Tuesday , 19 March 2024

Barcelona

Eintracht beat Barca and reached the semi-finals of the Europa League

On April 14, at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona (Spain), Barcelona hosted Eintracht as part of the second leg of the 1/4 finals of the Europa League of the 2021/2022 season. The guests won 3:2. The score was opened at the beginning of the first half. In the 4th minute, the midfielder of the German team, Filip Kostic, converted a penalty against the hosts. In the 37th minute, Eintracht’s advantage was doubled by striker Rafael Borre. In the 67th minute, Kostic scored a double, bringing the score to a crushing one. In the time added to the second half, …

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Barcelona snatched victory from Levante

As part of the 31st round of the Spanish Primera 2021/2022 season, Levante hosted Barcelona. The guests won 3:2. The score was opened at the beginning of the second half. In the 52nd minute, midfielder Jose Luis Morales scored a penalty against the Catalans. In the 56th minute, the referee put another 11-meter shot into the goal of Barca. Striker Roger Marty approached the “point”, who failed to score. In the 59th minute, the score was equalized by Barca striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, assisted by Ousmane Dembele. Then, in the 63rd minute, the midfielder of the blue-garnet Pedri led his team forward, …

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Barcelona and Eintracht drew in the first match of the 1/4 finals of the Europa League

In the first match of the 1/4 finals of the Europa League of the 2021/2022 season, Eintracht hosted Barcelona. Unfortunately, the teams drew, and the score was 1:1. The meeting was held at the Deutsche Bank Park stadium in Frankfurt. The score was opened at the beginning of the second half. Eintracht Frankfurt striker Ansgar Knauff scored in the 48th minute, and Barca forward Ferran Torres scored in the 66th minute, assisted by Frankie de Jong. In the 78th minute, the second yellow card was received by the Eagles defender Tuta. The meeting was served by a Serbian team of …

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Barcelona beat Sevilla thanks to Pedri’s goal and moved up to second place

Barcelona prevailed over Sevilla on its field in one of the critical matches of the 30th round of the Spanish Football Championship. The meeting was held at the Nou Camp stadium in Barcelona. The confrontation ended with a score of 1:0 in favour of the Catalans. Thus, the team from the capital of Catalonia extended the winless streak in the tournament to 14 meetings (ten wins, four draws). Sevilla also approached the game with an impressive series without defeats, measured by 15 matches (seven wins, eight draws). But the team of Julen Lopetegui could not stop the “blue-garnet”. Pedri scored the …

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Barcelona won the match against Real Madrid for the first time since 2019

Barcelona managed to win a match against Real Madrid for the first time in three years. Recall that in the match of the 29th round of the Spanish championship, Barcelona defeated Real Madrid. The match was held at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid and ended with a 4:0 victory for the Catalan club. This is the first victory of the Catalan club over Real Madrid since March 2, 2019. After that, Real Madrid beat Barcelona five times, and one meeting ended in a draw. After 29 rounds, Real Madrid leads the standings of the Spanish Championship of the 2021/2022 season. The …

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Media: Aubameyang has terminated his contract with Arsenal and will move to Barcelona

Footballer Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has terminated his contract with Arsenal in London and will move to Barcelona as a free agent, Mundo Deportivo reports. Earlier, the media reported that the player’s transfer deal fell through due to disagreements over the player’s salary for the next six months. According to the publication, the Gabonese footballer has already passed a medical examination. His contract will last for a year and a half, and the salary in the first six months will be 5 thousand euros per week, after which it will be increased. Aubameyang was stripped of the captain’s armband at Arsenal in …

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Barcelona has received the most significant sponsorship offer in the history of football

Barcelona is going through a difficult moment in sporting and financial terms, but the club brand attracts solid sponsorship offers. In six months, the Catalans’ contracts with Rakuten and Beko expire. Still, there are several proposals on the table of the President of Barca, Joan Laporta, which may become the largest in the football industry. Barcelona can conclude the largest sponsorship contract in the history of football. According to Diario Sport, an unnamed company is ready to pay 80 million euros for placing the logo on the front of the T‑shirt, sleeves and training uniforms of Catalans. If the parties …

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Dani Alves has become a Barcelona player again

Dani Alves returned to Barcelona 5 years after leaving the club. Javi Hernandez has not yet played a single match as head coach of Barcelona, but he has already made a high-profile transfer — he returned 38-year-old Alves to the team. As a result, Dani will again play for the club where he spent the best years of his career and gained worldwide fame. In eight years at Barcelona, the Brazilian has won 23 trophies – a record in the history of the Catalan team. The defender is happy, posts touching photos on Instagram with captions about the legendary comeback …

