Category Archives: Dani Alves

Fifa Ballon d’Or Awards 2012

Posted on January 7, 2013 by

No surprises as Leo Messi lifted his fourth Ballon d’Or in Zurich tonight after polling 41.60% of the votes, ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo on 23.68% and Andrés Iniesta on 10.91%. Barça were the best represented team along with Real Madrid in … Continue reading →

Posted in Andres Iniesta, Awards, Dani Alves, Gerard Piqué, Leo Messi, Pep Guardiola, Xavi Hernandez | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Dani Alves breaks collarbone

Posted on May 16, 2012 by

More bad news for Pep Guardiola. It has been confirmed that Dani Alves broke his collarbone in training this morning and he is currently being operated on. It is still not clear how bad the break was or how long … Continue reading →

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Barça clean up at the Fifa Gala

Posted on January 9, 2012 by

Having won five out of six trophies in 2011 it was no big surprise that FC Barcelona should dominate the Fifa Awards this year. Leo Messi was the obvious star of the night picking up his third consecutive Ballon d’Or … Continue reading →

Posted in Andres Iniesta, Dani Alves, Gerard Piqué, Leo Messi, Xavi Hernandez | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Fourteen Barcelona players in World’s top 100

Posted on January 9, 2012 by

In anticipation of the Fifa awards later today The Footy Blog has produced a list of its Top 100 Footballers compiled from the votes of 19 well respected football experts. That all nineteen voted for Leo Messi in first place … Continue reading →

Posted in Leo Messi, Xavi Hernandez, Andres Iniesta, Eric Abidal, David Villa, Pedro Rodriguez, Dani Alves, Gerard Piqué, Victor Valdés, Sergio Busquets, Cesc Fabregas, Alexis Sanchez, Javier Mascherano, Carles Puyol | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Barcelona 5 – Mallorca 0

Posted on October 29, 2011 by

Messi ended his “goal drought” with a 1st half hattrick taking his total senior goal tally to 199 on Pep’s 199th game in charge.  At the end, it was very comfortable, but thankfully an early Mallorca chance was wasted by … Continue reading →

Posted in Adriano, Dani Alves, La Liga, Leo Messi, Match reports, Victor Valdés | 4 Comments

Uefa Champions League Final Preview: F.C. Barcelona vs Manchester United

Posted on May 26, 2011 by

As you will all know Barça are already in London in preparation for Saturday’s Champions League Final with Manchester United at Wembley. With another volcanic dustcloud  threatening flights in Europe the decision to travel early was taken to make sure … Continue reading →

Posted in Adriano, Andres Iniesta, Champions League, Dani Alves, David Villa, Eric Abidal, Gerard Piqué, Leo Messi, Match Previews, Pedro Rodriguez, Sergio Busquets, Victor Valdés, Xavi Hernandez | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 13 Comments

Barça 0 Deportivo 0

Posted on May 15, 2011 by

With the vast majority of our best starting eleven sitting out today, it was perhaps unsurprising to witness a rather disappointing goalless draw with Deportivo. We still played like Barça with a typically high percentage of possession but we lacked … Continue reading →

Posted in Bojan, Dani Alves, Eric Abidal, Ibrahim Afellay, La Liga, Match reports, Thiago Alcantara | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

News Round-Up – Week Ending 4th February 2011

Posted on February 4, 2011 by

This week’s weekly news round-up unsurprisingly cannot escape the frenetic rumour-mongering of the newspapers in relation to the now-closed transfer window. We at Barcacentral not only don’t believe in rumours, we don’t believe in newspapers either, but regardless this blog post … Continue reading →

Posted in Andres Iniesta, Champions League, Copa Del Rey, Dani Alves, La Liga, Leo Messi, New signings, Other, Sites we like, Transfers, Uncategorized, Xavi Hernandez | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

News Round-Up – Week Ending 28th January 2011

Posted on January 28, 2011 by

Whilst following Barca could never be called a chore, sometimes keeping up with all the Barca-related news in a given week can be demanding (how many awards did Messi win this week?). So here at Barcacentral we will be endeavouring … Continue reading →

Posted in Champions League, Copa Del Rey, Dani Alves, Eric Abidal, La Liga, Leo Messi, Other, Transfers, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments