The FC Barcelona-Real Valladolid will not happen to the history for being the most brilliant commitment of the culés, but yes will do it like a distinguished date for Gerard Hammered. The canterano was determinant so that his attained a worked victory by the minimum in the Camp Nou, in an anniversary of the most special that does even more big his figure in the Barcelona entity.
In the duel against the pucelanos, the central fulfilled his party 300 like barcelonista in LaLiga, after his return to the City Condal in the summer of 2008. The defender formed in the Masia and gave the jump to the professional football in the Manchester United, and accumulated 22 meetings more in First Division during a campaign in which it was yielded in the Real Saragossa.
The Catalan arrives to a round figure that plants him like eleventh player of the club with more participations in the championship of the regularity, a classification in which it commands Xavi Hernández with 505. Further up it is in which it corresponds to his plot on the lawn, since it is the third defence with more presences in this competition, after Carles Puyol (392) and Migueli (391).
His statistical leaf is little more than impressive, since it accumulates 227 victories, 50 ties and hardly 23 defeats. This reliability has ensured him a good bunch of titles, since it has reached the trophy in seven of his ten seasons in the first team and is slope of the result of the eleventh -the current- in which the Barça goes back to be leader of the tournament. Besides, in spite of being central, has marked in all and each one of the campaigns that has been a member of the category of gold of the Spanish football.
I hammered ask more to the Barça of face to the Champions
In spite of cuajar a big performance against the Valladolid, Hammered was not satisfied, because the Barça has not parked the a short doubts days to test in Champions. The Catalan has been decisive apuntalando the retaguardia and forcing the penalti that has translated in the only goal of the party, but has demanded a reaction of face next Tuesday, when it will première the eliminatory of eighth of final against the Olympique of Lyon.
"We have to improve because the feelings have not been good. For the Tuesday will have to be better, if we will not have a bad time. The contrary also play but think that is more an ours subject find the fluidity and the good game. Have more rapidity, more possession and from here generate occasions, if we do not turn us into a feebler team. The teams know it and we know it", aimed.