Barcelona have part ways with their head coach, Quique Setien. The sacking of Setien is coming days after the Catalonia giants were humiliated in a 8-2 defeat by Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League (UCL) quarter-finals. The Spaniard’s dismissal was announced after a meeting with Eric Abidal, the club’s technical director, on Monday. Setien, … Read more
It was a cold, harsh and devastating night in Lisbon for Spanish giants Barcelona after being bundled out of the champions league by German side, Bayern Munich in an humiliating fashion. The German side hit 8 past Barcelona in a thrilling Champions League win to book a spot in the semifinals of the tournament in … Read more
Barcelona football club on Friday announced that its defender, Samuel Umtiti, has tested positive for coronavirus. Announcing the development in a statement on its website, the Spanish giant, however, said the World Cup winner, is asymptomatic. Also Read: Messi Helps Barcelona Sink Napoli To Reach Last 8 Umtiti, who has been sidelined with injury, is not … Read more
– Todibo has confirmed that he is the Bacelona player that was announced to have tested positive to COVID-19 by the club – The club had earlier stated on Wednesday, August 12 that they had one positive test result on their playing squad – The Barcelona defender disclosed that he is at home and abiding … Read more
Spanish giants FC Barcelona have qualified for the Quarter Finals of the UEFA Champion League with a 3-1 defeat of Napoli. Read Also: APC Will Take Back Edo Without Violence, Says Buni A Clement Lenqlet’s header opened scoring before magical Messi scored a spectacular goal. Suarez scored the third from the penalty spot before Insigne … Read more
– Messi recounts his experience playing against Casilla during the goalkeeper’s time at the Los Blancos – This is coming few days after Casillas announced his retirement from football – Messi, however, described Casilla as a ‘spectacular goalkeeper’ Barcelona captain, Lionel Messi, has reacted to the retirement of Real Madrid legend, Iker Casillas, from football. … Read more
– Ciro Immobile has won the European Golden Shoe – This is the first time that the Immobile has won the award – Immobile scored 36 goals in Serie A this season, five more than Ronaldo Lazio striker, Ciro Immobile, has won the European Golden Shoe award for 2019-20 season, defeating the likes of Cristiano … Read more
– Xavi says coaching Barcelona his is “primary goal” – He also disclose that he was “fine” after testing positive for COVID-19 Xavi Hernandez, who is coaching Al-Sadd in Qatar, says his “primary goal” is to coach Barcelona where he won a host of trophies, but he is focused on his current job. Xavi also … Read more
Inter Milan are reportedly making a serious move to lure Barcelona legend, Lionel Messi to the Italian League with the help of their shirt sponsors. Having had an expired deal with the Catalans in the summer of 2021 which he has not renewed or extended, as it is the Argentine forward’s current deal. Recently, he … Read more
German champions Bayern Munich beats 10-man Chelsea 3-0 in their UEFA Champions League UEFA Champions League first-leg round of 16 clash at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday. It was Chelsea’s heaviest ever margin of defeat in a home game in European competition. Bayern Munich in the second half, scored three goals through Serge Gnabry who had a … Read more
Barcelona’s hopes of reaching a seventh successive Copa del Rey final have ended at the quarter-final stage with defeat by Athletic Bilbao. The tight contest was decided in the third minute of stoppage time when Spanish forward Inaki Williams headed past Marc-Andre ter Stegen. Barcelona captain Lionel Messi wasted a good late chance when he … Read more
Barcelona coach Quique Setien said on Wednesday he would not comment on the controversy between forward Lionel Messi and sporting director Eric Abidal. Messi hit back at Abidal on Tuesday after the Frenchman had earlier blamed slackness in the dressing room for the departure of recently-fired boss Ernesto Valverde. In an interview with Spanish newspaper … Read more
Barcelona celebrity Lionel Messi has actually appeared in protection of his colleagues, striking out at previous having fun coworker Eric Abidal, over his pungent statements concerning the efficiencies of some gamers. Abidal, that played along with Messi at Camp Nou and also currently serves as Barca’s technological assistant, held a meeting with Sport which was … Read more
Teenager Ansu Fati scored twice to give Barcelona victory over Levante and reduce the gap to La Liga leaders Real Madrid to three points. The 17-year-old raced clear for the first goal, then fired home from an angle inside the penalty area. Levante rallied in the second half but their pressure did not pay off … Read more
Captain Lionel Messi scored twice as Barcelona progressed into the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey by thrashing Leganes at the Nou Camp. Barca recovered from their first defeat under boss Quique Setien at Valencia on Saturday by advancing in a competition they have won a record 30 times. Antoine Griezmann and Clement Lenglet both … Read more
President of Barcelona, Josep Maria Bartomeu has said that Argentine superstar, Lionel Messi will be on the books of the La Liga club for as long as he wants. Messi, 32, has spent his whole playing career with Barca, but with the recent under-performance from the Catalan giants, there are insinuations he could be fed … Read more
Barcelona coach Quique Setien admitted he is struggling to get his ideas across to his players after the champions were beaten 2-0 away to Valencia on Saturday, their first defeat since the coach took over from Ernesto Valverde earlier this month. They were fortunate not to go behind early in the game as Marc-Andre Ter … Read more
Real Madrid went three points clear of Barcelona at the top of La Liga with a hard-fought win at Real Valladolid. Defender Nacho scored the only goal with a header from Toni Kroos’ cross, his first La Liga goal in two years. Casemiro thought he had given Madrid the lead earlier on but his header … Read more
Quique Setien suffered his first defeat as Barcelona manager as Valencia claimed their first home win over the Spanish champions since 2007. The hosts broke the deadlock when Jordi Alba deflected Maxi Gomez’s powerful strike past Marc-Andre ter Stegen. Gomez, who had a first-half penalty saved by Ter Stegen, completed the scoring in the second … Read more
Copa del Rey record holders Barcelona survived a scare to beat third tier UD Ibiza 2-1 in the round of 32. Barca, winners of the event 30 times and in four of the past five seasons, rested Lionel Messi and Gerard Pique but started Antoine Griezmann. On a plastic pitch at the Can Misses stadium, … Read more