Barcelona battled to a 1-0 win over Real Valladolid on Saturday to make it two victories from two in their LaLiga title defence. Ousmane Dembele’s second-half strike settled matters at the Jose Zorrilla against last season’s LaLiga123 play-off winners. Valladolid thought they had equalised through Keko in second-half stoppage time, but the goal was ruled out for offside after a VAR referral. It was a far from convincing display from Ernesto Valverde’s side, but it means they move top of the table ahead of Sunday’s fixtures, while Valladolid are still looking for their first goal and win of the season.…
Barcelona led 1-0 and 2-1 but Roma refused to surrender as Alessandro Florenzi, Bryan Cristante and Diego Perotti inspired a comeback. Roma scored three goals in eight minutes as the Serie A side twice came from behind to stun Malcom and Barcelona 4-2 at the International Champions Cup. All eyes were on Malcom after he opted to join LaLiga champions Barca, who dramatically hijacked Roma’s €40million deal to sign the highly-rated Brazilian from Bordeaux last week. Malcom – who was preparing to fly out to the Italian capital after Roma reached an agreement with Bordeaux before Barca stepped in at…
Levante vs Barcelona 5-4 Highlights Download 13 May 2018 La Liga the big news from the visitors is that Lionel Messi is rested. The Argentinian has been in superb form once more for Barca this season – and with only two domestic games before the World Cup, will be looking to keep himself injury-free ahead of the tournament in Russia. Sergio Roberto remains absent on the back of suspension for the Blaugranas too. Subs: Gerard Pique, Jasper Cillessen, Paco Alcacer, Denis Suarez, Paulinho, Lucas Digne, Andre Gomes BARCELONA (4-4-2): Marc-Andre ter Stegen; Jordi Alba, Yerry Mina, Nelson Semedo, Thomas…
Barcelona are two games away from going the whole LaLiga season unbeaten after they thrashed Villarreal. Lionel Messi was on the scoresheet and Ousmane Dembele starred with a double as champions Barcelona cruised to a 5-1 win over Villarreal at Camp Nou, moving a step closer to completing a historic unbeaten season in LaLiga. Philippe Coutinho’s third goal in his last four games put Barca ahead and Paulinho soon doubled the hosts’ lead with his ninth league goal of the season, but first since January. Messi combined to devastating effect with the departing Andres Iniesta – who received a standing…
Barcelona 2 – 2 Real Madrid [La Liga] Highlights 2017/18 – Gareth Bale struck the equaliser for Real Madrid as they battled to a 2-2 Clasico draw away to Barcelona, who had Sergi Roberto sent off. Champions Barcelona maintained their season-long unbeaten LaLiga run with a 2-2 Clasico draw against rivals Real Madrid at Camp Nou, despite Sergi Roberto’s first-half red card. Barca played 45 minutes with 10 men but managed to extend their record undefeated streak in the top flight to 42 matches, a record that stretches back to April 2017. In Andres Iniesta’s last Clasico, Luis Suarez gave…
Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick as Barcelona regained the title in LaLiga with a pulsating 4-2 win against Deportivo La Coruna, who were relegated. The runaway leaders headed into Sunday’s fixture at the Riazor knowing a point would be enough to win a seventh title in the past 10 seasons and the 25th in their history. A routine victory looked on the cards from the moment Philippe Coutinho finished Ousmane Dembele’s pass, and Messi scored a 30th league goal of the campaign from Luis Suarez’s sensational assist to double the lead. But Depor, who had to win to avoid going…
Sevilla 0 – 5 Barcelona [Copa del Rey] Highlights 2017/18 – For the fourth year in a row, Barcelona are the Copa del Rey champions! They were simply stunning from start to finish, and they made it a really difficult night for their opponents with a plethora of excellent attacking play. Sevilla never got going, and they were made to pay for some very sloppy defending DOWNLOAD VIDEO HERE
