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The Aston Villa F. C. or simply Aston Villa is among the oldest teams in British Premier League. Although the team is not showing its best performances over the past couple of years, it was no doubt one of the best teams there was back in the old days. Several great achievements were made by Aston Villa during their glory days.

Not many people know this, but Aston Villa is a proud 7 times FA Cup winner. The team won the FA Cup in 1887, 1895, 1897, 1905, 1913, 1920, and 1957. Although the achievements were made a long time ago, it showed just how good this team can be. Aside from the FA Cup wins, Aston Villa also won the League Cup in 1961, 1975, 1977, 1994, and 1996 as well as the Charity Shield in 1981. The Charity Shield was shared with Tottenham Hotspur at the time.

Aside from the mentioned wins, Aston Villa was also a great team in the European competitions. They have won the European Cup in 1982, along with European super Cup in 1982-1983. Their latest great achievements were winning the InterToto Cup in 2001 and 2008. In the domestic league, Aston Villa collected no less than 7 First Division Champions’ trophies.

Although the team’s last major win was in 1996, there is no doubt that fans and management of the team are still expecting a nice comeback. The team is improving, adding quality players and improving the used strategies; expect a lot of surprises from the team real soon.

Barcelona FC or simply Barcelona is among the strongest team in the world. The team is now leading the Spanish League superbly, with Real Madrid several points behind. The La Liga is a tough competition to play in with several strong teams competing for the championship title; it is obvious that Barcelona has a strong competitive advantage against other team. When you take a closer look on the team, you will certainly notice that Barcelona do have more than amazing players on their current squad.

Goalkeeper Víctor Valdés is the man responsible of keeping Barcelona’s last defense line safely guarded. Valdés is showing superb performances the past couple of matches, so it is safe to say that the goalkeeper will continue to block any ball being shot to his direction. To make scoring a goal through Barcelona’s defense line even harder, Éric Abidal, Carles Puyol, and Rafael Márquez along with several other defensive players are forming a solid line in front of the penalty area.

In the midfield, you can see amazing players such as Andrés Iniesta, Xavi Hernández, and Seydou Keita constructing attacks and breaking barriers of opponents’ defense line. Barcelona’s midfielders are known to be fearsome even under pressure.

Thierry Henry, Lionel Messi, Zlatan Ibrahimović, and tons of other sharp attackers are scoring goals for the team. These players are very smart in making good use of every opportunity they have to score a goal, making Barcelona a very sharp team in terms of attack and defense alike.