Barca captain Carles Puyol and midfield star Xavi Hernández both played key roles in Spain's convincing World Cup start in Leipzig, Germany yesterday when the Spanish international team defeated Shevchenko´s Ukraine 4-0.


Barca´s midfielder Xavi set up the opening of the goal festival by curling the corner kick to the near post for Liverpool´s Xabi Alonso to head home.
Valencia´s goalgetter David Villa scored the next two goals (deflected freekick and penalty) before Altetico Madrid´s Fernando Torres sealed the 4-0 victory. Barca captain Puyol did not only assist Torres' last goal after a great and powerful run from the defence but also marked and dominated succesfully new Chelsea striker Shevchenko.



Barca´s Andrés Iniesta did not play and is still waiting to make his world Cup debut.

List of topscorers in Spanish La Primera Liga - Barca´s Eto'o top of the list and Winner of "Pichichi". David Villa, Valencia second and Ronaldinho, Barca, third


Player/Team/Goals
S. Eto'o/FC Barcelona/26

D. Villa/FCValencia/25
Ronaldinho/FC Barcelona/18


D. Milito/ Real Zaragoza/15

Ronaldo/Real Madrid/14
Fernando Baiano/Celta Vigo/14

Fernando Torres/Atletico Madrid/13
J. Riquelme/Villarreal/12

H. Ewerthon/Real Zaragoza/12
D. Tristan/Deportivo La Coruna/11

S. Milosevic/Osasuna/11
J. Arango/Real Mallorca/11

V. Paunovic/Getafe/10
J. Aloisi/Alaves/10

Maxi Rodríguez/Atletico Madrid/10
R. Tamudo/Espanyol/10

Luis Garcia/Espanyol/10
D. Forlan/Villarreal/10

H. Larsson/FC Barcelona/10
M. Pernia/Getafe/10

Z. Zidane/Real Madrid/9
J. Saviola/FC Sevilla/9

J. Baptista/Real Madrid/9
Anderson/Alaves/9

Xabi Prieto/Real Sociedad/9

FC Barcelona´s Samuel Eto'o is still Spain´s top goal scorer but David Villa of Valencia is catching up with 4 goals in the last 2 matches.


Barca´s striker Eto'o is still leading the race for the "Pichichi" with 24 goals but Villa is second placed with only 1 goal behind with 23 goals on his account.
Samuel Eto'o is extremely keen to win the award of the "Best Goalscorer in Spain" this year, after losing to Villarreal´s Uruguayan goalgetter Diego Forlan on the final day of last season.


Barca top striker Samuel Eto'o has got 4 matches (Celta Vigo, Espanyol, Atletic Bilbao and the suspended against Sevilla) to defend his lead while his closest rival, Valencia´s David Villa, has only 3 matches left to catch up.


The Cameroon international is still challenging for the "Golden Boot", European´s Best Scorer Award, but he is still 4 goals behind Serie A leading goal scorer Luca Toni (Fiorentina). Toni has scored an amazing 28 goals in Seria A. Barca´s Eto'o is currently in third posision behind second placed Dutch international Huntelaar of Ajax Amsterdam.