The Result: Real Sociedad 2-1 FC Barcelona
RESULT
Real Sociedad: 2
FC Barcelona: 1
GOALSCORERS:
Real Sociedad: Ifran (71′), Prieto (82′ PEN)
FC Barcelona: Thiago (29′)
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Live Match Chat: Real Sociedad – FC Barcelona
Real Sociedad – FC Barcelona in La Liga!
(Saturday April 30, 2011 @ 20:00 Barcelona time – Convert to local time)
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Match Preview: Real Sociedad vs FC Barcelona
After the ill-tempered match in Champions League, can Barcelona players concentrate and continue their march to win La Liga or will Mou’s war of words suffice to create distraction to prevent Barcelona’s victory? Find out what we think after the jump.
The Front: Sport (30.04.2011)
UEFA will severely punish Mourinho
UEFA will put a four matches ban on Mourinho or a six-months disqualification
Guardiola: “We are seven points away from the League title”
“You [the media] may not want to talk about it as you are more interested in talking about Wednesday’s match but we are playing for the League [title] tomorrow,” reminding the press present at today’s meeting that they are there to talk about tomorrow’s Liga match against Real Sociedad, and not the Champions League or the controversies surrounding last Wednesday’s match.
Caption This: Jose Mourinho and Puyol
You all knew totalBarca‘s Caption This would feature this priceless moment when the Prince of Dark Arts exchanges words with our beloved Capitan Carles Puyol.
What do you think Jose was saying to Puyol? What was our Tarzan’s reply?
Have a go at it in the comments!
Image credits: Alex Livesey/Getty Images Europe
Note to our readers: We all know how much we hate the Prince of Dark Arts. It would be great however, if the comments are kept civil because our moderators shall weed out any that they deem inappropriate. Thank you.
Final training, squad list for Real Sociedad
Following training on Friday morning, the list of players who will be travelling for Saturday’s league match against Real Sociedad was released. Juvenil A youngster Gerard Deulofeu has made the list for the first time, while Iniesta and Puyol will not be travelling.
The squad list: Valdés, Pinto, Alves, Piqué, Xavi, Villa, Messi, Mascherano, Keita, Sergio, Pedro, Milito, Afellay, Jeffren, Fontàs (26), Thiago (30), Montoya (40), Sergi Roberto (28), and Gerard Deulofeu (41).
Video: Mourinho the Hypocrite
Jose Mourinho has the nerve to ask “Why?“!
Watch this video and tell us what you think.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cAJYAfcMgI
Picture of the Day: Enjoying the 0-2 victory in Barcelona
While they couldn’t be with their teammates in Madrid to watch and celebrate the 0-2 victory against Real Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals, Bojan, Maxwell, Abidal and Adriano decided to get together anyway to enjoy the match on television.
The four players were joined by Paco Seirul•lo (fitness coach), Francesc Cos (fitness coach), Daniel Medina (doctor) and Roger Gironès (physio) on Wednesday night at the Emperador restaurant, in Port Vell of Barcelona, where they watched the match and surely celebrated Messi’s two goals.
The Front: El Mundo Deportivo (29.04.2011)
MESSI, YES
The crack has scored 52 goals and he is the Pichichi in La Liga, the Cup and Champions.
He is Cristiano, Bernabéu and Mourinho’s bête noir
MOU NOT
The six “why” Mourinho asked in the press conference, answered one by one.
Barça sues Mou to UEFA. Unbelievable! Madrid responds by suing Barça!
The Front: Sport (29.04.2011)
THE FARCE IS OVER
UEFA will take disciplinary actions against him and will be sanctioned hardly
COE. The president of this institution accuses him of destroying all of Madrid’s moral values
Barça presses charges against him to UEFA for the defamations
Madrid press criticizes him and publish polls against him
And the most surrealistic thing: Madrid will sue Barça for unsporting behaviour.
The goal by Messi was seen all over the world.
Barça B: FC Barcelona 0-3 Real Betis
Barça B’s streak of nine games unbeaten came to an end last Sunday, with a 0-3 home loss against league leaders Real Betis. The reserves side remains in 4th with 58 points, 11 behind Betis and Rayo Vallecano at the top of the table. Details of the match, Luis Enrique’s comments, and video of the goals are all after the jump.
Video of the Day: The Feet Continue To Dance!
Credit: All credit to www.thewizardofox.com – who has this available for download on itunes on his site. Thank you for this masterpeice!
