Catalunya's Annual Match. Professionals from six clubs playing for their heritage.
Victor Valdés: "You will be unstoppable"
Xavi: "You make the difference"
Gerard Piqué: "The superstars are you"
Carles Puyol: "We play for you"
Andreu Fontas: "We are your selection"
Joan Verdu: "We'll wait at the stadium"
Cesc: "For many years I have wanted to play in this game"
Álvaro Vázquez: "You have already won"
Johan Cruyff is the manager, striving for Total Football.
Catalunya's Annual Match. Professionals from six clubs playing for their heritage.
Victor Valdés: "You will be unstoppable"
Xavi: "You make the difference"
Gerard Piqué: "The superstars are you"
Carles Puyol: "We play for you"
Andreu Fontas: "We are your selection"
Joan Verdu: "We'll wait at the stadium"
Cesc: "For many years I have wanted to play in this game"
Álvaro Vázquez: "You have already won"
Johan Cruyff is the manager, striving for Total Football.
02.11.2011 - Este martes (01.11.2011), en la victoria (4-0) del Barcelona sobre el Viktoria
Plzen (Champions League),
Lionel Messi logró su 13º hat trick y pasó la barrera de los
200 goles con la camiseta culé. Exactamente 202 goles: 180 de jugada (170 con el pie, 8 de cabeza,
1 con la mano, 1 con el pecho), 18 de penal y 4 de tiro libre.
Samuel Eto'o has continued to hint that his long-term future lies way from the Russian league,
implying that he might end up at Chelsea in the coming years.
Eto'o was rising to prominence at Mallorca when then-Blues boss Claudio Ranieri attempted to
bring the striker to Stamford Bridge.
However, the Cameroon international opted to join Barcelona in 2004 and went on to enjoy five
great years in Catalunya before moving on to another two successful seasons at Inter.
Gonzalo Higuain scored an impressive hat-trick in Barcelona as Real Madrid claimed an emphatic
4-0 victory over Espanyol in Sunday night's late kick-off.
Earlier on, Espanyol's cross-town rivals Barca had cruised to the top of the La Liga table as
Adriano's lone strike guided the reigning champions to a 1-0 win at Sporting Gijon.
By Eric Beard
A newspaper, a café con leche or an espresso, a café, and a cigarette. Maybe a croissant as
well. It's the stereotypical Spanish breakfast. Substitute a few tapas for the croissant and you
more or less have lunch covered as well. But on the 1st of January, 2011, a newly enforced law in
Spain interrupted the daily routine of millions.
Liverpool to Make Late Move for Afellay
Liverpool are considering a bid for Barcelona's Ibrahim Afellay, according to several sources
such as the Metro and CaughtOffside.com . The Dutch international only moved to Camp Nou in
January for a small fee as his contract at PSV was due to expire in June,but unfortunately for him
he has failed to make the impact that he and Barcelona had hoped.
By Kaushik Lakshman
Last week, we travelled to the Basque Country, Andalucia, and Valencia to take a look at how La
Liga teams from those regions are looking ahead to the new season. In this part we will go through
the two big cities of the country and also some of the other regions of the lovely country of
España.
By Fidel Leblanc
Arsenal fans, why are we so devastated by the protracted departure of Cesc Fabregas? Its not
like we haven't had three years to mentally and emotionally prepare ourselves for this, right? Yet,
the idea of Arsenal will at the Emirates and abroad without Cesc Fabregas in the squad, let alone
leading it, will seem very foreign, perhaps as foreign as it was not seeing Thierry Henry in the
starting line up.
Lo and behold, you may have noticed this fine blog's hibernation during the summer. Why do
we do that? Well, few games are played. Most European leagues take off May, June, July, and
August. Thus, the news cycle slows to a crawl except for a unique species of sports writing: the
transfer rumor.
Lo and behold, you may have noticed this fine blog's hibernation during the summer. Why do we
do that? Well, few games are played. Most European leagues take off May, June, July, and
August. Thus, the news cycle slows to a crawl except for a unique species of sports writing: the
transfer rumor.
By Kyle Morse, writing from Washington DC
The terraces are packed, and the chants are reaching a crescendo as the sides reach the pitch.
The passion and fervor is eminent in the air, so thick you could cut through it. The banners
unfurled and flares sparked.
Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas is closing in on his long awaited £32 million move to
Barcelona with a deal set to be put in place by the end of the week.
The Spaniard has been the subject of much transfer speculation this summer with Pep Guardiola
having pinpointed the Catalan-born star as his number 1 priority ahead of the new season.
L'Equipe Petit - A great story about a little team in Catalunya with
golden values
In Catalan, there's a saying "amb un Parell de pebrots" or "with a couple of
peppers", which means to be brave and to face situations without fear. These little Catalan
children play without any awareness of fear.
L'Equipe Petit - A great story about a little team in Catalunya with
golden values
In Catalan, there's a saying "amb un Parell de pebrots" or "with a couple of
peppers", which means to be brave and to face situations without fear. These little Catalan
children play without any awareness of fear.
Barcelona's triumphant players paraded the club's fourth European Cup through the warm streets
of a festive Catalan capital before partying with almost 100,000 fans at the Nou Camp stadium.
Boarding an open-top bus, Barcelona wound their way through the thronged streets with the
European Cup and La Liga trophies displayed at the front of the vehicle.
29.05.2011 - Tratando de no perder la capacidad de asombro y de no torcer la mirada
sudamericana sobre Europa, a propósito de la final que consagró a Barcelona campeón del
continente, un fresco del momento catalán.
Más allá de un césped de villar, una organización perfecta, una celebración de brillo, un
fútbol inmejorable, un estadio sin alambrados y un público sentado encontramos un país que,
económicamente, vive días que nosotros, salvando distancias, ya vivimos.
Esa pregunta se la han de hacer varios padres de familia futboleros en el mundo, pocos los
elegidos, pero los que llegan tienen éxito tremendo en el fútbol mundial , el caso del niño que
triunfa y esta en la cima es el mismísimo Lionel Messi, que siendo argentino nunca jugo en un
equipo de su país natal, tomo hormonas de crecimiento desde antes de los 12 años y es ahora el
mejor jugador del mundo,jugando con el maravilloso Barcelona.
Checking in from Barcelona: Part One!
I went to the Barça-Malaga match on Sunday con mi novia, it was absolutely incredible. If I
didn't say so before, this was my first time seeing Barça at the Camp Nou. Words can't really do
justice to the 90,000+ Catalan faithful among us or Iniesta's golaso or David Villa's soulpatch, so
here's a short video I made.
