Barcelona has almost ended Real Madrid’s defense of its Spanish league title, and there’s still half a season to go. Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez left Madrid staring at a 14-point deficit after leading Barcelona to a 3-0 win at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday. Madrid has a game in hand, but the gap already […]
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Lionel Messi wants to finish his career at Barcelona after signing a new deal that commits him through to the summer of 2021. A renewal was agreed between player and club in July but it is only now that Messi has put pen to paper on the contract. Announcing the deal, the LaLiga club added […]
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Lionel Messi shrugged off the frustration of missing a penalty to reach another remarkable career landmark as Barcelona eased to a 2-0 victory at Alaves. Messi, who hit the woodwork three times in the 2-0 win over Real Betis on the opening day of the season, saw his first-half spot-kick superbly saved by Fernando Pacheco […]
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Barcelona has hired former player Ernesto Valverde as its new coach. The club confirmed on Monday that the longtime Athletic Bilbao manager will replace Luis Enrique, who ended his three-year stint after winning the Copa del Rey on Saturday. Valverde received a two-year contract, with an option for a third. A former forward, the 53-year-old […]
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Police have launched an investigation after Paris St Germain’s players were confronted by angry supporters upon their return to the French capital on Wednesday following their 6-1 Champions League defeat in Barcelona, the Ligue 1 club has said. The French champions went into the Round of 16 second leg tie with a 4-0 advantage from […]
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Barcelona became the latest soccer team to pull off the seemingly impossible. Trailing 4-0 after the first leg, Barcelona scored a half dozen goals on Wednesday to beat Paris Saint-Germain 6-1 and advance to the Champions League quarterfinals 6-5 on aggregate. The last three goals, two scored by Neymar and the other set up by […]
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Barcelona produced the most remarkable Champions League comeback to beat Paris St Germain 6-1 at the Nou Camp, with a goal from Sergi Roberto five minutes into stoppage time securing a place in the quarter-finals. HISTORY! @FCBarcelona complete one of the greatest comebacks ever! ??? #UCL https://t.co/09FxtkHpvy — Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) March 8, […]
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It’s hard enough to compete with Barcelona with 11 men. With 10 players, it’s pretty much impossible. Doesn’t Manchester City know it. City has played Barcelona five times in the last four seasons in the Champions League and ended a game with a full complement of players only once. It’s one of the main reasons […]
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Lionel Messi will miss Barcelona’s Fifa Club World Cup semi-final against Guangzhou Evergrande on Thursday because of renal colic. The Catalan giants, who triumphed in the competition in 2009 and 2011, launch their bid for a third title against the Chinese side at the International Stadium Yokohama, but will have to do so without the […]
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