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Fc Barcelona Vs. Las Palmas

... Las Palmas at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on January 14, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / LLUIS GENELLUIS GENE/AFP/Getty Images. (Credit: AP / Manu Fernandez). FC Barcelona's Luis Suarez, right, celebrates with his teammate Lionel Messi, left, after scoring a goal during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Las Palmas at the Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez). (Credit: AFP/Getty Images / LLUIS GENE). Barcelona's Uruguayan forward Luis Suarez (L) vies with Las Palmas' defender David Garcia (R) during the Spanish league football match FC Barcelona vs UD Las Palmas at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on January 14, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / LLUIS GENELLUIS GENE/AFP/Getty Images. ADVERTISE HERE. (Credit: AP / Manu Fernandez). FC Barcelona's Luis Suarez, right, celebrates after scoring during the ...

Fc Barcelona Reveals Training Tracks, Player Faves Via Deezer

... Barça players. They include five favorite tracks from midfielder Andrés Iniesta (Spanish pop and Michael Jackson ) and a list from Portuguese player André Gomes that includes Red Hot Chili Peppers ’ “Californication.”. It appears soccer superstar Lionel Messi has been too busy scoring goals to participate in the fledgling playlist project, which premiered Dec. 15 on Deezer. His list had included only one song - Andrés Calamaro’s “Maradona” - and has since been removed from the page. According to the club’s Deezer profile, the team has only one favorite artist. Not surprisingly, it’s Shakira , partner of center-back Gerard Piqué. “The Sound of Barça” team playlists will be played over the PA system both before and during games played at Barcelona’s Camp Nou. Deezer promotion will appear on the LED screens in the stadium. “Not only will the partnership allow us to give football and music fans a more personal way of accessing exclusive ...

The Day Cristiano Ronaldo Almost Joined Messi At Fc Barcelona

... result in a long period of struggling. “If Barça sign him, we won’t win a trophy for ten years,” said a senior board member. Ronaldo had to join Real Madrid. José Ángel Sánchez asked people close to Boluda to help make him change his mind. ‘It would be a crazy step backwards,’ the president was told. But Boluda insisted that he would not be the ‘crazy man’ who would put the economy of the club in danger with such a brutal expenditure. Tensions reached boiling point. In the end the crisis was resolved in a most unusual fashion. Sánchez convinced Boluda to call Florentino Pérez. Why you may ask? Not only was Perez not yet even President, but he hadn’t even confirmed his intention to stand at that point. In theory, he had nothing to do with the club but the reality was that no one doubted that he had some role in Fernández de Blas’s statement. It was “squeaky-bum” time. At 11 pm Boluda, along with José Angel Sanchez and a few trusted associates, put the phone on speaker mode and rang Perez. The conversation ws short and to the point. Boluda explained that he was fed up with Fernández de Blas’s messages about Cristiano, the inconvenience ...

Barcelona's Lionel Messi To Miss Best Fifa Football Awards Ceremony

... remain in Spain with Messi to prepare for Wednesday's Copa del Rey game against Athletic Bilbao. Messi is in the running to be crowned The Best FIFA Men's Player , but is expected to lose out to Cristiano Ronaldo, as he did in the Ballon d'Or last month. Iniesta, Pique and Suarez are all tipped for recognition at the event, too. Instead Barca's travelling party will be led by president Josep Maria Bartomeu, who will be joined by a number of the club's various directors. A Barca statement read: "With the aim of prioritising preparations for Wednesday's game against Athletic Bilbao, FC Barcelona have decided that the players recognised in the Gala The Best FIFA Awards, which takes place on Monday in Zurich, will not be travelling to Switzerland for the ceremony. Lionel Messi is tipped to lose out to Cristiano Ronaldo at The Best FIFA Football Awards. "The club's delegation is led by president Josep Maria Bartomeu, sporting ...

I'll Never Be Barcelona President

... over from Frank Rijkaard as first team manager the following year. During four years in charge he won 14 titles, including the Treble in his first season, but left in 2012, exhausted by the demands of the job. Speaking while still Bayern Munich coach in 2014, he ruled out ever returning to his boyhood club in a managerial capacity. "In principle I won't coach Barca again," he told Mundo Deportivo at the time. "I think that there are cycles in life and that mine [at the club] finished.". Now, having ruled out returning as president, there will be genuine doubts about whether Guardiola will ever return to the club where he has spent nearly half of his life - as his father, Valenti, suggested earlier this year. Pique, on the other hand, has revealed he would love to be the Barcelona president one day, as Guardiola alluded to in Thursday's comments. "I want to be president of Barca," the defender said in October. "It's a step I'd like to take when I retire. I don't see myself as a manager. I don't think I would enjoy it as much. "As a president I could do really well for this club, because it's what I ...

Fc Barcelona Vs. Athletic Bilbao

... stadium in Bilbao on January 5, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / ANDER GILLENEAANDER GILLENEA/AFP/Getty Images. (Credit: AFP/Getty Images / ANDER GILLENEA). Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi (C) vies with Athletic Bilbao's defender Mikel San Jose during the Spanish Copa del Rey (King's Cup) round of 16 first leg football match Athletic Club Bilbao VS FC Barcelona at the San Mames stadium in Bilbao on January 5, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / ANDER GILLENEAANDER GILLENEA/AFP/Getty Images. (Credit: AFP/Getty Images / ANDER GILLENEA). Athletic Bilbao's forward Eneko Boveda (L) vies with Barcelona's Brazilian forward Neymar during the Spanish Copa del Rey (King's Cup) round of 16 first leg football match Athletic Club Bilbao VS FC Barcelona at the San Mames stadium in Bilbao on January 5, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / ANDER GILLENEAANDER GILLENEA/AFP/Getty Images. (Credit: AFP/Getty Images / ANDER GILLENEA). Barcelona's midfielder Sergio Busquets (C) vies with Athletic Bilbao's forward ...

Villarreal 1-1 Barça

... Neymar attempted an acrobatic finish to the play, but in vain. The clock kept ticking, and with each minute, Barca continued to pile on the pressure. The fact that the referee had missed two clear penalties didn’t help their cause. No matter how hard Barcelona tried, it seemed impossible to break down the yellow submarine. Villareal did everything in their power to keep Barça away from their goal, and despite some incredible chances, like a shot from Neymar, and an beautiful lobbed ball over the defence by Iniesta, it appeared that the ball did not want to go in. Lionel Messi disagreed. After winning a freekick right outside the box, following a brilliant dribble, the Argentine marked his spot, and aimed his dead-ball straight into the top corner to level the scores in the final seconds of regular time. After four minutes of additional time, and a red for Villareal, the ...

Live Villarreal Cf

... NOT FAR AWAY! That was inches away from the opener. Neymar saw off the attentions of two defenders before unleashing a strike towards goal. The ball flashes past the far post, though. It's just not clicking for Barcelona in the final third at the moment. They are doing well to keep possession around the middle of the pitch, but they can't really do much damage there. This is starting to turn into quite a fiery encounter. Some of the tackles are getting a little tasty now, but for the moment the referee has decided to keep his cards in his pocket. Suarez pleads his innocence after bringing down Costa. The Villarreal midfielder nutmegged the Barca man and so he retaliated by tripping him. The referee saw it, though. GOMES LETS RIP! A loose ball falls into the path of Gomes about 25 yards out from goal. The midfielder gets a powerful strike away, but the ball flashes over the ...