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Fc Barcelona Vs. Athletic Bilbao

... EPA / Quique Garcia). epa 05711705 FC Barcelona's Brazilian striker Neymar Da Silva (R) fights for the ball with Athletic Bilbao's defender Xabier Etxeite during their King's Cup round of 16 second leg match at Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, 11 January 2017. EPA/Quique Garcia. (Credit: AP / Manu Fernandez). FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi covers his face after missing an opportunity during a Copa del Rey, 16 round, second leg, between FC Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao at the Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez). (Credit: AP / Manu Fernandez). FC Barcelona's Luis Suarez celebrates after scoring during a Copa del Rey, 16 round, second leg, between FC Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao at the Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. (AP ...

The Day Cristiano Ronaldo Almost Joined Messi At Fc Barcelona

... around in football at that time. What followed was as astonishing as it was defining in the whole affair. No worries, said Mendes; he would send his lawyer to Madrid the following day to arrange the breaking of the agreement. In fact, Ronaldo would forgive Real Madrid that 30 million fine. When Boluda told Chief Executive, José Angel Sanchez, it’s safe to say the man probably turned whiter than any of the players’ first team shirts. Why did Mendes react like that. What Mendes hadn’t volunteered up to this point – not surprisingly – was that he already had two other offers for the player on the table both of which were larger than what Real Madrid, one from Manchester City that some sources claim could have climbed to €150 million and another from Barcelona for €105 million. A twenty-one-year-old Leo Messi who was enjoying his second season under Pep Guardiola might have shared the dressing room with Cristiano Ronaldo. José Ángel Sánchez and other important Real Madrid directors feared that missing out on the Portuguese could result in a long period of struggling. “If Barça sign him, we won’t win a trophy for ten years,” said a senior board member. ...

Fcbarcelona Photo Awards Submission Period Extended

... Art, Sports and Photography can interact, communicate and start collaborating for possible future synergies. To give life to the concept, specialists of both sides were brought together in New York, with the aim of finding out how to build bridges, breakdown barriers and overcome the prejudices that nowadays separate the worlds of Art and Sports. Following this principle, priority will be given to the photographs and photographic project ideas which will illustrate the positive intrinsic values of sports for the society, shown through non-professional sports practiced anywhere in the world, rather than photography of professional sports. The Awards are not about sports performance photography, but about the positive values related to the practice of sports. This allows the participation of not only sports photographers, but of all professional photographers, photojournalists and artists, who may demonstrate high quality photographic Works that depict these values. The Awards have interesting monetary prizes. €40,000 for the winner of the Project ...

Fc Barcelona Reveals Training Tracks, Player Faves Via Deezer

... Generation,” Jennifer Lopez ’s “Ain’t Your Mama,” and Daddy Yankee ’s “Shaky Shaky” are among the tracks that give Barcelona’s star soccer team its edge. That’s according to an FC Barcelona warmup playlist posted on “The Sound of Barça,” the team’s official music channel on Deezer, part of a new partnership between the soccer club and the streaming service. The team’s channel also currently features a halftime playlist, the Barça club theme, and picks by some of the Barça players. They include five favorite tracks from midfielder Andrés Iniesta (Spanish pop and Michael Jackson ) and a list from Portuguese player André Gomes that includes Red Hot Chili Peppers ’ “Californication.”. It appears soccer superstar Lionel Messi has been too busy scoring goals to participate in the fledgling playlist project, which premiered Dec. 15 on Deezer. His list had included only one song - Andrés Calamaro’s “Maradona” - and has since been removed from the page. ...

I'll Never Be Barcelona President

... Jermain Defoe rings in the new year scoring more goals while Pep Guardiola starts off 2017 unhappy in The Sweeper. Shaka Hislop contends that Pep Guardiola isn't cut from the same cloth as career-oriented managers like Sir Alex Ferguson. The guys answer your tweets on Pep Guardiola's spats with English journalists, refereeing choices, and resolutions for 2017. Craig Burley looks to see how Pep Guardiola handles the newly added challenge of losing Fernandinho to red card suspension. Pep Guardiola has closed the door on a return to Barcelona, saying he will never become the Catalan club's president. After the Manchester City boss said earlier this week that he felt he was "approaching the end" of his coaching career, Fabio Capello suggested the 45-year-old may already be thinking of a return to Barca. However, Guardiola - who has previously ruled out returning to the Camp Nou as manager - has now dismissed the possibility of returning as the club's president, saying he loves his job at City and has no intention of leaving coaching any time soon. "I was lucky to be trained by Fabio Capello and I would like ...

