A superb 0-3 win for Barça last night was spoiled by the injury to Leo Messi which will mean he misses next week’s Barça-Madrid and probably the first games of 2008. On the plus side was a fantastic performance from Samuel Eto’o who scored the first two goals for Barça. Keep reading →

Apologies to anyone looking for the match report to tonight’s match, I usually try to get a report done an hour/an hour and a half after the final whistle. Unfortunately, this week the report will be late due to what is left of my social life (yeah, parties - what a drag, eh?). I have left my DVD to record the game and I will do my best to get the report done first thing on Sunday morning. For now please feel free to use this space to inform each other of what you thought about the game. Send your comments below, if anyone wants to write a match report, that would be great.

Barça are almost back to full strength for the visit to Valencia. Deco, Toure Yaya and Eric Abidal are all included in the squad for the game, and Leo Messi and Gianluca Zambrotta also return. The only players on the injured list now are Thierry Henry and Oleguer Presas, who will both be out until the new year, and Jose Edmilson who is close to returning after his lengthy injury. Marc Crosas and Lilian Thuram have been left out after contributing to the victory over Stuttgart. Keep reading →

After weeks of speculation the LFP have finally put us out of our misery and announced the date and kick-off time for El Clasico. The game will take place on Sunday 23rd December at 7pm local time. This means the game will not be televised free and can only be seen on Pay-Per-View in Spain.

Good news today as Deco trained normally without any problems. Deco didn’t feel right during the warm-up to last night’s match with Stuttgart, and decided it was better not to take any risks. Toure Yaya also trained with the other players and should be available for Saturday’s game at Valencia. Keep reading →

Of the seven possible rivals for the last 16 of this season’s Champions League, Barça will be hoping they don’t come up against either of the two English teams. Since Frank Rijkaard took over as coach, Barça have met English teams every season in the Champions League with mixed fortunes. Keep reading →

For the second time in a week Barça had to come from behind after conceding an early goal. In an entertaining encounter, Da Silva had put Stuttgart ahead after just two minutes but Giovani dos Santos equalized before half time and second half goals from Samuel Eto’o and Ronaldinho kept Barça’s 100% home record intact. Keep reading →

Barça play hosts to Stuttgart tomorrow night in the last round of Champions League group matches. With Barça already qualified as Group E champions, and Stuttgart mathematically bottom of the group there is only prestige and €600,000 to play for. Johan Neeskens will officially be in charge of the team as Frank Rijkaard is banned after being sent off in Lyon. Keep reading →

La Liga de Fútbol Profesional (LFP) has officially announced today that no games from the weekend before christmas will be brought forward and played on Friday 21st December. This means the story that has been floating around for weeks about El Clasico being played on the Friday was just a wind-up. It is now definite that El Clasico Barcelona-Madrid can only be played on Saturday 22nd or Sunday 23rd. Keep reading →

Toure Yaya who missed yesterday’s match due to sinusitis could be available to play against Stuttgart in Wednesday night’s Champions League match. Toure didn’t train today but is expected to take part in tomorrow’s training session and should be ready to play at least a part of the Stuttgart game. Eric Abidal also missed training today after dropping out of yesterday’s game because of an attack of gastroenteritis, but he did manage a workout in the gym this morning and should be OK for Wednesday. Keep reading →