Barcelona opened a six-point lead at the top of the table following a 3-0 victory at Sevilla.

Barcelona ensure they would finish top of Group C with a comfortable 5-2 win over a poor looking Sporting side in Lisbon. Goals from Thierry Henry, Lionel Messi, Bojan (pen) and two own-goals helped them win.

Barcelona stretched their lead at the top to three points as they beat Recreativo Huelva 2-0 away.

I’ll be brief with this one, because there just isn’t a whole lot to say about this match that was made more difficult than it in fact was, and because my fevered fingers are barely attached to my flu-addled brain.
Victor Valdes. My man! Forwards get all the glory, defenders get credit for all the grit, [...]

Samuel Eto’o scores twice but Barcelona still need a Eidur Gudjohnsen winner 10 minutes from time to beat Real Betis 3-2 at the Camp Nou.

Sporting Gijon 1 - 6 BarcelonaBy far Barça’s best performance of the season saw them utterly stun Sporting with a thrilling win at El Molinón…by Ewan Macdonald

Only five players survived Luis Enrique’s rage after the first game of the season (read more here). Centre back duo Joni and Romeu weren’t part of the squad and the whole midfield was replaced with Rueda surpisingly starting as defenisve midfielder. Víctor Sánchez rejoined his last season team-mates and played as central defender. Miño kept Oier on the bench for the second game in a row.

Miño,

Barcelona, who have gone two seasons without a trophy, began their planned comeback in style by disposing of Wisla Krakow 4-0 Wednesday in their Champions League third qualifying round tie.

Fiorentina 1-3 Barcelona Barcelona’s fine pre-season form continued as the blaugrana stolled to a 3-1 win against Fiorentina in Florence…by Ewan Macdonald

A cracking goal from Victor Vazquez in the 42nd minute gave Barca B a 1-0 win over Barbastro to seal a 3-0 aggregate win that means Barca’s second team have been promoted to the Second Division B. I was one of more than 10,000 fans who celebrated the promotion in Barca’s miniestadi.
Barc’s youngsters seemed much [...]