by David on April 3, 2012
Barcelona and Bayern Munich swept into the Champions League semifinals as Lionel Messi became the competition’s most prolific scorer in a single season.
Messi scored two first-half penalty kicks and Andres Iniesta added another goal after the break to give Barcelona a 3-1 victory over AC Milan following a 0-0 draw in Italy.
Messi’s 14th Champions League goal this season took him past Ruud van Nistelrooy’s tally in the 2002-03 campaign.
Ivica Olic also scored twice on Tuesday as Bayern repeated its2-0 first-leg victory over Marseille to advance 4-0 on aggregate. Read more... (412 words, 1 image, estimated 1:39 mins reading time)
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Tonight’s Champions League fixture between Barcelona and AC Milan will be the litmus test for both Pep Guardiola and Massimiliano Allegri as they prepare the team’s for what is probably the biggest game of the season.
Milan captain Ambrosini has revealed that they won’t man mark Barca‘s Argentine forward Lionel Messi. Despite being the danger man, Ambrosini believes that it will be hard for Milan to monitor his every move.
“Messi is a unique player with the ball at his feet; one cannot think of trying to stop him,” he said during the pre-match press conference. Read more... (420 words, 1 image, estimated 1:41 mins reading time)
Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is so keen on landing Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola as the Blues manager next season that he is willing to literally buy him out of his Barcelona job.
The Russian billionaire is said to have approached Guardiola’s representatives with an offer they simply cannot refuse. Sort of like in a scene from a gangster movie, Abramovich told Guardiola ‘name his price’ and ditch the record breaking Spanish outfit for a chance to coach one of England‘s best club’s Read more... (367 words, 1 image, estimated 1:28 mins reading time)
Between them they have scored an amazing 74 goals. Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Gonzalo Higuain have established themselves as La Liga‘s ultimate strike trio after they led their side to another impressive display against Osasuna last night.
Both Higuain and Ronaldo scored twice to ensure a comfortable 5- win for Los Blancos who prepare to face APOEL in a return leg Champions League quarter final fixture on Wednesday. Speaking after the match, Ronaldo told press that the win was a huge boost to their title campaign.
“I play under the illusion that we will win the title,” he said. Read more... (363 words, 1 image, estimated 1:27 mins reading time)
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Real Madrid And Barca Both Win Ahead Of Crucial Week
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by David on March 28, 2012
AC Milan held Barcelona to an 0-0 draw at the San Siro, to leave their Champions League quarter-final tie delicately balanced heading back to the Nou Camp next week.
The last time Barcelona failed to score in the Champions League was in the 0-0 draw with Rubin Kazan in November 2009.
Both teams had their chances. Milan‘s were early as Robinho and Ibrahimovic both missed great opportunities in the opening 10 minutes. Messi had a goal pulled back for offside, and Barca were denied a clear penalty when Alexis Sanchez was brought down by Milan goalkeeper Christian Abbiati. Read more... (326 words, 1 image, estimated 1:18 mins reading time)
Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player since Madrid icon Ferenc Puskas to score the fastest century of goals in the Primera Division. The Portuguese’s brace inspired Madrid to a 5-1 win over Real Soceidad at the Bernabeu and helped keep them 6 points ahead of arch rivals Barcelona. This brings both Ronaldo and Messi level on 35 league goals with only a handful of matches remaining in the season.
Madrid who were without Mourinho, Pepe and Mesut Ozil, went ahead in the 6th minute through Argentina international Gonzalo Higuain before Ronaldo and Benzema each scored. Sociedad responded 1 minute after Benzema’s 41st minute goal to make it 3-1 going into the break. Read more... (382 words, 1 image, estimated 1:32 mins reading time)
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Real Crush Soceidad 5-1 To Stay 6 Points Ahead Of Barca
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by David on March 22, 2012
According to Sport360, Barcelona have not only reached an agreement with Santos to sign the Brazilian phenom Neymar after the 2014 World Cup, but that Barca have already paid Santos some of the transfer fee.
“According to several reliable sources Barca have already paid a quarter [€14.5 million] of the €58 million to Santos to guarantee the transfer of the player,” Sport 360 reports Cadena SER radio claimed, “adding that the date for his transfer was after the World Cup in Brazil in 2014.” Read more... (276 words, 1 image, estimated 1:06 mins reading time)
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Has Barcelona Already Paid Santos Money For Neymar?
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by David on March 21, 2012
It seemed all so easy 10 days ago when Real Madrid were 10 points ahead of their bitter rivals Real Madrid with 12 games to go. The question was when would Madrid win the title, not if they would.
But the pressure of winning the title might be getting to Jose Mourinho and his Real Madrid side as they drew for the second consecutive game tonight, a result that leaves them only six points ahead of Barcelona in the table. Read more... (360 words, 1 image, estimated 1:26 mins reading time)
If Messi stopped playing today, he would probably be considered one of Barcelona‘s all time best players. The Argentine wizard scored a hat-trick on Tuesday to take his official tally for the club to an amazing 233 one ahead of club legend Cesar Rodriguez.
Fortunately, that is not about to happen any time soon. At only 24, Messi is not only on course to be considered a Barcelona great, but one of the world’s finest players. Of course, for one reason or another, not many would agree with this statement, however, the fact of the matter is, you cannot argue with the facts. Read more... (387 words, 1 image, estimated 1:33 mins reading time)
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Neymar Interested In Playing With Messi Not Against Him
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by David on March 20, 2012
Lionel Messi broke César Rodríguez’s Barcelona club record of goals in style by scoring a hat-trick as Barca beat Granada 5-3 on Tuesday night.
Beginning the night one behind César’s 232-goal haul, Messi struck his first of the match after 17 minutes, volleying in, with the aid of the far post, a deflected cross from Isaac Cuenca. By that time Josep Guardiola’s men were already leading thanks to a goal fashioned in part by Messi, who headed another Cuenca delivery down for Xavi Hernández to score. Read more... (252 words, 1 image, estimated 1:00 mins reading time)
Barcelona and Bayern Munich swept into the Champions League semifinals as Lionel Messi became the competition’s most prolific scorer in a single season.