Barça have decided that one of the players they most want for next season is Lyon’s Karim Benzema. Txiki Begiristain travelled to Lyon yesterday where he met with Lyon’s Director of Sport, Bernard Lacombe, and he watched Benzema score in the 1-0 win over Metz in the French Cup.

One of the greatest goalscorers of all time, Romario de Souza, has announced at the age of 42 that he is retiring. ‘El Baixinho’ signed for Barça in the summer of 1993 and became an immediate hit by scoring a hat-trick on his league debut against Real Sociedad. He went on to score thirty league […]

 
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 […]

 
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 […]

 
In a horribly cruel night for culés, Barça forgot one of football’s most basic rules: that the game lasts for 90 minutes. After an excellent first half that saw Barça take a two goal lead, the team relaxed in the second half and then crumbled as soon as Betis pulled a goal back. Two late strikes saw Betis take […]

Bojan Krkic continued his excellent moment of form with a superb goal for Spain’s under-21 side against Kazakhstan. Bojan scored Spain’s third goal of a 5-0 victory with an overhead kick in the 32nd minute. Click here to see the goal

 
Barça got a much needed boost to their confidence with a 4-1 win over Valladolid at Camp Nou this afternoon, but if truth be told they didn’t play much better than in the 2-2 draw at Almeria last week. With parts of the public intent on whistling the team at various points of the game it […]

 
It’s enough to make you cry with frustration. Having reduced the gap to only two points two weeks ago Barça’s defeat at home to Villarreal leaves the team eight points behind Madrid with only eleven games to go. Frank Rijkaard went for the remaining (not so) fantasticos in the forward line but they rarely managed to […]

 
Having reduced the difference with Real Madrid to two points, Barça’s defeat at Atletico Madrid has seen the gap open again to five. Despite taking the lead through a tremendous overhead kick from Ronaldinho, Barça were hit by two goals before half time that left them groggy and Atletico, led by a superb Kun Agüero, took full advantage. 

 
A last gasp effort from Xavi Hernandez gave Barça a deserved equalizer in tonight’s Copa del Rey semi final first leg game with Valencia. David Villa had given Valencia the lead against the run of play in the 70th minute, but Barça’s hard work was finally rewarded with a goal that gives them every chance for […]