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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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 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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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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With Sevilla beating Real Madrid, FC Barcelona has moved to the top of La Liga with a three point
lead. Real Madrid side, who were without Ronaldo went down at Sevilla 2-1. Now Barca is the opnly
team which has a cent percent record in this season's League campaign. A three point lead at this
early stage will be significant and will help us to put more pressure on the Madrid side in the
coming weeks.
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FC Barcelona continued their excellent run in the league with a 4-1 demolition of Racing Santander
at El Sardinero stadium. Two goals from Messi and one each from Ibrahmovic and Pique was enough to
see Barca comfortably past Racing. Like the weekend it was a sensational first half display which
put Barca in command.
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For the second time in a row, Atletico Madrid's visit to Camp NOu turned out to be a nightmare. But
it was better than last time, I mean they score one more and conceded one less too this time
around. With this heavy defeat Atletico's start to the season has gone from bad to worse. First
half goals from Ibrahmovic, Messi, Alves and Keita, and an injury time strike from Messi condemned
Atletico's to their heaviest defeat this season.
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FC Barcelona started their UEFA Champions League defense with a goal-less draw at San Siro. This is
never a bad result but with the chances we had we could have come out with three points with ease.
It was a clash of the best atatck in the world against one of the most organised defense in the
world.
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FC Barcalona continued with their excellent start to the season with a 2-0 victory away at the
Coliseum Alfonso stadium in Getafe. Goals from Ibrahmovic and Messi took Barca to a not so
convincing victory against a tough Getafe side. This victory has taken us to the top of the table
and we will be looking to hold onto that top spot no matter what.
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FC Bracelona - 1, Shaktar Donetsk - 0
FC Barcelona won the UEFA Super cup for the third time in history with a 1-0 victory over Shaktar
at the Louis II stadium in Monaco. A late Pedro Rodriguez strike in the second half o the extra
time was the difference between the two sides.
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FC Barcelona looks like they will be al set to add their first silverware of this season at Camp
Nou next week after securing a 2-1 away victory at Sam Mames. With two away goals and a goal lead,
it looks pretty unlikely that Barca will falter in winning the title. Athletic Bilbao went ahead
towards the end of the first half but second half strikes from Xavi and Pedro secured Barca a
deserving victory.
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FC Barcelona rounded up a sound 4-0 victory against Seattle Sounder at the Qwest Field in Seattle.
This is the second match of Barca's US Tour and will round up the tour with a macth against Chivas
on Sunday. In front of a full house of 67,000 people Barca produced one of their best display in
the pre-season.
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FC Barcelona started their tour of the North Americas with a tough 2-1 victory against Los Angeles
Galaxy. Again as expected Guardiola experimeneted with the team giving ample amount of
oppurtunities to the young players. And to Guardiola's credit it was two of the younger players who
scored for Barca - Pedro and Jeffren.
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An under strength FC Barcelona side was held to a 1-1 draw by Totenham in their first pre-season
friendly in the Wembley Cup. Bojan Krikic gave FC Barcelona the lead in the 32nd minute but
Totenham equalised in the 82nd minute through Livermore's header. Guardiola decided to rest
majority of stars from the squad who made it to London.
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FC Barcelona eased past the challenge post by Al Ahly in their second match of the Wembley cup. The
4-1 victory but wasn't enough for them to grab the inaugral Wembley Cup. Celtic later defeated
Totenham 2-0 to claim the first edition of this friendly cup. Like the last match Guardiola put in
another young but talented side ofr this encounter.
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In a sensational display, FC Barcelona defeated defending champions Manchester United to lift this
year's UEFA Champions League Trophy with goals from Eto and Messi. By doing so, FC Barcelona became
the first Spanish side to achieve the historic Treble in the history. I doubt whether any Barca fan
could have scripted a better game; apart from the early ten minutes, this was "The Perfect Script".
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FC Barcelona - 0, Osasuna - 1
A second consecutive defeat and a red card to debutant Muniesa spoiled the night in which Fc
Barcelona was handed the La Liga Trophy. The Red Card more than the defeat spoiled the mood as a
defeat was expected with team Guardiola lined up. In my preview to the match, I emphasised on the
importance of having some of our main players on the pitch, especially the defense.
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Real Mallorca - 2, Barca - 1
Guardiola decided to rest majority of first team players against Real Mallorca. The makeshift side
had three Barca B team members - Xavi Torres, Oier Olazabal and Pedro. Barca went ahead with a goal
from Eto in the tenth minute but wasted a flurry of chances to end the game, especially Eto.
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FC Barcelona - 4, Bilbao - 1
FC Barcelona ended their two year droght of silverware with an emphatic win against Athletic Bilbao
at the Mestalla. Yesterday's triump also ends a eleven year wait for the "Copa Del Rey" title. The
last time FC Barcelona won the cup Guardiola was a team member and it might be destiny that this
has to be his first title as FC Barcelona coach.
