Barça: The Guardiola Years
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Barça stun Bayern with three late goals
Pep Guardiola made two significant statements in his pre-match press conference before tonight’s Champions League semi-final between his ex-team Barça and his current team Bayern Munich. The first was that the game would not end without goals and the second … Continue reading →
Posted in Champions League, Dani Alves, Leo Messi, Luis Enrique, Match reports, Pep Guardiola
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Neymar and Suárez conquer Paris
Barça took a big step towards the Champions League semi-finals with a 1-3 victory over Paris Saint Germain in the first leg of the quarter-final at the Parc des Princes tonight. Neymar Jr opened the scoring after 18 minutes before … Continue reading →
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Barça vs Madrid – El Clásico Preview
Barça-Madrid. El Clásico. Quite simply the biggest club game in world football. Tomorrow night (Sunday 9 pm) Camp Nou will witness the 230th competitive game between the two giants of Spanish football, and with just one point between the clubs … Continue reading →
Posted in Clásico, La Liga, Match Previews
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Tagged 2015, 22/03/15, Bale, Barça, Barça vs Real Madrid, Barcelona, BBC, Busquets, clásico, El Clásico, Isco, kick off, Liga, line-up, Madrid, Mascherano, match preview, Messi, Modric, MSN, news, neymar, play, possible, Rakitic, Real Madrid, ronaldo, spanish, start, Suarez, team, teams, time, title, tomorrow, vs, XIs
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Messi double dismantles Eibar
Two more goals from Leo Messi earned Barça a 0-2 win over Eibar at the Ipurua stadium this evening to guarantee top spot for Luis Enrique’s men going into next Sunday’s Clásico. The victory means Barça open up a four-point … Continue reading →
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Tagged 0-2, 14/03/15, 2015, attendance, Barça, Barcelona, Bartrá, dismantles, double, Eibar, goals, Ipurua, Luis Enrique, match, Messi, Montoya, neymar, Piqué, player, Rafinha, Rakitic, ratings, report, score, season, Sergi Roberto, set pieces, Suarez, team, Two
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Copa del Rey semi-final first leg preview: Barça vs Villarreal
Just ten days after Barça beat Villarreal 3-2 in La Liga Marcelino Garcia Toral’s team return to Camp Nou for the first leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final (Wednesday 8 pm). Luis Enrique Martinez has all his key players … Continue reading →
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Rotations expected at Elche
Barça begin the second half of La Liga 2014/15 with a return to Elche where just eight days ago a second string team won 0-4 in the Copa del Rey. Luis Enrique will put out a stronger eleven for tomorrow’s … Continue reading →
Mathieu out and Xavi a doubt for Depor
Barça travel to Galicia tomorrow to face Deportivo de La Coruña at Riazor in the final game of the first half of La Liga 2014/15 (Sunday 7 pm). Jeremy Mathieu with a sore achilles tendon will miss the trip as … Continue reading →
Rumours of Messi to Chelsea
It’s been a busy day at Can Barça. First the news of Andoni Zubizaretta getting sacked followed by Carles Puyol’s announcement that he is quitting the club, apparently with the idea of moving to live in New York. On top … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2015, Chelsea, club, Instagram, Leo Messi, London, Luis Enrique, Messi, Messi to Chelsea, possible move, rumours, team, unhappy
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Espanyol sunk by Messi the Destroyer
An astonishing performance from Leo Messi helped Barça come from behind to beat Espanyol at Camp Nou this evening. Ex-blaugrana Sergio Garcia shot Los Periquitos into an early lead but a hat-trick from Messi and goals from Gerard Piqué and … Continue reading →
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Iniesta misses Barça’s trip to Villarreal
Luis Enrique has named 18 players for tomorrow evening’s game at Villarreal in the second round of La Liga 2014/15, but the Barça coach will have to make do without Andrés Iniesta who is reported to have some knee discomfort. … Continue reading →
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