FC Barcelona midfielder and Spanish international, Andres Iniesta, has eturned to training after being sidelined for a month. News comes in a perfect time for Barcelona as Xavi Hernandez picked up suspension in the match in Seville and won’t be able to play in La Liga’s last round. Barca will have a day off on [...]
FC Barcelona coach, Josep Guardiola, called on all his 1st team players to make a trip to Seville for what many consider to be a league decider. Barca will have to do without their creative midfielder Andres Iniesta and first choice central back – Gerard Pique. Should the Catalans slip and drop points it would [...]
Inter Milan coach, Jose Mourinho, hit out at FC Barcelona after last week’s Champions League semi final return leg. The Portuguese coach is still amazed by Barca groundstaff turning the sprinklers on Inter’s celebrating players. “I do not remember any of my teams, after a defeat, having prevented rivals celebrating on the field. I do [...]
According to reports coming from Spain, FC Barcelona vice-captain Xavi Hernandez, played in Barca’s latest league match despite being injured. The midfielder suffered a muscle tear during training few days ago but still opted to risk a much graver injury in order to help his teammates in the final stretch of the season. Xavi showed [...]
With FC Barcelona facing Copa del Rey finalists Atletico Madrid this Sunday in La Liga, Barca midfielder Andres Iniesta spoke about recent injury problems. “It’s a difficult situation because so many players (Piqué, Chygrynskiy, Marquez, Alves and Abidal) are all unavailable but this is part of football. So we will throw what we have and [...]
FC Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola was critical after his team trounced Tenerife 0-5. Leo Messi produced another of his world class performances by scoring a hat-trick assisted by Barca prodigy Bojan Krkic. Captain Carles Puyol netted a header and late sub Pedro cooked the 5th to close the scoresheet. However, Guardiola wasn’t happy with Barca performance and the [...]
Catalan sports newspapers report that FC Barcelona forward, Lionel Messi, is close to recovering for upcoming clash with Real Madrid. Ivorian international Yaya Toure, recovered from swine flu and attended the latest training session. Lionel Messi was also present but he was practicing alone as he is still undergoing his special recovery treatment. Messi, Ibrahimovic and Dani [...]
Barça’s former manager Johann Cruyff has been appointed as the new coach of the Catalan national team after Pere Gratacòs stepped down earlier this year. The Dutch football icon will be officially unveiled as the side’s new coach in a ceremony at the Catalan parliament next Monday, according to Barcelona newspaper Sport. In a move [...]
The average attendance at the Nou Camp so far this season has been 12,000 higher than last year, with an average of 75,000 at each game. The average attendance at the stadium so far this season after six games is 74.254, 12.256 more than for the first six games of last season, when the average [...]
According to Catalan press, FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta threatened the president of Extremadura and called him an “imbecile” during a phone call after being accused of using FC Barcelona as a stepping stone towards his political ambitions. In his column in Spanish newspaper “Marca”, Guillermo Fernandez Vara asked Laporta to stop talking about Catalan [...]
