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The stage is set for a classic.

Barcelona are, if anything, an even better and more rounded team than the one that beat United in Rome to complete an unprecedented treble of Champions League, Spanish league and cup in Pep Guardiola’s debut campaign as coach.

Striker Eto’o was offloaded and won Europe’s elite club competition with Inter Milan the following season, while the brief experiment with Zlatan Ibrahimovic ended when Barca moved him on to AC Milan and bought David Villa at the end of last season.

While Villa, one of eight Barca players who won the 2010 World Cup with Spain, has been going through a barren patch in recent weeks, his work rate is an important component of Barca’s play and he has formed a highly effective frontline alongside World Player of the Year Lionel Messi and Pedro.

Argentina forward Messi has gone from strength to strength since the 2009 triumph in Rome and is top scorer in this season’s edition with 11 goals, including two in the semi-final first leg at arch rivals Real Madrid.

Xavi and Andres Iniesta provide the creative spark in midfield, backed up by the mobile and tough-tackling Sergio Busquets, while Gerard Pique, who spent several seasons at United between 2004 and 2008, has been immense at centre back.

The stage is set for a classic.


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FC Barcelona 5-1 Shakhtar Donetsk

FC Barcelona vs Shakhtar Donetsk
Champions League – Quarterfinals
Wednesday 06 April 2010 – 20:45
Camp Nou (86.718), Barcelona, Spain

FC Barcelona produced a Champions League masterclass as they took a giant stride towards the semi-finals by crushing Shakhtar Donetsk at the Camp Nou. They will more than likely face Real Madrid in the semi-finals.

FC Barcelone: Valdés; Alves, Piqué, Busquets, Adriano; Xavi, Mascherano, Keita; Messi, Villa (Pedro, m.70); Iniesta (Afellay, m.90)

Shaktar Donetsk: Pyatov; Srna, Ishchenko, Rakitskiy, Rat; Mkhitaryan, Hübschman (Eduardo, m.83); Douglas Costa, Jadson (Fernandinho, m.70), Willian (Alex Teixeira, m.75); Luiz Adriano

Goals: 1-0, m.2: Iniesta. 2-0, m.32: Alves. 3-0, m.54: Piqué. 3-1, m.59: Rakitskiy. 4-1, m.61: Keita. 5-1, m.86: Xavi

Watch the goals from FC Barcelona vs Shakhtar Donetsk:


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Video highlights: FC Barcelona 4-1 Malaga

FC Barcelona has recorded the best start ever for a Spanish team for the first half of a season with a totl of 52 points (2 points better than 2 years ago for Pep Guardiola’s first year as the head coach), an impressive serie of 28 matches without losing (lat record was for FC Barcelona of the 73/74 sesaon) , and 17 traight win (last record was for the Real Madrid of the 60/61 season with 16 straight wins)

FC Barcelona players celebrate their win

FC Barcelona players celebrate their win

FC Barcelona: Valdés; Alves (Adriano, m.27), Piqué, Puyol, Abidal; Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta (Afellay, m.81); Pedro (Bojan, m.81), Messi, Villa

Málaga: Asenjo; Manolo, Demichelis, Weligton, Mtiliga; Duda, Apoño, Maresca (Eliseu, m.59), Camacho (Recio, m.78), Baptista, Quincy Owusu-Abeyie (Rondón, m.59)

Goals: 1-0, m.8: Iniesta. 2-0, m.18: Villa. 3-0, m.36: Pedro. 3-1, m.68. Duda et 4-1, m.74: Villa


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Video highlights: FC Barcelona 5-0 Real Sociedad

Another stunning victory for FC Barcelona last night agaisnt Real Sociedad. Messi, again, scored 2 goals and has scored an outstanding 17 goals in only 13 matches this Season.

FC Barcelona

FC Barcelona celebrate their 1st goal of the night

All goals from FC Barcelona vs Real Sociedad

FC Barcelona: Valdés; Alves, Puyol, Abidal, Maxwell; Mascherano (Busquets, m.52), Xavi (Keita, m.67), Iniesta; Pedro (Bojan, m.61), Messi, Villa

Real Sociedad: Bravo; Carlos Martínez, Ansotegi, Mikel González, De la Bella; Rivas, Elustondo, Aranburu (Zurutuza, m.56); Xabi Prieto (Sarpong, m.80), Griezmann, Joseba Llorente (Tamudo, m.69)

Goals: 1-0, m.9: Villa. 2-0, m.33: Iniesta. 3-0, m.46: Messi. 4-0, m.87: Messi. 5-0, m.90: Bojan

Venue: Camp Nou (Attendance: 74.931)


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FC Barcelona 5-0 Real Madrid video highlights

If ever there was still some doubts as per which team is the best in the Spanish League, they should all have vanished after the demonstration done by FC Barcelona during El Clasico at the Camp Nou stadium. Xavi, Pedro, Villa (x2) and Jeffren scored for the blaugrana in one of the most impressive statement made by the Catalan club towards their biggest rivals…

We have posted pictures of the match on our Facebook account. Click here to see 150 pictures of El Clasico…

FC Barcelona vs Real Madrid

FC Barcelona vs Real Madrid

FC Barcelona: Valdés; Alves, Puyol, Piqué, Abidal; Busquets, Xavi (Keita, m.86), Iniesta; Pedro (Jeffren, m.86), Messi, Villa (Bojan, m.76)

Real Madrid: Casillas; Sergio Ramos, Pepe, Carvalho, Marcelo (Arbeloa, m.60); Xabi Alonso, Khedira; Di Maria, Özil (Lass Diarra, m.46), Ronaldo, Benzema

Goals: 1-0, m. 10: Xavi. 2-0, m.18: Pedro. 3-0, m.55: Villa, 4-0, m.57: Villa. 5-0, m. 91: Jeffren

Venue: Camp Nou (Attendance: 98.255)


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Video highlights Panathinaikos FC 0-3 FC Barcelona

FC Barcelona secured the top spot of the Champions League stage group with this win in Greece against Panathinaikos FC. Messi and Pedro (x2) secured the score for the Blaugrana.

FC Barcelona celebrate Pedro's first goal of the night

FC Barcelona celebrate Pedro's first goal of the night

Although FC Barcelona was in total control of the match, the local fans did not stop cheering for their team. One of them even managed to make it to the pitch, running towards Leo Messi. The rest is history…

A greek pointer upsets Leo Messi

A greek pointer upsets Leo Messi during Panathinaikos FC - FC Barcelona

All goals in video:


24-11-2010 – Panathinaikos 0-3 Barcelona (Group D)

Panathinaikos: Tzorvas; Vyntra, Boumsong, Kanté, Spyropoulos; Katsouranis (Plessis, m.67), Gilberto Silva; Marinos (Dimoutsos, m.46), Luis García (Petropoulos, m.63), Christodopoulos, Cissé.

FC Barcelona: Valdés, Alves, Piqué (Abidal, m.71), Puyol, Adriano (Maxwell, m.76), Mascherano, Xavi (Keita, m.71), Iniesta, Pedro, Villa, Messi.

Goals: 0-1, m.27: Pedro. 0-2, m.62: Messi. 0-3, m.69: Pedro.


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