A goal from Mallorca’s Varela had Barça dreaming once again of an impossible league title for more than an hour, but in the end it wasn’t to be. Mallorca lead 0-1 from the 17th minute but Madrid responded with three goals in the last 25 minutes. Barça dealt with Nástic comfortably but it was to […]

A perfect round of penalties was enough to see Barça take this season’s Copa Catalunya. Angel Martinez blasted Espanyol’s first spot-kick well over the crossbar and the Barça quintet of Ezquerro, Giovani dos Santos, Belletti, Marc Crosas and Motta all held their nerve to score with their kicks.
The game got off to a promising start. […]

Two goals in a minute from Giovani Dos Santos brought alive a game which was finally won with a last minute goal by Santi Ezquerro. Nàstic looked certain winners as they dominated the first half and went in 2-0 up through goals from Irurzun and Merino.

A Barça team down to ten men for 51 minutes held on for a heroic victory against a no nonsense Getafe team who seemed intent on kicking Barça into submission. After Madrid’s victory it was imperative for Barça to win. From the beginning the referee Perez Burrull seemed to show a difference in criteria for […]

A fine victory in the Calderon maintains Barça’s title hopes alive. However, for the first 30 minutes Barça were as lacklustre as in many of their recent games. The first real goal attempt didn’t arrive until the 32nd minute when Ronaldinho smacked a free-kick against the post, but Barça then came alive by capitilizing on […]

Barça could well pay the price for their lack of ruthlessness. Another game that should have been killed off by half-time was not won because Barça did not take their chances.
Barça led from the fifth minute through a Ronaldinho penalty after Deco was brought down, and in the first half had chances to finish the […]