Barça: The Guardiola Years
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Barça stumble to second successive loss despite Suarez sparkle
Luis Enrique’s Barça lost top spot of La Liga tonight after slipping to a disappointing 0-1 defeat to Eduardo Berizzo’s Celta at Camp Nou. Luis Suarez gave a promising performance in his first home league game for the club but … Continue reading →
Posted in La Liga, Luis Enrique, Luis Suarez, Match reports, Sergio Busquets
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Tagged 0-1, Alves, attendance, Barça, Barcelona, Busquets, Celta, defeat, goal, Luis Enrique, Luis Suarez, Mascherano, match report, Mathieu, Messi, neymar, player ratings, Rakitic, second successive loss, sparkle, stumble, Suarez, teams, trio, Vigo, vs
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Barça come unstuck in Madrid
Luis Enrique’s first clásico as Barça’s coach ended in a disappointing 3-1 defeat at the Bernabéu this evening. The game started well for the visitors with Neymar Jr firing home after just three minutes but Madrid reacted with goals from … Continue reading →
Posted in Clásico, La Liga, Match reports
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Tagged 2014, 25/10/14, 3-1, Barça, Barcelona, Bernabeu, Bravo, clásico, defeat, fc, Luis Enrique, Madrid, Mascherano, match report, Messi, neymar, player ratings, Real, team selection, unstuck, vs
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Bravo debut blunder gifts victory to Napoli
€12 million signing Claudio Bravo made an unfortunate start to his Barça career tonight when his mistake cost Barça a 1-0 defeat to Napoli in Geneva. Bravo had performed well, making one spectacular first-half save to deny Marek Hamsik, but … Continue reading →
Posted in Alen Halilovic, Claudio Bravo, Ivan Rakitic, Match reports, Munir El-Haddadi, Sergi Samper
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Tagged 0-1, 06/08/14, 2014, 4-3-3, Barça, Barcelona, Blerim Dzemaili, blunder, Bravo, Claudio Bravo, debut, defeat, Dzemaili, Edgar Ié, formation, friendly, Geneva, goal, Grimaldo, Halilovic, Luis Enrique, match report, mistake, Munir, Munir El-Haddadi, Napoli, preseason, Rafinha, Rakitic, Samper, victory
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Match Rant: Valladolid 1 FC Barcelona 0
What the fuck! What was that? Barça, who began the day just a point behind league leaders Real Madrid, gave a horrendous performance in losing 1-0 to Valladolid, a team in the relegation zone with just four previous league victories … Continue reading →
Posted in La Liga, Match reports, Neymar
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Tagged 08/03/14, 1-0, 2014, Alexis, Barcelona, defeat, fc, goal, horrendous, match, Messi, neymar, performance, Piqué, press conference, Rant, report, Rossi, substitutions, Tata Martino, Valladolid, Valladolid 1-0 Barça, vs, What the fuck!, yellow card, Zorrilla
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Match Report: Real Sociedad 3 FC Barcelona 1
Barça’s poor recent record at Anoeta continued tonight with a 3-1 defeat to Real Sociedad that sees Tata Martino’s men concede top place in La Liga and a three-point advantage to Real Madrid. Martino made six changes to the team … Continue reading →
Posted in La Liga, Match reports
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Tagged 2014, 3-1, Alex Song, anoeta, Barça, Barcelona, Busquets, changes, defeat, fc, goal, Griezmann, Liga, match report, Messi, midfield, neymar, own goal, player ratings, poor, Real, Real Sociedad 3-1 Barça, report, result, rotations, score, Sociedad, Song own goal, teams, three-point advantage, vs, Zurutuza
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Match Report: Ajax 2 FC Barcelona 1
Barça’s unbeaten start under Tata Martino came to an end with a 2-1 defeat to Frank de Boer’s Ajax at the Amsterdam Arena tonight. Barça failed to match Ajax’s intensity and Thulani Serero and Danny Hoesen fired the Dutch team … Continue reading →
Posted in Adama Traore, Champions League, Match reports, Patric Gabarrón
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Tagged 2-1, 2013, 26/11/13, Adama, Ajax, Ajax 2 Barcelona 1, Barça, Barcelona, Champions League, defeat, fc, first, formation, goal, lineups, match, Patric Gabarron, Pinto, player, possession, ratings, report, tactics, Tata Martino, teams, unbeaten start, vs
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Real Sociedad 3 FC Barcelona 2
After an unbeaten first half of the league season Barça went down 3-2 to Real Sociedad at Anoeta this evening. As occurred in the same fixture last season Barça took an early 0-2 lead, through goals from Leo Messi and … Continue reading →
Granada 1 FC Barcelona 0
Granada held on to a 16th minute goal from Yacine Brahimi to leave Barça’s league title chances seriously dented at Los Cármenes tonight. Having been dumped out of the Champions League on Wednesday, Tata Martino’s men failed to lift themselves for the … Continue reading →