The last two times Barca returned from international break, we failed to win our away games and
subsequently had a bad result in the Champions League encounters. We always have struggled after an
international break, but this time it is a make or break time for Barca. We cannot afford to lose
or draw against Bilbao as it will definitely show in our all important encounter against Inter on
Tuesday.
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After an extended vacation, I am back writing the blog. The coming week could turn out to be the
most important week for FC Barcelona this season. After achieving a historic treble, no team would
like to be thrown out of UEFA Champions League in the group stage, but the chances are pretty high
for that to happen.
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FC Barcelona has essentially put their Champions League qualification at risk by drawing against
the Russian champions. With this draw we stand at second in standing and have a chance to end the
night at third in overall standing if there is anything other than a draw in the match against
Inter and Kiev.
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Nobody would have ever imagined that Barca's travel to Russia would turn out to be this significant
in terms of Barca proceeding to the group stage. A lose against Rubin tomorrow night will reduce
Barca's chances of proceeding to next stage very much. A draw might not be bad, but may result in
Barca seeking help from others in the group for qualification.
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FC Barcelona squandered two points with a last second own goal from Pique to help Real Madrid close
the gap on top to one point. In a game where the defenses held their fort, Barca went ahead with a
strike from Keita in the 72nd mnute but they had to pay dearly for wasting a host of chances after
the goal.
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FC Barcelona would be looking to continue their two match winning streak at Osasuna tonight. After
the set-backs suffered at Valencia and against Rubin Kazan at Camp Nou, Barca looked to have got
their campaign back to the right track, but still this will be a huge test. The defeat against
Rubin Kazan had made the return leg on wednesday a must win affair .
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I recently got hold of Full Zip Barcelona Jacket from SoccerPro. I already have received the FC
Barcelona navy Blue Jacket but this one has a better Bluagrana identity than the other one. The
jacket has a bold red stripe across it's front and back midsection and two thin red stripes on the
center of left sleeve.
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FC Barcelona extended their lead at the top of the league to three points with a marvelous 6-1
thrashing of Zaragoza. It was quite a night with Keita scoring a hat-trick. Not many times you will
see Keita outscoring the likes of Messi and Ibrahmovic. There were serious doubts about Barca's
form, but the players put them into rest with a sensational display.
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FC Barcelona would be looking to put behind them the recent set-backs suffered in their campaign
tonight at Camp Nou. A failure to defeat Zaragoza at home will see alarm bells ringing around Barca
faithfuls. With Gijon holding Real Madrid to a goal less draw last night, it is upto Barca to
capitalise on Real's slip up.
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I have been on road for last two days and missed the Champions league match against Rubin Kazan. So
this one resulted in the first defeat officially this season. Now if we take the last three matches
into presective, there could be some alarm bells ringing. The 1-0 victory against Almeria was far
from convincing, the draw at Valencia was aided by some heavy fortune and the 2-1 defeat can be
attributed to lack of the same.
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FC Barcelona's winning streak came to a hold at the Mestella, when they were held to a goal less
draw by Valencia. Actually Barca was lucky not to have lost the match, a combination of great goal
keeping by Valdes and some poor finishing by Valencia players prevented a Valencia win. Valencia
were the better team in both the halfs, especially in the first half.
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