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And again Neymar

on September 8, 2011 None comments

Neymar has only 19 years and his plans regarding his career are big. He refused to go to Real this summer, although he was wanted by the Galactics. The offer from Real Madrid for him was around 45million euro, but he preferred to stay at Santos for a little bit longer.

“I feel that is not the right moment to leave, I want to be near my family and friends. I feel honored by Real’s offer, but for now, my family is the most important to me and I want to stay close to them.” said Neymar who recently become dad.

Waiting for the right moment could bring him even more money but with the condition to keep the same shape in game, as there seems that Barcelona is interested in the player.

Put in the instance of choosing between Real and Barcelona Neymar said: “It’s hard to say, you make me choose between Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi, but I want  to play with both on the same team. I do not know how, but we would make a fantastic team.”

Latest rumors say that signed with Barcelona and will play for them starting with the next season. True or false, only time will tell, but what we know for sure is that he is the key player for Santos in this season.

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Cruyff starts another war

on September 5, 2011 None comments

With the rivalry between Barcelona and Real Madrid, any spark could ignite the fire once again. This time, an old legend, Cruyff, the man who invented the spectacle football at Barcelona, thinks that if Murinho wants to win any trophy with Real Madrid, the only possibility for them is to move in another country:

“The attitude showed by Murinho transmits a lot of helplessness and arrogance. The biggest problem for Real Madrid at the moment is that Barcelona exists.  If they would play in any other league, they would earn much more.” says Cruyff.

But can this be true? Barcelona conquered indeed almost everything and has no plans of stopping. The cost for all that trophies is hard work and a good leadership. One of Barca’s new acquisition, Cesc Fabregas, explains:

“Everyone sees the goals but they don’t pay attention to the other things, in particular, when we talk about defense. I’ve never seen a team more focused in the transition between offence and defence. To play against Barcelona is very complicated but to play for Barcelona it’s even harder.  The thing that makes me wonder is their ability of hiding everything and makes it look easy.”

So let the ball spin!

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Fabregas, a good choice

on September 1, 2011 None comments

Although was a very long battle with many hours of negotiations, offers over offers, the perseverance of Barcelona’s officials was fully paid. The wanted here, because we are talking about Cesc Fabregas, had turned to be one of the best acquisition of Barcelona for a very long time.

The games just started and Fabregas already looks like he played for the Catalans since he was born. He gathered in just a few weeks 3 trophies and scored a lot of goals, at least one in every game played, some things that he never done during his Arsenal adventure.

“I came here to play right next to Messi. And it was a huge reason I wanted to return home. I haven’t seen players like Messi, he is incredible, having everything that a player needs. Barcelona is not comparable with anything, is unique!” said Fabregas.

Former Arsenal captain is very good friends with Pique but they hardly met because of the quarterback’s injury. Pique was the first who welcomed Fabregas when he came to Barcelona. “ Nano, I cannot believe you are here! ” was his reaction when Fabregas stepped in Barcelona’s locker room.

A new season, new opportunities and again, show presented by Barcelona’s alien players.

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Barcelona shows how the ball is played

on August 30, 2011 None comments

It looks like Mondays are not the best days to play against Barcelona. Well, probably not the Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday or Sunday, but that is another story. Real Madrid was beaten in a Monday also on the 29 of November last year and with a score from a fairy tale, 5-0 for Guardiola & Co.

Last night, Barcelona gave a reply for Real who have had an incredible start against Zaragoza. The Catalans won a sensational victory after defeating by a score of 5-0 to Villarreal. The goals were scored by Thiago 25, Fabregas 45, Sanchez 47 and Messi 51, 74.

In this way, Primera Division shows why is one of the most disputed championships in the world with two titans who are willing “to fight to the death”.

Line-up:

Barcelona: Valdés, Mascherano, Sergio Busquets, Abidal, Keita, Thiago, Iniesta (Xavi, min.56), Cesc (Dos Santos, min.70), Alexis, Pedro (Villa, min.67), Messi.

Villarreal:

Diego López; Zapata, Gonzalo, Musacchio, Oriol, Marchena, Bruno, Borja Valero (Camuñas, min.50), Cani (Wakaso, min.64), Nilmar (Senna, min.61), Rossi.

The games from this weekend are the ones scheduled on the second leg, the first leg being postponed after a footballers strike.

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The neverendless war between Barca and Real

on August 26, 2011 None comments

A war that is since forever between Barcelona and Real Madrid won’t reach ever to an end. The situation is even hotter now after two events that got a plus for the Catalans. One is the award received by Barca’s best player, Lionel Messi and the other is tonight game with FC Porto in European Super Cup.

Barcelona and Real have the same number of awards won so far: 73. If Barca will win tonight, Guardiola’s team will overtake Real Madrid in the trophy gathering challenge. With a win on the Camp Nou tonight, Barcelona will reach the third trophy of the season after their Spanish Super Cup already won and the Gamper Trophy.

To add a cherry on top, Messi has been named the best player in Europe last season, over his team-mate Xavi Hernandez and Real Madrid footballer, Cristiano Ronaldo.

Messi received the award at Monte Carlo, where the draw for the Champions League groups took place. He was named the best player in Europe with 53 European sports journalists and was awarded by the UEFA president, Michel Platini.

Platini added gas on the fire with his declaration: “Messi is better protected by referees than were Pele, Cruyff, Maradona or Zidane and is good that this happens”.

All that remains is to watch the tonight game and see if Barcelona will write history in its battle against their old time rivals Real Madrid.

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