I'll clarify one thing. Missing the cut and thrust of league football is a big negative but the good thing about International week is that it provides for ample reflection. Maybe too much of it sometimes. Perhaps that comes with age.

Watching the La Liga review I learnt a bit more about age.

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Wenger monitoring young Israeli.

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Arsenal are "keeping tabs on" 18-year-old Barcelona winger Gai Assulin, which seems as good a place as any to keep tabs, but only if they're properly secured with Velcro.

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As a fan of Barcelona I was thinking the other day about the club's rich history as well as their successes in the UEFA Champions League. Barcelona have won the UEFA Champions League three times in their history with two coming in the last four years which is extremely impressive.

It got me thinking; which Champions League winning side was better?

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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. Click to continue reading...

Barcelona vs FK Rubin Kazan

Barcelona are on a revenge mission in Russia after being beaten at the Camp Nou a fortnight ago by the Russian champions.

Barca are dejected after Rubin's win.

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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. Click to continue reading...

"Soy un gran admirador de Pellegrini"
Além de campeão no campo, é também um exemplo de fair-play, ética e princípios. Dar uma mãozinha ao colega do grande rival, num momento particularmente difícil para este, não está ao alcance de todos. É desta massa que são feitos os grandes homens, no futebol e fora dele. Click to continue reading...

After Samuel Eto'o's alleged statements against Pep and others at Barca, he adressed the subject as expected at the presentation campaign for "Shoe Aid In Africa" which he's the face of. And Samu's statements were far from any sort of lashing out at the club:
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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. Click to continue reading...

Pepe Guardiola's Barcelona side overtook Real Madrid at the top of La Liga with this impreious display against Zaragoza. Seydou Keita scored a magnificent hat-trick and Zlatan Ibrahimovic grabbed a brace and Leo Messi scored to hand the Catalan giants a fabulous win over very weak opposition.

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Nos pregunta un lector del retroblog, Michael, con qué equipo de la actualidad se puede comparar a la Holanda de Cruyff del mundial de Alemania 1974: ¿Barcelona, Arsenal o Manchester?

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Le hemos hecho la pregunta a nuestros colaboradores.

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- Chygrynskiy is back from his injury, more cause to rejoice! He's greenlighted for this Sunday's Liga meet with Zaragoza, wonderful news especially now that Dani's out. Medics are saying that Titi could be returning as well, things really seem to be picking up now don't they?
- People call Pep harsh for fining the players when they're naughty, but who would have guessed that the club's donating the money for great causes? Click to continue reading...

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Dmytro Chygrynskiy on Thursday received clearance to return to training following a knee injury back on Sept. 26 against Malaga.

Chygrynskiy completed his first full training session on Friday since the injury and was immediately examined by doctors. Following the examination the medical staff gave Chygrynskiy a clean bill of health and was given clearance to return to the team.

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French striker Thierry Henry may leave Barcelona next summer to play for the New York Red Bulls, a Spanish sports daily said on Friday.

Henry, 32, would like to end his career in the same country as his friend and countryman Tony Parker, who plays basketball for the San Antonio Spurs, the daily AS said, without indicating its sources.

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Barcelona fans can breathe a little easier this morning because the team has announced that they have reached a tentative agreement with captain Carles Puyol for a contract extension until 2013. The announcement ends weeks of speculation that had Puyol leaving the Camp Nou for the Premiership or Serie A when his contract expired in June.

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After Carlo Ancelotti left to Chelsea in the summer, the AC Milan board took a chance with Leonardo, who played himself to legendary status amongst the Rossoneri fans in mid 90's. On the pitch, Leonardo was one of the most intelligent players in his era, but he's still unproven as a coach.

The AC Milan hot seat was probably the most unattractive one for the top coaches in the game, as the squad is very old, a laughing stock amongst football fans as "the old folks' home for footballers", so appointing Leonardo was probably the only right decision the board could make.

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Gecenin süprizini Camp Nou'da "B" plansız (!) Guardiola'nın Barcelona'sını yenen Rubin Kazan yaptı. Ama bu zaferi bir Türk futbolcunun Camp Nou'da attığı gol ile elde etmeleri bu diyarlardaki futbol severler için çok daha manidar. O futbolcu ki Kazım'ların Batuhan'ların Ceyhun'ların yer aldığı kadroya girememişti. Click to continue reading...

