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Alba breaks Scottish hearts

An injury-time goal from Jordi Alba stunned Celtic and gave Barcelona a dramatic 2-1 victory in their pulsating UEFA Champions League Group G clash at the Nou Camp. Celtic had led at the famous stadium when, in the 18th minute, Georgios Samaras’ header from a Charlie Mulgrew free-kick went in off the back of Barcelona centre-back Javier Mascherano. And […]

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European Weekend Review: Messi Stars While Chelsea And Bayern Impress

Lionel Messi made headlines once again as he scored a club record 15th Liga hat-trick for Barcelona in a thrilling 5-4 win against Deportivo La Coruña. Meanwhile, Chelsea shone in England, Paris Saint-Germain went top in France and Bayern Munich set a Bundesliga record. Spain Lionel Messi is almost a one-man team as his 21st […]

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Falcao magic keeps Atlético on track

Falcao curled in a last-minute free-kick against Real Sociedad to secure Atlético Madrid a seventh consecutive Liga win and move his side level on points with FC Barcelona at the top. The Columbian forward delivered his ninth strike in seven league outings with the match still goalless in the 90th minute, and just as it […]

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PepeGate Surrounds Barcelona And Real Madrid

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 […]

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International Break Is Costly To Real Madrid

The fear of every club manager is that their players come back from international duty in Real Madrid have been left counting the cost of the international break after a number of their players reported back with injuries, notably left-backs Marcelo and Fabio Coentrao. Brazilian Marcelo broke a metatarsal while training for his country’s friendly […]