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Barça wins hard fought battle against Betis

Posted on January 16th, 2012 by admin

Xavi made his 400th Spanish league appearance on Sunday when Barcelona played Betis at the Nou Camp. Xavi put Barça into an early lead in the 10th minute followed up two minutes later by Lionel Messi.

However this early advantage was not to last; just before the break Betis scored their first goal and and just after half time they scored the equaliser. It wasn’t until Mario Alvarez, the Betis defender, was sent off for a second yellow that the balance changed. Xavi passed to Alexis, who put the ball into the back of the net in the 75th minute. Finally Messi scored Barça’s fourth goal of the match from the penalty spot four minutes before the final whistle after a Betis handball.

Barcelona remain five points behind Real Madrid, who they face in the Cops del Rey on Wednesday.

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Barcelona rally to claim Clásico bragging rights [UEFA.com]

Posted on December 12th, 2011 by admin

Barcelona triumphed once again at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium on Saturday night as the biggest match on the football calendar took place in Madrid. According to the UEFA website:

Alexis Sánchez, Xavi Hernández and Cesc Fàbregas were on target as FC Barcelona recovered from an early setback to complete a 3-1 away victory against Real Madrid CF, whom they dislodged from the Liga summit.

Afterwards there was much talk from Madrid’s motormouth coach Jose Mourinho about Barça’s luck. However, surely even he can’t fail to see that Madrid’s only goal was down to pure bad luck for Barça when Victor Valdes made an uncharacteristic mistake in the first minute of play.

Read “Barcelona rally to claim Clásico bragging rights” at UEFA.com

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Eight FCB players on list for Balon d’Or [FCBarcelona.cat]

Posted on November 2nd, 2011 by admin

FIFA announced the candidates for the Balon d’Or yesterday with eight players from Barça nominated. Naturally Messi is on the list, but an article on FCBarcelona.cat lists the other Barça players:

A year after FC Barcelona had all three players on the Balon d’Or podium, the club has once
again dominated the shortlist for the 2011 edition issued by FIFA and the magazine France Football.
Leo Messi (winner of the last two editions) is joined by Andrés Iniesta, Xavi Hernández, Éric
Abidal, Dani Alves, Cesc Fàbregas, Gerard Piqué and David Villa.

Read “Eight FCB players on list for Balon d’Or” at FCBarcelona.cat

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Xavi strike puts Barcelona back on top of La Liga [CNN.com]

Posted on October 26th, 2011 by admin

FC Barcelona top three points against Granada last night to put them back on top of the league – temporarily at least. While Granada should have been a fairly strightforward victory, football doesn’t always go the way it lok on papepr, and with Guardiola resting some key players the Catalans seemed to struggle to put the goal into the net, with the ball narrowly missing time after time. According to CNN.com:

At the start of the second half Granada’s Jaime Romero was shown red, but despite dominating possession Barca could not grab a second, but they have gone seven games, a club record, without conceding a goal.

Barça’s next matc is on Saturday against Mallorca at the Nou Camp.

Read “Xavi strike puts Barcelona back on top of La Liga” at CNN.com

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La Liga 2011/12 – standings after week 8

Posted on October 17th, 2011 by admin

Lionel Messi scored another two goals on Saturday night to put make him Barcelona’s secnd highest goal scorer ever, with a total of 196 goals. His first came in the 11th minute, with Xavi making it 2-0 after 27 minutes from a header; Messi made it 3-0 in the 68th minute off an Iniesta rebound; this match marked Iniesta’s return to match fitness after a month off throuogh injury.

The result leaves Barça at the top of the table, with Levante second (!) and Real Madrid just one point behind them. It looks like we’re waiting to see who blinks first, but it’s still early days. This week sees both teams play Champions League matches and then next Saturday Barça faces Sevilla, which is sure to be a real test.

1-0, Messi (min 11)
2-0, Xavi (min 27)
3-0, Messi (min 68)

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Barça demolishes Osasuna

Posted on September 19th, 2011 by admin

After a disappointing two matches against Real Sociedad then AC Milan in which Barcelona drew, they came back with a vengeance on Saturday night at the Nou Camp, scoring eight goals against Osasuna. In what seems like it was the last day of summer, with the weather turning cold over the weekend, Messi scored a hat trick, while Villa scored two. And Cesc and Xavi added to the tally, as did an own goal from Osasuna to complete the humiliation.

The weekend couldn’t have ended better for Barça supporters, with Real Madrid stumbling against Levante. The giants lost 1-0 away, leaving Valencia to head the league table.

