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Lionel Messi Stars As Fc Barcelona Rout Celta Vigo In La Liga

... standings on 60 points, one ahead of Real, while third-placed Sevilla, on 55, visit Alaves on Monday. REAL LIFT CONFIDENCE. Real Madrid overcame the absence of Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo to romp to victory at Eibar, recording their biggest win since beating Real Sociedad 3-0 in January, lifting their confidence after dropping five points in three games. Read more | I-League: East Bengal beat Shillong Lajong to regain top spot. Karim Benzema was the focal point in Real’s attack without the suspended Bale and injured Ronaldo and fired the visitors ahead in the 14 th minute, following up his own shot on the rebound, before stretching their advantage in the 25 th. James Rodriguez provided the cross for Benzema’s second goal and the Frenchman returned the favour for his Colombian team mate to net his first league goal since September in the 29 th minute. Marco Asensio hit the fourth on the hour with a rebound after James had struck the post, ...

Live Atlético Madrid

... with a shot and he screws the shot well wide of the goal. Gameiro runs onto a through ball but he made his run slightly too early and is flagged offside. SAVE! The space opens up for Griezmann from 25 yards and he lets fly with his right foot, forcing Ter Stegen into a spectacular one-handed save. There was a lot of movement in the ball and the goalkeeper did well to make the stop. Just a reminder that Barcelona will top the table with a victory here. Leaders Real Madrid are currently a point ahead and don't play until this evening. Barcelona are trying their best to play out from the back but they're not having an easy time keeping a hold of the ball at the moment and thanks to Atleti's high pressing the hosts win possession back in midfield. Terrific noise from the faithful Atleti supporters watching what is almost certainly their final home tie with Barcelona at the Calderón. Sergi Roberto ushers Felipe's attempted pass for Gameiro out of play and Barcelona can grab a breather. It's back to the wall defending from Barcelona at the moment. Atleti on top. Great feet from Carrasco as he ...

Mzansi Footballers Can Learn A Lot From The Fc Barcelona Bunch

... meant was that the home side now needed three more goals to advance to the quarterfinals, and, by the look of things, there would not be enough time for this to happen. Little did we know what surprise the soccer gods had in store for us. History books will tell us and our children and their children that Barça somehow managed to get the three required goals and. the rest is history. The victory makes for an interesting reading of Luis Enrique’s Barcelona managerial record at home in the Champions League, as the Catalans have now won all 15 matches at Camp Nou – scoring 50 goals in the process and only conceding seven. This is an impressive record by any standards. It makes true the idea of a team’s homeground being its foe’s “slaughterhouse”. Ball has been kicked. As Lionel Messi braced himself for that ...

Luis Enrique To Leave Fc Barcelona At End Of Season

... at the end of the season. Read | Barcelona boss Luis Enrique admits concerns over ‘fragile defence’. The former Barcelona captain has won eight trophies in his three seasons in charge, including a treble in his first campaign and a La Liga and Copa del Rey double last season. However, his future was placed in serious doubt after Barca’s 4-0 thrashing at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of their Champions League last 16 tie two weeks ago. Read | All my players have the desire, hunger to be first: Barca coach Enrique. “There are three exciting months ahead,” Enrique added. “We are in a difficult situation, especially in one competition, but with the help of everyone and if the stars align we can turn that game around. “I will give my full dedication in these three months.”. Like his friend and former teammate Pep Guardiola, who stepped down after four glorious years in charge of Barca in 2012, Enrique highlighted the pressures of the top at the Camp Nou as his reason to ...

Fc Barcelona Has Master Plan To Conquer America From Its New York City Offices

... a national pilot, reaching some 1.5 million kids in one swoop. For example, a bullied child’s goals might count double to encourage his inclusion by domineering peers. Read More. “Our basic goal is to build the real brand of FC Barcelona based not only on the game of football or the scores,” says Ignacio Mestre, the Foundation’s CEO. “Barcelona is more than a club. The Foundation is the ‘More than a club.’ ”. But FC Barcelona is also frank in its primary reason for expanding abroad. It opened an office in Hong Kong in 2013 and has seen an enormous sponsorship return in Asia. It’s looking into a Brazilian office as well. Why? Because the club is aiming to grow its revenues to a billion euros a year by 2021. “This year, we are close to 700 million euros,” Trabesinger says of the revenue that’s up about tenfold from the late ’90 s. “The growth in not only FC Barcelona, but in all the clubs in Europe, was so strong in the last years, now ...

Live Updates, Score And Reaction

... and Luis Suarez were instrumental in the slaying of PSG and will be looking for something similar at Depor. March 12, 2017. Deportivo La Coruna 2-1 Barcelona (FT). Joselu 40', Luis Suarez 46', Alex Bergantinos 73'. Lineups: DEP—Lux, Juanfran, Albentosa, Arribas, Navarro, Alex, Borges, Gama, Gil, Fajr, Joselu. FCB—ter Stegen, Sergi Roberto, Pique, Mascherano, Alba, Busquets, Denis, Gomes, Messi, Suarez, Turan. 5:05 pm. Big blow for Barcelona in their title hunt, but Depor's relegation fears are eased once more. What an impact from Pepe Mel. That's it for tonight and thanks for joining us. Squawka Football @Squawka. Deportivo beat Barcelona 2-1 and are still unbeaten since Pepe Mel took charge: DWDW Points: 8 Goals: 5 Conceded: 3 __link__/b Uwd 8 k Dr 4 L. Deportivo La Coruna 2-1 Barcelona. 5:03 pm. Off the line, ridiculous! Depor broke three on *none* at the back, ter Stegen makes a brilliant double save from Fajr and Alba hacks it off the line. 5:01 ...