Luis Suarez and Samuel Umtiti gave Barcelona a 2-1 win over Valencia and a piece of history in LaLiga. Barcelona made it a record 39 LaLiga matches without defeat with a 2-1 win over Valencia at Camp Nou on Saturday. Goals from Luis Suarez and Samuel Umtiti earned the league leaders a slice of history and helped to banish thoughts of Wednesday’s Champions League capitulation against Roma, despite Dani Parejo’s penalty. A rainy day and a subdued crowd of just 69,544 spectators – well short of the 99,354 capacity – was reflected in a turgid opening spell for Barca, until…
Valverde has also made four changes to his side that beat Leganes with ease at the weekend. Umtiti, Alba, Busquets and Iniesta start this evening in a 4-4-2 formation. Roma have made four changes from their defeat against Fiorentina last week. Florenzi, De Rossi, Kolarov and Schick come into the fold this evening, with Eusebio expected to line up in a 3-5-2 formation. Schick and Dzeko will lead the line. Barcelona subs: Denis Suarez, Ousmane Dembele, Jasper Cillessen, Paulinho, Paco Alcacer, Andre Gomes, Thomas Vermaelen. BARCELONA (4-4-2): Marc-Andre ter Stegen; Nelson Semedo, Gerard Pique, Samuel Umtiti, Jordi Alba; Sergi Roberto,…
Lionel Messi was at his brilliant best with a hat-trick as Barcelona defeated Leganes 3-1 at Camp Nou to equal the all-time LaLiga unbeaten record. Barca have now gone 38 top-flight matches without defeat, levelling the previous best mark by Real Sociedad which has stood since 1980. Messi made it six straight LaLiga games with a goal by netting a wonderful free-kick shortly before the half-hour mark, and then swiftly got his second of the night after being set up by Philippe Coutinho. Nabil El Zhar got a goal back for Leganes after the break as Barca’s performance dropped off…
Lionel Messi came off the bench to rescue Barcelona and extend their unbeaten run LaLiga to 37 games as the leaders scored twice in the final five minutes to draw 2-2 with Sevilla. Barcelona had been unusually below-par at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan and were lucky to only be two goals behind as the game entered the closing minutes. But Luis Suarez – who had been so wasteful for the visitors – halved their deficit and 53 seconds later Messi earned a point, the Argentine superstar beating Sergio Rico from 20 yards to cap an astonishing finish. It was harsh on…
Barcelona stormed past Chelsea in the Champions League as Lionel Messi hit a brace either side of Ousmane Dembele’s first goal for the club. Lionel Messi brought up 100 Champions League goals with a strike in each half as Barcelona dumped Chelsea out of the competition with a 3-0 win at Camp Nou. The sides were locked together at 1-1 after Messi’s equaliser in the first leg of the last-16 tie at Stamford Bridge and Antonio Conte’s men held their own for long periods once again, only to be undermined by uncharacteristic defensive errors. Messi scored the earliest goal…
Luis Suarez and Philippe Coutinho scored to seal a 2-0 victory over Malaga in LaLiga before the hosts had Samu sent off. Barcelona made light of Lionel Messi’s absence and continued their march towards LaLiga glory with a 2-0 victory over 10-man Malaga.
Leaders Barcelona opened the door for Atletico Madrid in the LaLiga title race as they were surprisingly held to a 1-1 draw away at relegation-threatened Las Palmas. After Antoine Griezmann inspired Atletico to a 4-0 win on Wednesday, Ernesto Valverde’s side knew a win would restore their seven-point cushion before they face their nearest rivals at the Camp Nou on Sunday. Lionel Messi thundered in a 21st-minute free-kick to put Barcelona in front and, in the process, score for the first time at the Estadio Gran Canaria. However, the struggling hosts were gifted the chance to equalise straight after the…
Barcelona boss Ernesto Valverde has named an unchanged side to the one that featured in their last outing, with Messi and Suarez once again starting as a front two with Paulinho just behind. There’s no place in the squad for Philippe Coutinho, who is cup tied, but Dembele is fit again and available if needed. Antonio Conte has decided to make seven changes to the Chelsea side that started the win against Hull in the FA Cup, with Courtois, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Moses, Kante, Alonso and Hazard all returning to the starting line-up after being rested. The latter is set to…