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The five best newcomers of this season in the top championships

Three months after the start of the 2021/22 season, we can already draw some conclusions. Having dealt with transfers, clubs all over Europe began to fight for the championship. While the giants, such as Chelsea and PSG, predictably began to achieve impressive victories, more modest teams also managed to declare themselves — largely thanks to their new stars. Now we will talk about the newcomers who immediately started playing at the highest level. Of course, not everyone instantly finds their place in the new team and the championship, but these guys did not experience any difficulties. Takehiro Tomiyasu (Arsenal) After Arsene …

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Xavi agreed to head Barcelona instead of Koeman

Barcelona has finally fulfilled the dream of all Catalans and fired Ronald Koeman from the head coach of the club. The Dutchman’s resignation was led by the second consecutive defeat by a team from Madrid in four days – this time from Rayo Vallecano. Koeman leaves Blaugrana in 9th place in La Liga, 6 points behind Real Madrid, Betis, Sevilla and Sociedad. A small consolation is an available game in stock. Unfortunately, things are a little worse in the Champions League: two defeats from Bayern and Benfica with a total score of 0:6, a minimal home victory over Dynamo Kyiv (1:0) …

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PSG expects to exchange Icardi for Aguero

Paris Saint-Germain intends to sign a contract with Barcelona striker Sergio Aguero, reports El Nacional. According to the source, Parisians exchange their forward Mauro Icardi for an Argentine football player. One of the reasons for the possible exchange is the desire of PSG striker Lionel Messi to see Aguero in the team, with whom he maintains friendly relations. Earlier, Aguero said that he moved to Barcelona from Manchester City to play with Messi in the same team and was devastated after the departure of a friend to the camp of Parisians. However, it is also noted that Icardi has not …

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Barcelona wants to see River Plate legend Marcelo Gallardo as head coach

Ronald Koeman is having a hard time in the capital of Catalonia – the team takes 9th place in La Liga and risks not reaching the LCH playoffs (they started the tournament with two crushing defeats). Insiders report that River Plate coach Marcelo Gallardo, who has been wooed to Barca for a long time, is ready to replace the Dutchman. During his seven years at the club, Marcelo earned a reputation as the most flexible and successful coach in South America, winning 13 trophies and twice the main continental tournament — the Copa Libertadores. Marcelo has made it clear that …

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Five coaches who may soon be fired

The new season has just begun, and the media is already washing the bones of coaches who disappoint with their results. But, unfortunately, these are the realities of sports: they do not suffer defeats here, and first of all, coaches become scapegoats. So let’s see who may be out of work soon. Ole Gunnar Sulscher (Manchester United) It will soon be three years since Sulscher started coaching Manchester United. No one expected him to last this long. Achievement! But even though his club is one of the richest, Ole has not won anything yet. No small trophies, nor, of course, the …

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FC Barcelona - 2020–21 La Liga

Koeman’s future is becoming increasingly hazy. Barcelona lost points in La Liga again

The pressure on the head coach of Barcelona Ronald Koeman continues to grow — his team played in an annoying zero draw against the modest Cadiz. The red card of Frank de Jong led to the fact that the guests were forced to play ten times in the last 25 minutes. And Koeman was sent off in the previous minutes for arguing with the referee. Barcelona has only two wins in their opening five league matches, and talk about Koeman’s future is becoming more active. Memphis Depay was the closest to a goal in the match for Barca, but he …

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The crisis is in full swing. In Barcelona, the reboot continues

It would seem that on August 14, 2020, the Catalan team reached the bottom. On this day, she lost 2–8 to Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals of the Champions League in Lisbon. Then it became clear that the end of the whole era of “blaugranas” had come. After such humiliation, Camp Nou wanted to leave Lionel Messi, but he was not allowed. But Luis Suarez and Vidal left, Rakitic went with them, and a year later, the Argentine followed them, then the team said goodbye to Antoine Griezmann. Finally, in the autumn of last year, the club’s financial problems were …

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Barcelona — Bayern Munich. 14.09.2021. Announcement and forecast for the Champions League match

Will there be a rematch for 2:8? On Tuesday, September 14, at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona with a capacity of 99,354 spectators, as part of the first round of the Champions League group stage. Barcelona The Catalans have played only three matches this season. First, they beat Real Sociedad, then drew with Athletic, and then got the better of Getafe. As a result, Ronald Koeman’s wards rested and did not hold a championship match at the weekend, preparing directly for the game with Bayern. Despite the departure of Lionel Messi and the injuries of important players, Barcelona still has …

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