Zlatan will miss Barca's first meeting with the Russian Champions.

Barcelona vs FK Rubin Kazan:

Tuesday's forecast a massacre for Rubin Kazan. The Russians showed resiliency and quality against Internazionale but that was on their own turf. Barcelona is near unbeatable in their impregnable fortress of Camp Nou.

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Robinho to join the Catalan giants?

Robinho has found himself in the middle of yet more speculation about his future this week. The latest rumours have him heading to Barcelona, which was previously talked about at the end of the summer.

The deal that is being discussed would be a £80 million swap which includes cash and players.

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¿Está solo?
Sobradas demostraciones ha dado Maradona (o Dios) de que no puede ser el DT de nuestra selección en el mundial.
Ha sido capaz de tomar un equipo en el tercer puesto de la clasificación mundialista y terminar en el cuarto después de haber soportado los amenazantes embates de Uruguay y Ecuador. Click to continue reading...

Ok, first of all some glad news to Barca fans in sub-continent. TenSports is telecasting Barca TV every Tuesday at 11:30PM Indian time. Last week we had the re-telecast of FC Barcelona vs Almeria match. Let me repeat it is no live telecast, but it is good to see the matches in full in TV after two days, atleast it is better than nothing. Click to continue reading...

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Cruyff se descolgaba recientemente invitando a Guardiola a mitigar su obsesión por los pequeños detalles futbolísticos. "Con el tiempo, si no lo deja, acabará enfermo", aseguraba en Esquire. Marcelo Bielsa lleva obsesionado con todos los detalles desde que a los 25 años decidió dejar el fútbol, en su plenitud, para ser entrenador. Click to continue reading...

A soon to be out of contract player who could be a very wise addition to the Gunners squad.

Barcelona have shown very little respect for our great club in their dogged and annoying pursuit of their former youth team player and current Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas and with that in mind a move for one of their soon to be out of contract stars would be an intelligent signing and as well as a big 'up yours' to the Catalan side for good measure.

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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. Click to continue reading...

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. Click to continue reading...

Internazionale vs FC Rubin Kazan

A match against the Champions from Russia might be exactly what the doctor ordered for Internazionale after some poor performances recently. Inter lost their first league game of the season on Saturday against Sampdoria and the week before had put in a very unconvincing match against Napoli in a 3-1 win.

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic was again on target as Pepe Guardiola's side won their fifth straight La Liga game.

0-1 Ibrahimovic

0-2 Pique

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Meu caro Guardiola, é a tua opinião, nós por aqui, a maioria, achamos Messi um jogador fantástico que merece a Bola de Ouro, mas na generalidade fez/faz mais que Cristiano Ronaldo? Tenho dúvidas. Como jogador "total", Cristiano parece-me mais completo. Apesar de tudo, aqui em Portugal, há alguns cromos que gostariam que isso acontecesse e se votassem dariam o prémio ao argentino. Click to continue reading...

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. Click to continue reading...

Pepe Guardiola's men turned on the style as they brushed past Atletico Madrid in an imperious display.

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1-0 Ibrahimovic

2-0 Messi

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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. Click to continue reading...

It is mouth-watering just to imagine a match featuring the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Xabi Alonso and Karim Benzema taking on an opposing team which includes Lionel Messi, Thierry Henry, Xavi Hernandez and Zlatan Ibrahimovic to name just a few.

The dream of many football fanatics has come true following a spending frenzy by Los Blancos which included the record signing of Portuguese Ronaldo from Manchester United.

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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. Click to continue reading...

A diferença não se chama Pep
"Concordo que ele não seja um bom treinador, mas discordo quando o SPORT centraliza o mau futebol que Messi apresenta na seleção na figura de Maradona. Diego vai mal, toma decisões equivocadas e tudo mais. Mas não é só isso. O Barcelona é muito mais time que a Argentina, coletiva e individualmente. Click to continue reading...

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. Click to continue reading...