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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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 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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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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FC Barcelona will be looking to register their first victory in this season's Champions League
tonight when they face Dynamo Kiev at the Camp Nou. At the Guardiola described how important is
this game and a failure to win will put emnormous pressure on the Barcelona side, especially we
have to play at Ukraine and Russia in the onset of winter.
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Ok, there are some serious good news - not like all the news till now was bad. But this one sounds
so good - Milito is back in training. There is no date set for his return but still it is good to
hear that we may be able to count on his service maybe in the latter part of the season. And that
is a very good news to the build up of the Racing clash.
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FC Barcelona will be looking to continue with their perfect run when they take on Atletico Madrid.
FC barcelona has won their two La Liga matches, meanwhile Atletico start has been very poor - they
lost to Malaga and drew with Racing last week; they currenly lie in the 18th place in the table.
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FC Barcelona will kick start their defense of Champions League crown officially with the visit to
San Siro tonight. This match is set to bring out some stunning re-unions, most importantly Eto and
Ibrahmovic. Zlatan Ibrahmovic is set to have a very hostile reception from the Inter fans;
meanwhile Eto will feel a bit awkard playing against players who were his team mates for long six
years.
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La LIga will be back to full swing after a week absence due to international matches. Barca will be
travelling to Getafe to carry on with their excellent start of the season. Marquez and Iniesta are
both declared fit for tonight's encounter. There are rumours that Pep Guardiola has already dropped
Marquez from the squad.
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UEFA Champions League winner FC Barcelona will face UEFA Cup Winner Shaktar Donetsk at the Louis II
stadium in Monaco to decide the winner of this year's super cup. This will officialyy flag the
start of this year's Champions League season. For FC Barcelona this will be a great oppurtunity to
start the season in the right not.
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Athletic Bilbao vs Barca Preview
In contrast to the other major leagues in Europe, the Spanish Super Cup is a two legged affair. The
first leg will be held tonight at San Mamés ; the second leg will held at the Camp Nou next
sunday. Guardiola has announced the squad which is travelling to face Athletic Bilbao - Valdés,
Pinto, Alves, Maxwell, Abidal, Puyol, Piqué, Fontà s, Muniesa, Touré, Keita, Xavi, Gudjohnsen,
Busquets, Bojan, Pedro, Jeffren, Henry and Jonathan Dos Santos.
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FC Barcelona and Manchester United would be looking to create history when they clash in the UEFA
Champions League Final on May 27th in Rome. Have a look at the records and stats to the build up of
this game here - FC Barcelona vs Manchester United Stats FC Barcelona fans around the world are
still sweating on the fitness of their two crucial players - Thierry Henry and Andres Iniesta.
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FC Barcelona would be playing the match against Osasuna with only one thing on mind - The Final in
Rome. May be that is what Osasuna also wants. Osasuna lies in the 18th position with 37 points. A
victory at camp Nou will do them a world of good in staying afloat in the Premier league. Guardiola
would be in much more trickier situation.
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Real Mallorca vs Barca Preview
FC Barcelona finally became the Champions. As Eto said last week, we didn't have to play again win
the title. Real Madrid's last night 3-2 defeat to Villareal means we will have two weeks ahead to
focus clearly on Champions League final in Rome. Manchester United, Barca's rival in Rome also
grabbed their title last night with a draw against Arsenal.
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Athletic Bilbao and FC Barcelona are the two clubs which can boast of maximum Copa Del Rey victory
in the history of the tournament. FC Barcelona has won the cup 24 times whereas Athletic lies just
behind with 23 victories. For FC Barcelona there inability to close out La Liga last week means
this is their chance to win the first silverware of this season.
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With Real Madrid losing to Valencia at Mestalla yesterday, FC Barcelona has their first oppurunity
to win the League Title tonight. If Barca manages a victory against Villareal tonight, they will
move ten points clear and make sure of their first title of this season. Guardiola would love to
see his team round up the available titles as soon as possible.
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Pep Guardiola has named all the available players in the squad which will travel to London. Carles
Puyol, who is suspended for the leg will also travel with the squad. The squad announced are
Valdés, Jorquera, Pinto, Alves, VÃctor Sánchez, Piqué, Cáceres, Abidal, Sylvinho, Touré Yaya,
Keita, Busquets, Gudjohnsen, Xavi, Iniesta, Hleb, Bojan, Henry, Eto'o, Messi and Pedro.
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A couple of months back, if someone have told you that the title will mostly be decided at the
Bernebeu, you probably might have laughed at him. But tonight's match at the Bernebeu is mostly a
make or break match. Simply put this is a match which Real Madrid cannot afford not to win. A
victory at home will see Barca's lead at top cut to just one point and most importantly will surely
be a huge blow to Barca's confidence.
