Pep Guardiola cannot believe it either.

After a workmanlike 1-0 victory against Almería and a mediocre showing in their 0-0 draw at the Mestalla against Valencia CF on Saturday, FC Barcelona looked to reverse their form in the Champions League against a supposed weaker team in FK Rubin Kazan.

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This is the kind of space Xavi thinks he deserves.

The theory is that because of the low amount of scoring in football, using particularly protective and cynical tactics ruins the sport whose nature inhibits a high amount of goals per match.� Football's common nickname is "The Beautiful Game," but from where did that phrase initially originate?

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Tuesday and Wednesday brought about Match Day 2 in the UEFA Champions League, and the four representatives from Spain had interesting ties that helped shape their respective groups.� On Tuesday, Sevilla FC visited Rangers FC at the Ibrox Stadium, where the European night atmosphere is second to none, buoying their beloved Gers, and FC Barcelona hosted FK Dynamo Kyiv at the Camp Nou, where both teams headed into this clash with undefeated records in both league and in Europe.

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Part one of the 2009-2010 La Liga season preview will be out in the next couple of days, but today is devoted to Daniel Jarque González, who tragically passed away at the age of twenty-six while his RCD Espanyol team and he were on their preseason tour of Italy.� According to the RCD Espanyol website, "Tragedy struck Espanyol and the family of Dani Jarque this evening.

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Xabi Alonso's future is expected to be sorted out in the coming hours as Liverpool's deadline demand for Real Madrid to conclude the transaction draws nearer.
And Los Blancos have indeed intensified negotiations after AS reported that the club's executive director, Jose Angel Sanchez met up with the Merseysiders' managing director, Christian Purslow at the Juan Carlos I hotel in Barcelona on Sunday morning. Click to continue reading...

To commemorate the 50th of anniversary of the Camp Nou, Barcelona contracted English architect Norman Foster to re-structure the stadium in 2007. His plan was to spend around €250m on remodelling and to expand capacity by 10,000. However... not everyone is impressed with Foster's plan, as it apparently fails to solve some access problems. Click to continue reading...

As Florentino Perez continues to degrade an already absurd transfer market into new realms of travesty, changes of a more sensible nature are afoot in Catalunya. The air is still calm outside the Nou Camp as the stardust still settles after the gloss that was last season. Yet across town in Cornella de Llobregat, the air couldn't be more supercharged with the flutter of parakeet wings as a fresh optimism seems to have sunk into the finishing touches of wet paint adorning the brand new Estadi RCDE.

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One of the unique features of Spanish football is the ability of its autonomous regions to be able to set up select sides and be able to play against some of the best teams in the world. In 2008, one of its most recognized sides will not take the field.  The Basque select  side decided to [...] Click to continue reading...

              The Catalunia select side are confirmed to play a friendly match against Colombia on December 28th according to Sport.  The match was confirmed by the Catalunian Football Federation as negotiations have developed quickly.  The stadium is yet to be determined.  This is in an effort to have an opponent for their tranditional matchup prior [. Click to continue reading...