Barcelona have really struggled with injuries to its first-choice defenders this season and the result is that they have conceded an unusually high number of goals this season; 14 goals in 11 league games. Barcelona manager Tito Vilanova accepts how easy his side is conceding goals saying after the Mallorca match. “Teams are not creating […]
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Another game and another remarkable milestone for Barcelona’s Lionel Messi. His two goals at the weekend, gave him 76 goals this calendar year, moving him ahead of Pele and within reach of Gerd Müller’s record of 85 goals from 1972. Of his 76 goals this year, Messi has scored 64 for Barça and 12 for […]
Barcelona manager Tito Vilanova could be facing the first challenge of his brief managerial career, as he tries and figures out how to play Lionel Messi and David Villa together. In the loss to Celtic in midweek, Messi coud be seen criticizing Villa on the pitch for shooting on goal instead of passing the ball […]
Interesting piece in today’s Daily Mail about Manchester United’s kit deal with Nike, which is coming up for renewal in 2015. Back in 2002, United signed a 13-year deal with Nike worth £303 million, plus a profit share on retail sales. Even without any profits, that translates to around £23 million a season. The deal […]
Barcelona and Real Madrid might be two of the biggest football clubs in the world, but at times they act like petulant children. According to Catalunya Radio, Barcelona secretly filmed Real Madrid defender’s Pepe’s during 2010-11’s Clasicos, with the goal of recording all his tackles on Barcelona players. The radio station’s El Club de la […]
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo matched each other blow for blow at the Nou Camp tonight, scoring two goals apiece as Barcelona and Real Madrid battled out an entertaining draw in the first Clasico of the La Liga season. Heading into the game, Real Madrid trailed Barcelona by eight points, so this was billed as […]
Barcelona are threatening to end the La Liga title race by halloween, as two goals from Lionel Messi helped Barcelona beat Getafe 4-1, while Real Madrid lost for the second time in four games. Real Madrid are now eight points behind Barcelona after a stunning early goal from Piotr Trochowski was the difference as Sevilla […]
Jorge Mendes has confirmed his lack of surprise for and total support of Cristiano Ronaldo’s statements claiming he was sad at Real Madrid. Mendes, who is also Jose Mourinho’s agent, was reported in some sections of the press to have been caught off guard by his client’s words, but through a statement released yesterday afternoon via […]
Two of Europe’s big names, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain picked up their first league wins of the season, while Manchester United needed two goals in the last four minutes to win at Sunderland. Elsewhere Bayern Munich flexed their muscles in Germany, thrashing Stuttgart 6-1. Here is a recap of the action across Europe this […]