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Pedro: “Guardiola gives me confidence”

FC Barcelona winger Pedro Rodriguez has come along leaps and bounds over the past several months, and the Tenerife-born youngster explained that this is due to the confidence he is getting from coach Pep Guardiola.

“I have more confidence because of the opportunities the coach is giving me, the minutes I am getting [on the pitch], [...]

Pedro: “Every time I play I have more confidence”

FC Barcelona winger Pedro Rodriguez scored the only goal in last night’s victory over Almería, and today the 22 year old from Tenerife spoke about his spectacular goal – a right-footed shot from the left that sailed in at the far post.

“The goal was beautiful and I’m happy,” Pedro said. “As always I took a [...]

Laporta: “It is important that we only think about ourselves and not the others”

FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta today said that his club should not worry about the result of tonight’s encounter between 2nd-placed Real Madrid and 3rd-placed Sevilla.

Laporta spoke ahead of his trip to Mexico and Ecuador, and commented that Barça shoul “only” be aware of itself.
“I think the important thing is that we are thinking of [...]

FC Barcelona 1 – 0 Almería

FC Barcelona kept up its 100% record in La Liga by beating Almería 1 – 0 tonight. A spectacular goal from winger Pedro sealed the victory, although the performance seemed somewhat lacklustre.

The game started off with several changes from the lineup against Dynamo Kiev in the weekend, including returns to the first team for Rafa [...]

Caparros: “If Bojan is recovered I think he will play for the Selección”

Athletic Bilbao manager Joaquín Caparrós, also coach of the Spanish U20 team, has spoken today about Bojan Krkic’s situation with the Selección.

The FC Barcelona forward did not participate in the Spain’s qualification due to injury, but this week returned to normal training with his club side. However Caparrós feels that if he is fit to [...]

FC Barcelona 2 – 0 Dynamo Kiev

FC Barcelona has claimed 3 points with its first victory of the Champions League group stage, beating Ukranian team Dynamo Kiev 2-0 at the Camp Nou.

The game started off with chances from both sides, and it took Barça 25 minutes to break the deadlock. Some silky footwork from midfielder Andrés Iniesta resulted in a neat [...]

Xavi: “We are still hungry for titles”

FC Barcelona tonight face Ukranian side Dynamo Kiev in its second Champions League group game, but midfielder Xavi has warned that the group will present challenges for the Catalan club.

“The group we are in won’t give us anything easily,” Xavi told Catalan TV station TVE. “We cannot be too confident. It’s true that both Dynamo [...]

Ferrer: “The issue was solved internally”

Jaume Ferrer, one of the four vicepresidents involved in the recently-announced espionage case from FC Barcelona, says that for him the matter is closed.

Ferrer called a press conference today, and explained that “it was an issue we dealt with in April when we realised that when we forced the issue they gave us the appropriate [...]

Guardiola: “I want to congratulate the team for its performance”

After FC Barcelona’s 0-2 victory over Málaga tonight, coach Pep Guardiola has stated he feels this is the hardest his side has fought this season.

“On this day more than any other I want to congratulate the team [for its performance],” Guardiola said, while admitting that the Málaga side “are very physical”.
“Let’s see how we recover [...]

Guardiola: “We are able to play at 15:00″

FC Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola was ironic with his comments today regarding the recent news that La Liga matches may be played at the much earlier time of 15.00 to accommodate for Asian audiences.

Florentino Pérez, president of Madrid, had today complimented the proposal, but Guardiola took the opportunity to be somewhat less agreeable. “If the [...]