Cristiano Ronaldo Taunts Lionel Messi & Absent Fc Barcelona Stars

... of the FIFA World Player of the Year – on Monday evening in Zurich, Switzerland. While Ronaldo, Antoine Griezmann and the other players of the FIFA FIFPro World XI attended the awards gala, Messi and his FC Barcelona teammates did not travel to Zurich. A club statement had announced that their players – Messi, Luis Suarez, Gerard Pique and Andres Iniesta also made the World XI – would not attend in order to focus on their Copa del Rey clash against Athletic Bilbao, who won the first leg 2-1, on Wednesday. Ronaldo, who himself did not appear at the FIFA awards ceremony in 2012 for a similar reason, had a sly dig at the absentees during his acceptance speech. "I'm just very happy. I'm sorry some people from Barcelona aren't here, but that's understandable," he said, as quoted by Daily Mail. The 31-year-old also praised his teammates, coaches and family for helping him achieve his dreams in 2016. "This achievement is incredible on a personal level. Unbelievable, I will never forget this year. I am very happy," Ronaldo added. "Thank you everyone, I don't really have anything else to add. The awards I think speak for themselves. "It's incredible, it's not the first ...

Fc Barcelona Ivan Rakitic Joining Manchester City Very Soon

... club. According to The Guardian , Manchester City has expressed interest in signing the Croatian midfielder. The report noted that City looks at Rakitic as the successor to Yaya Toure. Pep Guardiola's club has been linked with Monaco's Tiemoué Bakayoko but rivals Manchester United are favored to land him. That leaves them the opportunity to sign Rakitic, who joined Barcelona in 2014 but has been left on the bench by Luis Enrique this season. Enrique has favored summer signings Andre Gomes and Denis Suarez over the 28-year-old midfielder. It has led Rakitic to make his fondness with Guardiola public. He claimed last November that he wore the No. 4 jersey because of the former Barcelona player and manager, per The Sun. Local newspapers in Croatia have been hinting that Rakitic will move to Manchester City soon. And to add fuel to the transfer rumors, Enrique benched Rakitic in their game against Villarreal on Sunday because of "technical reasons.". However, the ...

Fc Barcelona Start 2017 With Defeat At Nine-man Athletic Bilbao In Copa Del Rey

... Thursday he will return to training in the next few weeks after undergoing successful surgery. “I think in the first-half we were much better than them,” Williams told Gol TV. “The referee left us with nine men, but that is football and we have to suffer. We will go to the Camp Nou and do our best to reach the next round.”. The match was then dogged by refereeing controversy as Aduriz escaped unpunished for an elbow on Samuel Umtiti. Barca were even more incensed in first-half stoppage time when David Fernandez Borbalan somehow failed to point to the spot when Neymar was chopped down by Borja Etxeita. Andres Iniesta, Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba were all booked for taking their protests too far, whilst Messi also had to be restrained from confronting Borbalan as the players left the field for half-time. “The first-half ended in the worst way with a lot of cards on our part and the players upset at what we saw on the field,” added Enrique. Borbalan did come to Barca’s aid just after the break, ...

Villarreal 1-1 Barça

... The game was on. Kick off. In the first few minutes, Villareal pushed high, hoping to find an early break. A good passing move that began from Andre Gomes, ended on the other flank, as Andres Iniesta made a long range effort in an attempt to trouble Asenjo from distance. The keeper however, was more than capable of dealing with it. Between Sergi Roberto, Andre Gomes, and Lionel Messi , the right flank looked more dangerous than it had in the past few weeks. Andre Gomes particularly stood out, due to his quick one-touch passing, which was incisive on the night. Barca continued to probe as Messi and Iniesta pulled the strings for an aggressive play that created panic in the Villareal defence, but the chance failed to materialise into a goal. Villareal countered swiftly, which led to a volley from former academy player ...

Barcelona's Lionel Messi To Miss Best Fifa Football Awards Ceremony

... and question if they may need to change their style of play. Luis Enrique acknowledges that a Barcelona run at the La Liga title counts on Real Madrid dropping points. Barcelona star Lionel Messi will not be present at The Best FIFA Football Awards on Monday, the Catalan club have confirmed. Andres Iniesta, Gerard Pique and Luis Suarez - Barca's other players who were due to travel to the ceremony in Zurich - will also remain in Spain with Messi to prepare for Wednesday's Copa del Rey game against Athletic Bilbao. Messi is in the running to be crowned The Best FIFA Men's Player , but is expected to lose out to Cristiano Ronaldo, as he did in the Ballon d'Or last month. Iniesta, Pique and Suarez are all tipped for recognition at the event, too. Instead Barca's travelling party will be led by president Josep Maria Bartomeu, who will be joined by a number of the club's various directors. A Barca statement read: "With the aim of prioritising preparations for Wednesday's game against Athletic Bilbao, FC Barcelona have decided that the players ...