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Dissecting the disappointment: 4 key reasons for Barcelona’s failure this season

Dissecting the disappointment: 4 key reasons for Barcelona’s failure this season is a post from: Just Football

Dissecting the disappointment: 4 key reasons for Barcelona’s failure this season is a post from: Just Football The first thing to point out here is that this is no obituary piece. Barcelona are not in crisis, this is not...

Ten man Barca beat Sporting Gijon, 3-1

No Messi, Gerard Pique sent off. No problems for the Barca gravy train. Iniesta, Seydou Keita, and Xavi score for the Liga champions. For Gijon, David Barral pulled one back. Real Madrid face Barca's fierce crosstown rivals, Espanyol. A...

Copa Del Rey semi-finals, second leg: Barca beat Valencia, 2-0 (3-1 agg)

Cesc Fabregas and Xavi guide Barcelona to their 12th Copa Del Rey final. Leo Messi had a hand in both goals. Gol TV's inimitable Ray Hudson, "Messi, like a gazelle through the cheetahs" couldn't have said it better. They...

Sergio Busquets: The Most Under-Rated Midfielder In World Football?

Sergio Busquets is 23 years old. He has won every major honour available and plays in probably the best team the game has ever seen, but why doesn’t he seem to get a mention? It’s easy to criticise somebody for play acting a lot of the time and diving unnecessarily the minute he gets touched...

Xavi celebrates his 400th appearance in style

Barca beat Real Betis as midfield maestro Xavi making his 400th appearance for the Catalunyans scored the opening goal. Leo Messi fresh of his third Ballon D'Or scored two. Betis made it a game but Barca's victory means they...

El Clasico: Barca once again has Real’s number and it is 3-1

szólj hozzá: Real Madrid 1-3 Barcelona There are fewer joys in the world than the spectacle of seeing Barca coming to the Santiago Bernabeu and beat the crap out of Jose Mourinho's brownshirts. Which they proceeded to do summarily in...

Striker plays down Ballon d’Or snub

AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic believes that former Barcelona teammate Lionel Messi will win the Ballon d’Or once again but argues that he feels stronger than all his colleagues without such an accolade. Ibrahimovic has enjoyed an impressive return to form since moving to Milan from Barca in August 2010. After scoring 21 goals in...

Size doesn’t matter

Size doesn’t matter is a post from: Just Football

Size doesn’t matter is a post from: Just Football by Liam Blackburn There’s an advert on television at the minute for the video game Deus Ex: Human Revolution which uses a memorable Darwin quote in its opening sequence. “It is not the strongest of the species...

Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) treatment: Bane or boon for soccer players?

Jonathan Bornstein came back earlier than expected after PRP therapy Jonathan Bornstein was one of the first soccer players in the USA to undergo Platelet Rich Plasma therapy, now known commonly as PRP. Blood was drawn from the Chivas...

Xavi’s Wembley tears turn to triumph

In our latest post on Spanish soccer, Iain Rogers in Madrid muses on the brilliance of the peerless Xavi and Real Madrid’s decision to hand more power to coach Jose Mourinho at the expense of sacked director general Jorge Valdano.

Soccer Break Thursday – How to stop Barca?

Barcelona roll on to another title. Good. FIFA corruption claims still linger. Bad. Read more here, plus we've loads of facts and figures relating to Saturday's FA Cup final.

Fergie: No Fear of Barca – But We Would be Better with Brechin

A couple of nights ago as Manchester United achieved with the greatest possible ease the result even the most sceptical football follower could not have denied - a 4 - 1 victory in front of their own fans allowing a second string 11 to cruise their way...