Viktoria Plzen’s four-match unbeaten home run in this season’s UEFA Champions League receives the ultimate test when they welcome title holders FC Barcelona. Barcelona beat Plzen 2-0 at the Camp Nou on matchday three and with another victory will secure qualification so long as FC BATE Borisov fail to beat AC Milan in the other [...]
Shakhtar Donetsk could hardly have chosen a more daunting venue for their first UEFA Champions League quarter-final than the Camp Nou, home of three-time winners FC Barcelona. Barcelona have won 10 of their 12 European Champion Clubs’ Cup quarter-finals yet Shakhtar should arrive for this first leg with some confidence having won 3-2 in the [...]
2010 El Classico: Barcelona vs Real Madrid 5-0! In front of an estimated 600 million audience worldwide, Pep Guardiola’s team completely destroyed Real Madrid with an incredible 5-0. Jose Mourinho, “The Special One”, now changed his nickname in “The Special Five”. The 2010 El Classico have seemed like an eternity for Real Madrid. In the [...]
The UEFA Champions League group stage had some amazing games in store on October 20, too, starting with an incredible 4-3 between Inter Milan and Tottenham. What’s even more amazing is that Inter actually had 4-0 on the scoreboard. It must also be said that Gomes, Tottenham’s goalkeeper, was eliminated in the 7th minute. Twente [...]
The UEFA Champions League group stage match day on September 29 yielded some rather surprising results. At the top of the list is probably Barcelona’s draw against Russian champions Rubin Kazan. Here’s the full list, if you missed out on the action last night. Group A Inter Milan vs. Werder Bremen 4 – 0 Tottenham [...]
Rubin Kazan vs Barcelona will be one of the most interesting games tonight (18.30 CET /20.30 local time) in the UEFA Champions League group stage. It is a great game, a game which both teams will try to win, so, in order to watch it, here are the best LIVE TV schedules for you. If [...]
Barcelona will be anxious to avoid another shock defeat at the hands of Rubin Kazan as they prepare to face the same opponents in their first away game in Group D. The Spanish champions made a strong start this time round, coming from behind to beat Panathinaikos 5-1 at home on Matchday 1, when Rubin [...]
Barcelona vs. Panathinaikos was another display of power by Pep Guardiola’s side. Guardiola’s boys looked like the Hercules defeat (2-0) this week-end never happened and put up a solid performance. They managed to score five times, and the Greek side never really had a chance. And this, even if they were the ones to score [...]
The Catalonia Parliament has decided to ban bullfighting in the region. What animal protectionists may call a normal measure won’t affect things too much, though. The only bullfighting ring in the region is in Barcelona and around 15 bullfights take place there in a year, with limited interest from the public. Still, the measure could [...]
INTER MILANO is in the UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL!!! UPDATE 22.38: BARCELONA HAVE A GOAL DISALLOWED! UPDATE 22.29: GOAL BARCELONA! Pique scores for Barca! Barcelona – Inter 1-0!!! UPDATE 22.25: Messi has been very quiet in this second half UPDATE 22.23: Inter continue to play a very strong defensive game UPDATE 22.20: Keita attempts a [...]