Back again to take a look at some of our players playing abroad. I will be adding Henrique and Keirrison to the list of players to watch and will update about their Brazilian adventures as best as I can. Additionally, La Masia graduate, Alberto Botia shall join the list so we can watch him closely. [...]
With only one “natural” defender in Pep Guardiola’s lineup on Monday night FC Barcelona took the Camp Nou pitch to open the 2011/2012 La Liga campaign after a one week strike stoppage. Due to the unavailability of Pique, Puyol, Alves, Adriano and Maxwell Pep Guardiola decided to unveil a new formation for the La Liga [...]
With La Liga finally about to begin after a long summer, I wanted to commence with what I hope will become a once a week article covering some of our wonderful players playing abroad in Europe. I am open to suggestions on players who will feature in these articles but to start with I will [...]
This evening in Monaco FC Barcelona defeated UEFA Cup champions Porto 2-0 to become Super Cup Champions. The match was hard fought with Porto battling until the final whistle. FC Barcelona proved to be too much for them to handle behind a first half goal from Lionel Messi and Cesc Fabregas, who came in late [...]
On Thursday evening in Monaco the Champions League group stage drawing took place and FC Barcelona found out who they would be facing on their quest to be repeat champions. They find themselves in Group H along with AC Milan, Bate and Plzen. The group stage gets underway September 13 & 14. The following is [...]
The first week of La Liga had already been lost and it was not looking like good for week two as numerous meeting through out the week had ended in a deadlock. However, on Thursday afternoon talks between the Association of Spanish Footballers (AFE) and Liga de Futbol Profesional (LFP) finally resulted in an agreement [...]
Following training on Wednesday Alexis Sánchez received medical clearance and will be available to play in Friday’s UEFA Super Cup match against Porto. Sánchez has been inactive for a week following a hamstring injury suffered against Real Madrid in the second leg of the Spanish Super Cup. Guardiola will likely opt to start Pedro but [...]
In a closed training session on Tuesday defender Gerard Pique suffered an injury to his left leg that will keep him sidelined for up to three weeks. Via the clubs website the injury a statement was issued confirming the injury and that the player will be unavailable for Friday’s Super Cup match against Porto. Pique [...]
On Monday FC Barcelona technical secretary Andoni Zubizarreta addressed rumors that midfielder Ibrahim Afellay would leave the club following the signing of Cesc Fabregas. One of the clubs rumored to be interested in signing the 25 year old is Italian side Juventus. Zubizarreta strongly denied the rumors saying that Afellay is to remain with the club [...]
This evening in the annual Joan Gamper FC Barcelona man handled Napoli with a 5-0 victory keeping the Joan Gamper Trophy at the Camp Nou for another season. After the customary introduction of the entire staff and players for the upcoming season Pep Guardiola’s side took the pitch behind Andres Iniesta who sported the armband [...]
