Ibrahim Afellay

Champions League has finally returned. February 14th was the night when the second part of the CL begun — the knockout phase. The first game to be played was between the champions, Barcelona, and Bayer Leverkusen, a German team. The game was pretty boring — Bayer simply parked the bus, while Barcelona dominated the match and eventually won 1:3. Alexis scored a brace, with Messi adding one.

Barcelona has had some injury worries for quite some time. Xavi couldn’t play (injury), Keita was away (ACN), while Afellay was injured. Therefore, if you like to bet on football, it would be best not to bet on Afellay to score, because he’s not playing, and he doesn’t score often anyway.

The return match is in two weeks.

Here are a few videos of Ibrahim Afellay when he arrived in Barcelona. He was nicely received and must be happy that he is at the best club in the world.

Ibrahim Afellay was a very cheap buy, having in mind the quality of the player. He was brought from PSV for €3 million, and is already showing that he is worth every cent. What makes Afellay great for Barca is that he can play in various positions (central midfield, left and right flank), so Guardiola is very pleased. He already played half a dozen of games and showed that he is Barca material — very technical, wanting the ball, great touch.

He definitely has a future with Barcelona.