Barcelona has been participating in La Liga for last 113 years, but for the first time; it makes a thrilling start where it remained unbeaten for its first ten played matches. Especially, it is still unbeaten and no one knows how long this record will stretch. Saturday was the history day for Barca when it defeated courageous Celta Vigo by 3-1 and remained its status unbeaten. With this win, Barca is leading the leaderboard with its 28 points in 10 played matches, perhaps its position is getting strong as a day passes by in Spanish league. By the half time, Barco was leading with 2-1; Adriano and David Villa scored for it in 21st and 26th minutes and for Celta; Mario Bermejo scored the only goal in 24th minute. By the half time, it was apparent that Barca has made the history, and David Villa, in second half, confirmed it by scoring another goal surging the winning margin to 3-1. Barcelona position has always been compared with Real Madrid, and this time, it has a clear lead in that … [Read more...]
A Father-to-be: Messi
A new salutation is in the making to be added after Messi’s brand name and that is ‘A father.’ Yes, the soccer giant is all set to become a father anytime from now since his girlfriend has already been admitted to a nearby hospital to give birth to their first child. While Barcelona players are busy in training for their next match against Celta Vigo, Lionel Messi is looking for an excuse to miss the training session to be at the hospital sharing his life’s most rememberable moments with his girlfriend. His girlfriend Roccuzzo has already admitted to USP Dexeus in early hours of Friday and Messi will soon be joining her. At the moment, he is at the training facility near Camp Nou and expecting that he will be allowed to go to her girlfriend. Moreover, Barcelona coach has already hinted that they can grant him a leave not only for training but also for next match on Saturday if he becomes a father any time before that match. Barcelona is on the top in leaderboard in La Liga league … [Read more...]
Thiago Alcantara is out for at least 8 weeks
Spanish footballer Thiago Alcantara, who plays for Spanish FC Barcelona as a midfielder, is all set to miss the field for at least 8 weeks due to his knee injury he got in the last match between Barcelona and Sevilla which was won by Barcelona by 3-2. The deepness of said injury was informed by the club through its statement on its website where it mentioned, “Thiago will be out for eight weeks after tests confirmed damaged ligament in his right knee. The player will undergo conservative treatment, with doctors estimating he'll be out for up to eight weeks.” The 21 years old starlet will surely miss for next two months when Barcelona will be facing Celtic. For tomorrow’s match with Portuguese Benfica in Portuguese Liga, Carles Puyol, Adriano, and Andres Iniesta have been named in the traveling squad. Barcelona maintains its 100% record this season in La Liga with its last win but at the cost of an undesired injury that laid its star player out. At the moment, there are two or three … [Read more...]
FC Barcelona to have a revised contract for Xavi
One of the biggest football clubs: FC Barcelona is trying to sign a revised contract for its star midfielder Xavi. Reportedly, the new contract would tie their long standing relationship even stronger as both Barcelona and Xevi are equally excited to their new and extended contract terms. Notably, the existing contract between these two has not been expired yet coz there are whole two years left in its termination, yet Barcelona is eager to sign a new contract probably to sign him for a longer period. Xavier Hernandez aka Xavi is the most admired Spanish footballer who usually plays as a central midfielder for Spain’s national football team and FC Barcelona. Xavi has many achievements to his name including being an only Spanish player to win the highest number of trophies than any other Spanish player in the history. Even FC Barcelona has won many titles having Xavi as its midfielder, like Copa del Rey, Primera Division, Spanish and the UEFA Super Cup, Champions League, and European … [Read more...]