F.C. Barcelona Football Formation

Lineup (4-3-3)

Athletic Bilbao Vs FC Barcelona - 2008-09 Copa Del Rey Final (13/05/2009)

GK PINTO
CB YAYA TOURÉ (Toure Yaya)
CB PIQUÉ
RB DANI ALVES
LB PUYOL
DMF BUSQUETS (Sergio B.)
CMF XAVI
CMF KEITA
SS MESSI
SS/CF ETO'O
CF/SS BOJAN

Substitutions: Hleb for Bojan (84 mn), Pedro for Xavi (88 mn) and Sylvinho for Yaya Touré (89 mn)
Incident: At the 59th minute, Dani Alves was struck with a object thrown from the stands occupied by Athletic Bilbao supporters, the game was stopped for 2 minutes while the person responsible for throwing the object was escorted out of the stadium by the police
Notes: Pedro played as LWF, this relocated Eto'o centrally, Messi slightly deeper and Hleb as right SS in Xavi's position
Sylvinho played as LB, this relocated Puyol as right CB

Captained by: Carles Puyol
Short Free Kick: Xavi
Long Free Kick: Xavi/Dani Alves/Seydou Keita/Sergio Busquets/Lionel Messi/Carles Puyol/Gerard Piqué/Yaya Touré/José Manuel Pinto
Free Kick 2: Dani Alves/Lionel Messi/Xavi
Left Corner: Xavi
Right Corner: Xavi/Lionel Messi/Dani Alves
Penalty: Lionel Messi/Samuel Eto'o
Players to go up in freekicks and corners: Gerard Piqué, Carles Puyol, Seydou Keita, Yaya Touré

Team Strategy

★Ball Possession ATT
★Pressure
★Right Side Attack
★Change Sides: Messi/Eto'o/Bojan
★Centre Attack
★Left Side Attack
★Counter Attack