After a long 10 hour flight, Barcelona are in Bangkok looking ahead to their match against Thailand on Wednesday afternoon. Tata Martino’s team finished Monday’s training session in the Thai capital, Bangkok, at the premises of the Thai Army Sports Stadium, which is a multi-purpose stadium and the home of Army United F.C. More on Barca’s Thai journey
Messi and Neymar on same pitch for Joan Gamper Trophy
August 1, 2013 by
Messi and Neymar have been together for four days now and Messi was the man to welcome the young Brazilian at Barca’s training ground just outside the city. They haven’t played together yet but that privilege of seeing them together on the same pitch for the first time is reserved for tomorrow evening at the 47th edition of the Joan Gamper Trophy. More on Messi and Neymar
Barca welcomes Tata Martino with 7 nil win
July 29, 2013 by
Barca welcomed their new coach Gerardo Tata Martino with an exhibition style game of football that allowed the team to go home with some good vibes. The young Cameroon player Jean Marie Dongou (pictured left) came on for Messi and moved around the pitch with ease, scoring two goals and becoming the leading scorer in Barca’s pre-season. More on Barca’s win over Valerenga IF
Eric Abidal: “I asked the doctors to put me into an induced coma”
April 15, 2013 by
Eric Abidal gave an interview to French TV channel on Sunday where he explained the worst moments of his illness. Speaking to TV channel TF1, he said that he asked the doctors to put him into a coma. Abidal is a symbol of everything the Catalan club stands for and made his first appearance against Mallorca a year after his liver transplant. Read more about Eric Abidal’s interview
Barca makes sure at Zaragoza with 3-0 win
April 15, 2013 by
It was left up to Barca’s youth academy boys to fire the Catalans to a 3 nil win over Zaragoza yesterday. Goals came from Thiago Alcántara and Christian Tello, who snatched a brace with a great performance to match. This season is closing and there’s only one winner to be engraved on the league cup this year. Read more about Barca’s victory at Zaragoza.
Alexis Sánchez representative in Italy for talks with Juventus
April 13, 2013 by
As reported by the Italian channel Sky Sport 24, Alexis Sanchez’s manager Fernando Felicevich, was in Turin, Italy yesterday to meet with the Sporting director of Italian giants Juventus, Fabio Paratici. Juventus are keen to sign Sanchez and there have been whispers in Italy of the team wanting him for around 20Million euros. Read more about Alexis Sánchez’s future here
Real Madrid fans want Barca in the semi finals
April 12, 2013 by
In a few hours we will know who FC Barcelona will meet in the semi finals of the Champions League. Both sets of fans from the two Spanish sides have a clear idea of who they’d like to meet. While Real Madrid fans would relish the chance to meet Barca, the Catalan fans would prefer the German outfit Borussia Dortmund with Bayern Munich and Real Madrid in second and third place respectively. Read more about the Champions League draw
Messi comes off bench to inspire Barca win
April 11, 2013 by
Leo Messi came off the bench last night at the Nou Camp in order to inspire his team. Inspired they were and found the goal necessary via Pedro to take them into the semi finals of the Champions League. After a decent first half, Barca needed a leader to inspire them and that leader was Argentine maestro Leo Messi. Read more on how Messi turned the game around
