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 […]

It may only have been Levante but Barça gave a fine display today, especially in the second half, and ended up winning comfortably by five goals to one. Samuel Eto’o returned to the starting lineup and showed why Barça have missed him so much by bagging a second half hat-trick, while Xavi Hernandez and Leo Messi both capped good performances with goals […]

 
Football Club Barcelona all but booked their place in the last eight of the Champions League with a 2-3 win over Celtic. Very rarely will Celtic Park have witnessed such a superb display of football as that offered by Barça tonight. Two goals from Leo Messi and a Thierry Henry special gave Barça the victory […]

 
A nail-biting 1-2 victory for Barça in La Romareda has reduced the gap with Real Madrid to only five points, after Madrid lost earlier to Betis. A late penalty from Ronaldinho gave Barça an undeserved but vital victory in a game dominated by the referee’s controversial decisions. Thierry Henry’s opening goal looked to be after the Frenchman […]

Barça have announced that they will play a friendly game in Kuwait at the end of May against club side Kazma SC. This will be Barça’s first ever game in Kuwait and no doubt it will be greeted with excitement by Kuwaiti football fans, while for Barça fans the first thought will probably be: how much […]

It was not to be for Ivory Coast and Toure Yaya who were soundly beaten by Egypt in tonight’s second semi final in Kumasi. Egypt will now face Samuel Eto’o and Cameroon who they already beat 4-2 in the first game of the group stage. Egypt took an early lead from Ahmed Fathy’s deflected shot, […]

 
A goal from substitute Xavi three minutes from the end gave Barça three vital points which kept their title chances alive. After Madrid lost yesterday it was imperative that Barça beat Osasuna today, but their lack of ideas in front of goal threatened to end the weekend with disappointment until Xavi made the most of […]

Once again a single goal from Thierry Henry was enough to get Barça through a round of the Copa del Rey. Having scored Barça’s only goal in two games against Sevilla in the last 16, Henry’s header before half time gave Barça a 1-0 aggregate win over Villarreal to secure a place in tomorrow’s semi-final […]

Samuel Eto’o made history today by becoming the top scorer in the history of the African Cup Of Nations finals. He scored Cameroon’s first goal of the game against Sudan from the penalty spot to take his total to 15. He then netted a second and Cameroon’s third in the closing minutes to make the grand […]

Barça lost two vital points in their visit to San Mames thanks to their failure to score a second goal. Bojan Krkic put Barça ahead in the 35th minute but an own goal from Lilian Thuram in the 79th minute left Barça regretting their lack of fire power. Frank Rijkaard will no doubt be questioned […]