Of the four new signings this season, three have already won a domestic cup. Villa did so with Zaragoza and Valencia, Adriano twice with Sevilla and Afellay with PSV.
The new signing with the most Copa del Rey final experience is David Villa. He has won the tournament twice before, first with Zaragoza and then with Valencia. With the former, he won the cup by beating Real Madrid 3-2 after extra time in the 2004 final at the Olympic Stadium, Barcelona, and he scored one of the goals.
Four years later, Villa got his hands on another winners medal, this time wearing the Valencia shirt in a 3-1 win over Getafe at the Vicente Calderón.
Adriano two titles but no finals
Like David Villa, Adriano has won the Copa del Rey twice, but the Brazilian full back didnt play in either of Sevillas finals in 2007 or 2010 due to injury. So, he was in the stands as his team won 1-0 against Getafe at the Bernabéu, and then again at the Camp Nou last season for the 2-0 win over Atlético Madrid.
Afellay wins Dutch cup
Barças newest signing, Ibrahim Afellay, has also won the cup, but in his case in Holland. That was in the 2004/05 season, his second at the PSV Eindhoven, when he was in the same team as former FCB stars Cocu and Van Bommel.
Mascherano waiting
Javier Mascherano is the only one of the four newcomers who has never won a domestic cup for any of River Plate, Corinthians, West Ham or Liverpool.
He and Afellay are also still waiting for their first titles as FC Barcelona player. Villa and Adriano were already in the squad in time to celebrate the Spanish Supercup victory earlier this season, but the other two were not.
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Op zondag 17 april 2011 10:04 schreef Tja..1986 het volgende:Sparen voor een wedstrijd een week later?
Een sporter wil iedere prijs pakken.
Ik lees net dat Pinto keept, zoals Twente deed in de Beker met Boschker. Ik
lees ook dat Xavi zijn 50ste Copa del Rey wedstrijd zal spelen, maar of dat betekend dat hij speelt?
[ Bericht 9% gewijzigd door Nober op 20-04-2011 00:37:42 ]