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Ibrahimovic: “Guardiola bullied me!”

Posted by Football Tickets Barcelona in blog, Champions league, FC Barcelona, Media, Spanish Super Cup on Friday 4 November 2011

In his new autobiography, Ibrahimovic claims Guardiola was key to ostracising him.

“It was a childhood dream and I was walking on air” Ibrahimovic was quoted “It started well but then Messi started to talk.
“He wanted to play in the middle, not on the wing, so the system changed from 4-3-3 to 4-5-1. I was sacrificed and no longer had the freedom on the pitch I need to succeed.

“So I asked for a meeting with Guardiola – for a discussion, not an argument. I said I was being used in the wrong way and that they shouldn’t have bought me if they wanted another type of player.

“I told him what a friend had said to me – ‘you bought a Ferrari but drive it like a Fiat‘. The chat seemed to go well but then Guardiola started to freeze me out.

“I would walk into a room; he would leave. He would greet everyone by saying hello, but would ignore me.

“I had done a lot to adapt – the Barca players were like schoolboys, following the coach blindly, whereas I was used to asking ‘why?’ I like guys who run red lights, not pedantic and strict rules. So I tried to be overly nice, didn’t dare lose my temper.

“But after this I stopped trying to adapt. For example, at Barca players were banned from driving their sports cars to training. I thought this was ridiculous – it was no one’s business what car I drive – so in April, before a match with Almeria, I drove my Ferrari Enzo to work. It caused a scene.”

After a 4-1 win against Villarreal during which the former Juventus and Ajax forward only played five minutes.

“Pep was staring at me and I lost it. I thought ‘there is my enemy, scratching his bald head’. I yelled to him: ‘You have no balls!’ And probably worse things than that.

“I added: ‘You are s****ing yourself because of (then-Internazionale manager Jose Mourinho, whose side beat Barca in the Champions League). You can go to hell!’ I was completely mad.

“I threw a box full of training gear across the room, it crashed to the floor and Pep said nothing, just put stuff back in the box.

“I’m not violent, but if I were Guardiola I would have been frightened.”


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Andre Villas-Boas says Barca has it good now but…

Posted by Football Tickets Barcelona in Champions league, FC Barcelona, Media, News on Wednesday 19 October 2011

Andre Villas-Boas says Barca has it good now but puts it down to the fact that there youth team came together with a manager who could do his job and dosnt think it will continue forever.

“These past years of Barcelona’s success has collided with a multitude of events that has provided this team with the ability to play so well,” said Villas-Boas, who has already admitted Chelsea may need to beat the Spanish giants if they are to end wait for Champions League glory.

“The amount of talent which came through their youth teams which comes together now in the first team, a manager that defends the values of the club like nobody else…

“These past four or five years of Barcelona will be, for sure, the exception. Eventually, there are years of better talent (elsewhere) and years of drought.”


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VIP Football Tickets for FC Barcelona

Posted by Football Tickets Barcelona in Champions league, Clubs' World Cup, Copa del Rey, European Super Cup, FC Barcelona, Football Tickets alerts, Gamper Trophy, Spanish League, Spanish Super Cup on Friday 2 September 2011

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Each will be granted access to a comfortable VIP area where drinks and finger food is served from one hour before the match up to 45 minutes after the final whistle.

This is an ideal setting to enjoy the evening from the start hour before the match to and after it has ended



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Welcome to the 2011-2012 Champions League

Posted by Football Tickets Barcelona in blog, Champions league, FC Barcelona, Football Tickets alerts, News on Friday 26 August 2011

Here is the full schedule for the 2011-2012 Champions League.(All times are GMT) Will FC Barcelona repeat?

Champions League

Tuesday September 13
13 Sep, 19:45 Chelsea v Bayer Leverkusen Stamford Bridge, London
13 Sep, 19:45 Racing Genk v Valencia CF Cristal Arena, Genk
13 Sep, 19:45 Olympiacos v Olympique Marseille Stadio Karaiskaki, Piraeus
13 Sep, 19:45 Borussia Dortmund v Arsenal Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund
13 Sep, 19:45 FC Porto v Shakhtar Donetsk Estádio do Dragão, Porto
13 Sep, 19:45 APOEL Nicosia v Zenit St. Petersburg GSP-Stadion, Nicosia
13 Sep, 19:45 FC Barcelona v AC Milan Camp Nou, Barcelona (Buy tickets)
13 Sep, 19:45 Viktoria Plzen v BATE Borisov Stadion mesta Plzne, Plzen

Wednesday September 14
14 Sep, 19:45 Manchester City v Napoli Etihad Stadium, Manchester
14 Sep, 19:45 Villarreal CF v Bayern Munich El Madrigal, Villarreal
14 Sep, 19:45 Lille OSC v CSKA Moscow Stadium Lille Métropole, Villeneuve-d’Ascq
14 Sep, 19:45 Internazionale v Trabzonspor Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan
14 Sep, 19:45 FC Basel v Otelul Galati Sankt Jakob-Park, Basel
14 Sep, 19:45 Benfica v Manchester United Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
14 Sep, 19:45 Ajax v Olympique Lyon Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam
14 Sep, 19:45 Dinamo Zagreb v Real Madrid Maksimir, Zagreb

