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Villarreal 1-1 Barça

... whose shot was blocked. The ball was played around before Neymar attempted an acrobatic finish to the play, but in vain. The clock kept ticking, and with each minute, Barca continued to pile on the pressure. The fact that the referee had missed two clear penalties didn’t help their cause. No matter how hard Barcelona tried, it seemed impossible to break down the yellow submarine. Villareal did everything in their power to keep Barça away from their goal, and despite some incredible chances, like a shot from Neymar, and an beautiful lobbed ball over the defence by Iniesta, it appeared that the ball did not want to go in. Lionel Messi disagreed. After winning a freekick right outside the box, following a brilliant dribble, the Argentine marked his spot, and aimed his dead-ball straight into the top corner to level the scores in the final seconds of regular time. After four minutes of additional time, and a red for ...

Barcelona's Lionel Messi To Miss Best Fifa Football Awards Ceremony

... of play. Luis Enrique acknowledges that a Barcelona run at the La Liga title counts on Real Madrid dropping points. Barcelona star Lionel Messi will not be present at The Best FIFA Football Awards on Monday, the Catalan club have confirmed. Andres Iniesta, Gerard Pique and Luis Suarez - Barca's other players who were due to travel to the ceremony in Zurich - will also remain in Spain with Messi to prepare for Wednesday's Copa del Rey game against Athletic Bilbao. Messi is in the running to be crowned The Best FIFA Men's Player , but is expected to lose out to Cristiano Ronaldo, as he did in the Ballon d'Or last month. Iniesta, Pique and Suarez are all tipped for recognition at the event, too. Instead Barca's travelling party will be led by president Josep Maria Bartomeu, who will be joined by a number of the club's various directors. A Barca statement read: "With the aim of prioritising preparations for Wednesday's game against Athletic Bilbao, FC Barcelona have decided that the players recognised in the Gala The Best FIFA Awards, which takes place on Monday in Zurich, will not be travelling to Switzerland ...

I'll Never Be Barcelona President

... of leaving coaching any time soon. "I was lucky to be trained by Fabio Capello and I would like to tell him I will never be president of FC Barcelona," he said at a news conference on Thursday. "There is already Gerard Pique to do that.". Guardiola spent 17 years at Barca as a player and returned as manager of the B team in 2007 before taking over from Frank Rijkaard as first team manager the following year. During four years in charge he won 14 titles, including the Treble in his first season, but left in 2012, exhausted by the demands of the job. Speaking while still Bayern Munich coach in 2014, he ruled out ever returning to his boyhood club in a managerial capacity. "In principle I won't coach Barca again," he told Mundo Deportivo at the time. "I think that there are cycles in life and that mine [at the club] finished.". Now, having ruled out returning as president, there will be genuine doubts about whether Guardiola will ever return to the club where he has spent nearly half of his life - as his father, Valenti, suggested earlier this year. Pique, on ...

Fc Barcelona Ivan Rakitic Joining Manchester City Very Soon

... to The Guardian , Manchester City has expressed interest in signing the Croatian midfielder. The report noted that City looks at Rakitic as the successor to Yaya Toure. Pep Guardiola's club has been linked with Monaco's Tiemoué Bakayoko but rivals Manchester United are favored to land him. That leaves them the opportunity to sign Rakitic, who joined Barcelona in 2014 but has been left on the bench by Luis Enrique this season. Enrique has favored summer signings Andre Gomes and Denis Suarez over the 28-year-old midfielder. It has led Rakitic to make his fondness with Guardiola public. He claimed last November that he wore the No. 4 jersey because of the former Barcelona player and manager, per The Sun. Local newspapers in Croatia have been hinting that Rakitic will move to Manchester City soon. And to add fuel to the transfer rumors, Enrique benched Rakitic in their game against Villarreal on Sunday because of "technical reasons.". However, the Barcelona manager played down the transfer rumors about Rakitic. He told the media after the Villarreal game that only 25 percent of rumors are true. And as for benching the midfielder, he ...

The Day Cristiano Ronaldo Almost Joined Messi At Fc Barcelona

... having lost out to another club in the pursuit of one of the hottest properties around in football at that time. What followed was as astonishing as it was defining in the whole affair. No worries, said Mendes; he would send his lawyer to Madrid the following day to arrange the breaking of the agreement. In fact, Ronaldo would forgive Real Madrid that 30 million fine. When Boluda told Chief Executive, José Angel Sanchez, it’s safe to say the man probably turned whiter than any of the players’ first team shirts. Why did Mendes react like that. What Mendes hadn’t volunteered up to this point – not surprisingly – was that he already had two other offers for the player on the table both of which were larger than what Real Madrid, one from Manchester City that some sources claim could have climbed to €150 million and another from Barcelona for €105 million. A twenty-one-year-old ...

