Puyol will partner new to the party 500

The match tonight will be very emotional for Puyol, a great example of commitment and professionalism

Carles Puyol, Captain of FC Barcelona, will play tonight his official party number 500 with the first team. And it will, possibly, with Eric Abidal as a companion line unable to line up with Gerard Pique, culminating in an expulsion meeting after he suffered last Sunday at Getafe. The '5 'come to Barca 500 games in its twelfth season. He debuted on October 2, 1999 in Valladolid-Barcelona (0-2) League. He was 21. Since then he has been building games (also title-thirteen-) to reach the 499 who now collects and distributes as follows: 388, League (7 goals), 102 Champions League (2 goals), 9 UEFA Cup, Copa del Rey 38, 6 Supercopa of Spain, 4 of Clubs World and 2 European Super Cup. The defender of La Pobla de Segur is the third player from FC Barcelona more official presence in first team, behind Migueli (549 games) and Xavi (540). has a contract until June 2013, a commitment that took a little over a year, namely October 30, 2009. In other words, at 32 years, and three ahead in the ranks of FC Barcelona, Puyol meets almost all requirements for hanging up his boots at the Camp Nou ...


New partner for this event so special master 

Barcelona will be without his usual partner fatigues, Gerard Piqué, suspended for one game after being ejected in the Coliseum Alfonso Perez. For tonight's game against Villarreal will almost certainly, the Frenchman Eric Abidal at his side. The usual left side of the FC Barcelona also knows the central position. In this river has played recently when he defended the colors of the national team. Furthermore, the Barça shirt has also evolved in some other time as central. The other options that manages to cover Pep Guardiola Piqué downward pass through the quarry. In this sense, the candidates would be Marc Bartra and Andreu Font, who were summoned by coach to travel to Granada subsidiary. The former has played two Cup matches before the Ceuta and the latter did in the first leg, held at the stadium Alfonso Murube. Both lead and offer all the guarantees Santpedor technician to be today against Villarreal. Another alternative would be to delay the position of Sergio Busquets and Javier Mascherano, although both the squad as Argentina are key to the wide area of the team.