Barca president Sandro Rosell has confirmed that the Catalan club will participate in the match for peace which is scheduled to take place at the Ramat Gan Stadium near Tel Aviv. Rosell met with Israeli president Simon Peres yesterday and will meet with his Palestinian opposite number today to finalise details of the match which will be against a mixed side of Israeli and Palestinian international players.
Xavi Hernandez rubbishes insinuations of Barca being a failure
February 22, 2013 by
Barcelona’s Xavi Hernandez rubbished insinuations of Barca being a failure after their 2 nil drubbing by Italian giants A.C Milan. Barcelona have had a magnificent season so far and some fans could see Barca’s elimination from the last 16 of the Champions League as a failure but Xavi doesn’t agree. He said that Barca will try to turn the result around knowing that it will be very difficult.
Milan put Barca’s hopes of a triple on standby
February 21, 2013 by
It was an unexpected defeat last night at the San Siro stadium for Barcelona losing 0-2 to a very disciplined and quality A.C Milan side. Barca knew it wasn’t going to be a walk in the park and now face the second leg of the tie 2 goals adrift with everything to play for. If anyone is able to turn the tables on Milan it has to be Barcelona who have much homework to do before the clash at the Nou Camp.
Ex Barca star Gabriel Milito shows up for yesterday’s training session
February 20, 2013 by
As Barcelona conducted their final preparatory training session ahead of tonight’s game against A.C Milan in the first leg of their Champions League clash they had a surprise visit from ex Blaugrana Gabi Milito. Xavi Hernandez is likely to start tonight after receiving the all clear and Barca are worried about the state of the San Siro pitch.
Eric Abidal to be discharged later this week
February 19, 2013 by
Barcelona defender and French international Eric Abidal looks set to be discharged by the end of the week. Abidal has come a long way since his liver transplant and has been training with the rest of the team. The news comes at a great time for the Catalan club when winning the triple is a reality for them this year under Tito Vilanova and Jordi Roura.
