Regular readers will know how much I dislike the international breaks, not only do I miss my fix of Barça this weekend, there is also very little news to write about. The sportspapers here in Spain fill up there pages with drivel about who said what about this and that, but quite frankly I don’t […]

With yet another annoying international break Frank Rijkaard finds himself without thirteen players who have all been called up by their respective national teams. Rijkaard will therefore have very little time to prepare the game away to Villarreal on Saturday 20th October. Barça have failed to win only two games this season and both came […]

Barcelona take on an in-form Atletico Madrid side tomorrow at Camp Nou. The kick off time has been subject to some controversy this week but it seems finally that the game will kick off at 17.00h and will be shown live on Canal+ in Spain. The game will be a chance to compare La Liga’s top […]

Carles Puyol returns to the squad after a three month absence but there is no place in the list for Ronaldinho. Zambrotta is out for a month and Rafa Marquez has not recovered in time and will not travel. There is also a return to the squad for Marc Crosas and Eidur Gudjohnsen who will […]

The two players who have everyone talking these past few days are Leo Messi and Andres Iniesta. Messi who is 1m69 and Iniesta at 1m70 are the living proof that size isn’t everything. Barça have benefitted from the arrival of ‘giants’ Eric Abidal and Toure Yaya, but it is the little big men Messi and […]

Barcelona take on Zaragoza tomorrow night hoping to make it three home wins in week. The only change to Barça’s squad for the match is the introduction of Santi Ezquerro in place of Eidur Gudjohnsen. Ronaldinho is still out injured, but this afternoon he did undergo a fitness test at Camp Nou, the results of […]

While it’s half time in the Barça-Sevilla game (0-0) let me quickly post this. Click on the link below to El Sport to see more.
http://www.sport.es/info/galerias/galeria.asp?idioma=CAS&idgaleria=787

Sevilla visit Camp Nou tonight in a game which marks the 50th anniversary of the stadium. The match will be preceded by various celebratory acts and the new plan for the redevelopment of the stadium will be revealed.

The remodelation of Camp Nou will be the work of Norman Foster. Foster, whose work includes the new Wembley stadium, has had his design chosen from a shortlist of ten proposals. The design will be revealed before Saturday’s home game against Sevilla, but Barça sources say it will be nothing like Wembley.

Leo Messi has been left out of the squad for tomorrow evening’s game against Osasuna in Pamplona. With a Champions League game at home to Lyon on Wednesday it has been decided that it is not worth risking an aggravation to the calf strain that Messi picked up playing for Argentina this week.