الثلاثاء، 18 نوفمبر 2014

FC Barcelona News: 18 November 2014; Busy Day for Barça Internationals, Luis Suarez, Ivan Rakitić Back in Training


Neymar, Piqué and Xavi in FIFA campaign against Ebola | FC Barcelona

FIFA has set up an awareness and prevention campaign to support the fight against Ebola in conjunction with the African Football Confederation (CAF) and health experts. Called Together we can beat Ebola, it involves a selection of the world’s top footballers are publishing eleven messages to raise awareness of the disease and ways to combat it.


Friendly internationals for ten from FC Barcelona | FC Barcelona

The second round of international matches features as many as ten Barça players (Neymar, Messi, Mascherano, Piqué, Sergio, Pedro, Bartra, Jordi Alba, Bravo and Ter Stegen) in action in friendlies on Tuesday night. However, Luis Suárez will not be playing for Uruguay against Claudio Bravos’ Chile as he was given special permission to return to Barcelona.


Ivan Rakitic back at training | FC Barcelona

Despite none having been given full medical clearance, Sergi Roberto, Mathieu and Rafinha all exercised along with Vermaelen, Xavi, Douglas, Adriano, Alves and Masip of the first team and Barça B’s José Aurelio Suárez, Sandro, Munir and Samper.


Luis Suárez back at training | FC Barcelona

Thomas Vermaelen was among the players at the Ciutat Esportiva, as were Sergi Roberto and Jérémy Mathieu, despite not yet being declared fully fit. Andrés Iniesta and Rafinha did specific exercises, while Martín Montoya has gone down with a fever and will not be training until the Medical Services decide that he is well enough to do so.


Special game for Ivan Rakitic | FC Barcelona

Ivan Rakitic is going to find Saturday’s game a little bit more special than usual. Barça are playing Sevilla, the side he joined in January 2011 and played for through to the summer of 2014. Before that, he was at Basel and Schalke 04, but this is the first time he has ever experienced a game against one of his former clubs.


Lionel Messi hints at uncertainty over long-term Barcelona future - ESPN FC

"At the moment I am living in the present," Messi said. "I am thinking about having a great year and winning the trophies we want at Barcelona. And nothing else. Later we will see. In football things change all the time. Although I have always said I would like to stay there forever, sometimes everything does not always go as you want."


Internationals in action around the world | FC Barcelona

Neymar (Brazil); Messi and Mascherano (Argentina); Piqué, Sergio, Pedro, Bartra and Jordi Alba (Spain); Bravo (Chile) and Ter Stegen (Germany U21) are all playing friendly matches on Tuesday night and will be heading back to Barcelona when they are done.


With his future at stake, Gerard Pique must reverse his recent struggles - ESPN FC

Despite Pique's contributions for major teams such as Manchester United and, especially, Barcelona and Spain, there have constantly been questions about his commitment, his eagerness to succeed and, ultimately, his professionalism.


Bartomeu and Bach strengthen ties between FCB Foundation and IOC | FC Barcelona

A party representing FC Barcelona, and led by president Josep Maria Bartomeu, was in Lausanne on Monday for a meeting with IOC president Thomas Bach. Ramon Pont, the first vice-president for the Foundation, was also in attendance as the two entities continued strengthening their ties focused on the teaching of values through sport.


Advan with the FC Barcelona players | FC Barcelona

In a recent meeting at the Ciutat Esportiva, the FC Barcelona first team players got to enjoy the latest technology from Advan, a regional partner of FCB and its Official Mobile Phone Device in Indonesia. Mr Tirta Setyono Siek, president of Advan, and Mr Andy Gusena, director of Endeecomm, presented different models of smartphone and tablet to Luis Suárez, Gerard Piqué, Andrés Iniesta, Jordi Alba and Pedro Rodríguez.


Barcelona's worst ever signings | Goal.com

Gallery of Barcelona worse ever signings.


Real Madrid's Luka Modric facing three months out with thigh injury | Sky Sports

The 29-year-old sustained the problem midway through the first half of Croatia's Euro 2016 qualifier against Italy. The news will come as a blow to Real Madrid, who revealed the former Tottenham and Dinamo Zagreb man had suffered a "tear of the left proximal rectus femoris tendon" on Monday, although they did not put a timescale on his recovery.







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