Posts Tagged "Barcelona FC"

This will be the game that will separate the men from boys. In the first leg of the semi-finals, the dominant side of European football Barcelona got thrashed 4-0 by Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich on Wednesday morning.

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Bayern Munich’s victory over Barcelona in the European Champions league may be a passing of the baton.

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Wednesday morning’s UEFA Champions League semi-final provided one of the most special club performances of modern times and has signalled a shift of power among European heavyweights.

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The two stalwart and most compelling names in world football at the moment may be considered to be the arch rivals, and they are indeed the best.

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Barcelona’s star Argentinian striker Lionel Messi has pledged to stay with the Spanish giants until June 2018 by renewing his contract, the club says.

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The current Barcelona side is regarded by many as the greatest side to have ever played the game. But would they be great without Lionel Messi?

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Barcelona and Real Madrid are two powerhouses in world football plying their trade week in week out in La Liga and Europe with success.

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Football is known the world over as the ‘Beautiful Game’ with its exquisite concoction of elements such as elegance, panache, flamboyance and intensity.

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Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have cheapened the value of the stupefying ball-warping goal and improbable individual skills that I used to sporadically see in the world game.

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After covering the Melbourne Storm’s opening two matches in the NRL for The Roar, it has become evident to me that their game shares striking similarities to football giants Barcelona.

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St Kilda has recently announced plans to start up its own football academy to develop young players and prepare them for a professional football career.

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When FC Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 3-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu last December, it appeared that Pep Guardiola’s men would continue to dominate both La Liga and the Champions League, in spite of the constant pressure from their eternal rivals.

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The news last week was met with hardly a flicker of surprise in the football world: Lionel Messi was handed his third Ballon d’Or trophy in a row, crowned as the best footballer on the planet.

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The possibility of Europe’s biggest clubs leaving local leagues and playing in a new European league on a weekly basis – which I’m sure they’d label ‘super’ something, such is the lack of imagination in people – is gaining new momentum.

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Arsenal and Barcelona were stung by late equalisers as the pair were both held to draws with Borussia Dortmund and AC Milan in their opening match of the European Champions League.

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Holders Barcelona and English side Arsenal both saw victory elude them in their opening matches of the Champions League group stages on Tuesday as late goals left them with draws.

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Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas is set to join Barcelona after the Gunners accepted a 36 million euros ($A50.46 million) offer for the Spanish midfielder, British press reported on Thursday.

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In the post-game show after Monday night’s game, as the commentators sang the praises of the Melbourne Storm and their efforts against the Roosters, I began to join some dots in my mind. The Melbourne Storm are the FC Barcelona of rugby league.

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Lionel Messi is the most recent conqueror of Europe, with his mighty Barcelona FC army following. Everyone has asked the question, is he the greatest player to grace a football pitch, drawing comparisons to fellow Argentine Diego Maradona, Brazilian Pele or even Dutchman Johan Cruyff.

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Having watched the Champions League final in my lounge room with my jaw somewhere near my ankles, I began to wonder, is the method of playing football starting to drastically change?

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