Club President Joan Laporta and Technical Secretary Txiki Begiristain have called an impromptu
press conference at the Camp Nou premises, with the main objective of announcing the renewal of Pep
Guardiola. The press conference has been scheduled for 1330 hrs. Catalan time, and has been
reported by Sport as well as El Mundo Deportivo.
Is anyone going to forget this? Iniestaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!The goal that sealed the Champions League,
courtesy of the man who never scores headers and never scores against English teams.Gerard Pique
Bernabeu tears down the Bernabeu.A goal scored with the heart - and the Barca badge, to send Barca
to the summit of world football.
Feel proud, Blaugrana fans. Barca of the SIX CUPS. An unprecedented and unbreakable record.See how
much it means to Pep, the man and the legend.
I read this on the Goal.com forums, written by a Milan fan, irasmaldinista. It was titled"We are
Rossoneri, But We are Not Blind Blaugrana Friends"Makes me feel extremely proud, fans of other
clubs have also appreciated how great this team truly was.Yes, we can see... We can see a Football
club finally emulating the 1988-1994 invincible Milan and even surpassing them.
Carles Puyol gave Barcelona fans much joy when he announced that he will renew his contract till
2013, thus ending weeks of speculation about his future.Puyol is the heart and soul of the team,
and to have him renew means that any doubts that could have been placed on his future can now be
discarded.
It seems Barcelona has been brought to earth by the lack of depth in the forward line, as is shown
by the club's attempts to secure the signature of Manchester City forward cum winger Robinho, who
has grown disillusioned at Eastlands.Reports from Catalan paper Sport recently stated that
Manchester City's oil-rich owners have consented to the deal to bring Robinho to the Camp Nou
stadium as early
The Barcelona camp can heave a huge sigh of relief with the news that David Villa and Joaquin will
both be absent for the clash at the Mestalla when La Liga resumes after the international
break.Star striker Villa suffered a muscular injury in the game against Racing Santander and has
been ruled out for three weeks, while Joaquin Sanchez has been ruled out for 20 days with a thigh
problem.
Barcelona seized undisputed top spot in La Liga with an uncharacteristically lacklustre 1-0 home
win over Almeria, thanks to Real Madrid's 1-2 defeat away to Sevilla.Pedro scored a fantastic goal
on the half hour mark to give Barcelona the win. It was not a good game however. Xavi and Iniesta
were shackled well by Ortiz and Chico, and Almeria made sure that Barcelona were made to work very
(Summary is not available.)
Ibrahimovic scored his fifth goal in as many games, and super-sub Pique added a second to give
Barcelona a 2-0 victory in a hard-fought game at Malaga.The game was extremely difficult for
Barcelona due to the uncompromising nature of the Malaga defenders. And this is just putting it
mildly. Messi got stepped on thrice, Henry and Chigrinskiy walked off injured and the referee
literally ignored
(Summary is not available.)
Yet another Barca-Atleti fixture. Yet another goal-fest. It is a fixture that has the word "GOALS"
emblazoned all over it.This time, it finished 5-2 in favour of Barcelona, with goals coming from
Ibrahimovich (who called him a flop?), Messi, Alves and Keita.Barcelona started with Valdes in
goal, Alves, Pique, Chiggy and Maxwell in defense, Xavi, Busquets and Keita in midfield and the
attacking
Lionel Messi has agreed a contract extension with Barcelona that will tie him to the club till
2016. He is expected to sign the contract today."It's an immense piece of news for the club and for
the player that Messi is renewing his contract," said Barça manager Pep Guardiola. "As it also was
when Victor Valdes and Xavi did so.
(Summary is not available.)
The parked bus has struck again. Barcelona were once again, undone by the strong organisation and
commitment of an opposition defense (though some poor finishing also helped in getting Inter off
the hook).Dominating the game for the course of the entire 90 minutes with a possession ratio of
67:33 in their favour, one might have expected Barcelona to take the game.