الأربعاء، 29 أبريل 2015

FC Barcelona News: 29 April 2015; Barça Hammer Getafe, North American Preseason Tour Taking Shape

FC Barcelona v Getafe CF: Six appeal (6-0) | FC Barcelona
FC Barcelona produced a masterclass in footballing excellence on Tuesday night at the Camp Nou . With five goals in the first half, the game was done and dusted with 45 minutes left to play. Messi (2), Suárez (2), Neymar and Xavi all found the target as Barça rocked their way to a crowd-pleasing 6-0 rout.

'Playing like that we're unstoppable' says Luis Enrique | FC Barcelona
The Camp Nou witnessed some beautiful goals on Tuesday evening and Luis Enrique was the first man to appreciate that. "I don’t remember ever seeing a game with quite so many spectacular goals" he glowingly said afterwards. "When the team is as effective as that, they’re unstoppable."

102 goals for the FC Barcelona 'trident': Leo Messi, Neymar and Luis Suárez | FC Barcelona
The attacking ‘trident’ of Leo Messi, Neymar Jr and Luis Suárez is still delivering the goods. They scored five of the six goals on Tuesday night against Getafe to take their combined season total up to 102 in all competitions. No club in Europe can presume to have a frontline that’s so effective at putting the ball where it belongs – in the back of the net.

Five talking points from FC Barcelona v Getafe | FC Barcelona
Luis Enrique made four changes to the side that had won 2-0 at the Power8 stadium just a few days before. He opted for a fresh back four (Bartra and Mathieu), was forced due to Alba’s suspension to field a different left-back (Adriano) and played a different piece in midfield (Xavi). Getafe, who are suffering from a string of injury woes, also played an unfamiliar starting eleven.

FC Barcelona players highlight the bond with the supporters | FC Barcelona
After hitting Getafe for six, double-goalscorer Luis Suárez told the press that "we know that every team comes to try to give us a game, so we decided go out as strong as we could right from the start. We know we have big things to win, and it’s so important to have such a great connection between the team, fans and coaches."

Messi's Panenka pen on social media | FC Barcelona
A collection of fans' videos of Messi's spectacular opener against Getafe

Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez break Barcelona goal record | Football News | Sky Sports
That’s a Barcelona club record for an attacking trio, surpassing the 100 goals scored by Messi, Samuel Eto’o and Thierry Henry in the 2008/09 treble-winning season under Pep Guardiola. With at least seven games left to play this year – potentially eight, should they reach the Champions League final – Messi, Neymar and Suarez still have plenty of time to further extend that record.

Luis Enrique and Ancelotti uncertain futures Graham Hunter - ESPN FC
Even by Spanish standards, it would take a notable degree of short-sightedness from the leading clubs for Atletico Madrid to be the lone team of La Liga's top five sides to begin next season with their current coach. There are some identical threads in the stories that weave their way through all five -- Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atletico Madtid, Valencia and Sevilla -- but, equally, there are also idiosyncrasies in each instance.

Dates for the North American International Champions Cup revealed | FC Barcelona
Manchester United, Chelsea, Los Angeles Galaxy and Fiorentina will be FC Barcelona’s opponents in the 3rd edition of the North American International Champions Cup, a competition organised by Relevant Sports and that will take place starting on 11 July. Barça will take part in the tournament for the very first time with the calendar of matches for the tournament revealed on Tuesday in New York at the competition’s official launch. Present representing the Club were Éric Abidal in the role of ambassador and the Club’s CEO Ignacio Mestre.

Éric Abidal back on Club duty in New York | FC Barcelona
Frenchman Éric Abidal played his last game for Barça on 1 June 2013, when Tito Villanova brought him on for the last 17 minutes against Malaga to a standing ovation from the Camp Nou faithful. Two days later he bade farewell at an emotional press conference.

Bayern Munich's Arjen Robben out for remainder of season with calf injury | News
Robben, who has netted 19 goals this season, lasted just 16 minutes on his second-half come-back in the German Cup semi-final defeat by Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday after a month out with torn stomach muscles. Bayern have already wrapped up the Bundesliga, but face Barcelona in the Champions League semi-final first leg next week.

International Symposium on Disability and Football begins | FC Barcelona
The International Symposium on Disability and Football organised by FC Barcelona’s Specialised Services Office (OEA) opened this Tuesday with Club Social Area Director Jordi Cardoner and President Josep Maria Bartomeu, as well as the Office’s head Pilar Guinovart all making interventions.

Barca to step up Fabinho interest | Football Espana
Barcelona are set to step up their interest in Brazilian right-back Fabinho whether Dani Alves remains with the club or not this summer. The 21-year-old has been on loan at Monaco from Portuguese outfit Rio Ave since July 2013 and Ariedo Braida, who oversees Barca’s technical committee in charge of bringing in new players, has already travelled to the Principality to watch him in action.



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