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An injury time goal from has postponed FC Barcelona's League title victory for atleast one week. FC
Barcelona needs now only one point from their last three matches to conquer the La Liga. They may
not even need that if Real Madrid fails to win their next game. Guardiola has to be dissappointed
after being held 3-3 at home against Villareal, especially considering that we led 3-1 before
relinquishing our lead.
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Andres Iniesta's 93rd minute stunner send FC Barcelona from the verge of packing their bags to
their dream Champions League Final at Rome. Chelsea went ahead in the 9th minute courtesy of a
stunning volley from the most unlikeliest of source - Michael Essien. They held on to the lead for
a precious 93 minutes but Iniesta had the last laugh slotting the ball past Cech from outside the
box, incidently that was FC Barcelona's only shot on target.
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In one of the most sensational displays away from home, FC Barcelona humiliated Real Madrid by
scoring half a dozen goal against the. With the 2-6 victory FC Barcelona has extracted some revenge
for the humiliation at the same ground last season. In a match billed to be the "Title Decider"
this season, Barca showed their technical superiority to emerge comfortable winners.
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For the first time in this season, FC Barcelona were unable to score a goal at the Camp Nou. A
boring but disciplined Chelsea held FC Barcelona to a goal less draw, now they have the advantage
of playing the next match at their home. Both the coaches had earlier promised an open encounter
but Hiddink realised early that attacking against Barca at Camp Nou can be of dangerous proportion.
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FC Barcelona grabbed a point from the match against Valencia with a late goal from Thierry Henry.
FC Barcelona now moves seven point clear of Real Madrid, but Madrid can cut that lead back to four
points tonight. The pressing and quick counter attack from a very talented and in-form Valencia
side troubled throughout the match.
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FC Barcelona restored their lead on top with an emphatic victory over the Andulucian side, Sevilla
at home. Barca scored 4 goals within an hour mark to completely rout a sorry looking Sevilla side,
who were condemned to their third straight league defeat. Real Madrid player Marcelo has last week
claimed that we will draw against Sevilla and Valencia and also will lose against Real Madrid and
Deportivo.
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A goal from Lionel Messi in the first half was enough for Barca to register a win against Getafe.
Getafe was always a tough place for Barca to visit, but a 1-0 goal line was an injustice to FC
Barcelona. FC Barcelona was denied by some poor finishing, excellent goal keeping by Stojkovic and
some poor refereeing.
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FC Barcelona set up a semi final show down with Chelsea in this year's Champions League with a 1-1
draw against Bayern Munich. Frank Ribery put Bayern in the lead early in the second half but a
stunning strike from Keita kept Barca's unbeaten streak intact. Barca already had the match in bag
after a 4-0 crushing of Bayern at home but they still need to see off this leg and they did it
brilliantly.
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FC Barcelona continued their march to La Liga titl with a not so impressive 2-0 victory against
Recreativo. A first mnute goal from Iniesta and a second half own goal seperated the two sides.
Courtesy of this victory we have moved nine points clear off Madrid and now the onus is on Real to
reduce the lead.
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Yah, he is back. He is surely back. He is surely back to his best. After a series of not so great
performance, Lionel Messi produced what he knows best, exciting football to maul a very talented
Bayern Munich side. Two first half goals from Messi, and one each from Eto and Henry all in the
first half was enough for Barca to see off the German challenge.
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A late first half strike from Eto made sure that FC Barcelona gave up any momentum in the La Liga
chase. FC Barcelona were made to work over time by a gritty Valladolid side and towards the second
half looked in more trouble. This was no classic Barca performance but it is still a very valuable
win.
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In a sensational display which could be sending shivers across Europe, FC Barcelona destroyed the
visiting Malaga team by half a dozen goals. The display was so phenomenol that a 6-0 final
scoreline was indeed injustice to Barca. Barca was also helped with the Malaga team's attitude and
plans which saw them defending deep and trying to crowd Barca out of the box.
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FC Barcelona secured a last eight place in this season's Champions League with a sensational 5-2
rout of Lyon at Camp Nou. FC Barcelona produced a display which would have put their recent blip in
form to distant memory. Two first half goals from Henry in the span of two minutes , a wonder goal
from Messi and another from Eto gave Barcelona the early lead; but Lyon pulled down the lead with
goals in end of first half and start of second half.
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After three difficult week, FC Barcelona were back to their usual best against Athletic Bilbao.
First half goals from Busquets and Messi was more than enough for Barca to see off their Copa Del
Rey final opponent. Fc Barcelona created a flurry of chances in the second half but could not
increase their half time lead.
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