Fc Barcelona Reveals Training Tracks, Player Faves Via Deezer

... official music channel on Deezer, part of a new partnership between the soccer club and the streaming service. The team’s channel also currently features a halftime playlist, the Barça club theme, and picks by some of the Barça players. They include five favorite tracks from midfielder Andrés Iniesta (Spanish pop and Michael Jackson ) and a list from Portuguese player André Gomes that includes Red Hot Chili Peppers ’ “Californication.”. It appears soccer superstar Lionel Messi has been too busy scoring goals to participate in the fledgling playlist project, which premiered Dec. 15 on Deezer. His list had included only one song - Andrés Calamaro’s “Maradona” - and has since been removed from the page. According to the club’s Deezer profile, the team has only one favorite artist. Not surprisingly, it’s Shakira , partner of center-back Gerard Piqué. “The Sound of Barça” team playlists will be played over the PA system both before and during games played at Barcelona’s Camp Nou. Deezer promotion will appear on the LED screens in the stadium. “Not only will the partnership allow us to give football and music fans a more personal way of accessing exclusive content but it ...

Fc Barcelona Vs. Las Palmas

... after scoring during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Las Palmas at the Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez). (Credit: AP / Manu Fernandez). FC Barcelona's Luis Suarez, right, celebrates after scoring with his teammate Lionel Messi during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Las Palmas at the Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez). ADVERTISE HERE. (Credit: AFP/Getty Images / LLUIS GENE). Barcelona's Uruguayan forward Luis Suarez after scoring a goal during the Spanish league football match FC Barcelona vs UD Las Palmas at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on January 14, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / LLUIS GENELLUIS GENE/AFP/Getty Images. (Credit: AP / Manu Fernandez). FC Barcelona's Luis Suarez, left, celebrates after scoring during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Las Palmas at the Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez). (Credit: AFP/Getty Images / LLUIS GENE). Barcelona's Uruguayan forward Luis Suarez celebrates with Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi after scoring a ...

Fc Barcelona Vs. Athletic Bilbao

... football match Athletic Club Bilbao VS FC Barcelona at the San Mames stadium in Bilbao on January 5, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / ANDER GILLENEAANDER GILLENEA/AFP/Getty Images. (Credit: AP / Alvaro Barrientos). FC Barcelona's Luis Suarez, reacts after Athletic Bilbao score a goal, during the Spanish Copa del Rey, 16 round, first leg soccer match, between Athletic Bilbao and FC Barcelona, at San Mames stadium, in Bilbao, northern Spain, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos). ADVERTISE HERE. (Credit: AFP/Getty Images / ANDER GILLENEA). Athletic Bilbao's forward Inaki Williams Arthur (L) celebrates after scoring his team's second goal during the Spanish Copa del Rey (King's Cup) round of 16 first leg football match Athletic Club Bilbao VS FC Barcelona at the San Mames stadium in Bilbao on January 5, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / ANDER GILLENEAANDER GILLENEA/AFP/Getty Images. (Credit: EPA / LUIS TEJIDO). epa 05700310 Athletic Bilbao´s forward Inaki Williams scores against FC Barcelona during their round of 16 th of the King's Cup first leg match played at San Mames stadium in Bilbao, Spain on 05 January 2017. ...

Live Villarreal Cf

... Barcelona are cranking up the pressure on the home side towards the end of this first half. Villarreal are slipping deeper and deeper, and countering less and less. Replays show that perhaps Neymar was a little complacent with his finish a few moments ago. He thought he was clean through on goal, only for Bruno to make the late tackle. BIG CHANCE FOR NEYMAR! Suarez does really well to get to the byline and square for his teammate, but after getting in front of his marker Neymar's finish was poor and blocked. Digne has proved an effective outlet down the left side for Barcelona so far this evening. His crossing could so with some work, though. This time he doesn't beat the first man. This game hasn't really come to life yet, but you get the feeling that it could at any moment. Both Villarreal and Barcelona are posing their ...

Fcbarcelona Photo Awards Submission Period Extended

... of finding out how to build bridges, breakdown barriers and overcome the prejudices that nowadays separate the worlds of Art and Sports. Following this principle, priority will be given to the photographs and photographic project ideas which will illustrate the positive intrinsic values of sports for the society, shown through non-professional sports practiced anywhere in the world, rather than photography of professional sports. The Awards are not about sports performance photography, but about the positive values related to the practice of sports. This allows the participation of not only sports photographers, but of all professional photographers, photojournalists and artists, who may demonstrate high quality photographic Works that depict these values. The Awards have interesting monetary prizes. €40,000 for the winner of the Project Award. €40,000 for the winner of ...