Video of the Day: SNOWBALL FIGHT! 12
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Spanish football club FC Barcelona tops the world ranking of clubs in the latest release by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS).
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Ten reasons to believe in this Barça 31
There is no reason for alarm or anxiety. The data and the facts show that this Barcelona still has tremendous credibility and to lose faith in a team that has won it all would be as unjust as it is unfortunate. To support the faith of the fans, Catalán news site Sport presented a list of ten reasons to believe in FC Barcelona.
The Review: UD Almerica – FC Barcelona 2-2 55
The lost passion. The weak personality. The confusion.
The Ratings: UD Almeria – FC Barcelona 2-2 22
Who was the best performer last night? Find out what we think.
The Pictures: UD Almeria – FC Barcelona 2-2 3
View the rest of the pictures from last night encounter, after the jump.
Quote of the Day: “Mes que un club” 0
“I can’t believe the president of Barça has come here. We are very happy. It means a lot to us.”
Arsene Hanyrwa, aged 16, a refugee at the Kiziba camp, Rwanda.
Barcelona better than last year, in February 12
According to Catalán news site Sport, FC Barcelona is once again enjoying a great season with some spectacular numbers in the league, especially those for the month of February 2010, which surpassed the figures achieved in the season of the Triplet.
Barça come second in football rich-list 15
According to a report by British-based accountancy firm Deloitte, Real Madrid and FC Barcelona are currently the top two teams in world football when it comes to finances, with the Blaugrana overtaking Manchester United to take second place. Deloitte claim to “compare clubs using revenue from day to day football operations which we believe is the best publicly available financial comparison” for the 2008/2009 season, and as such found the bitter rivals to both be pulling in strong profits, with Real being the first team in any sport to break the 400 million euros total.
But their Catalan counter-parts revenue books were nothing to be sniffed at, with Barca making the biggest out and out profit for the season just past. “FC Barcelona’s exceptional season on the pitch, winning the domestic double and the UEFA Champions League, helped drive the largest year on year absolute revenue growth of any Money League club with a €57m increase to €366m resulting in the club returning to second place in the list and completing a Spanish one-two” at the top of the table.
Post Match Review: FC Barcelona vs Malaga 41
The story could have gone either way.
Tense moments lived the Blaugrana fans when the Barcelona team conceded a goal 10 minutes before the game was over.
It was not a goal that put Barca behind, it was a bitter goal that made the score tied at 1-1. In the Camp Nou.
The first thing that occurred to my mind was the question of the week: “Is Sergio Busquets good enough?” Those who saw the match against Malaga would directly know the answer. Those who did not have the chance to, the answer would be: If we agree that Busquets is in fact a good midfielder, he for sure is not good enough yet.
Not only did he lose the ball in midfield and cost Barcelona a counter-attack, he also, just like in the game against Atletico Madrid, did not have the wit to commit a foul against Malaga players in the midfield. The question in turn would be: “Is Busquets fit to play as a defensive midfielder?”
The Result: FC Barcelona 2 – Malaga CF 1 12
Result:
FC Barcelona: 2
Malaga: 1
Goalscorers:
FC Barcelona: Pedro (68′), Messi (83′)
Malaga: Valdo (80′)
Lineups:
FC Barcelona: Valdes,Alves, Pique, Puyol, Maxwell, Busquetes, Xavi, Iniesta, Pedro, Ibrahimovic, Messi
Malaga: Munua, Gasper, Stepanov, Welington, Torres, Fernando, Toribio, Juanito, Baha, Duda, Obinna
Substitutes:
Guardiola, a century with Barcelona. 3
When FC Barcelona hosts Racing Santander on Saturday night, a home win would be a perfect gift to Pep Guardiola, who will celebrate his 100th game as the head coach of FC Barcelona. That total includes all League, Copa del Rey, Spanish and European Super Cups and Club World Cup matches.
The statistics are quite impressive. With 70 wins, 19 draws and only 10 defeats, Guardiola is the first manager in history to guide a Spanish team to the treble.
FIFA poll suggests Barca are favorites to win Champions League 9
Barcelona are favorites to win this year’s edition of the Champions League with 32.35% of votes in a survey published on FIFA.com. Arch rivals Madrid received 28.17% of the votes while Chelsea seized third place with 17.18%.
Among Madrid based voters Real “surprisingly” finished first, but among international voters Barca comes out on top.