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The mouth watering Champions League clash between FC Barcelona and Chelsea is upon us and if you
are still sleeping wake up. For FC Barcelona this is a much win match and they should also make
sure that they don't concede against Chelsea. But with FC Barcelona's defensive fragility and
aerial weakness, that is going to be difficult.
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FC Barcelona will be looking to continue their good run with a victory at Mestalla. Valencia is
surely in great form and will be difficult to beat. But Barca players know that a defeat at tonight
will make life worse in all friends. A defeat here will raise doubts of our chances in Europe and
will give new lease of life to Real Madrid.
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Latest Update : Messi Misses Training due to Stomach Pain, but still is expected to make the
squad.
FC Barcelona would be knowing exactly what result need to get against Sevilla to maintain or
increase their lead at top. Real Madrid is playing tonight and according to Marcelo, he expects
Barcelona to drop points in this fixture.
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Joseph Guardiola has announced a 19 men squad who will travel to Getafe tomorrow. Both Jorquera and
Pinto are included in the squad as Valdes is carrying a slight knock and may not fearture in
tomorrow's encounter. Getafe is the only team in La Liga whom the Blaugrana has not yet beaten this
season.
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FC Barcelona, courtesy of a brilliant home win have already kept a foot in the semi-finals of this
years UEFA Champions League. But we should still remember that we still have to negotiate Bayern at
Germany to make it happen. Guardiola was able to give many of his stalwarts some rest in the 2-0
victory over Recreativo, especially the likes of Xavi and Eto.
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FC Barcelona would be hoping to increase their lead at top to nine points atleast for 24 hours when
they face Recreativo at Camp Nou. Recreativo has been good away from their home this season, but to
win at Camp Nou could be a difficult ask for a team which lies in the relegation zone. FC Barcelona
are in quite some for following the 4-0 destruction of Bayern at Camp Nou in the mid week.
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The fact that Bayern were thrashed by Wolfsburg is no comfort for Barcelona to the build up of this
match. As some of the Bayern players revealed, both are different type of games. Gerrard Pique
pointed out the important of keeping a clean sheet against Bayern to progress to the next stage.
But realistically speaking that could be one hell of a task.
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After two weeks break La Liga will be back in action from tonight. FC barcelona is making the trip
to Valladolid tonight to take their quest for La Liga title forward. Barca finds themselves in
quite trickly situation. The south American players joined the squad late compare to the Europe
based players.
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FC Barcelona is confirmed to be without their inspirational captain Carlos Puyol for the crucial
Champions League home leg against Lyon. Lyon also did have a similiar injury concern with Benzema,
but the latest news is that he has made into the squad but how long will he play is yet to be seen.
FC Barcelona players expressed their confidence in seeing the back of a very dangerous Lyon side
after finding their form in the weekend match against Athletic Bilbao.
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Four defenders are missing from the squad which prepare to face Athletic Bilbao at Camp Nou
tonight. The absentees are Milito and Abidal both out with injuries along with Alves and Caceres
both suspended for tonight's match. Barca Atletic youngster Alberto Tomás Botía has
already trained with the first team and very likely will feature in the substitutre bench of
tonight's match.
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FC Barcelona will play the second leg of Copa Del Rey semi-final against Real Mallorca at the Ono
Estadi stadium tonight. FC Barcelona is well placed in the tie with a 2-0 win at home in the first
leg. But FC Barcelona's recent form (failing to win in their last four games) has raised questions
about Barca's ability to seal off titles this season.
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Atletico Madrid coach Abel Resino has sounded about a possible change of tactics to contain FC
Barcelona tonight. Atletico Madrid might let go off their usual attacking style and would prefer to
make it compact at the back. That would put real pressure on FC barcelona side, who have been
struggling for some weeks.
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Atletico Madrid coach Abel Resino has sounded about a possible change of tactics to contain FC
Barcelona tonight. Atletico Madrid might let go off their usual attacking style and would prefer to
make it compact at the back. That would put real pressure on FC barcelona side, who have been
struggling for some weeks.
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FC Barcelona would be hoping to put an end to recent lack-lustre performance with a good result at
Lyon on Tuesday night. Barca have dropped five points in last two league matches and the next one
is at Atletico Madrid; that doesn't eases anything. Atletico would be looking to take revenge for
the drubbing they received at the hands of Barca earlier this season.
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FC Barcelona would be hoping to put an end to recent lack-lustre performance with a good result at
Lyon on Tuesday night. Barca have dropped five points in last two league matches and the next one
is at Atletico Madrid; that doesn't eases anything. Atletico would be looking to take revenge for
the drubbing they received at the hands of Barca earlier this season.
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