A brilliant Barcelona down to ten men from the 27th minute showed a display of some great football but failed to bring home the Super Cup after losing to Real Madrid 2-1 at the Santiago Bernabéu last night.
FC Barcelona draws first blood in the Super Cup Clasico
August 24, 2012 by
Barca drew first blood in the first leg of the clasico Spanish Super Cup against Real Madrid. Although the game was pretty poor in the first half with Madrid looking more bored than anything else, it soon livened up in the second half with goals from Pedro, Messi and Xavi.
Barcelona 1 Real Madrid 2: Match Report
April 22, 2012 by
Barcelona were quite the better side last night at the Nou Camp but sadly they were outwitted by Real Madrid. Barca lost 1-2 on their own turf and were left wondering what happened. Barca now has to turn their attention and focus on this week’s Champions League semi final second leg match with Londoners Chelsea. […]
Guardiola: The league is in Madrid’s hands
April 20, 2012 by
Barca coach Pep Guardiola believes that “the League is in the hands of Real Madrid. Our intention is to win to make the league last a little longer. If Madrid win or tie the match tomorrow, then the the league is theirs. We can only win and if we don’t, then we will try again.” […]
Real make Barca suffer to the end
January 26, 2012 by
Unbelievable game of football last night at the Camp Nou. Real Madrid actually stepped up to the plate and played some very good football. Real Madrid played a very tidy first half of football where they could have scored four or five times but it was Barcelona who ended up 2-0 in front with goals […]
Barca in good position to reach semi finals
January 19, 2012 by
Barcelona won 1-2 at the Santiago Bernabéu last night and paved their way to a deserved semi final pass for this year’s Copa del Rey. The game started in typical “clasico” fashion with either team showing a full deck until Cristiano Ronaldo put the first goal past a hapless Pinto who is Guardiola’s keeper of […]
Barcelona secures showdown with Real Madrid
January 13, 2012 by
It had to happen, didn’t it? Barcelona has secured a showdown with Real Madrid and therefore another “Clasico” after beating Osasuna last night.Barca win 1-6 on aggregate with goals coming from Alexis Sanchez and Sergi Roberto to set up another epic Copa del Rey tie against Madrid. Read what the papers say: Barcelona went through […]
Clasico ends in a Barca victory
December 11, 2011 by
I hoped that Madrid came out fighting and for the first ten minutes it looked that way especially after their goal after roughly 30 seconds! It must have been a mirage as Real madrid let Barca get into their groove and play their sexy football once again. I especially liked the way Andrés Iniesta played, […]
