Another month where it seems there is little to smile about. However, as usual when the chips are down our very own Captain Marvel, Carles Puyol, raises his game, and he thoroughly deserves to be named April Player of the Month. He was excellent in the quarter final games with Schalke, and stayed at a […]

 
Carles Puyol had to come off after 15 minutes with an ankle injury in Spain’s 1-0 win over Italy. The extent of the injury is not clear yet though it is not thought to be serious and he may be ok to play against Betis on Saturday. Andres Iniesta and Xavi Hernandez both completed the 90 […]

Carles Puyol returns to the squad for tomorrow night’s game at Zaragoza after making a super quick recovery from his injury. Puyol tore a muscle in the Copa del Rey match against Villarreal on January 31st and doctors originally said he would be out for three to four weeks. Also back in the squad are […]

Another day passes and Samuel Eto’o is still not back in Barcelona. It was originally thought he would return yesterday, this then changed to today, but now the news says that he won’t be back until tomorrow, Thursday. It now seems impossible that he will play in Zaragoza on Saturday. The fault, however, is not […]

Frank Rijkaard’s job has become that little bit more difficult with the news that neither Zambrotta nor Bojan will be fit for Saturday’s tough match at Sevilla. Zambrotta suffered an injury to his middle adductor muscle in his right leg in Italy’s 3-1 victory over Portugal and is likely to be out for a week. […]

Bad news for Barça as doctors have confirmed that Carles Puyol has a slight muscle tear in his leg. Puyol had to be substituted at half time of yesterday’s game with Villarreal and today’s scans have shown the tear is about two centimetres long. Puyol has been told that he will need three to four […]

If there was one constant to January it was the solidness of the defence. Since conceding two against Alcoyano at the start of the month, Barça have only conceded two goals in the last eight matches. Subsequently this month’s top five is dominated by the defence, though Thierry Henry has done well since returning from […]

I have to admit my surprise when I turned on my computer this morning and came across this story in El Sport. According to the story Puyol had bet that he would shave his locks if Barça lost to Madrid. Would this mean that Puyol would lose all his strength just like Samson? Fortunately for […]

The choice was more difficult this month. There were only five games played and it is hard to forget how badly the team played against Villarreal. However, the October award goes to Carles Puyol, mainly for his fine performances in the Champions League at Stuttgart where he scored and at Rangers where he filled in […]

 
FIFPro (Fédération Internationale des Footballeurs Professionels) have named Leo Messi, Ronaldinho and Carles Puyol  in their World XI. The organization who number 57,500 members around the globe chose Milan’s Kaka as their Player Of The Year. With three players chosen Barça were the team with most representatives. This is a highly valued award by the players as it […]