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FIFA Ballon D'Or 2011: Lionel Messi wins it for FC Barcelona
FC Barcelona have dominated the proceedings at the annual FIFA Ballon D’Or awards, with Lionel Messi winning the title for the third year in succession. Pep Guardiola claimed the Coach of the Year award while the FIFPro team of the year contained no less than five Barcelona players. As if...
FIFA Club World Cup: FC Barcelona vs Santos FC: Match Preview
Is FC Barcelona the best team in the world? Well, we will find out by 1:30PM CET on Sunday. Of course the FIFA World Club Cup Final is approaching and it the showdown everyone expected, Santos vs Barcelona; Neymar vs Lionel Messi. Now, it would be foolish to suggest Neymar is the only decent player...
FC Barcelona: Time to Rest Lionel Messi and Xavi Hernandez
There is no crisis of such at FC Barcelona, though it is clear to see why a minority think otherwise. The performance yesterday was abysmal (by Barcelona’s standards) and quite frankly, had it not been for Xavi’s magical free-kick, it may have been a second successive stalemate for the...
The Weekly Review: Week 41: FC Barcelona and Gerard Pique fall victim to more hamstring injuries
An international break never allows for ideal preparation and FC Barcelona have always encountered this problem. The much-maligned FIFA virus is usually rampant in the Catalan capital, and in some respects this weekend was further proof. Though first, I would like to address the positives from...
FC Barcelona: Conspiracy? Bah Humbug
<!-- @page { margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } --> Everytime I find myself with a need to write, which at this point is usually once a week, I usually spend 5 days thinking about a topic and doing the necessary...
Sporting de Gijon vs FC Barcelona: Match Review
Alright, first things first, apologies for the late review but unfortunately the writing staff has been extremely busy and since I'm the least tenured, I was forced to pick short straw so to speak. There wouldn't be complains about this match if it weren't for the fact that my beloved club looked...
FC Barcelona: Javier Mascherano 'the Destroyer'
<!-- @page { margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } --> Like many fans, when I first heard that Barca acquired the services of Javier Mascherano in 2010, I assumed he would be a quality substitute for Sergio Busquets, if and when...
FC BARCELONA and Ol' Big Ears: Can Lightening Strike Twice?
<!-- @page { margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } --> The Champions League trophy is one of the most coveted for any European Club and has been for decades. Every club in Europe, depending on their stature, is...
Lionel Messi: The Complete Footballer (Part Two: Passing/Vision)
This is part two of a series of three posts about my favorite player, Lionel Messi. Like Messi, I was diagnosed at a young age with growth hormone deficiency, and, like Lionel, I was cured of it--although, unfortunately, I was neither a gifted young footballer nor contacted by FC Barcelona. ...
FC Barcelona: Operation Conquer India
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