Lewis Hamilton Seeks Inspiration From Fc Barcelona Mentality

... Nou on Wednesday to witness his friend Neymar lead Barca to a 6-1 thrashing of the French champions to overcome a 4-0 first leg deficit. And, after the disappointment of missing out to Nico Rosberg by the finest of margins for the world championship last season, Hamilton believes he can take inspiration ahead of the season opening Grand Prix in Melbourne on March 26. "What a fight it was. It was really great to see such fighting spirit," Hamilton said after completing pre-season testing in Barcelona on Friday. "It was inspiring to see these guys. They didn't stop, didn't quit, kept pushing and I think I need to take that mentality into my season.". Neymar scored twice and set up Sergi Roberto's sensational 95 th minute winner in a remarkable final seven minutes. And the Brazilian celebrated in style by partying with Hamilton until the early hours of Thursday morning in the Catalan capital. "I've been talking to him for a while about going to watch him play and finally being here it worked out perfect," added Hamilton. "I got some time to spend with the champ. He played so well all night long. "He and ...

Barça Vs Leganés

... over RCD Espanyol saw Los Blancos extend their lead at the top of the pile to four points, having played one game fewer than Luis Enrique’s side. Cristiano Ronaldo appears to be back to his best after a somewhat indifferent season by his superhuman standards, and Zinedine Zidane was also able to welcome Gareth Bale back into the squad today, with the Welshman scoring a goal on his return from injury. In other words, Real appear to be in fine shape for the remainder of the season, but if this week has proven anything, it’s that nothing is certain in football. With tougher fixtures to follow in the coming weeks and months for Real Madrid, the important thing is that FC Barcelona simply keep pace and maintain the pressure. As Lenny Kravitz would say, “it ain’t over till it’s over”. TEAM NEWS. Arda Turan and Javier Mascherano are expected to continue to miss out through injury, while Luis Enrique will also have to contend with the absence of Sergio Busquets tomorrow, as the Catalan is suspended for picking up his fifth yellow card of the season last weekend against Deportivo Alaves. The lengthy midfield injury list means that Carles ...

Paris Saint-germain

... behind schedule here with the teams just getting ready to walk out at the Nou Camp. Still got the waving of the centre-circle ball and anthem to come too. Time to wave your flags like you just don't care. The Barca faithful do their utmost to get the atmosphere going ahead of kick-off. The teams are ready to come out - are we about to witness something magical? Or will PSG put out the flames early on. More of the same. Barcelona have been in fine scoring form in the past two games at the Nou Camp - beating Celta Vigo 5-0 just three days after recording a 6-1 victory over Sporting Gijon. Both scores would of course be welcome tonight for the Catalan giants, but they face a completely different beast in PSG, who have won their last three Ligue 1 games on the spin. The stats you need to know. o No club has ever overturned a first-leg 4-0 away defeat in a Champions League knockout tie (it has happened five times in the past). o The only time Paris SG eliminated Barcelona in the Champions League was in 1994/95 quarter-finals (3-2 on aggregate). Since then, Barcelona have won their two knockout encounters with the Parisian ...

Fc Barcelona Opens Its First Football Academy In Sub-saharan Africa

... in Sub-Saharan Africa. The academy, known as FCBEscola Lagos, is located temporarily at the Teslim Balogun stadium and is modelled against La Masia Academy in Spain, Barcelona's first football academy. Nigeria is a country known for producing football legends and winning the Atlanta '96 Olympics competition. The country's soccer team is a football powerhouse and football is the dominant sport. Its record in the U-17, U-21 tournaments for both men and women has been a source of recruitment to top clubs with the likes of Obi Mikel, Kelechi Iheanacho, Kanu Nwankwo having passed through such stages. More on This. In Lagos, T. H. E. S. E Is the Crux of the Matter. According to the FCBEscola website Lagos, FCBESCOLA Lagos modelled on FCBarcelona's own youth system, is a center for youth development and grassroots empowerment, using football as the medium of entertainment. With professional nurturing from the FCBarcelona ...

Sergio Ramos Strikes As Real Madrid Cf Go Past Fc Barcelona To Top Of La Liga

... in midweek Neymar was one of five changes to the Barca side due to an abductor injury. It took Deportivo 40 minutes to force Marc-Andre ter Stegen into a serious save as the German leapt to his left to brilliantly turn Joselu’s volley behind. However, from the resulting corner Ter Stegen was found wanting as he spilled Javier Mascherano’s miscued clearance and Joselu was on hand to smash into an unguarded net. Barca got off to a flyer in the second-half as Suarez lashed home a loose ball inside the area to equalise just a minute after the restart. Enrique turned to Andres Iniesta and Ivan Rakitic for a winner in the final half hour as Arda Turan and Andre Gomes were sacrificed. But Barca found it difficult to create clear-cut chances against the mass ranks of Deportivo defence, whilst the hosts were always a threat on the break. Alejandro Arribas saw ...

Fc Barcelona To Open Fcbescola Soccer Academy In Austin

... of the Americas, where owner Bobby Epstein announced he will build a soccer field for the program. A rendering shows a soccer pitch in the shadow of COTA’s iconic tower. The program will also use facilities at the Round Rock Multipurpose Complex. Two students battle it out at FCBEscola’s Charlotte location (Provided Photo). “The City of Austin and the Austin Sports Commission have been instrumental in bringing FC Barcelona’s Escola system to the city. This new program will not only help local players experience firsthand the best international, professional and developmental soccer pathway but will also put Austin on a global soccer stage.” said Marc Segarra, co-founder of ISL Futbol, the largest partner of FC Barcelona in the United States, and Barcelona native. “The Austin Sports Commission is proud to help facilitate a partnership ...