http://barcelona.theoffside.com News from FC Barcelona and the Nou Camp Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:06:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Even thought everyone seems to have forgotten in the face of the catastrophe that is our coming to a draw in our last two matches, we have an important match to play on Saturday. We need to re-establish our superiority over the whole wide world after having stumbled over Osasuna ... http://barcelona.theoffside.com/team-news/la-liga-preview-fc-barcelona-vs-real-mallorca.html And so I command, and so it shall be done. Or at least, that’s what Pep wanted to have happen tonight. It didn’t quite turn out that way. Barcelona, traveling to the frigid unknowns of Municipal Institution Football Club Rubin Kazan and their home in Kazan. It was ... http://barcelona.theoffside.com/team-news/barcelona-0-rubin-kazan-0-i-cant-believe-its-not-butter-better.html Marching to Kazan! You can feel the lack of satisfaction between Barcelona fans this season. It’s basically a result of high expectations. The satisfaction stocks rise and fall on weekly bases the same as the team performance varies. Every game has its own story, but still there are common denominators between ... http://barcelona.theoffside.com/team-news/champions-league-rubin-kazan-vs-barcelona-and-much-more.html Every year, the famed Running of the Bulls event is held in Pamplona. Now, modern media has done a good job at exposing such exciting and traditional events for all the average people around the world to see and hear. So, i won't have to describe the particulars of this ... http://barcelona.theoffside.com/team-news/the-not-so-running-of-the-bulls-osasuna-1-1-fc-barcelona.html Come one come all, as FC Barcelona go to Pamplona aiming to sneak away with a full three points. Have a laugh, a cup of tea, watch the running of the bulls and perhaps celebrate a goal or two. Live Blog is up until the match is over. Barcelona @ Osasuna http://barcelona.theoffside.com/la-liga/live-blog-barcelona-osasuna.html And so begins the Tourmalet. Barcelona dispelled rumors (or catcalls) of "Crisis!" last weekend against Zaragoza with a thumping performance, as if a transcendent hand had offered a palm of fortune from the baby blue skies. That's not to say that Barcelona were fortunate or lucky to win. They were, ... http://barcelona.theoffside.com/team-news/barcelona-osasuna.html So, the list is out for the 23 male football players who are in the running to get the (second?) most prestigious footballing award, the 2009 FIFA World Player. And guess what? That's right! FC Barcelona is the club who has more players making the list. It's almost not surprising ... http://barcelona.theoffside.com/team-news/fifa-world-player-nominees-and-the-barca-machine.html It probably wasn’t one of Barça’s most thrilling matches, but then again, when you field a team of youngsters against a third division team, you can’t expect an earth-shattering performance, can you? (well, yes, you could expect it, but you shouldn’t) With Real Madrid’s precedent of losing 4-0 to a Segunda ... http://barcelona.theoffside.com/team-news/cultural-leonesa-0-barca-2-a-k-a-%e2%80%9cpedrito-to-the-rescue-again%e2%80%9d.html Today is the day in which we embark in yet another competition. F.C. Barcelona enters the Copa del Rey race with a thrilling match against Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa, a modest team that is currently sitting at the lower end of its group table in Segunda B (the third-tier league), ... http://barcelona.theoffside.com/copa-del-rey/copa-del-rey-preview-cultural-leonesa-vs-fc-barcelona.html Barcelona @ Cultural Leonesa http://barcelona.theoffside.com/team-news/liveblog-barcelona-cultural-leonesa.html