Suarez both the hero and villain as Barça reach Copa final

 February 9, 2017   Abhishek Das

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Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez combined to give Barça a much needed goal which was enough to make sure they play their 4th successive Copa Final. After what seemed like a no way out, Messi like always took a few turns and a feint later he had passed 3 Atleti players as if they weren’t […]

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Messi inspired Barça roll past Athletic to stay on the tail of the League leaders

 February 7, 2017   Abhishek Das

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Barcelona kept the pressure on Real Madrid at the top of La Liga with a 3-0 win at home on Saturday against Athletic Bilbao. Paco Alcacer, Lionel Messi and Aleix Vidal scored the goals for the hosts, who now have 45 points and are one point behind leaders Real Madrid. After Alcacer scored the opener, Messi […]

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Top 5 european goalscoring leaders for a single club

Top 5 european goalscoring leaders for a single club

 December 11, 2016   kridangan

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Leo Messi now enter in the list of Top 5 european goalscoring leaders for a single club, after scoring 2 goals against the Osasuna he is at the number 4 with 475 goals. Below is the list Eusebio (Benfica): the legendary Portuguese striker Eusebio (Benfica)  is at number 5th in the list of european goalscoring leaders with 473 […]

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UEFA Champions League Group Stage Ends & Teams Go To Last-16

UEFA Champions League: Group Stage Ends & Teams Go To Last-16 Games Starting February 14

 December 10, 2016   R K Gupta

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It is time for Last-16 action in this season’s UEFA Champions League. After Group-stage games ended on Match-Day 6 on December 6 and 7, winners and runners-up from 8 Groups have progressed to two-legged matches that will throw up the quarterfinalists. Some games on last Match-Day produced new winners but in the most talked about […]

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Honors even at Camp Nou after Sergio Ramos’ Last-Minute Goal Breaks Many Hearts

 December 4, 2016   R K Gupta

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Fans at Camp Nou were in jubilation mode as the 90-minute regulation play neared. Luis Suarez had put Barcelona ahead in 53rd minute and they were heading to a 1-0 victory. Most smiling FCB fans didn’t think much of Arda Turan conceding a free kick in the 89th minute nor did they see Luka Modric […]

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Oh! El Clasico!! Biggest Match in World Football Coming up at Camp Nou

 December 3, 2016   R K Gupta

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For a variety of reasons, El Clasico games between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid have always remained the biggest and most awaited fixtures on the world football calendar. This rivalry has a 114-year old history, wrought with political overtones. Barcelona and Madrid are Spain’s two biggest cities divided on political lines from ages. While Real […]

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MSN in India now a possibility, says Bartomeu

 November 2, 2016   Abhishek Das

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Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has announced that the Catalan club plan to play a friendly in India within the next three years as they continue to look for new ways to grow their global brand. Outside of Spain, the club now has offices in both Hong Kong and the United States and they also […]

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Rafinha saves the day for Barcelona with brilliant strike

Rafinha saves the day for Barcelona with brilliant strike

 November 1, 2016   Abhishek Das

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On a day when Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez failed miserably, the youth products lit up the Camp Nou against Granada on Saturday. Denis Suarez, Sergi Roberto and Rafinha produced masterful performances, controlling the midfield with panache in the absence of captain Andres Iniesta. Ivan Rakitic donned Sergio Busquets’s role, screening the defence and distributing […]

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Don Iniesta out for 6-8 weeks due to injury

 October 23, 2016   Abhishek Das

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Barcelona’s fitness woes continued on Saturday as Andres Iniesta suffered a knee injury in the first half of their La Liga game against Valencia. The midfielder has damage to the lateral collateral ligament in his right knee and Barcelona confirmed after initial tests that he will be sidelined for six to eight weeks. Iniesta hit the ground […]

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Pep undone Messi again

Pep undone my “Monstrous” Messi again

 October 22, 2016   Abhishek Das

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Not even  Pep Guardiola  can wake Manchester City from their recurring Barcelona nightmare – the one where Lionel Messi plays the uncontrollable bogeyman. For the third time in three visits to the Nou Camp, City emerged beaten, reduced to ten men and picked off by Messi, who treated his old boss to a hat-trick on his first […]

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