2013 is proving to be an unhappy year for Barcelona so far. Knocked out the Copa del Ray and defeated in the league by arch rivals Real Madrid and humiliated in Milan in the first leg of their Champions League tie, it would seem something is very wrong at the Nou Camp. On Tuesday night however, Barcelona have a chance to claw back their season and stamp some authority on the European stage. Milan go into the game with a [...]
It took second half goals from David Villa and Lionel Messi but eventually Barcelona got back to winning ways on Saturday night. The win comes at the end of a rare week for the Catalan club, one in which they not only lost a match but thoroughly deserved to as well. The midweek defeat against AC Milan not only leaves them with a mountain to climb if they are to progress through to the Champions League quarter finals but it [...]
In the coming months we will see domestic and European titles decided throughout Europe. Between March and May title races should start to heat up and we will see which clubs have the ability to get over the finish line and which clubs don’t. But as exciting as this all is, is modern football lacking in something? Yes we still have drama. Anyone watching the Champions League final or the climax of the English Premier League last season can [...]
To be in the defining club and national sides of your generation is a rare thing in football. But for certain players at Barcelona they have joined an elite group of footballers as the dominate force of a generation in both forms of the game. Has there ever been a national team to dominate football like Spain has in the last few years? And to combined that with possibly the greatest club side ever, certainly of the past decade at [...]
Real Madrid and Barcelona are set to go head to head on Saturday night for the fourth time already this season, as the Catalan giants host their greatest rivals at the Nou Camp. And if this weekend has proved anything in La Liga, then it’s that neither team are invincible. Yes both teams won their respective matches, but both had to come from behind in order to do so. And with the mid week distraction of Champions League semi finals [...]
