Tag Archives: Andres Iniesta

Barcelona may have to mix attacking blend to find right solution

It’s strange to be talking about goalscoring problems for a team that’s scored 82 in only 25 league games so far this season, but the biggest issue facing Barcelona coach Jordi Roura is how to address the alarming lack of … read more »

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Balotelli & friends celebrate AC Milan’s 2-0 win over Barcelona

Kevin-Prince Boateng and Sulley Muntari goals gave AC Milan a huge chance of progressing to the Champions League last eight after beating Barcelona. The Rossoneri defended in numbers and the two former Portsmouth players struck twice in the second half. … read more »

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El Clasico 2013: Real Madrid Missing Men, Barcelona Must Seize the Day

El Clasico 2013 – Despite Real Madrid being in good form results-wise and playing at home, it is FC Barcelona that comes out as the favorite partly because of the players Madrid will not be counting on. Iker Casillas and … read more »

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Messi Upstages Ronaldo Again Before Wednesday’s 2013 First El Clasico

By Vladimir Moraru In a shot-in-the-arm tune-up for Wednesday’s clash with eternal rival FC Barcelona in the semifinals of the Copa del Rey (Spanishd Cup) Cristiano Ronaldo scored three goals in Real Madri’s 4-0 trashing of Getafe in the 21st … read more »

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2013 First El Clasico: Barcelona v Real Madrid Copa del Rey semifinals

Barcelona achieved an intriguing 2-4 win (4-6 in aggregate) against Malaga at La Rosaleda in the return leg of the Copa del Rey quarterfinals. Pedro Rodriguez, Gerard Pique, Andres Iniesta and Lionel Messi scored the goals for the Blaugrana, who … read more »

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Pique backs Real Madrid to recover from bad start

Barcelona defender Gerard Pique has admitted his surprise at Real Madrid’s poor start to the season but does not believe the result of Wednesday’s Supercopa will have any long-term effect on their battle for the Primera Division title. Madrid head … read more »

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Barcelona came from behind to beat Real Madrid 3-2

Barcelona came from behind to beat Real Madrid 3-2 at the Nou Camp and take a slender lead from the first leg of the Spanish Supercopa. Cristiano Ronaldo headed Real into the lead against the run of play 10 minutes … read more »

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No rivalry with Ronaldo – Messi

Lionel Messi has played down the idea he has a big personal rivalry with Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo. The 25-year-old Argentine striker had been speaking to the media ahead of Argentina playing Germany in a friendly on Wednesday in … read more »

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Barcelona eager to regain La Liga title – Iniesta

Andres Iniesta says Barcelona are determined to regain their La Liga crown this season after being pipped to the title by Real Madrid last term. The Spain international admits that Real Madrid are now the team to beat, but added … read more »

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Torres brace inspires Spain to top of Euro 2012 Group C

Defending champions Spain are on course for the Euro 2012 quarter-finals after their 4-0 thrashing of Ireland on Thursday put them top of Group C with the Irish bowing out. For all their endeavour in defence, Ireland struggled constantly to … read more »

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Barcelona 4-0 Espanyol: Fitting Nou Camp farewell for Guardiola

Barcelona fittingly marked Josep Guardiola’s last home game in charge with a 4-0 win over city rivals Espanyol at the Nou Camp Saturday night. Lionel Messi got all four goals, moving to 50 in La Liga this season, six ahead … read more »

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Messi hat-trick breaks Gerd Muller record: Barcelona 4-1 Malaga

Lionel Messi’s ninth hat-trick of the campaign saw the Argentine break Gerd Muller’s 39-year old record for goals in a European season as Barcelona thrashed Malaga at the Nou Camp. Carles Puyol opened the scoring, and Salomón Rondón equalised, before … read more »

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2012 La Liga: FC Barcelona 3 – 1 Sporting Gijón

90+3Barca almost wriggle in once more but behind for a corner. Iniesta trots over for the short one with Alves. 90+2Alves almost gets in down the right but Canella clears. 90+1Alexis is hurt and strides off down the tunnel – … read more »

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Barca: Kings of Europe

Beneath the soaring Wembley arch, Barcelona ascended to new heights.   Inspired by an exhilarating Lionel Messi Pep Guardiola’s team swept past Manchester United in a thrilling performance and, with their third title in the last six seasons, they earned … read more »

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Messi wins World Player of the Year award

Messi was on a three-man shortlist with Barca team-mates Xavi and Andres Iniesta but, despite Spain’s World Cup triumph, the Argentina forward came out on top in the voting. He becomes the first winner of the FIFA Ballon d’Or, which … read more »

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Barcelona trio contest FIFA world player award

Spanish champion Barcelona is the sure winner when the world’s best footballer of 2010 is crowned on Monday. All three candidates for the FIFA Ballon d’Or award — Andres Iniesta, Xavi Hernandez and Lionel Messi — play for the club, … read more »

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Messi inspires Barca to 4-0 win at Deportivo

Lionel Messi scored a stunning freekick and helped set up two more goals as Barcelona swept hosts Deportivo Coruna aside 4-0 to surge five points clear at the top of La Liga on Saturday. The Argentine World Player of the … read more »

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Top 50 Highest Paid Soccer Players 2011

Portuguese marketing agency Futebol Finance has published a list of the top 50 footballer’s salaries this season and the results are genuinely eye-opening. Real Madrid has three players in the top ten while Barcelona, Chelsea, Manchester City all have two. … read more »

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