The honor to play Barça?

Friday, November 19th, 2010

If you were a player in La Liga, who would you rather want to exchange shirts with, Messi or Ronaldo? Keep that thought in mind. I thought that it was presumptuous and arrogant to think, let alone, write in Tuesday’s piece this week that many La Liga sides may feel it an honor to play [...]

Four Barcelona B players make the traveling squad with Abidal, Milito and Jeffren unavailable

Friday, November 19th, 2010

FC Barcelona will be without the services of three players tomorrow as the team travels to take on Almeria. Eric Abidal is sidelined for five days after suffering a minor hamstring injury in Frances friendly against England. Diego Milito is also still recovering from a hamstring injury that he is still weeks away from even [...]

FC Barcelona to face Athletic Bilbao in next round of Copa del Rey

Thursday, November 18th, 2010

FC Barcelona found out on Thursday that they will be facing Athletic Club Bilbao on December 22 in the second round of the Copa del Rey with the return leg taking place on January 5. Real Madrid will be going up against Levante and in another attractive match up Valencia will be taking on Villarreal. [...]

FC Barcelona and PSV agree to the January transfer of midfielder Ibrahim Afellay

Monday, November 15th, 2010

FC Barcelona have secured the services of PSV midfielder Ibrahim Affellay after both sides have agreed to the January transfer. PSV will receive 3 million euros for the 24 year old who has been rumored to be moving to either FC Barcelona of Liverpool for the past week. Afellay will be the seventh player from [...]

Messi-Dependance is a myth

Friday, November 12th, 2010

You hear it over and over from those that cover or support Real Madrid: Barcelona is dependant on Lionel Messi. Barca is Messi-dependant. When Messi doesn’t perform, Barca doesn’t perform. How do you stop Barcelona? Just stop Messi. They are sooo dependant on him. The thought process seems to be, “Look see. Messi scored a [...]

Gabi Milito sidelined 4 to 6 weeks with hamstring injury

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

It seems that Gabriel Milito just cannot stay healthy. The 30 year old defender has been plagued with injuries since joining FC Barcelona back in 2007 from Zaragoza. In yesterdays Copa del Rey match at home against Ceuta Milito was given the nod to start and things were looking great as he even scored a [...]

FC Barcelona vs Real Madrid will be played Mon., November 29, to the disappoint of international fans everywhere

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

MediaPro, the company in charge of television rights in Span, the LFP and both Real Madrid and FC Barcelona have agreed the best day for the El Clásico to be played is on Monday. Leaving fans across the world throwing their hands up in disappointment after weeks of being told that their concerns were being [...]

Watch FC Barcelona vs Ceuta in Copa del Rey Live Today at 4PM EST

Wednesday, November 10th, 2010

FC Barcelona take on AD Ceuta in midweek Copa del Rey action. Watch the match live by clicking on any of the links below. Links will be updated just prior to kickoff. Link 1 Link 2 Link 3 Link 4

Guardiola rests many starters for Wednesdays Copa del Rey match against Ceuta

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

On Tuesday Pep Guardiola released the list of the 17 players made available for Wednesday nights Copa del Rey match against Ceuta at home. Barcelona took the first leg in easy fashion 0-2 and look to be in for an easy advance into the next round of the King’s Cup. Jeffren will not participate as [...]

Dear Pep, …. Sincerely, Jose

Thursday, November 4th, 2010

“Dear Pep, The Special one here. I wanted to drop you a quick note to say I know what you are doing. I figured you out last year and I am the Champion. Not you. I am on to you Mr. Pep, with you using all kinds of formations and systems. I am not fooled. [...]