A look at the stats: Real Madrid 0-2 FC Barcelona
The tactical cat and mouse game that we all witnessed yesterday in Madrid is reflected in the statistics for the match. And while these stats generally confirm the overall impression of two teams trying to cancel each other out, there are some fascinating details revealed as well. Read on for the meat!
Club responds to Mourinho through UEFA
After a special meeting of FC Barcelona’s Board of Directors on Thursday, the club has announced that they will formally complain to UEFA about the post-match comments of Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho. Toni Freixa, speaking on the board’s behalf, will file a complaint with the Control and Disciplinary Commission of UEFA for the comments which the board considers “an infringement on the basic rules of behavior.”
UEFA opens disciplinary cases against Barcelona and Real Madrid
During the fiery Champions League Semi final El Clasico encounter between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, tempers of the players on the pitch as well as the supporters in the stadium boiled over, leading to several on and off-field transgressions of rules.
UEFA has opened disciplinary cases against both the clubs that took part in Wednesday night’s game.
Recovery session after Madrid
On Thursday morning, the team held a training session at the Ciutat Esportiva following their 0-2 victory in Madrid on Wednesday evening. The eleven starters at the Bernabeu held a gentler session focused on recovering from their efforts the night before, while for the rest, training has been more intense.
Guardiola: “We will carry on respecting Madrid, very, very much”
Amidst the whine fest that was Mourinho’s post-match press conference (Surprise!), some people forgot that Josep Guardiola also addressed the press after the tension and theatric-laden match in Madrid. This time around, Guardiola refused to respond to Mourinho’s provocations. Instead, he highlighted what he and his team intended to do: win the battle on the pitch. Read excerpts from Guardiola’s less controversial but more sensible press conference after the jump.
Man of the Match Poll Result Video: Lionel Messi vs Real Madrid
totalBarca brings you the winner of the Man of the Match poll against Real Madrid – Lionel Messi. Acknowledged by the press as the bright star of what was a dark, messy night, Messi again had the football world looking for superlatives when he swung the tie in Barca’s favour after scoring the first and then finishing it off with a goal that only reaffirms his reputation as one of the finest footballers to grace the earth.
Enjoy the video after the jump!
Crackòvia: Communication
It’s Thursday again! And you all know that it’s Crackòvia day at totalBarça. Today let’s check what happens in the blaugrana dressing room. Pep Guardiola tried new ways to communicate with his boys. Enjoy the video after the jump.
Caption This: Pique and Pep
Caption This is back with an image of Pep saying something to Pique with an invaluable expression on his face.
What do you think he is saying? What is going on in Pique’s mind as he calmly sips from the container?
Let us know in the comments!
The Front: El Mundo Deportivo (28.04.2011)
ECTASY (OK, Pep, but we’re almost at Wembley)
Messi is the fucking boss
Barça destroys Madrid with football and two goals by Leo in Bernabéu
Real Madrid 0 – 2 Barça
Red card to Pepe and Mourinho blames [his defeat on] UEFA refereeing again
Report: We answer Mou’s questions.
The Front: Sport (28.04.2011)
THE FUCKING LEADER IS MESSI
Madrid 0 – 2 Barça
From Madrid to Wembley. Two fantastic goals by Messi led Barça almost to the Champions final. The crack led Barça after Pepe was sent off.
Mourinho, sent off, was a bad loser. He played his victim role again, but Cristiano Ronaldo himself criticized his defensive style.
Enough is enough: Barça studying Mourinho’s words after the game
In addition to Pep Guardiola’s press conference before the game, Barça is showing other signs of being fed up by Mourinho’s tactics. This time, the club is seriously studying whether to press charges against the Madrid coach after his latest press conference, after the game his team lost 0-2 to Barça.
The Highlights: Real Madrid 0-2 FC Barcelona
The intense Champions League Semifinal saw FC Barcelona at their lethal best as they emerged victorious against Real Madrid in the Santiago Bernabeu.
Watch the highlights after the jump!
Photo credits: Reuters Images
Match Review: Real Madrid 0-2 FC Barcelona
The eyes of the world were firmly fixed upon Madrid and the Santiago Bernabeu tonight, as decades of rivalry were about to manifest into 90 minutes of the most hotly anticipated football for a generation. As part three of this momentum – gathering quartet approached, Madrid had somehow succeeded in wrestling the “favourites” tag from eternal adversaries Barcelona, and arrived at tonight’s Champions League semi- final first leg, with both spirits and expectations at an all time high.
