Tag: FC Barcelona

  • Transfer Rumors 2013 – Arsenal After David Villa, Victor Valdes & Alexis Sanchez

    Transfer Rumors 2013 – Arsenal After David Villa, Victor Valdes & Alexis Sanchez

    After a couple of seasons in which Arsenal have seen Barcelona take away two of their best players without really putting up much of a fight, they plan on doing the same thing to the Spanish club, although with players who are a bit more unsettled at the Nou Camp, aiming to purchase David Villa, Victor Valdes and Alexis Sanchez for next season.

  • FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi & David Villa on Same Wavelength

    FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi & David Villa on Same Wavelength

    What a difference a big win makes for a team and its players. Not that Lionel Messi was lacking any confidence in his scoring ability before; and it’s not that David Villa forgot how to score goals at any point of his more frustrating moments this season. Still, Barcelona had the swagger it was missing in recent matches, until their Champions League turnaround.

  • FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi Gets the David Villa Help He Needed

    FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi Gets the David Villa Help He Needed

    When Barcelona failed to make it through into the Champions League final last season, everyone talked about how Barcelona needed a real striker to help Lionel Messi against defenses that park the bus. From the first minute in their comeback attempt against AC Milan, it was clear that Barca finally made the right choice up front, and all across the pitch.

  • Lionel Messi Proves Everyone Wrong (Barcelona vs AC Milan)

    Lionel Messi Proves Everyone Wrong (Barcelona vs AC Milan)

    They always said that this Barcelona team never had a great comeback. It was so good it never needed win. After Lionel Messi took hits and jabs from every possible direction for having three bad matches in the “money time” he silenced everyone in one half, and Barca eventually advanced to the quarterfinals with a 4-0 win.

  • Champions League – Barcelona vs AC Milan Predictions

    Champions League – Barcelona vs AC Milan Predictions

    It doesn’t matter how well they do in the league – if Barcelona don’t find a way to get past AC Milan and into the Champions League quarterfinals, it’ll mark this season as somewhat of a disappointment for the team that looked determined to run all over Europe, somewhere along the way losing all that early momentum.

  • European Football Leagues Are Boring in 2012-2013

    European Football Leagues Are Boring in 2012-2013

    With Manchester United clearly winning the Premier League, and the same goes for Barcelona in Spain, Bayern Munich in Germany and Juventus in Italy, it’s official – 2012-2013 is one of the more boring seasons in memory, at least when it comes to the local leagues, with the drama this time saved for the Champions League and the Europa League.

  • Transfer Rumors 2013 – Barcelona Interested in Vincent Kompany

    Transfer Rumors 2013 – Barcelona Interested in Vincent Kompany

    One of the worst kept secrets in the world of football is the need of a vast improvement in the Barcelona defense, and whispers of Vincent Kompany possibly looking for a new club to play for might make the Manchester City man make the move to Camp Nou during the summer.

  • FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi Gets Help From Alexis Sanchez

    FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi Gets Help From Alexis Sanchez

    The goal was to steady the ship, after one of the rockiest 10 days Barcelona have been through in quite some time. While Lionel Messi and to most people’s surprise, Alexis Sanchez, set up a much needed league win over an insignificant rival, everyone thoughts are geared towards later on this week.

  • Manchester United – Wayne Rooney Isn’t Going so Soon

    Manchester United – Wayne Rooney Isn’t Going so Soon

    Maybe there’s more than some truth to the rumors that Manchester United want to really sell Wayne Rooney this time; that Alex Ferguson has had enough from his weight going up and down, from his fitness and attitude problems. Slight glitch in the system – Maybe no one wants him, or at least to pay for him.

  • FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi Records Mean Nothing Sometimes

    FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi Records Mean Nothing Sometimes

    Who cares about breaking records when your team keeps losing in every big match? Lionel Messi now has more goals than anyone else (except for one player) in Clasico matches, ever, but Barcelona keep losing to their biggest rivals and the confidence and belief at least form the outside, seems shattered.