الخميس، 10 ديسمبر 2015

FC Barcelona News: 10 December 2015; Neymar Set to Miss CWC Semi-Final, Juvenil A Progress in Youth League

FC Barcelona's seven possible round of 16 opponents in the Champions League | FC Barcelona
Barça are through to the last sixteen of the Champions League, and with all the group games concluded, we can now take a look at the teams that finished in second place in their groups. All of them are potential rivals with the exception of AS Roma, who Barça cannot play as sides that faced each other in the group stage are kept apart. Trips to France, Holland, Portugal, Italy, England, Ukraine and Belgium are all on the cards.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen v FC Barcelona: Bonus point at the BayArena (1-1) | FC Barcelona
With top spot in Group E already guaranteed, Barça were only playing for honour on Wednesday night. And they managed to achieve just that by holding on for a 1-1 draw against a Bayer side that threw everything they could at the visitors in search of a winner that would mean they would join the Catalans in the last sixteen.

Luis Enrique happy to give youth a chance | FC Barcelona
"I felt positive about our performance. I wanted to give the players who have played the most minutes a rest and I saw good signs from us against a team that really had to win," said the Barça coach after giving the four youngsters in the squad, Samper, Gumbau, Cámara and Kaptoum, a chance to shine against the German side.

FC Barcelona B players discuss their experience in the BayArena | FC Barcelona
Barça had already achieved their objective ahead of tonight’s game with Bayer Leverkusen, so Luis Enrique opted to rest some of his more regular players and also hand European debuts to two members of the Barça B squad. One of those was Cameroonian Wilfrid Kaptoum, who said afterwards that "I was a bit shocked to learn that the boss had picked me as a starter …

Bayer Leverkusen v FC Barcelona (U19): Into the last sixteen (0-1) | FC Barcelona
The Barça U19 team are through to the last sixteen of the UEFA Youth League for the third year running. A draw away to Bayer Leverkusen would have been enough to do the job, but it never looked like the Catalans were going to settle for the easy option, and an Àlex Blanco goal ended up winning all three points.

Neymar to miss CWC semi | Football Espana
Barcelona will be without Neymar for their Club World Cup semi-final, the forward’s father and agent has confirmed. Neymar was injured in training on Tuesday and sat out Barca’s final Champions League group game, which ended in a draw with Bayer Leverkusen, due to a minor groin injury.

Neymar Jr groin injury confirmed | FC Barcelona
The Brazilian’s presence in the next few matches will depend on how the injury progresses. The player suffered the injury during the training session at the BayArena prior to the Champions League match with Bayer Leverkusen.

Lionel Messi news: Forward misses Barcelona training for 'personal reasons' - Goal.com
Barcelona have revealed Lionel Messi missed training on Thursday for unspecified "personal reasons". Messi played the full 90 minutes of his side's Champions League draw with Bayer Leverkusen in Germany on Wednesday night, but appeared to be troubled by a hamstring injury towards the end of the game as he clutched the back of his leg.

Barca deny Messi injury | Football Espana
Barcelona have moved to quash any suggestions Lionel Messi suffered an injury in the Champions League draw with Bayer Leverkusen. Messi scored the game’s opening goal but was later seen to be struggling with an injury to his right leg, around the hamstring, and coming shortly after the forward returned from a knee problem, Sport notes there was concern he had suffered a further setback.

Nolito still top priority for Barcelona — Stones, Bellerin to follow? - Goal.com
The Catalan club was unable to register new players in 2015 after a two-window transfer ban handed to it by FIFA for irregularities in the recruitment of young players, but that period is almost over and Arda Turan and Aleix Vidal will be able to feature in January after arriving at Camp Nou last summer.

Unique Maurice Lacroix promotion for FC Barcelona members | FC Barcelona
Maurice Lacroix, the official FC Barcelona watch, has created a unique promotion for all members, who have until 12.00 am on December 20 to put their creative skills to the test and design their own watch, just like the Barça first team players have already done. 719 club members have already enjoyed this exclusive experience.

Marc-Andre ter Stegen - Not easy sharing keeper duties - ESPN FC
Marc-Andre ter Stegen admits it is "not easy" sharing goalkeeping duties with Claudio Bravo at Barcelona but said he is happy with the season so far. Barca coach Luis Enrique is fielding German keeper ter Stegen in the Champions League and Copa del Rey while Bravo is first choice in La Liga, as he did last season when the club won all three competitions.

Auckland City coach admires FC Barcelona's style of play | FC Barcelona
You've probably never heard of Ramon Tribulietx. The coach of Auckland City, a Catalonia native and die-hard FC Barcelona fan, has guided his team to the FIFA Club World Cup for the fifth consecutive season. While Auckland City would have to make the final to face Barça, Tribulietx sat down to confesses his admiration for FC Barcelona in an interview for fcbarcelona.com.



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