FC Barcelona news

Puyol: “We haven’t yet spoken about a renewal”

FCBTransfers — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:44:00 +0000

Barcelona player Carles Puyol gave an interview to Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo. Dani Alves has said that the strongest challengers now, more than Madrid, are Sevilla and Valencia. Do you agree? Madrid is a rival just like the rest. If you could choose between the Copa del Rey, the Liga or the Champions League, which onew ould you choose? I'll take all three. Could be difficult.

Barcelona’s Keita: I’m not interested in Marseille

Tribal Football — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:25:41 +0000

Barcelona midfielder Seydou Keita is aware of interest from Olympique Marseille. read more

Atletico Madrid 1, Barca 3, a.k.a. “The Messi show.”

Barcelona Offside — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:52:43 +0000

I’m going to be brief with this one, in part because it’s a Copa match, in part because I’ve rarely had a match make me as disgusted as this one, and in further part because justice was done here. Lionel Messi destroyed Atletico Madrid, making them look like fools, and resort to kicking everyone and everything [...]

Barcelona Won’t Sell Yaya Toure To Manchester City… Yet

Goal.com — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:20:49 +0000

Sparky and his Arab bosses must be patient in their pursuit of Barca's Ivorian star...by Mike Maguire

Magical Messi shoots down Atltico

Uefa — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:34:00 +0000

"Magnificent" and "extraordinary" were two of the superlatives used by Pep Guardiola and Javier Aguirre to describe Lionel Messi after the FC Barcelona forward struck a cup hat-trickagainst Club Atltico de Madrid.

Messi hat-trick inspires Barca

Eurosport — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:41:00 +0000

A superb Lionel Messi hat-trick gave Barcelona a 3-1 victory at Atletico Madrid in the first leg of their Copa del Rey last-16 encounter.

Atleti - Barcelona Comments Post

Barcelona Offside — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:55:26 +0000

I know it’s going up late, but here is the post for you to put your comments in. Barcelona: Pinto, Alves, Pique, Caceres, Slyvinho, Busquets, Yaya, Keita, Messi, Bojan, Iniesta Atleti: Coupet, Seitaridis, Perea, Heitinga, Perna, Assunao, Maniche, Simao, Maxi, Forln, Sinama Pongolle. I never get these lineups right.

Match discussion: Atletico

FCBTransfers — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:35:00 +0000

This evening at 8 pm bt, Barcelona plays the first game of the 1/8 finals of the Spanish cup against Atltico Madrid. Probable Atltico line-up: Coupet, Seitaridis, Perea, Heitinga, Pernia, Assunao, Maniche, Maxi, Simao Sabrosa, Sinama-Pongolle, Diego Forln (Franco, Ujfalusi, Banega, de las Cuevas, Luis Gara) Barcelona squad list: Pinto, Jorquera, Alves, Piqu, Cceres, Abidal, Sylvinho,

Barca: Eto’o Going Nowhere

Eurosport — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:09:00 +0000

Barcelona insist Samuel Eto'o is staying at the Nou Camp despite interest from Manchester City.

Playing in Madrid, training in Barcelona

FCBTransfers — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:50:00 +0000

While the team travelled to Madrid, where they arrived at 12 pm, for tonight's cup game against Atltico Madrid, the players who weren't called-up have been training at the Camp Nou this morning. Valds, Gudjohnsen, Xavi, Hleb and Eto'o were out on the pitch at 11 am. Mrquez is still recovering from a hamstring contracture and Puyol hasn't trained because of the flu.