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  • FC Barcelona – Cesc Fabregas Didn’t Step Up When Needed

    FC Barcelona – Cesc Fabregas Didn’t Step Up When Needed

    It’s impossible to completely neutralize everyone on the Barcelona attack, so while Lionel Messi was closed down by the usual double and triple teams; Andres Iniesta and Xavi limited in their ability to pass and influence the match, Cesc Fabregas was left as the most available game changer, but unfortunately for Barca, failed miserably.

  • Real Madrid vs Barcelona – Post Clasico After Shocks

    Real Madrid vs Barcelona – Post Clasico After Shocks

    Things aren’t too quite between the biggest rivals in Spain after the Copa Del Rey Clasico – Lionel Messi allegedly got into some sort of clash with Alvaro Arbeloa after the match, Dani Alves claims Real Madrid fans are racists while Xavi thinks Barcelona conceded a goal that never should have been allowed while Cristiano Ronaldo gets protection from the referees.

  • FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi Brings His Lazy Performance to Clasico

    FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi Brings His Lazy Performance to Clasico

    Not every match can be a Lionel Messi masterpiece, and in a match against an opponent that has the ability to make life very hard for him while still gain some control in the midfield, the world’s best player didn’t do anything out of the ordinary to himself be felt.

  • FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi Sets Up a Double Clasico

    FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi Sets Up a Double Clasico

    In the last couple seasons, it’s impossible to settle for less than 3-4 Clasico matches a year. The rivalry between Barcelona and Real Madrid has grown so much, that two league encounters just aren’t enough. With both teams making it to the Copa Del Rey semifinal, we’re in for a treat, and at least two more meetings between the biggest rivals in the world.

  • FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi Goal Not Enough For Once

    FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi Goal Not Enough For Once

    On one of the few times since becoming a Barcelona player, Lionel Messi scoring couldn’t save Barcelona from defeat, only their second loss in all competitions this season and the first in the Champions League. More than that, it exposed the team’s problem handling a British defense for yet another time, adding another headache to the list for Tito Vilanova.

  • FC Barcelona – The Cost of Building the Current Squad

    FC Barcelona – The Cost of Building the Current Squad

    While most people view Barcelona as a club that mostly uses home grown talent (which is true, to an extent), the current crop of purchased players, beginning with Eric Abidal in 2007, the only pre-Guardiola player outside player still with the squad, cost €211.5 million to assemble, including David Villa (the most expensive signing in the history of the club), Cesc Fabregas and Dani Alves.

  • Best Full Backs in the World – 2012 Edition

    Dani Alves being mostly an attacking tool doesn’t mean he isn’t the best full back in the world today, joined by Sergio Ramos, Stephan Lichtsteiner, Marcelo, Jose Enrique, Micah Richards and Philipp Lahm, making up the list of the best full backs in the world heading into 2012.

  • Mourinho Talks Barcelona and Dani Alves Talks Mourinho

    Jose Mourinho can’t help but talk about Barcelona. He’s asked every press conference about them, but he always has his own personal message to pass on, with the usual dig twisted with a compliment. Dani Alves couldn’t help himself and answered to the Real Madrid head coach.

  • Jose Mourinho Wrongly Complains After Clasico Draw

    Jose Mourinho didn’t talk before the match with Barcelona. He let his assistant, former Real Madrid player, Aitor Karanka, do the talking. Mourinho couldn’t contain himself after the match.

  • The Best Full Backs in the World – 2011 Edition

    We’re done with the keepers and centre backs, moving on. Staying with the defenders who like to attack on every chance they get, the best full backs in the world.