Archives for September 2015

Celta humble Barça and La Liga without the Catalans

Celta Vigo humbled Barça last night at Balaídos by beating the Catalan giants by 4 goals to 1. There wasn’t much Messi and co could do as Celta ran amok and gave Barcelona a lesson in humility. Piqué’s return didn’t go to plan either as the defender committed and awful error which Celta pounced on to make it 2-0 before half time.

Barcelona arrives in Rome for Wednesday’s match

FC Barcelona have arrived in Rome for tomorrow night’s curtain raiser against Italian serie A giants Roma in the first leg of their group stage clash. Luis Enrique has taken 20 players with him including Barça B duo Gerard Gumbau and José Suárez. Messi’s parents along with his brothers have also made the trip.

Barcelona FC: Looking to get back into their groove

Barcelona FC will be back in full force again shortly. Their South American stars, Messi, Neymar, Suarez and Mascherano will return after having figured for their World Cup 2018 qualifying clashes featuring their home nations.

Claudio Bravo injury and who replaces Pedro

FC Barcelona’s 32-year old Chilean goalkeeper, Claudio Bravo, will be out of action for three weeks due to a calf injury. The keeper has been one of the key components of a highly-improved Barca defense that saw the team letting in far less goals than before.