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Hleb gets his Nou Camp dream

At his unveiling at the Nou Camp yesterday evening, Alexander Hleb described the move as “a dream come true. I want to do my best for this club. I hope that Henry will help me adapt to the city and the club.”
Barça’s technical secretary, Txiki Begiristain, described the former Arsenal midfielder as “a typical Barça [...]

19Jul2008 | catalonia spain | 0 comments | Continued
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Barça out of the champions league

Barça finally succumbed to a fine performance from Manchester United last night at Old Trafford. Manchester united won by one goal to nil in what was a match that Paul Scholes will remember for a long time. Scholes scored a brilliant goal that gave Barça keeper Victor Valdés no chance. I think it was always going [...]

30Apr2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Eduardo da Silva broken leg

 On seeing the horrific scenes of Saturday’s premiership game between Arsenal and Birmingham all I can say is that Martin Taylor should never put on a football shirt again. The ferocity and out and out disgracefulness of his tackle that left Eduardo da Silva with a horrific injury has turned the Premiership on its head.  
Wenger [...]

24Feb2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Iniesta signs new four year contract extension

Spanish international midfielder, Andres Iniesta, has signed an extension to his current contract that ties him to FC Barcelona for a further four seasons - until June 2014.
The 23 year old from Fuentealbilla (Albacete) has taken part in all of Barcelona’s 20 league games this season (18 starts), as well as all six Champions [...]

26Jan2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Laporta should be eating his words

I had to write a few comments after the friendly between Euskal Herria and Catalunya. The match ended in a 1-1 draw and the highlight of the game for me was young Bojan’s goal - it was indeed sweet. I had to laugh though because of Joan Laporta’s comments a few weeks back when he [...]

30Dec2007 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Thierry Henry available for Barça-Real ‘clasico’

MADRID (AFP) — Barcelona’s French striker Thierry Henry will be available for the weekend match with arch-rivals Real Madrid after almost four weeks out injured, the club said Thursday.
The player “received the green light from doctors and could be one of the big new names on the list” for the first so-called ‘clasico’ match of [...]

21Dec2007 | admin | 0 comments | Continued