If Barcelona fans thought that their week could not get any worse after crashing out of the UEFA Champions League on aggregate against Paris Saint Germain, they were in for a surprise when the Barcelona home kit for the 2021/2022 season was leaked on Twitter. After losing the first leg in a 4-1 loss in […]
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have been synonymous with the game of football for the past fifteen years or so. The Argentine and the Portuguese have established their dominance as the best players in the world bar none in the said time period, and have accounted for a combined nine UEFA Champions League titles between […]
Paris Saint-Germain ultras are gearing up for their second leg of this season’s UEFA Champions League Round of 16 tie against Barcelona. The Parisian outfit went to the Nou Camp last month and proved to be excellent on the night as they secured a 4-1 win away from home courtesy of a Kylian Mbappe hat-trick. […]
Ilaix Moriba has been one of the many Barcelona youngsters to have got their first big break this season under Ronald Koeman’s tutelage. Following the footsteps of the likes of Ansu Fati, Riqui Puig, and Pedri, the young Spanish midfielder has made himself a regular feature in a Barcelona side that has had a perfect […]
Ronald Koeman took charge of Barcelona at a very strange time for the Catalan club. Barcelona had just finished the season second to eternal rivals Real Madrid in the La Liga table, and had suffered the most embarrassing elimination from the UEFA Champions League after an 8-2 defeat to eventual winners Bayern Munich. The club’s […]
La Masia is the legendary football academy of FC Barcelona, which is well reputed for churning out or developing some of the biggest names in football right now. The institution that developed the club’s golden generation in the very recent past enjoys a hallowed status for the Blaugrana faithful, who would not be particularly happy […]
The onset of February beckons the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League ever closer, as the sixteen teams left in Europe’s top-tier continental club competition gear up to face their drawn opponents over two legs. Out of the numerous mouth-watering ties waiting to be played this month and the next, one particular tie stands […]
FC Barcelona edged a thrilling contest in the quarter final of the Copa Del Rey, as they defeated Granada 5-3 at the end of additional extra time. Braces from Antoine Griezmann and Jordi Alba, and a Frenkie de Jong goal secured that the Catalan side would advance into the semi-finals of the Spanish cup competition. […]
Barcelona have retained their position at the top of the pile as accountancy firm Deloitte released the annual list of world’s most richest clubs. The annual survey by the UK-based agency revealed how the leading football clubs fared financially during the coronavirus-hit 2019/20 season. The top 20 football clubs in the world generated a combined […]
The suspenseful transfer saga of Leo Messi occupied a major part of the break preceding this season, as the forward expressed his desire to leave for greener pastures. FC Barcelona were only just reeling off an embarrassing defeat at the hands of eventual winners Bayern Munich in their UEFA Champions League quarter-final tie, when it […]
Fair to say the sculptor has had a bit of a nightmare here. The new Lionel Messi statue at the renovated Wax Museum of Barcelona has copped a fair bit of criticism since its reveal yesterday. The museum, which opened today after being shut down due to the ongoing pandemic, features a new statue of […]
The official Twitter account of Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) paid tribute to injured Liverpool defender before their friendly against Spain later today. When translated in English, the caption on the video read – “Big man. Bro. Virgil. Our captain. We’re thinking about you. Come back stronger!” The video features several Netherlands players such as […]
Lionel Messi turned super sub on Saturday as Barcelona decimated 10-man Real Betis 5-2 at the Camp Nou. It was rare appearance on the bench for Lionel Messi but not for long as the legend came on as a second half substitute following an injury to Ansu Fati. With fans not allowed inside the stadium, […]
Lionel Messi is being slammed for his inactivity during the dying minutes of Barcelona’s 2-1 win against Dynamo Kiev last night Barcelona registered their 3rd win on the trot in the Champions League as goals from Messi and Pique eventually canceled out Viktor Tsyhankov’s second half strike for Dynamo, who were missing 13 first team […]
With the world at his feet at the mere age of 17, Ansu Fati showed he hasn’t forgotten his roots after the Champions League match against Juventus. The Barcelona youngster is still very humble in every manner as he went out of his way to fulfill a promise made to one of the ballboys on […]
In a recent feature interview with new signing Timo Werner, the administrator running the Chelsea website took a poorly veiled, yet hilarious dig at Barcelona concerning the infamous Tom Henning Ovrebo officiating disaster in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League semi final in 2009: comparing the match to a viral crime drama. When […]
With the clouds of toxicity still hovering over Lionel Messi and Barcelona after their recent debacle, the focus seems to have shifted from football. Thus, it’s easy to forget what sporting value Messi has provided to Barca over the years. Despite a cataclysmic end to Barcelona’s 19/20 season, Lionel Messi was able to muster some […]