The holders sealed progression to the last eight of Europe’s elite competition on Wednesday as they followed up their 3-1 first-leg win with a victory on home soil Barcelona advanced to the Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday following a 7-1 hammering of Leverkusen at Camp Nou. The Catalan giants entered the night with a 3-1 aggregate advantage from the first leg, and five goals from the spectacular Lionel Messi, plus a double from Champions League debutant Cristian Tello, meant that [...]

The towering defender has taken the time to praise the Catalans’ head coach’s vision, and added that he holds the ability to keep everybody at the club motivated Barcelona defender Gerard Pique has stressed that Pep Guardiola has a unique football philosophy, and added that the club’s head coach knows how to explain things to his team perfectly. Guardiola has won numerous trophies with the Catalan giants since taking charge at Camp Nou in the summer of 2008, and Pique [...]

The Argentine star has refused to write off Barca’s chances in La Liga, while insisting that his side will be ready to host Madrid in Wednesday’s Clasico Barcelona star Lionel Messi has insisted that his side are still in the race for the Liga title. The Argentina international inspired Barca to an emphatic 4-1 victory at Malaga on Sunday, a result which sees the Liga champions narrow the gap between themselves and leaders Real Madrid to two points. Jose Mourinho’s [...]

The Catalans led twice, but were pegged back on each occasion by the Brazilian outfit before prevailing in a shoot-out. Thiago and Jonathan dos Santos scored for the Spanish side Barcelona beat Brazilian outfit Internacional to reach the final of the 2011 Audi Cup in Munich on Tuesday evening, following an entertaining 2-2 draw between the two sides. Barca had twice led, in the first half through Thiago Alcantara and in the second period thanks to Jonathan dos Santos, but [...]

The newly appointed boss is impressed with his Portuguese colleague, but feels that the Catalans’ coach is even better, and says Barca outshine their rivals globally Sevilla coach Marcelino Garcia Toral has revealed his admiration for Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola, and has voiced his belief that the former Spain international is a better coach than Real Madrid counterpart Jose Mourinho. Guardiola guided Barcelona to La Liga, Champions League and the Spanish Supercopa last term, while Mourinho had to settle for [...]

Brazilian attacker’s representative confirms that Catalans are keen to lure player to Spain, too, but are ready to let him remain at his current club until 2012 Wagner Ribeiro, the agent of Brazil international Neymar, has confirmed that Real Madrid are not the only club who are keen to lure the attacker away from Santos as Barcelona have set their sights on the forward, too. Real Madrid are reportedly ready to meet Neymar’s £39.5 m (€45m) buy-out clause and the [...]