Espanyol - Barcelona: Derby Preview (Saturday, 4pm EST)

By: Isaiah | 15 Comments

Well, folks, it’s Derby Day and it’s going to be a hoot, I think. Espanyol are 4th in the table, 2 points behind Barcelona, who are third. Ruh-roh, as they say. This derby doesn’t need much to ignite it, but fighting for a Champions League spot could definitely add some spice to the cauldron, as […]

Category: Injuries, Barcelona, Lineups, Preview, La Liga

Tags: Samuel Eto'o, Ronaldinho, Eidur Gudjohnsen, Espanyol, La Liga, Preview, Lineups, Barcelona, Injuries, Tag Index

Lyon 2 - 2 Barcelona: Review and Highlights (Group Winners, biotches! edition)

By: Isaiah | 8 Comments

Before we truly get going, I think it’s only fair that I admit that I did not get to see this game. Obviously this detracts from my abilities to discuss the game in-depth, but I’ll do my best with the information at hand. I followed the game from work on Marca’s gametracker-esque deal, fully aware […]

Category: Highlights, Review, Barcelona, Champions League

Tags: Eidur Gudjohnsen, Andres Iniesta, Yaya Toure, Olympique Lyonnais, Juninho, Champions League, Barcelona, Review, Highlights, Tag Index

Lyon - Barcelona: Champions League (Tuesday, 2:30pm EST)

By: Isaiah | 17 Comments

I don’t have much time to write up this post, so I’m just going to link to Inara’s post about the game and copy my thoughts from the comments there to here.
The injured for Barcelona are: Henry, Deco, Gio Dos Santos, Oleguer, Eto’o, Edmilson, and maybe Puyol. Ouch. That’s a big bunch of striking and […]

Category: Barcelona, Preview, Champions League, Team News

Tags: Bojan, Carles Puyol, Thierry Henry, Samuel Eto'o, Olympique Lyonnais, Team News, Champions League, Preview, Barcelona, Tag Index

Barcelona 3-0 Recreactivo: (The “Flatter to Deceive” edition)

By: Isaiah | 15 Comments

Guest blogger: Kevin
Make no mistake about it, the lads are in trouble. This scoreline will convince those who didn’t see the match, but let’s take a look at the…erm…as we say in management, challenges facing Barca.
1. They all hold the ball too much. Dribble, dribble, oh, look. A defender. Where did he come from? Until […]

Category: Highlights, Review, Barcelona, La Liga

Tags: La Liga, Barcelona, Review, Highlights, Tag Index

Gooooolaaaaaaazooooooooooo

By: Isaiah | 4 Comments

Who, but Messi? Two versions:
Warning: the video below is crazy loud and includes clapping by the commentator

Messi gol a colombiaUploaded by DJKALIN24
Slightly less insane version:

Colombia 2-1 Argentina (0-1 Messi)Uploaded by MoreGoals
Even though they lost, in the end, this got Argentina off to a nice start.

Category: Team News

Tags: Lionel Messi, Team News, Tag Index

The Perils of International Week

By: Isaiah | 7 Comments

Hey, it’s international week! Total malaise has set in, soccer-wise, while my Jayhawks have brought the pain in football and basketball (the former being good, the latter being a fractured foot for Sherron Collins), thus distracting me well enough. Still, I couldn’t help but notice the above picture in El Mundo Deportivo. It was in […]

Category: Barcelona, Team News

Tags: Bojan Krkic, El Mundo Deportivo, Internationals, Team News, Barcelona, Tag Index

Alcoyano 0 - 3 Barcelona: Copa Del Rey, with highlights

By: Isaiah | 2 Comments

Henry, Gudjohnsen (pen), and Bojan all scored in the 0-3 win at Alcoyano and while they left it late, and the last two goals (86′ and 90′) came when Alcoyano was down to 9 men, Barca were never really in danger of losing this one or even tying it. At least not according to hyper-sensationalist […]

Category: Highlights, Barcelona, Copa del Rey

Tags: Bojan Krkic, Thierry Henry, Eidur Gudjohnsen, Alcoyano, Copa del Rey, Barcelona, Highlights, Tag Index

Getafe 2-Barcelona 0 (The “Orange Turd” edition)

By: Isaiah | 17 Comments

Guest blogger: Kevin. Thanks so much to Kevin for taking over this week’s edition.
Not a lot to say about this one. Thanks to my futbol-mania, I had GolTV as part of the Spanish language package (which I got for ESPN Deportes and Champions League match days), since GolTV’s English feed wasn’t working due to a […]

Category: Highlights, Review, Barcelona, La Liga

Tags: La Liga, Barcelona, Review, Highlights, Getafe, Thierry Henry, Lionel Messi, Ronaldinho, Tag Index

Getafe - Barcelona: Saturday 2pm EST

By: Isaiah | 2 Comments

I’m sorry about the lax posting the last couple of days, but I’ve had some personal issues to deal with and they’re going to extend through at least the beginning of next week, so don’t expect any posts before Tuesday at the earliest. If anyone would like to preview or review the Getafe game, please […]

Category: Barcelona, Preview, La Liga

Tags: Getafe, Gianluca Zambrotta, Lionel Messi, La Liga, Preview, Barcelona, Tag Index

Barcelona 2 - 0 Rangers: Review and Highlights (Le Trio Magnifique Edition)

By: Isaiah | 12 Comments

I don’t have the time to do a full review right now, so you’ll have to make do for the time being with the highlights. Note that Henry scored the first goal with his hand, which I’m sure Rangers fans are freaking out about, but, really, I could care less because what goes around comes […]

Category: Highlights, Review, Barcelona, Champions League

Tags: Thierry Henry, Rangers, Lionel Messi, Ronaldinho, Champions League, Barcelona, Review, Highlights, Tag Index