Former Barcelona player Zlatan Ibrahimovic has blamed Lionel Messi and Pep Guardiola for his failure at the Camp Nou, claiming that Guardiola used to ‘bully’ him. Ibra was an expensive flop at Barca after joining from Inter Milan for £40million plus Samuel Eto’o in 2009, but has explains why he struggled so much in Spain. […]
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Holders Barcelona and AC Milan are the first two teams through to the UEFA Champions League round of 16, while Arsenal and Chelsea failed to pick up the wins they needed in order to assure progression to the knockout stages. Milan were held to a 1-1 draw in Minsk by BATE Borisov, with Ibrahimovic getting […]
Chelsea cemented their position at the top of Group E after matching their record Champions League win, while there were also home victories for AC Milan and Barcelona as the group stage reached the halfway point on Wednesday night. Fernando Torres struck twice for Chelsea as they maintained their one-point lead over Bayer Leverkusen. Both […]
FC Barcelona head into the international break on top of La Liga after a 1-0 victory at Real Sporting de Gijón on a weekend when the chasing pack also all won. Josep Guardiola’s titleholders were made to work hard for their victory on Sunday evening, Adriano’s 12th-minute goal all that separated the sides. Alongside Barcelona […]
Barcelona and Arsenal picked up their first Champions League victories of the season while Marseille made it two wins out of two after thrashing Dortmund. Winners of the competition in three of the last six seasons, Barcelona were held to a 2-2 draw by AC Milan on matchday one, but turned in a clinical performance […]
AC Milan got the new season off to a dramatic start with a thrilling draw at Barcelona but there were opening victories for Marseille, Chelsea, Porto and APOEL. Pato struck for AC Milan inside 25 seconds at Camp Nou, the fifth fastest in Champions League history and the earliest on any matchday one. Pedro Rodríguez […]
Inter Milan kicked off the new Serie A season with a defeat and there was frustration elsewhere for European champions FC Barcelona, but the goals continue to flow for Mario Gomez and Wayne Rooney as the duo helped respective sides Bayern Munich and Manchester United record big wins. Italy Inter were hoping to make the […]
I wrote earlier that former Real Madrid director general Jorge Valdano believes that Barcelona and Real Madrid will abandon La Liga for a European league if their dominance of La Liga continues. The dominance of Barca and Real derives in part from their control of revenue from TV rights, which gives them a far bigger […]
Former Real Madrid director general Jorge Valdano believes that Barcelona and Real Madrid will abandon La Liga for a European league if their dominance of La Liga continues. The two Spanish giants lost just six games between them last season and third place Valencia finished 25 points behind champions Barcelona. This season they won their […]