Archive for the 'Barcelona' Category

May 18th, 2012

Report :: Paul Greengrass To Direct FC Barcelona Documentary ‘Barca’

via Variety Paul Greengrass ("The Bourne Ultimatum") is directing "Barca," a documentary about the FC Barcelona soccer club with Richard Brown producing for Anonymous Content. FilmNation Entertainment, which will handle international sales, unveiled the doc Thursday at Cannes. Anonymous is financing and handling U.S. sales. John Carlin will ...
May 18th, 2012

Video :: Cristiano Ronaldo’s interview with CNN: Thinks he is better than Lionel Messi

Is Cristiano Ronaldo better than Messi? He certainly thinks so. "Some people say I'm better, other people say it's him, but at the end of the day, they're going to decide who is the best player," Ronaldo told CNN's Pedro Pinto in an exclusive interview before this weekend's Champions League final between Bayern Munich and Chelsea at Munich's Allianz ...
May 16th, 2012

FC Barcelona becomes the first club to set up Official Football School in India | FCB Escola

via FC Barcelona [dot] com: FC Barcelona announced the opening of its first official school in New Delhi In the press conference to present the school in New Delhi, the FCBEscola Director, Xevi Marcé, explained: “This is one of the most ambitious projects for FCBEscola worldwide. We hope to train 10,000 young footballers in the next three ...
May 15th, 2012

Video :: All of Lionel Messi’s 2011 / 12 La Liga goals … thank me later.

Its been quite a season for Barcelona's Lionel Messi with him scoring a ridiculous 50 goals in 37 La Liga matches. Hit the jump to see them all. Enjoy..... (more...)
May 12th, 2012

Barcelona Defends Lionel Messi Over Royston Drenthe’s ‘Racial Abuse’ Claims

via SI Barcelona staunchly defended Lionel Messi over a claim he racially abused a black Real Madrid player several seasons ago, calling it "well wide of the mark." Dutch midfielder Royston Drenthe, on loan to Everton, was quoted in a Dutch magazine as saying he was taunted by the three-time FIFA player of the year during several of their Spanish ...
May 9th, 2012

Dutch footballer Royston Drenthe accuses Lionel Messi of Racial Abuse

image source via the telegraph: Royston Drenthe, Everton's on-loan midfielder has revealed that Barcelona striker Lionel Messi racially abused him he played for Real Madrid. In an interview with a Dutch website the midfielder says, "I played against him many times and we always have problems with each other." "You know what bothers me so? ...
May 8th, 2012
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Carlos Puyol To Undergo Knee Surgery On Saturday – Spain EURO 2012 Spot In Doubt

via Guardian The Spain and Barcelona defender Carlos Puyol could be out of this summer's European Championship after his club announced he needs knee surgery. The 34-year-old experienced discomfort after Saturday's 4-0 defeat of Espanyol and he will now undergo arthroscopic surgery on Saturday, Barça said in a statement. "The estimated time he ...
May 5th, 2012
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Video :: Barcelona v. Espanyol Highlights – Lionel Messi scores 4 goals – La Liga

Barcelona 4 - 0 Espanyol : Scoring Summary Barcelona: Lionel Messi (12', pen 64', 74', pen 79') Lionel Messi did his best to show Pep how much he appreciates him by scoring four against an overmatched Espanyol in the managers final game at the Nou Camp. Check out the highlights after the jump..... (more...)