Team P W D L F A Pts
1
 Valencia
3
3
0
0
6
3
9
2
 Betis
3
3
0
0
5
2
9
3
 Barcelona
3
2
1
0
15
2
7
4
 Sevilla
3
2
1
0
5
3
7
5
 Real Madrid
3
2
0
1
10
3
6
6
 Málaga
3
2
0
1
6
2
6
7
 Levante
3
1
2
0
2
1
5
8
 Rayo Vallecano
3
1
2
0
2
1
5
9
 Atlético Madrid
3
1
1
1
4
1
4
10
 Real Sociedad
3
1
1
1
4
4
4
11
 Zaragoza
3
1
1
1
2
7
4
12
 Osasuna
3
1
1
1
2
9
4
13
 Espanyol
3
1
0
2
3
4
3
14
 Mallorca
3
1
0
2
1
2
3
15
 Granada
3
1
0
2
1
5
3
16
 Athletic Bilbao
3
0
1
2
4
6
1
17
 Getafe
3
0
1
2
3
6
1
18
 Racing Santander
3
0
1
2
3
8
1
19
 Villarreal
3
0
1
2
2
8
1
20
 Sporting Gijón
3
0
0
3
2
5
0

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Barça draws against Real Sociedad

Posted on September 12th, 2011 by admin

After two goals from Xavi and Cesc put Barcelona into the lead just 11 minutes into the match against Real Sociedad on Saturday it looked like the match would go all Barça’s way. However, it wasn’t to be and with Real Sociedad staging a second half comeback, the two teams shared the points at the end of the match.

The result means Barça has slipped down the table, with Real Madrid in the top position. It’s early days though and plenty can happen between now and the end of the season; don’t read too much into one match.

Team P W D L F A Pts
1
 Real Madrid
2
2
0
0
10
2
6
2
 Valencia
2
2
0
0
5
3
6
3
 Betis
2
2
0
0
2
0
6
4
 Barcelona
2
1
1
0
7
2
4
5
 Real Sociedad
2
1
1
0
4
3
4
6
 Sevilla
2
1
1
0
4
3
4
7
 Osasuna
2
1
1
0
2
1
4
8
 Espanyol
2
1
0
1
2
2
3
9
 Mallorca
2
1
0
1
1
1
3
10
 Levante
2
0
2
0
1
1
2
11
 Rayo Vallecano
2
0
2
0
1
1
2
12
 Racing Santander
2
0
1
1
3
4
1
13
 Athletic Bilbao
2
0
1
1
2
3
1
14
 Atlético Madrid
2
0
1
1
0
1
1
15
 Getafe
2
0
1
1
3
5
1
16
 Villarreal
2
0
1
1
2
7
1
17
 Zaragoza
2
0
1
1
0
6
1
18
 Málaga
1
0
0
1
1
2
0
19
 Granada
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
20
 Sporting
Gijón
2
0
0
2
2
4
0

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Barça through to Champions League quarter final

Posted on March 9th, 2011 by admin

FC Barcelona secured their quarter final place in the Champions League last night after beating Arsenal 3-1 at the Nou Camp.

The Catalans absolutely dominated possession throughout and time and time again attached the Gunner’s goal.The first goal came from Leo Messi, three minutes into injury time before the break. However, the second half started badly when Busquets scored an own goal while defending the Barça goalmouth,

Although the odds started to go against Barcelona, it didn’t stop them from attacking. It was Xavi in the 69th minute and then two minutes later Messi from the penalty spot who secured the quarter final position for Barça.

1-0 Messi (min 48)
1-1 Busquets p.p. (min 52)
2-1 Xavi (min 69)
3-1 Messi (p) (min 71)

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5-1 win in Barcelona derby

Posted on December 20th, 2010 by admin

Once again FC Barcelona scored 5 goals, this time in a 5-1 win against local rivals Espanyol, making it the tenth away win in a row, a record for Barça.

0-1, Pedro (min 19
0-2, Xavi (min 30)
0-3, Pedro (min 60)
1-3, Osvaldo (min 62)
1-4, Villa (min 75)
1-5, Villa (min 84)

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Barça trounces Real Madrid

Posted on November 30th, 2010 by admin

El Clasico is the biggest match on the planet, but last night FC Barcelona walked all over Real Madrid, who simply looked like a bunch of overpaid prima donas. Particularly poor was Cristiano Ronaldo, but the entire squad struggled to keep up with Barça and the end result was five nil to the Catalans.

FC Barcelona are now top of the league with a well deserved win.

1-0, Xavi (min 10)
2-0, Pedro (min 17)
3-0, Villa (min 54)
4-0, Villa (min 57)
5-0, Jeffren (min 91)

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