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Barcelona 6-1 Paris Saint-germain Agg

... by Kurzawa for the PSG goal. (Photo: Laurence Griffiths). Andres Iniesta 7. His genius back-heel flick forced Kurzawa to put the ball through his own net for Barcelona’s second, even though he is still struggling to hit the pace of the game after injury. Lionel Messi 7. A quiet first-half performance by his celestial standards but rifled home a penalty in the second half for Barcelona’s third. Occupied two defenders or more at almost all times. Rafinha 6. His ball in from the right caused the scramble that led to Suarez’s opener, but while he worked hard he wasted some decent chances in good areas. Luis Suarez 7. Forced home the opener in the third minute from close range like the true poacher he is, scrapping and battling for every ball thereafter. Neymar 10. Whistled a long-range strike inches wide in the first half and then forced a penalty in the second as he went down after colliding with ...

Barcelona Stuns Paris Sg With Historic Comeback

... they didn't cross midfield.". Dortmund 4, Benfica 0. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored a hat trick and Christian Pulisic claimed his first Champions League goal as Borussia Dortmund overcame Benfica 4-0 to reach the quarterfinals on Wednesday. Aubameyang had missed a penalty when Dortmund lost 1-0 in the first leg of the Round of 16 contest three weeks ago. But he made up for that by taking his tally to seven goals in seven games as the German side progressed 4-1 on aggregate. "I wasn't happy with my game, with how I played," Aubameyang said of his previous performance in the away match. "I wanted to show my teammates that I could do much better.". Barcelona stunned Paris Saint-Germain 6-1 in Wednesday's other second-leg game with the decisive goal coming in injury time for a 6-5 victory on aggregate. The draw for the quarterfinals takes place in ...

Rakitic, Ter Stegen Eye Historic Barcelona Comeback

... worse. “We always go into matches wanting to win them, and it was a really hard match there. They scored for the first time after a few chances already before, but sometimes you make mistakes you can’t change anymore. We really wanted to take the risk to keep focusing on our match, but it was really difficult. They had a good day, I think, and afterward it’s easy to talk about it. But there have been a lot of things we could have changed in these situations. We took the wrong decisions. But sometimes it happens. Not every day is a perfect day, neither for us or anybody else. But if they can win 4-0 at home in 90 minutes, we maybe have a chance [to do the same].”. As for Rakitic, he didn’t start the game in Paris, though perhaps he should have. Much has happened since that day, most notably Luis Enrique’s announcement that he will not continue as Barça’s manager past the end of this season. But Rakitic isn’t ready to say that the 4-0 loss in Paris signaled the end of an era for this Barça team. “Of course people have to speak about us and about this result,” Rakitic said. “We know it was really a bad game. But we ...

Lionel Messi And Barcelona Are Torn Into By Former France Manager Ahead Of Psg Clash

... is past his best ahead of the Champions League clash at the Nou Camp. By George Boulton. Click to share on Whats App (Opens in new window). LIONEL MESSI will hope to inspire Barcelona as they look to be the first team to overturn a four-goal deficit in the Champions League against Paris Saint-Germain. But former France boss, Raymond Domenech, insists the Argentinian talisman is past his best. Getty Images. Lionel Messi has been told by Raymond Domenech he is past his best. Luis Enrique’s side face an uphill task in the second leg of their last-16 tie after losing 4-0 to PSG in the first leg at the Parc des Princes. Keep up to date with ALL the Barcelona news, gossip and transfers on our club page. Domenech believes Messi is past his peak and he will not be able fire Barcelona  into the next round of the Champions League. The 65-year-old ...

Chelsea's Marcos Alonso Says Barcelona Showed Interest In Summer

... showed interest in summer. Craig Burley lauds Antonio Conte's management skills over the course of his first season at the helm of Chelsea. ESPN FC's Mark Ogden and Joao Castelo-Branco react to Chelsea's win over West Ham, and their impending claim of the title. Marcos Alonso says Barcelona enquired about signing him from Fiorentina but told IBTimes UK he "did not think twice" about joining Chelsea when the Premier League side made their approach. Chelsea signed Alonso from Fiorentina in a deal worth around £23 million at the end of August, and the Spaniard has gone on to establish himself as a key contributor since head coach Antonio Conte decided to switch to a 3-4-3 system in September, registering four goals and two assists. Barcelona were reported to have expressed an interest in signing Alonso - whose father played for the club in the 1980 s - before signing Lucas Digne from Paris Saint-Germain, but the 26-year-old said that he only began to consider leaving Serie A when he found out Chelsea wanted him. "I think there were some conversations [with Barcelona] but the truth is that at that point it was ...

Barcelona V Psg, B. Dortmund V Benfica

... win successive corners that Barca eventually clear. A goal for the French champions though would be a hammer blow for Barca, as it would give PSG an away goal that would leave the hosts needing to score SIX to go through. From Gracenote Live. Luis Suárez (2 min,36 sec) scores 2 nd-fastest goal for @FCBarcelona in the #UCL KO phase, after Iniesta (1:38) against Shakhtar in 2011 #FCB. — Gracenote Live (@Gracenote Live) March 8, 2017. Barcelona's Luis Suarez scores their first goal in the third minute against Paris Saint-Germain. The Barcelona striker celebrates opening the scoring at the Nou Camp. Barcelona 1-0 Paris Saint-Germain (agg 1-4). PSG need to get a grip here. They are far too deep and have hardly ventured beyond the halfway line is Blaise Matuidi is booked following a terrible challenge. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang celebrates levelling the tie. Dortmund's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang celebrates after scoring the opening goal against Benfica. From Opta ...

Barcelona To Ban Old Cars From Roads To Tackle Air Pollution

... roads during the week to cut traffic emissions by 30% over 15 years. The measure – a joint initiative between the city council, the Catalan government and other metropolitan bodies – will come into force on 1 January 2019 and will cover Barcelona and the 39 surrounding municipalities. Under the terms of the agreement, it will be prohibited to drive private cars registered before January 1997 and vans registered before October 1994 on working days. Oslo temporarily bans diesel cars to combat pollution. Read more. Although the ban does not come into force for two years, those vehicles will already be banned from the roads during periods of high pollution from 1 December this year. According to the city council, the move is likely to affect about 106,000 cars – 7% of the total in the area – and 22,000 vans ...

How Barca Went From 'més Que Un Club' To Just Another Global Superbrand

... - believe it or not - by The Lion King. Real’s executives had studied the way Disney managed to create not just a box-office smash, but a long-term entertainment brand that generated merchandising and spin-off revenues long after the film had left the cinemas. That would be the Real model: put on a show, bring in the crowds, and then shake them down for every last cent. United may have blazed the trail, but Real went further than anyone before in redefining a football club as content provider and the football itself as an entertainment commodity. “The best players pay for themselves,” explained Jose Angel Sanchez, the club’s marketing manager. “They will deliver the best performance and the best spectacle. Real Madrid is a brand, and the product - the players and the games - is the content. Everything we do flows from this.”. In July 2003, Madrid unveiled their latest signing: David Beckham. The press ...