This evening FC Barcelona has celebrated the league title with a dinner at Arola, a restaurant at the Hotel Arts Barcelona. All members of the first team squad and the technical staff were invited, as were their partners.

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It’s time for another Crackòvia episode! Today we have a video about Alexis Sánchez (Jordi Rios) who taught his teammates to interpret the “murmur” of the Camp Nou, as he has become an expert on it this year. Click “continue reading” to enjoy the video. Continue reading »

FC Barcelona’s preparations continue for Sunday’s league match against Valladolid at the Camp Nou. The team held a training session this Thursday morning at the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper in which goalkeeper Víctor Valdés began to work on the pitch with his fellow keepers. Valdés continues to recover from plantar fasciitis and a calf strain in his left leg that have prevented him from taking any part in the last two league matches.

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Above is a short video summary of the La Liga victory parade that took place yesterday in Barcelona. Click on ‘continue reading’ to watch the full three hour video of the parade.

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FC Barcelona continues to prepare for Sunday’s league match against Atlético Madrid (19:00). Tito Vilanova led the training session this Friday with all the available members of the first team squad, plus Juvenil A’s Sergi Samper.

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Watch the highlights from last night’s game between FC Barcelona and Real Betis after the jump!

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Exactly 4 years ago we experienced one of the most amazing nights in the history of FC Barcelona. Most culés will probably never forget where they were, what they were doing, or how they celebrated Andrés Iniesta’s last minute equalizer at Stamford Bridge on May 6, 2009. Let’s once again cherish that sweet memory.

FC Barcelona returned to training this Friday to prepare for the the league match on Sunday against Real Betis at the Camp Nou (21:00). Both Lionel Messi and Víctor Valdés were absent from today’s session. The Argentine forward, who remained on the bench against Bayern Munich on Wednesday, underwent physiotherapy. Tito Vilanova explained after the match on Wednesday that “against Athletic [Messi] felt a strange sensation” and, although he was not injured, they didn’t want to force him because “in one explosive effort [his hamstring] could tear.”

Valdés spent today’s session doing specific work. Because of his absence, Tito Vilanova asked Barça B goalkeeper Oier Olazábal to train with the first team.

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FC Barcelona’s first team trained this Tuesday at the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper in what was the team’s penultimate session before Bayern Munich’s visit to the Camp Nou on Wednesday.

Neither Sergio Busquets nor Éric Abidal will feature against the German team tomorrow. Busquets continues to recover from a groin injury, while Abidal has picked up a calf injury. The other two injured members of the squad, Carles Puyol and Javier Mascherano, did specific training work outside of the group at today’s session.

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What is that?? Reading this post’s title, this might be your first reaction. But at the same time, I would like to invite you to explore a bit more.

A few weeks ago a beautiful video became popular on YouTube. However, the notoriety wasn’t about the video itself, but the text that went along with it.

Hernán Casiari is an Argentinian journalist and writer who lives in Barcelona. About a year ago, he posted a text called “Messi is a dog” (“Messi es un perro”), in which he proceeded to explain why Messi is so different from all other modern football players. He proposed an interesting analogy, one that Norberto Janenson (an Argentinian showman-magician) turned into a video.

Here it is, one of the most emotive and inspiring works on our very own Leo Messi. I tried my best to make sure Casiari’s words did not get lost in translation.

Enjoy!

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Are you ready for another Crackòvia episode? It’s been quite a long time since we shared an episode about a certain team from Madrid. Today we will discover what Cristiano, Ramos, and Mourinho have in common. Hit continue reading to watch the video.

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Time for another Crackòvia Thursday on totalBarça! Today we have an episode featuring sleepy Pedro and injured Puyol. Our Captain is in a very good mood despite not being able to play. To discover his secret, click “continue reading” to enjoy the video.

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Today, we the totalBarça team want you, our website visitors, to pause. Because for more than two years, Syrian children have been suffering with no pause at all. As you know, we are contributing to UNICEF via totalBarça’s philanthropic initiative, known as The totalBarça Project. And as a partner of UNICEF, we want to support their actions not only through donations, but also information. That is why we want to share with you this special video. Because after more than two years of conflict and more than 70,000 deaths, including thousands of children … after more than five million people have been forced to leave their homes, including over a million refugees living in severely stressed neighbouring countries … after so many families have been torn apart and communities razed, schools and hospitals wrecked, and water systems ruined … it’s time to say enough. Enough.

In the following video, Éric Abidal talks to French television channel TF1 about his hard battle with cancer.

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Although Cristian Tello was voted Man of the Match against Zaragoza, Thiago Alcantara also performed excellently. In addition to his goal and two assists, this video shows how the 22-year-old’s dribbling, ball control, and passing vision continue to improve.

Video Credit: dervyx3

Watch the highlights from last night’s game between Zaragoza and Barcelona after the jump!

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