الأحد، 21 سبتمبر 2014

FC Barcelona News: 21 September 2014; 19 Players in Squad to Face Levante, Barcelona B Defeated at Home


19 players named in squad for Levante | FC Barcelona

Mascherano, Sergio, Pedro and Montoya are all in the squad after missing the midweek Champions League match and Munir and Sandro are again included. Adriano and Marc Bartra are both omitted, whilst the injured Vermaelen and Masip are the other players left at home.


Levante UD v FC Barcelona: Looking to stay top | FC Barcelona

Barça go into today’s game with Levante as league leaders with three wins out of three, having also just won their opening Champions League fixture against APOEL. And they have ended all four of those games with clean sheets. After beating Elche (3-0), Villarreal (1-0), Athletic Bilbao (2-0) and APOEL (1-0), the mood among the squad could not be better as they travel to the Ciudad de Valencia.


Luis Enrique: "All the players are working as hard as they can in training" | FC Barcelona

FC Barcelona manager gave his pre-match press conference today at the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper, where he insisted that all people should be thinking about is the next game, and that "general evaluations can be left until the end of the season." So, right now all that matters is tomorrow and Levante.


Rafinha to be held out against Levante as a precaution | FC Barcelona

Rafinha will not play in tomorrow's match against Levante. The 21-year-old Brazilian felt a bit of tightness in his left leg at the end of Saturday's training session, causing him to miss Sunday's match. He will be closely monitored in the coming days with the hope that he will be available as soon as possible.


A recent history of Levante v FC Barcelona | FC Barcelona

Barça are in top form as they arrive in Valencia to take on Levante this weekend, and are the only team with a perfect record after the first three Liga matches. Levante, however, have yet to win a match after losing the first two to Villareal and Atletico Madrid and coming away with a draw against Malaga. With only one point out of nine possible, Levante will be facing Barça in a must win situation.


Memories from Milan, the 2016 Champions League final host city | FC Barcelona

Giuseppe Meazza Stadium in Milan, commonly known as San Siro, will host the 2015/16 UEFA Champions League Final on May 28th 2016. Barça know it well having played there 13 times, achieving four victories along with four draws and five defeats.


Sergi Samper shows his knowledge of Sergio Busquets | FC Barcelona

On the Barça TV programme "ADN" a few months ago, Sergi Samper showed how closely he’d been studying Sergio Busquets style of play: "I always said that Xavi was my role model, but over the last few years, because of where I’ve been playing, I’ve been focussing on Sergio Busquets", he explained after his midweek debut and in this video he shows that he’s already learnt a lot from the Catalan midfielder.


European rivals APOEL get win | FC Barcelona

APOEL FC of Nicosia, who Barça beat midweek 1-0 thanks to a headed goal from Gerard Piqueé, had little trouble beating Ayia Napa FC 3-1 in Saturday’s Cypriot league match. Charalambides opened the scoring after 10 minutes, and Sotiriou added another two minutes later. Manduca got the third in the 36th minute before Panayotov grabbed a consolation goal for the home side in the 63rd.


FC Barcelona B v UE Llagostera: Unrewarded effort (0-1) | FC Barcelona

Barça B have lost 1-0 to Llagostera in the second all-Catalan game of the season. Patric put the ball in the back of the net, and no matter how hard they tried, Barça couldn’t make amends at the other end.


Real put eight past Deportivo | Sky Sports Football

Although Los Blancos needed around 30 minutes to break the deadlock through Ronaldo, once Carlo Ancelotti's side had got the first goal they went about mauling their hosts and buried the memory of last weekend's defeat to local rivals Atletico Madrid by blitzing the Galicians 8-2.


Atletico Madrid 2-2 Celta Vigo | Sky Sports Football

Hernandez opened the scoring in the 19th minute when he somehow managed to volley a high hanging ball past Miguel Moya with his heel, but Atletico battled back and were ahead by half-time thanks to goals from centre-back pairing Joao Miranda and Diego Godin. Celta would not roll over, though, and drew level in the 53rd minute through Nolito's penalty after Carles Planas had been bundled over in the box by Miranda.


Bilbao beaten at home | Sky Sports Football

Former Athletic Bilbao coach Joaquin Caparros enjoyed a happy return to San Mames as he saw his Granada side come away with a 1-0 win thanks to a first-half goal by Jhon Cordoba. The Colombian forward struck six minutes before half-time, and he and his team-mates then withstood a late wave of pressure to move on to eight points while also remaining unbeaten.


Malaga strike late to earn point | Sky Sports Football

A brilliant stoppage-time free-kick from Duda earned Malaga a 2-2 draw at Espanyol as they twice came from behind to snatch a point. Duda curled a beautiful effort into the top corner from 25 yards, a matter of minutes after Christian Stuani's header looked to have won it for the hosts.







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