Messi close to recovering for El Clasico

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 Alves missed [...]

Ronald De Boer:”Ibra is a special player”

Former Barca player, Ronald De Boer, attended the match between FC Barcelona and Dynamo Kiev on Tuesday and praised Ibrahimovic.
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“Ibrahimovic is a special player. For me, one of the best in the world in his position. Inter and Juventus won the Scudetto`s with him. He is a very important player and as you can see he also [...]

Sunday training with 6 absentees

FC Barcelona first team conducted the Sunday morning training session without injured Henry and Chygrynskiy and Ibrahimovic, Alves, Messi and Xavi, who stayed in the gym to do recovery work.
The team returned to Barcelona at around 1AM and as soon as 11AM, the first team was already in Ciudad Deportiva for their usual training. After [...]

Le Iene Show: Ibrahimovic Pranked in Italy

FC Barcelona striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, was a victim of a prank played by Italian TV show “Le Iene” (which is run by Totti’s wife) when Barca travelled to Milan to face Inter Milan in the Champions League group stages. The video shows a little boy wearing an Inter shirt approaching Zlatan to shake his hand, [...]

Ibrahimovic brakes a record

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the first Barcelona player in the history of of the Catalan club who has scored in his four first league matches in his debut season according to the club’s official website. Johan Cruyff, Romario, Eto’o, Ronaldo, Hans Krankl and even Laszlo Kubala were not able to record such numbers in their respective debut [...]

Ibrahimovic:”The more I play, more I enjoy”

Swedish striker, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, scored 3 goals in 3 matches for FC Barcelona and continues his rapid adaptation with his new team.
“The more I play, the more I enjoy. It’s all about getting to know team members and being integrated into the style of play. And the more minutes I am on the field, I feel [...]

Xavi on Ibrahimovic and Atletico

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FC Barcelona playmaker, Xavi Hernandez spoke about Zlatan Ibrahimovic: “I think Zlatan is OK, he produced some good performances and he offers Barca a lot of options in attack. He also combines well with the rest of the team and has given us an option to play some long balls in the box. Furthermore, [...]

Messi:”We could have won”

FC Barcelona forward, Lionel Messi was not entirely satisfied with the 0-0 draw against Inter Milan : “I’m leaving with the feeling that we could have won”.
Nevertheless, Messi agreed that the result at San Siro (0-0) is nothing to be ashamed of. “A draw is not a bad result”, he said. FC Barcelona forward was [...]

Getafe – FC Barcelona: 0-2

FC Barcelona overcame Getafe on the wings of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Lionel Messi after a dodgy start in the first half. It only took half an hour of the Barca magic to secure the win and grab all 3 points from Getafe.
First half
FC Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola opted to rest some of his key [...]

Getafe [0-2] FC Barcelona Full Highlights

65′ Zlatan Ibrahimovic
80′ Lionel Messi