Wonder what Valdes’ save against Racing looked like in person? This lucky fan was very, very close to the action!

Thank you to Zamaconiano for the video

Gael Etock, who turned 17 last month, plays as a striker for FC Barcelona’s Juvenil A team. He joined Barcelona in the summer of 2006 through a mutual foundation formed between FC Barcelona and Samuel Eto’o in Cameroon to help children with education and football.  The above goal was scored at the beginning of last season by Etock.

In case you haven’t heard about Paul, the oracle octopus, here’s a bit of background. Based in Oberhausen, Germany, Paul has gained some notariety during the World Cup by correctly predicting Germany’s five previous matches, including the 1-0 loss to Serbia.  Since the European Cup in 2008, Paul’s overall record is 9-1. His only inaccurate prediction so far was the last time Germany and Spain met, in the Euro final in 2008, where he indicated a Germany victory. Spain won the match 1-0. We can only hope that Paul is more accurate this time around, with the chance to have eight blaugrana players involved in the final.

Thanks to one of our readers for bringing this video to our attention!

With the World Cup officially kicking off today, what better way to start off than with one of the official anthems of the tournament. Here’s hoping that all of Barcelona’s players have a great World Cup, filled with beautiful, thrilling football and no serious injuries!

With the World Cup officially kicking off on Friday, we present you with this song/video by Shakira celebrating the event soon to take place in South Africa. The video contains a few very special cameo appearances by none other than Barça’s very own Pique, Alves, Marquez and Messi. You can also catch these same players in the making of video posted below.

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This is a video of the training that took place in September 2009.
Credits: Mayank

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Here it is, by popular demand – the Bojan & Milito bench snuggles.

Transcription of the accolades from the commentators after the jump

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From the FC Barcelona official Youtube Channel. Just when you think it is not possible, at the last minute, we see that it is. The Comeback is possible. Everyone to the stadium on Wednesday! “Nos dejaremos el piel.”