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The goal machine had some nice words for hard fighting Sevilla who caused a scare in Camp Nou.



The Copa del Rey clash wasn't as easy as many people thought for the Blaugrana. The Seville team ran riot right from the first minute, missing a close header after a Daniel Alves cross. Alves later troubled Barca keeper Valdes again, and then went on to rattle to Blaugrana woodwork before Navas put Sevilla ahead though the goal was rightly ruled offside. Bojan Krkic was equally impressive in the match, coming in as a 55th minute sub for Eidur Gudjohnsen and upsetting the entire Sevilla defence before almost grabbing the winner for Barca in the dying minutes of the game. The talented teenager spoke after the colourful battle, saying:

We have shown calmness and that we are a team. We went out to win the game but we took it calm because they were the side that was playing catch up. Sevilla played well but we knew how to hold on and create occasions. You always suffer when you try to hold on to a 0-0 draw and there is that fear but we showed that we have a strong team.

Bojan will feature for FC Barcelona in the La Liga match on Sunday, 20th January against Racing Santander. Venue is Camp Nou and kick-off time is 21:00 hours.

The grateful and delighted Fran Rijkaard is taking more and more to Bojan Krkic as the young lad outperforms all newcomers.


Though Bojan Krkic was expected to play well in his first season at FC Barcelona, the goal machine is rapidly beginning to exceed expectations as he has kept scoring with the slightest opportunity given to him. Barca's opponents are now aware that aside from Thierry Henry and Samuel Eto'o, Bojan Krkic has played himself into becoming a third major threat in the Blaugrana attack in the absence of injured Lionel Messi. Bojan has never disappointed from his first match against Al-Ahly of Egypt in which he scored a classical goal,and the seniors have seen the goal scorer repeat such performance over and again in official matches. An impressed coach Rijkaard said after Bojan scored against Real Murcia on the 12th of January, 2008:

Barca played onight and the players were brilliant. They left a good impression. It is always important to open up the game when you play a side that keeps it tight at the back. In that sense, we should congratulate Bojan because he played intelligently on the right and contributed to the win in that role.

Bojan will anchor the Barcelona attack when the Catalan giants file out in Camp Nou on Tuesday against Sevilla in the second leg tie of the Copa Del Rey. The first leg ended 1-1 in Seville.

The rave of the moment at Barca, Bojan Krkic receives assurance from Barca Manager, Frank Rijkaard.


Evidence of Bojan's great ratings are already begining to surface after the goal-machine has impressed greatly during his first season with the Barca seniors. In the recent Copa Del Rey match in which the striker starred for the Catalan giants, Bojan struck the woodwork against visiting Alcoyano and also also had a great chance which unfortunately did not go in. After the match, some sections of the press began to wonder why the missed chance didn't go in, since they believed any ball touched by Bojan Krkic should always end up in the net !! But FC Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard understands the expectations of the people and also the limitations of an ordinary human being. In response to this, the Coach of Bojan Krkic at FC Barcelona first team, Frank Rijkaard,said:

We know that Bojan is a great talent and has a good attitude and will be able to help us a lot in the future. The game on Wednesday does not change my opinion of Bojan. Like Giovani Dos Santos he will have plenty more chances.

Bojan scored against Alcoyano in the first leg of the match played away, in which Barca won the hosts 3-0. Thierry Henry and Eidur Gudjohnsen scored the other two goals.

Alcoyano has a taste of the strike prowess of young Bojan Krkic.


FC Barcelona's teen sensation Bojan Krkic was the oil in the Blaugrana attack when the first team edged out Alcoyano 5-2 on aggragade. The skillful Bojan hit the woodwork on the hour mark, after having tormented Alcoyano endlessly, including laying a perfect pass for Ezquerro to score the second goal for the Catalan giants. Watch the highlights of the match through the link below:


Magical Bojan Shines In Copa Del Rey.