At the press conference before the Dynamo Kiev match, FC Barcelona manager, Pep Guardiola, said that if any team was not favored to win the Champions League (having in mind the history of the competition) than that team is Barcelona. Xavi supported the Guardiola`s idea but also made it clear: ”although we aren`t favorites, we will [...]
Lionel Messi [1-0] Pedro Rodriguez [2-0]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Champions League Group Stage: Internazionale Vs. FC Barcelona at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza.
The FC Barcelona squad train at the Giuseppe Meazza
FC Barcelona were today drawn alongside Italian champions Inter Milan in Group F of the Champions League group stage draw, thus creating two mouth-watering fixtures where both Barça’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Inter’s Samuel Eto’o will play against their former clubs.
Club president Joan Laporta, who witnessed the draw live in Monaco where Dynamo Kiev and [...]
FC Barcelona drew a tough goup F in 2009/2010 Champions league group draw. Along with FC Barcelona the group is made up Italian champions Inter Milan and Ukraine and Russian champions Dinamo Kiev and Rubin Kazan.
All groups:
Group A: Bayern Munich, Juventus, Bordeaux, Maccabi Haifa
Group B: Manchester United, CSKA Moscow, Besiktas, Wolfsburg
Group C: AC Milan, [...]