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Lionel Messi Pickpockets Atleti To Send Barca Top Of La Liga

... stop from a Messi free-kick before stopping a Pique header going beyond him on his line. Suarez should then really have given Barcelona the lead four minutes after the restart. He was sent through by Messi's fine pass around the corner, yet the ball seemed to get caught under his feet and his attempt to bend his effort around Oblak resulted in it going well wide. However, it was the visitors who struck first anyway in the 64 th minute in scrappy fashion. Neymar's effort from the edge of the box was blocked and came out to Suarez, whose own try came off both Godin and Carrasco before falling to Rafinha to apply a first-time finish into the corner. The lead lasted only six minutes as Godin's second goal of the season drew the hosts level. The Uruguayan reached Koke's free-kick from the left despite being sandwiched ...

Fc Barcelona Shocked After Paris Saint-germain Fc Hammering

... at the Parc des Princes, while Julian Draxler and Edinson Cavani - on his 30 th birthday - were also on target in a stunning home performance. Read more | Usain Bolt, Simone Biles, Michael Phelps lead Olympian sweep of Laureus Awards. The result leaves PSG on the brink of a place in the quarter-finals for the fifth season in succession, while FC Barcelona are staring at their earliest exit since losing to Liverpool in the last 16 in 2007. It was the Catalans’ worst night in Europe since their 7-0 aggregate mauling at the hands of Bayern Munich in the 2013 semi-finals, and no team has ever gone through after losing 4-0 in the first leg of a European tie. “It is difficult to explain. They were superior to us from the start,” admitted Luis Enrique. — أهـدافي (@Ibrahim OJT_) February 14, 2017. “It was a disastrous night for us. They were completely superior. There is not much more to say.”. Di Maria, the former Real Madrid winger, opened the scoring with a free-kick in the 18 th minute and Germany star Draxler marked his European debut for the club with the ...

Players Who Could Leave Fc Barcelona & Real Madrid

... linked with an exit from Los Blancos, and according to several European publications, Barca are said to be interested in his services. Reports suggest that Ivan Rakitic could possibly go the other way in a swap deal for Isco, although it is rare to see the two Spanish giants do business like this. Los Blancos' Alvaro Morata is said to be wanted by Chelsea, while midfielder Toni Kroos and defender Pepe have reportedly been identified as two of Jose Mourinho's targets for Manchester United. Keylor Navas and James Rodriguez are also reported candidates to leave Real, while there are a few more players, along with Rakitic, who could leave the Camp Nou. Jeremy Mathieu could be on the move at the end of the season, while Arda Turan is said to be wanted by several Chinese Super League teams. The Turk has not quite fitted in at Barca as well as he might have hoped, which could result in a premature exit. Dybala To Reject Barca Because Of Messi. Despite joining the Blaugrana at the beginning of the season, Andre Gomes has already been linked with a move away from the club, with many already viewing his signing as a failure. Which of these players would ...

Fc Barcelona & Spain Legend Puyol Interviews Prospective World Cup Volunteers In Moscow

... 2018 de la FIFA en Rusia. Con muchas ganas de volver la semana que viene. #KK 2017 #Confed Cup __link__/WMO 2 JHQ 7 Zi. — Carles Puyol (@Carles 5 puyol) February 21, 2017. During his second visit, the shaggy-haired Spaniard has enjoyed quintessentially Russian activities such as taking a ride on the Moscow Metro and even posing by a pile of snow in St. Petersburg. He also expressed his belief that both the Confederations Cup and World Cup tournaments will be fantastic spectacles of football, and even gave his views on who the winners of this year's tournament might be. Публикация от Carles Puyol (@carles 5 puyol). Фев 26 2017 в 9:23 PST. “I can’t recall having played in Moscow. However, judging by today’s experience, including the ride in Moscow’s Metro, this seems to be a city that will have plenty to offer to the fans besides the Confederations Cup and World Cup matches,” Puyol said. “Russia are starting a ...

Fc Barcelona Vs. Atletico Madrid

... forward Kevin Gameiro during the Spanish Copa del Rey (King's Cup) semi final second leg football match FC Barcelona vs Club Atletico de Madrid at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on February 7, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Josep Lago JOSEP LAGO/AFP/Getty Images. (Credit: AFP/Getty Images / LLUIS GENE). A supporter is blocked by a security employee as he tries to reach Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi (R) during the Spanish Copa del Rey (King's Cup) semi final second leg football match FC Barcelona vs Club Atletico de Madrid at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on February 7, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / LLUIS GENELLUIS GENE/AFP/Getty Images. ADVERTISE HERE. (Credit: AP / Manu Fernandez). Referee Gil Manzano, center left, shows a red card to Barcelona's Luis Suarez, center, during the the Copa del Rey semifinal second leg soccer match between FC Barcelona and Atletico Madrid at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday Feb. 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez). (Credit: AP / Manu Fernandez). Barcelona's Lionel Messi is fouled by Atletico's Filipe Luis, right, during the the Copa del Rey ...

