Entries Categorized as 'Barcelona'

Today in La Liga

Date October 4, 2009

Barcelona increased their lead to 3 points without even getting on the field today. Big spenders, Real Madrid faced their first defeat this season against third placed Sevilla who were playing at home. Though Real were playing without their costliest possession, as Ronaldo was ruled out due to injury he picked during midweek’s Champions League [...]

Premier League, La Liga and Serie A updates

Date October 3, 2009

Manchester United faced their first draw this season at the hands of Sunderland at Old Trafford. Sunderland opened the scoring in the 7th minute when Bent amazed Foster with his one touch bolt into the bottom left corner of the goal post. Second half saw an attacking United side. In the 51st minute Nani’s cross [...]

Match Day 2 Champions League – Groups E, F, G, H

Date September 29, 2009

Liverpool faced defeat for the first time in eleven Champions League group stage matches against Italian club Fiorentina. Liverpool were humiliated away from home by two first half goals from Fiorentina’s 19 year old striker, Stevan Jovetić. Liverpool also failed to score for the first time in 24 Champions League matches.
Champions Barcelona continues their unbeaten [...]

Match Day 5 in La Liga

Date September 27, 2009

Real Madrid and Barcelona continued their unbeaten run this season by recording comfortable wins respectively. Real were playing at Santiago Bernabau against Tenerife. Ronaldo did perform in the match but failed to score for the first time in the League for Real with the goals coming from other new players Benzema, and Kaka. Benzema scored [...]

Spanish La Liga

Date September 23, 2009

Midweek matches in La Liga saw Barcelona regaining top spot from Real Madrid. Barcelona visited El Sardinero, home ground of Racing Santander for a league encounter. The match ended 1-4 to the visitors with two goals from Messi and a goal each from Ibrahimovich, and Pique.
Barcelona was awarded a free kick in the 20th minute, [...]

Spanish La Liga Updates

Date September 3, 2009

La Liga followers will be getting a break this weekend as there will be no games played. FIFA world cup qualifying will be underway this weekend so most of the league players will be reporting their national side.
The news from European champions Barcelona is that they have finally unveiled the new look of their home [...]

Spanish La Liga Begins

Date September 1, 2009

Real Madrid manager, Manuel Pellegrini started with as many as seven new players. All the high profile signings featured in the match against Deportivo La Coruna. Deportivo almost shocked the costliest team in the world but Real survived the scare and Diarra scored a super goal in the 60th minute to drive past Deportivo. The [...]

Barcelona UEFA Super Cup 2009 winners

Date August 29, 2009

The Super Cup is played between the winners of the Champions League, and Europa League, respectively. This time it was Barcelona who was playing against Shakhtar Donetsk in Monaco at the Stade Louis II. The match was won by Barcelona in the 115th minute when Messi displayed his footballing prowess and set substitute Pedro up [...]

Spanish league updates

Date August 26, 2009

Barcelona added another piece of silverware to their collection last night when they won the Spanish Supercup by beating Athlitico Bilbao 3-0. Two goals from Messi and another from Bojan in the second half made sure that the cup was going nowhere from Camp Nou. The Barca team looks good and this will make it [...]

Sylvinho returns to England

Date August 24, 2009

Brazilian defender Sylvinho, who helped Barcelona clinch the Treble last year has agreed to play for Manchester City this year. Although it’s a free transfer, and the contract is for only a year, signing Sylvinho gives City the much needed experience in their defense. City had already signed the likes of Tevez from Manchester United, [...]