Tuesday September 27
27 Sep, 17:00 CSKA Moscow v Internazionale Arena-Khimki, Khimki
27 Sep, 19:45 Bayern Munich v Manchester City Allianz-Arena, Munich
27 Sep, 19:45 Napoli v Villarreal CF Stadio San Paolo, Naples
27 Sep, 19:45 Trabzonspor v Lille OSC Hüseyin Avni Aker, Trabzon
27 Sep, 19:45 Manchester United v FC Basel Old Trafford, Manchester
27 Sep, 19:45 Otelul Galati v Benfica Stadionul Otelul, Galati
27 Sep, 19:45 Olympique Lyon v Dinamo Zagreb Stade Gerland, Lyon
27 Sep, 19:45 Real Madrid v Ajax Bernabéu, Madrid (Buy tickets)

Wednesday September 28
28 Sep, 17:00 Zenit St. Petersburg v FC Porto Petrovskiy, St. Petersburg
28 Sep, 19:45 Bayer Leverkusen v Racing Genk BayArena, Leverkusen
28 Sep, 19:45 Valencia CF v Chelsea Mestalla, Valencia
28 Sep, 19:45 Olympique Marseille v Borussia Dortmund Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
28 Sep, 19:45 Arsenal v Olympiacos Emirates Stadium, London
28 Sep, 19:45 Shakhtar Donetsk v APOEL Nicosia Donbass Arena, Donetsk
28 Sep, 19:45 AC Milan v Viktoria Plzen Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan
28 Sep, 19:45 BATE Borisov v FC Barcelona Gradski Stadion, Barysaw

Tuesday October 18
18 Oct, 17:00 CSKA Moscow v Trabzonspor Arena-Khimki, Khimki
18 Oct, 19:45 Manchester City v Villarreal CF Etihad Stadium, Manchester
18 Oct, 19:45 Napoli v Bayern Munich Stadio San Paolo, Naples
18 Oct, 19:45 Lille OSC v Internazionale Stadium Lille Métropole, Villeneuve-d’Ascq
18 Oct, 19:45 FC Basel v Benfica Sankt Jakob-Park, Basel
18 Oct, 19:45 Otelul Galati v Manchester United Stadionul Otelul, Galati
18 Oct, 19:45 Real Madrid v Olympique Lyon Bernabéu, Madrid (Buy tickets)
18 Oct, 19:45 Dinamo Zagreb v Ajax Maksimir, Zagreb

Wednesday October 19
19 Oct, 19:45 Bayer Leverkusen v Valencia CF BayArena, Leverkusen
19 Oct, 19:45 Chelsea v Racing Genk Stamford Bridge, London
19 Oct, 19:45 Olympiacos v Borussia Dortmund Stadio Karaiskaki, Piraeus
19 Oct, 19:45 Olympique Marseille v Arsenal Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
19 Oct, 19:45 Shakhtar Donetsk v Zenit St. Petersburg Donbass Arena, Donetsk
19 Oct, 19:45 FC Porto v APOEL Nicosia Estádio do Dragão, Porto
19 Oct, 19:45 AC Milan v BATE Borisov Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan
19 Oct, 19:45 FC Barcelona v Viktoria Plzen Camp Nou, Barcelona (Buy tickets)

Tuesday November 1
1 Nov, 16:00 Zenit St. Petersburg v Shakhtar Donetsk Petrovskiy, St. Petersburg
1 Nov, 19:45 Racing Genk v Chelsea Cristal Arena, Genk
1 Nov, 19:45 Valencia CF v Bayer Leverkusen Mestalla, Valencia
1 Nov, 19:45 Arsenal v Olympique Marseille Emirates Stadium, London
1 Nov, 19:45 Borussia Dortmund v Olympiacos Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund
1 Nov, 19:45 APOEL Nicosia v FC Porto GSP-Stadion, Nicosia
1 Nov, 19:45 BATE Borisov v AC Milan Gradski Stadion, Barysaw
1 Nov, 19:45 Viktoria Plzen v FC Barcelona Stadion mesta Plzne, Plzen

Wednesday November 2
2 Nov, 19:45 Villarreal CF v Manchester City El Madrigal, Villarreal
2 Nov, 19:45 Bayern Munich v Napoli Allianz-Arena, Munich
2 Nov, 19:45 Internazionale v Lille OSC Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan
2 Nov, 19:45 Trabzonspor v CSKA Moscow Hüseyin Avni Aker, Trabzon
2 Nov, 19:45 Benfica v FC Basel Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
2 Nov, 19:45 Manchester United v Otelul Galati Old Trafford, Manchester
2 Nov, 19:45 Ajax v Dinamo Zagreb Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
2 Nov, 19:45 Olympique Lyon v Real Madrid Stade Gerland, Lyon

