It wasn’t to be for Barça tonight. Despite having more possession and more shots in both legs we were unable to score a goal in 180 minutes. Manchester United go on to the final in Moscow thanks to a cracking early goal from Paul Scholes. Barça are left to lick their wounds and to contemplate […]

Barça go into tomorrow night’s semi final second leg with Man Utd knowing that a defeat will mean the end of another trophyless season. However, a win or a score draw will see us through to the final in Moscow on May 21 with a golden opportunity to win the third European Cup in our […]

 
Despite dominating for long periods, Barcelona were unable to break through Manchester United’s defensive wall and now go into next Tuesday’s 2nd leg at Old Trafford needing a score draw or better to reach the final in Moscow on May 21. If the result was a bit disappointing, the performance was cause for optimism as Barça […]

Thierry Henry has recovered from his fever and has been named in the squad for tomorrow evening’s Champions League semi-final first leg with Manchester United at Camp Nou (kick off 8.45pm). Lilian Thuram comes in for the suspended Carles Puyol but will most likely start on the bench. This is make or break time now for […]

Johan Cruyff in his weekly column today took an optimistic view towards the coming Champions League semi final, pointing out that Manchester United will fear Barça just as much as Barça fear them. I’m not quite sure if that is 100% true but they certainly won’t think it is going to be easy.

 
Barça have reached the semi-finals of the Champions League after beating Schalke 04 1-0 (2-0 on aggregate) and will now face Manchester United for a place in the final in Moscow on May 21st. However, the performance, especially in the first half left a lot to be desired. Whether the recent declarations from directors had […]

 
For the third game running Frank Rijkaard has named the same 18 players for tomorrow night’s Champions League quarter final second leg with Schalke 04. This means that Gabi Milito and Toure Yaya will continue in the team despite their respective physical problems and Rafa Marquez will start again on the bench ready to replace the first […]

 
A goal from Bojan Krkic after twelve minutes was enough to give Barcelona a victory in the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen tonight which leaves Barça very close to a semi final place in this season’s Champions League. The performance was not pretty but the players showed the pride that seemed to be lacking recently to earn a […]

After the recent disappointing results Barça will be glad to have Gabi Milito and Rafa Marquez back in the squad for tomorrow night’s Champions League quarter final first leg with Schalke 04 in Gelsenkirchen. There is no place in the squad still for Ronaldinho who may still be injured or he may just be too […]

 
 Good news for Barça today as we have been drawn with Schalke 04 in the Champions League quarter finals. The first game will be in Germany on Tuesday 1st April with the second leg in Camp Nou on Wednesday 9th April. If Barça reach the semi finals they will play the winners of Roma and Manchester United […]