An 8th minute goal from Busquets and a 91st minute goal from Keita gave Barcelona a 2-2 draw agisnt Betis on Saturday, after the hosts scored two goals in quick succession in the 70th and 73rd minute to put them briefly ahead.
The match was Pep Guardiola’s last league match as Barça coach, with his final match on May 25th when Barcelona faces Athletic Bilbao in the Copa del Rey.
Saturday night was the Barcelona Derby against RCD Espanyol and also marked the final match at the Nou Camp for Pep Guardiola. He has achieved phenomenol success while the team coach and whatever his successor does, he is sure to be missed for his contribution. Messi scored all four goals of the match, putting him [...]
Lionel Messi is two goals ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo after last night’s matches in which Barcelona beat Malaga 4-1, with a goal from Carles Puyol and three from Messi, while Real Madrid clinched the league title with a 3-1 win against Athletic Club Bilbao.
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Barcelona’s dream was to beat Real Madrid at the Nou Camp on Saturday and turn their four point deficit in the lead into a single point and thereafter leapfrog Madrid waiting for them to stumble. However, it looks as if the league is now over after a 2-1 win to Madrid opened up that gap [...]
Barcelona’s 4-1 win against Zaragoza on Saturday put them briefly three points behind Real Madrid, but after a goalless draw against Valencia, Madrid is ahead of Barcelona by just four points.
Zaragoza scored first but Puyol soon scored one for Barça. Messi put the Catalans ahead in the first half, with two more goals at [...]
Both Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao made several changes to their starting lineups when they met on Saturday night due to the previous week’s European committments. Of the two sides the visitors looked most tired just two days after their Europa League match. According to Barça Blaugranas:
Both sides made multiple changes from after their exertions midweek [...]
Barcelona moved temporarily three points behind Madrid after a 2-0 win against Mallorca on Saturday thanks to goals from Messi. The Catalans went down to 10 men after Thiago was sent off early in the second half.
Messi, who broke Barcelona’s all-time scoring record on Wednesday, netted from a poorly defended free kick to become the [...]
Messi, Xavi and Tello all scored against Granada inn Barcelona’s 5-3 victory against Granada. The Argentine scored a hat trick and by doing so became the highest scoring player ever at Barcelona. At the press conference coach Pep Guardiola was effusive in his praise:
“We are witnessing the best [player] in every sense,” Barcelona manager Guardiola [...]
Goals from Xavi and Messi saw Barcelona beat Sevilla 2-0 on Saturday, marking Messi’s 150th league goal and 51st of the season. meanwhile Real Madrid drew against Malaga to reduce their lead in the table to eight points. Afterwards Pep Guardiola told reporters that the league was over for Barça, but of Messi he said:
“He’s [...]
Lionel Messi continued his one man goal factory with two more against Racing Santander on Sunday. His goals meant that Barcelona took another three points and they finished the weekend 10 points behind Madrid.
Andres Iniesta had hit the bar and Cesc Fabregas was denied by a fine save from Mario Fernandez before Messi did put [...]
