Four years have passed since Lionel Messi last reached a Champions League semi-final and his drought has become a source of unease for Barcelona ahead of their latest attempt on Tuesday. Manchester United are the ones looking to emulate Atletico Madrid, Juventus and Roma by sending Barca out in the quarters for a fourth year […]
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Manchester United hope Rashford can face Barcelona in Champions League
Manchester United are hopeful striker Marcus Rashford will be in contention for Wednesday’s Champions League quarter-final first leg against Barcelona after recovering from an ankle injury, manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said on Tuesday. Rashford, who has been managing various injuries in recent weeks, missed both of England’s Euro 2020 qualifiers in March as well as […]
Indispensable Pique returns ‘home’ to Old Trafford with Barcelona
All eyes will be on strike duo Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez as Barcelona visit Manchester United in the Champions League this week, but defensive lynchpin Gerard Pique is proving equally important to the Catalans’ treble bid. The centre back returns to Old Trafford for the first time since he left Manchester United in 2008 […]
Barcelona seek decisive title blow in Atletico showdown
Since their last league defeat by Real Betis in November, Barca have been on a relentless run of 14 wins and four draws, led by strikers Messi and Suarez, the leading scorers in Spain with 32 and 19 goals respectively. The South American strikers have netted a combined 51 times, more than every other team […]
Messi and Suarez late show rescues Barcelona in 4-4 draw at Villarreal
Barcelona’s Lionel Messi came off the bench in his side’s hour of need to inspire the Liga leaders to battle back from 4-2 down in stoppage time to snatch a remarkable 4-4 draw at struggling Villarreal on Tuesday. The Catalans avoided a first league loss since November with a thumping left-foot strike from Luis Suarez […]
Fantastic Messi hat-trick blows away Betis
Even the Real Betis fans were applauding by the end as Lionel Messi scored another spectacular hat-trick to fire Barcelona to a 4-1 victory on Sunday and leave them with one hand on the La Liga trophy. Messi’s treble, his second in a month in Seville, fourth of the season and 51st of his career, […]
Barcelona star arrives in Karachi
KARACHI: Former Barcelona captain Carles Puyol arrived in Karachi on Saturday. He will kick-off the sales of tickets for World Soccer Stars event. The former Spanish captain will also watch the Pakistan Super League final in Karachi. In his video message Puyol said “Karachi I look forward to seeing you all and I am really […]
Barcelona dominance feels familiar but biggest tests still to come
With half of the season gone, Barcelona own a five-point lead at the top of La Liga, boast two strikers with as many goals as any other team and look on course for their fourth league title in five years. But how good are they? Six league wins on the bounce has blurred the memory […]
Match Preview: Barcelona vs Inter Milan
Although we have seven big fixtures this week but Barca vs Inter stand out from the rest. Inter will do their best to assure their place in the next round while Barca will be eager to top their group for the 12th consecutive time. Barca trashed Inter 2- at Camp Nou but this time […]
Match Preview: Barcelona vs Real Madrid
El Clasico is considered as one of the biggest rivalries in the history of football but this time people are not that much excited about the fixture. The major reason is the absence of Ronaldo and Messi, Ronaldo has left Madrid for Turin and Messi fractured his arm in the last fixture. Another reason why […]