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If the defense gets worn out or becomes complacent, count on the Ducks striking fast. Ultimately both of these things, discipline and conditioning, will be huge for slowing down the Oregon attack. I don't want to sound overly simplistic because there are other things that need to happen (like playing well on the defensive line, slowing the tempo of the game to limit possessions, etc), but I think these two things will play the biggest role for the Buckeye defense. This article is also featured on - The Silver Bullet. This is a full version article, to get more on Lionel Messi, FC Barcelona, and the FIFA Club World Cup, go here .FC Barcelona had to wait until the 110th minute of their 2009 FIFA Club World Cup final game against South American giants Estudiantes in Abu Dhabi to get in front with a brilliant Lionel Messi goal, and finally end up as world champions. Estudiantes first took the lead through a bullet header from Mauro Boselli on 37 minutes to make the score line 1-0 in their favor; but in fact, watching the replay, it is quite clear that as Juan Diaz made the cross into the danger zone, Boselli was located in an offside position before heading the ball past an ignorant Valdes. The battle kept going on for the Catalans in search of an equalizer which would eventually get them back into the game, but things just seemed to be out of their control.However, with a single minute to go in normal time, Pedro redeemed himself.

A powerful long ball from Ibrahimovic reached Pique, who headed the ball towards an unmarked Pedro, only for the Spaniard to loop the ball past the Estudiantes keeper through a sweet header.On 110 minutes, the dream of clinching a third cup this season was realized for Barcelona thanks to an incomprehensible goal from the Argentine wonder kid Lionel Messi.The Brazilian cross-expert Dani Alves sent a fast ball which could have a flew just across the face of goal, but in some way, Lionel Messi managed to sprint about 20 yards to reach the right area in time and brilliantly chest the ball goalwards from 3 yards.In the end, the score line remained 2-1 in favor of FC Barcelona against Estudiantes, and following great goals from Pedro Rodriguez and Lionel Messi, FC Barcelona finished their campaign in the tournament with the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup trophy.Now, a question appears: Do FC Barcelona really deserve to be crowned as 2009 FIFA Club World Cup Champions after they controversially forced their way through the final against Chelsea in the UEFA Champions League several months agoFor more on this story, go to Lionelmessifan . Going into the 2009 season the linebacker position appeared to be one of the strengths of the defense.With two starters returning, and a starter from the 2007 season returning, it looked to be all three were to bring starting experience into 2009.In the end four players ended up with playing time and provided 274 tackles on the year. As part of the turnover of coaching staff, this unit had a new position coach for 2009, Mike Cox. Cox is an alumnus of the University of Idaho, where he played the linebacker position.He has been in the coaching ranks since 1987, mostly focusing on linebackers and defensive line.

His last stop prior to Washington was in the NFL, where after the coaching change last season he became the linebackers coach for the remainder of the year for St Louis. He led a strong Husky Linebacking unit in 2009, and looks to replace at least one senior. Going into the season the group had two senior starters, Donald Butler and EJ Savannah, but Savannah was hurt and only played in eight games. He was hampered by the injury all year, and is applying for another year of eligibility The coaching staff is optimistic that he gets it. Going into 2010 this unit looks to have 15 or 16 players, depending on the NCAAs decision on Savannah.