Tuesday November 22
22 Nov, 16:00 CSKA Moscow v Lille OSC Arena-Khimki, Khimki
22 Nov, 19:45 Bayern Munich v Villarreal CF Allianz-Arena, Munich
22 Nov, 19:45 Napoli v Manchester City Stadio San Paolo, Naples
22 Nov, 19:45 Trabzonspor v Internazionale Hüseyin Avni Aker, Trabzon
22 Nov, 19:45 Manchester United v Benfica Old Trafford, Manchester
22 Nov, 19:45 Otelul Galati v FC Basel Stadionul Otelul, Galati
22 Nov, 19:45 Olympique Lyon v Ajax Stade Gerland, Lyon
22 Nov, 19:45 Real Madrid v Dinamo Zagreb Bernabéu, Madrid (Buy tickets)

Wednesday November 23
23 Nov, 16:00 Zenit St. Petersburg v APOEL Nicosia Petrovskiy, St. Petersburg
23 Nov, 19:45 Valencia CF v Racing Genk Mestalla, Valencia
23 Nov, 19:45 Bayer Leverkusen v Chelsea BayArena, Leverkusen
23 Nov, 19:45 Olympique Marseille v Olympiacos Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
23 Nov, 19:45 Arsenal v Borussia Dortmund Emirates Stadium, London
23 Nov, 19:45 Shakhtar Donetsk v FC Porto Donbass Arena, Donetsk
23 Nov, 19:45 BATE Borisov v Viktoria Plzen Gradski Stadion, Barysaw
23 Nov, 19:45 AC Milan v FC Barcelona Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan

Tuesday December 6
6 Dec, 19:45 Chelsea v Valencia CF Stamford Bridge, London
6 Dec, 19:45 Racing Genk v Bayer Leverkusen Cristal Arena, Genk
6 Dec, 19:45 Olympiacos v Arsenal Stadio Karaiskaki, Piraeus
6 Dec, 19:45 Borussia Dortmund v Olympique Marseille Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund
6 Dec, 19:45 FC Porto v Zenit St. Petersburg Estádio do Dragão, Porto
6 Dec, 19:45 APOEL Nicosia v Shakhtar Donetsk GSP-Stadion, Nicosia
6 Dec, 19:45 FC Barcelona v BATE Borisov Camp Nou, Barcelona (Buy tickets)
6 Dec, 19:45 Viktoria Plzen v AC Milan Stadion mesta Plzne, Plzen

Wednesday December 7
7 Dec, 19:45 Villarreal CF v Napoli El Madrigal, Villarreal
7 Dec, 19:45 Manchester City v Bayern Munich Etihad Stadium, Manchester
7 Dec, 19:45 Internazionale v CSKA Moscow Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan
7 Dec, 19:45 Lille OSC v Trabzonspor Stadium Lille Métropole, Villeneuve-d’Ascq
7 Dec, 19:45 Benfica v Otelul Galati Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
7 Dec, 19:45 FC Basel v Manchester United Sankt Jakob-Park, Basel
7 Dec, 19:45 Ajax v Real Madrid Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam
7 Dec, 19:45 Dinamo Zagreb v Olympique Lyon Maksimir, Zagreb


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Barcelona could stand between AC Milan and Champions League glory

Posted by Football Tickets Barcelona in blog, Champions league, European Super Cup, FC Barcelona, News on Thursday 25 August 2011

Coach Allegri insists the seven-times’ European Cup winners AC Milan will be ready for whoever they come out of the hat alongside in Thursday’s draw for the group stages of the Champions League in Monaco.

“I am convinced that, with a full squad, we are on a par with Real Madrid,” he stated. “The only exception is Barcelona“.

“Last season we went out of the competition against Tottenham because of some bad luck and a number of injuries.”

“I do not have to build a team, but I have to improve it. Milan are not perfect.

“Let me give you an example – when Barcelona lose the ball, they try to regain possession at a frenetic pace. That is one aspect we have to do better in.”


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Clubs ‘plan breakaway league’

Posted by Football Tickets Barcelona in Champions league, News on Friday 29 July 2011

Top clubs have threatened to break away from FIFA and UEFA and form their own super league unless their concerns over fixtures and finance are addressed.
The strained relationship between the governing bodies and the clubs was illustrated by a stinging attack on FIFA by Bayern Munich president Karl-Heinz Rummenigge on Wednesday, when he called for a “revolution” in football.

Rummenigge said: “Sepp Blatter is saying he is cleaning up the game, but the fact that no-one believes him, tells you everything you need to know. I’m not optimistic because they believe the system is working perfectly as it is. It is a money-machine.

“It is a nice game but it is decided by people who are corrupt. I am not ready to accept the system as it is and I am not alone.”

There is an increasing feeling that FIFA has lost authority, and that its leadership lacks both the will and the means to eliminate corruption.

An ECA board member told The Guardian: “The fact that Bayern Munich, who have always been close to the institutions, are being so vocal and loud about the situation is a clear sign we’re very close to breaking point.

“We have a memorandum of understanding with UEFA that expires in 2014. After that time we can no longer be forced to respect FIFA statutes or UEFA regulations. And we won’t be obliged to compete in their competitions.”

The ECA comprises all of Europe’s top clubs, including Barcelona, Real Madrid and AC Milan, plus the following Premier League clubs: Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur, Everton, Aston Villa, Newcastle United and Fulham.
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