Barcelona have now gone two matches without winning and according to Julián Ruiz, Barcelona are a team in crisis. Ruiz writes in El Mundo today: “In the second half, Barcelona were a team without spark or fluidity, a toy without batteries – the team was like a deflated doll. Messi looks to have lost the […]

Villarreal left Naples with a draw against Napoli, and have a great chance to progress to the last-16 of the Europa League. Chances were few and far between in a match that had been billed as boasting two of Europe’s more attacking sides. For Napoli in-form forwards Edinson Cavani and Ezequiel Lavezzi struggled to get […]

Arsenal scored two stunning goals in the last 12 minutes to secure their first ever victory over Barcelona and give themselves the advantage in another high-class duel between these two European giants. David Villa gave the 2009 UEFA Champions League winners the initiative midway through the first half and though Lionel Messi missed a couple […]

A year on from having their Champions League ambitions shattered by Lionel Messi at Camp Nou, Arsène Wenger believes Barcelona will face not only a “mentally tougher” Arsenal FC, but one determined to “show how good we are” when the sides contest the first leg of their round of 16 tie in London on Wednesday. […]

Schalke took all Valencia could throw at them at Mestalla and went away with a 1-1 draw and that most vital of prizes, an away goal. For most Spaniards the return of Raúl González was like a royal homecoming and his majestic goal in the second half cancelled out Roberto Soldado’s tidy opener. It continued […]