F.C. Barcelona Football Formation

Lineup (4-3-3)

Chelsea FC Vs FC Barcelona - UEFA Champions League Semifinals (2nd Leg - 06/05/2009)

GK VALDÉS (V. Valdés)
CB YAYA TOURÉ (Touré Yaya)
CB PIQUÉ
RB DANI ALVES
LB ABIDAL
DMF BUSQUETS (Sergio B.)
CMF XAVI
CMF KEITA
SS INIESTA (A. Iniesta)
SS MESSI
SS ETO'O

Substitutions: Bojan for Busquets (85 mn), Guðjohnsen for Iniesta (95 mn) and Sylvinho for Eto'o (97 mn)
Incident: Abidal (65 mn) was sent off with a straight red after he was deemed to have fouled Anelka as a last man
Notes: Carles Puyol (Suspension), Rafael Márquez (Injury) were unavailable for this critical game
After 22-23 minutes, Guardiola reorganized the forward line by positioning Messi on the right wing, Eto'o as central striker and Iniesta on the left wing
Keita was relocated as LB following Abidal' dismissal, leaving Xavi and Busquets as CMFs
Bojan played as right SS, relocating Iniesta alongside Xavi as CMF, Messi as central SS and Eto'o as left SS

Captained by: Xavi
Short Free Kick: Dani Alves
Long Free Kick: Dani Alves/Xavi/Sergio Busquets/Andrés Iniesta/Lionel Messi/Yaya Touré/Seydou Keita
Free Kick 2: Xavi
Left Corner: Xavi/Éric Abidal/Andrés Iniesta
Right Corner: Xavi
Penalty: Samuel Eto'o/Lionel Messi/Bojan
Players to go up in freekicks and corners: Gerard Piqué, Yaya Touré, Sergio Busquets, Seydou Keita

Team Strategy

★Left Side Attack
★Change Sides: Iniesta/Messi - First 15 Minutes | Busquets/Xavi/Keita (Mainly Xavi, until Abidal was dismissed, then just Busquets/Xavi) | Xavi/Iniesta (After Bojan was subbed in)
★Right Side Attack
★Ball Possession ATT
★Centre Attack
★Pressure
★CB Overlap: Gerard Piqué