Fc Barcelona Has Master Plan To Conquer America From Its New York City Offices

... up about tenfold from the late ’90 s. “The growth in not only FC Barcelona, but in all the clubs in Europe, was so strong in the last years, now comes the point that we have to consolidate and make it sustainable.”. View photos. Barça doesn’t have an owner. It has 150,000 of them, the socios – directly translated as “partners” – who are dues-paying members with the right to elect the president and board every six years. Unlike Barcelona ’s rivals in England and elsewhere in Europe, the club has no rich sugar daddy owner. There’s nobody to pump in a few million here or there when the club wants to undertake some infrastructure project or invest elsewhere. “We have to generate all the money we invest through our activities,” Trabesinger says. “The reason why we’re going international, opening offices all over the world, is we want to establish the brand and the sustainability of this club independently of what is happening on the pitch. The sustainability of the club cannot depend on goals of our great players. We want to establish our position independent of that.”. An international revenue mechanism offers stability in an inherently ...

Luis Enrique To Leave Fc Barcelona At End Of Season

... decision and I think I have to be loyal to what I think.”. Enrique’s contract is due to expire at the end of the season. Read | Barcelona boss Luis Enrique admits concerns over ‘fragile defence’. The former Barcelona captain has won eight trophies in his three seasons in charge, including a treble in his first campaign and a La Liga and Copa del Rey double last season. However, his future was placed in serious doubt after Barca’s 4-0 thrashing at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of their Champions League last 16 tie two weeks ago. Read | All my players have the desire, hunger to be first: Barca coach Enrique. “There are three exciting months ahead,” Enrique added. “We are in a difficult situation, especially in one competition, but with the help of everyone and if the stars align we can turn that game around. “I will give my full dedication in these three months.”. Like his friend and former teammate Pep Guardiola, who stepped down after four glorious years in charge of Barca in 2012, Enrique highlighted the pressures of the ...

Live Atlético Madrid

... Atletico and if Barcelona record a victory this afternoon it will be the Argentine's 400 th career victory with the Catalans. PRE-MATCH STAT: Atletico Madrid have won their last three Liga games, but Diego Simeone's side are yet to win four in a row in the Primera Division this season. After Barcelona were thrashed by PSG in the Champions League last week, it’s hard to argue that there are currently better teams in Europe than the Catalans. However, speaking to press this week, Atleti manager Diego Simeone still feels they are best team in the world (per Sky Sports). "It is very difficult to compete as they have in the past decade," he said. "With Luis Enrique they have eight trophies, competed at the highest level and one bad game like against Paris can happen to anyone. "We played three extraordinary halves against them [in the Copa del Rey] and still didn't get through, that shows that they are better.". Barcelona progressed to the final of the Copa del Rey after a 3-2 aggregate victory over two games with Atleti last time the sides met but Luis Enrique - still ...

Fc Barcelona Opens Its First Football Academy In Sub-saharan Africa

... of the Matter. According to the FCBEscola website Lagos, FCBESCOLA Lagos modelled on FCBarcelona's own youth system, is a center for youth development and grassroots empowerment, using football as the medium of entertainment. With professional nurturing from the FCBarcelona coaches using the FCBarcelona Soccer methodology, the students are taught the club values of ethics and coexistence that are representative of FCBarcelona: tolerance, respect, solidarity, friendship, fair play, integration, effort and happiness to enable them succeed in their professional soccer career at international levels. Two academies had earlier been established in the continent, in Egypt and Morocco. The academy in Lagos was opened in collaboration with Mission Hills Group. Mission Hills Group is a Chinese company founded in 1992 by the Chu family and it was responsible for the success of Beijing's bid in 2008. It's a leading golf brand in the world. According to BBC Africa, about 400 fee-paying children are currently enrolled at the school, which costs $600 a year. Leslie Oghomienor, ...

Fc Barcelona And Mission Hills Group Announce Ground-breaking Partnership In China

... Golf Club" and "World's Largest Mineral Springs and Spa Resort.". Mission Hills' properties sprawl over 40 km 2. They include 22 championship courses designed by renowned players and architects from five continents, five-star resorts, award-winning spas and volcanic mineral springs, international convention centres, golf academies and Asia's largest tennis facility. Mission Hills is also the official training headquarters for China's Tennis, Football and Golf Associations. The Group's "golf and more" leisure philosophy has catalysed its tourism-related business expansion into a leisure hub for multi-generational families. Mission Hills Centreville Shenzhen and Haikou are two HOPSCA (Hotels, Offices, Parks, Shopping, Culture and Arts) mixed-use developments with a focus on ...