries to counter Messi’s false nine role by pushing Carvalho up the pitch
One of the notable features from the second leg of the Spanish Supercopa was the positioning of Ricardo Carvalho, and his response to Lionel Messi’s movement into deep, slightly right-sided positions.
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Argentina 1-1 Bolivia: Batista tries two systems but neither works well as Bolivia grab point
Bolivia took the lead at the start of the second half, but Sergio Aguero’s thumping volley rescued a draw for the hosts in the opening Copa America game.
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Roma 2-0 Lazio: Totti the hero but Pizarro the architect
Francesco Totti scored a free-kick and a penalty to record Roma’s fifth successive Rome Derby victory.
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Valencia 0-1 Barcelona: both sides try different systems, but both switch back to the usual
Lionel Messi had an off-day…and yet still scored the winner as Barcelona temporarily move ten points clear at the top.
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