The rumors, for once, came to fruition, as FC Barcelona will pay a transfer fee of €40 million to Valencia for Spanish international striker David Villa. This tango (or the sardana for a more local, Catalunyan flair) danced by the two clubs since the previous offseason will finally end as outgoing Barça president Joan Laporta […]
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FC Barcelona Means For Zlatan Ibrahimovic">What David Villa’s Transfer to FC Barcelona Means For Zlatan Ibrahimovic
by Andy Pineda on May 20, 2010 · 24 comments Tweet
La Liga Jornada 38 Review: Barcelona Defends Their La Liga Crown
by Andy Pineda on May 17, 2010 · 0 comments Tweet
Once Lionel Messi scored his club record-tying 34th goal of the season in the 76th minute to increase the lead to 4–0, the 98,772 Culés at the Camp Nou, save for a few hundred Real Valladolid die-hards, began to chant the song that every team wants to hear at the end of the season, “Campeones, […]
FIFA World Cup 2010 Part Three">Vicente del Bosque Announces Spain’s Provisional 30-Man Squad For FIFA World Cup 2010 Part Three
by Andy Pineda on May 14, 2010 · 0 comments Tweet
On Tuesday, the goalkeepers and defenders were discussed, and Wednesday, the midfielders were discussed. With all of the creative talent in the midfield, that will bring the pressure on the forwards to convert the multitudes of chances that Xavi, Xabi Alonso, etc. will create for them. Obviously, the two starting men up front would be […]
La Liga Jornada 32 Review: Athletic Bilbao Disappoints and Disappears Against Valencia
by Andy Pineda on April 16, 2010 · 0 comments Tweet
Sevilla failed to show up against a desperate Real Valladolid side. Mallorca could only muster a draw against Real Zaragoza at La Romareda. Athletic Bilbao knew that a win against Valencia on Thursday would ascend them to within one point of Mallorca for the final Champions League spot. Sure, Athletic has not won away from […]
Throughout Barcelona’s two-year run of groundbreaking excellence, Josep Guardiola i Sala role as a tactician tended to be undervalued. He reinstituted the “Total Football” concept that Johan Cruyff, Guardiola’s former manager at FC Barcelona, instilled when he was a player and a manager at the club, and he changed the culture inside the dressing room. He […]
Zlatan Ibrahimovic: A Mixed Bag in Barcelona’s 3–0 Victory over Sporting Gijón
by Andy Pineda on September 2, 2009 · 4 comments Tweet
Writer’s Note: Unfortunately, WordPress does not recognize the “c” with an accent mark, so Bojan Krkic and Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s names will not include an accent mark above the ” c.” It is easy to overreact and overanalyze after one match and assume that whatever happens in that match will become a trend throughout the season; therefore, […]
