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Nov 4, 2014

Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit. Napoleon Hill

All the Euphoria about Barca's excellent start to the season has suddenly fizzled out. The unbeaten start, the Goal Keeper who doesn't concede all those stories which regularly found themselves in the front pages have been replaced by a mid-season crisis story. And to an extent we are in a bit of a crisis. That crisis is not a result crisis but more or less an identity crisis. I can't remember when was the last time we found ourselves fourth in the La Liga table. I do remember instances of losing matches twice in a row but failure to score at home also is an event which is so far in memory. Doubts are suddenly creeping into our game, players and more importantly the fan. Everyone fear that this could all end up with that familiar feeling. With Quarter of the season done we suddenly are looking at a repeat of last season's issues. The only positive side from all this is that this is happening pretty early which should give Luis Enrique enough time to rectify, if he chooses to.

Oct 19, 2014

Brilliant Lionel Messi goal against Eibar. With this goal Messi have gone to 251 La Liga goals, just one short of all time record.

Highlights from FC Barcelona's victory against a hard working Eibar side. Xavi opened the scoring followed by Neymar and Messi. Messi with yet another assist and goal continued his great start.

Barcelona continued their great run in to the season with a hard won 3-0 victory against the newly promoted Eibar. The match remained goal less for almost an hour, thanks to Eibar's dodgy defense but Barca courtesy of Messi, Xavi and Neymar secured a vital three points going into Clasico. Ahead of the Clasico last next week, Real Madrid threw up a challenge with their 5-0 victory earlier on the night. So everyone was waiting to see how Barca would react? Going in to the Clasico Enrique should be pretty confident because of Neymar's and Messi's form and also most importantly due to the fact that Bravo is yet to concede a goal this season. Luis Enrique gave Mashcerano a rare start in midfield along with Xavi and Sergi Roberto. The defense had Alves, Pique, Mathieu and Alba. Pedro surprisingly despite a string of poor results started along with Messi and Neymar. Iniesta started on the bench while Busquets and Rakitic were rested.

Oct 4, 2014

FC Barcelona vs Rayo Vallecano Match Pictures.

Claudio Bravo extended his clean sheet record by another match with Barca wining 2-0 away against Rayo Vallecano. After the defeat to PSG in mid-week Barca needed to get to winning way quickly but Rayo presented a huge challenge. In the end Barca's exceptional quality secured three precious points. With Valencia climbing to the top of the league with a surprising 3-1 victory over defending Champion Atletico Madrid, there was no lack of motivation for Barca. Xavi's position in starting eleven has been a subject of great discussion especially after the defeat in Paris. So it wasn't a huge surprise to see him returning to the starting eleven and the tried and trusted trio of Barca midfield was back with Iniesta, Busquets and Xavi forming the midfield. Pique returned to the defense and partnered Bartra in the center with Alves and Matthieu as full backs. It was pretty nice to see Matthie playing left back which simply added enough height to our defense like we had when Abidal was the Left back. The front trio remained unchanged with Neymar, Messi and Munir.

Sep 28, 2014

Ivan Rakitic continued his goal scoring streak with a brilliant headed goal against Granada. Ivan Rakitic is fast proving to be one of the best signing in recent times.

FC Barcelona vs Granada all Goals video. Barca thrashed Granada 6 - 0 courtesy of a hat-trick by Neymar, a brace from Lionel Messi and one brilliant header from Ivan Rakitic. Enjoy the goals...

Pictures from FC Barcelona's 6-0 thrashing against Granada. This was a match of all of us to savour.

Sep 27, 2014

Barcelona Football Club got back to winning ways and back to the top of league with a brilliant 6-0 victory against Granada. After a series of away games, Barca players really cherished the chance of playing at home. There was no let off from them and it was really hard on a brave Granada side who actually did quite well. The scoreline did justice to the intensity shown by the Barca side, which was a far cry from the boring performance against Malaga. Once again Lionel Messi was pivotal in Barca victory - scoring twice and almost playing a hand in almost all other goals. The biggest beneficiary of his creativity was Neymar, who scored his first hat-trick for the season. Luis Enrique did some shuffling to his starting eleven from their last start against Malaga. The biggest change was the introduction of Xavi Hernandez in place of Iniesta. In defense there was a complete change with Matthieu, Alves, Mascherano and Adriano replacing Pique, Doughlas, Alba and Bartra. Once agains Bravo kept his starting place and one was left to wonder when Ter Stegan will make his debut. THe midfield had Xavi, Busquets and Ivan Rakitic. Munir, Neymar and Messi formed the front trio.

Sep 26, 2014

Malaga put an end to Barca's Winning streak but still they couldn't stop the Catalans from keeping the clean sheet. Here are some of the best pictures from the encounter.

Sep 25, 2014

FC Barcelona's perfect start to the season ended yesternight against Malaga when they were held onto a goalless draw at the Estadio La Rosaleda. In a match where chances were at a premium, Barca struggled to make anything out of their possessional advantage. They have yet to concede a goal this season but is currently tied at the top with Sevilla. Sevilla moved to second place with a win against Real Sociedad courtesy of a goal from Barca loanee Deulofeu.

Sep 22, 2014

Pictures from Barca’s 5-0 thrashing of Levante away from home.

Two of the most brilliant moments from Ivan Rakitic in yesternight's match against Levante.

FC Barcelona continued their winning start to the League with a 5-0 thrashing of Levante away from home. With the arch-rivals Real Madrid winning 8-2 against Deportivo on Saturday, it was essential for Luis Enrique's boys to sent a clear signal. And they did more than that. The team is yet to concede a goal this season and Luis Enrique would be proud of the boy's hardwork.

Sep 20, 2014

Sep 18, 2014

Pictures from Barca's 1-0 victory against APOEL from last night at the Camp Nou. Pique scored the only but decisive goal to start FC Barcelona's UEFA CHampions League 20145-15 Campaign.

Inspite of all the strike force at their disposal, Barca had to rely on their star defenders heading capability to see off Champions League minnows APOEL at the Camp Nou. Once again FC Barcelona dominated the match from the start but failed to capitalize on that. That's quite a headache for Luis Enrique as this seems to happen every game now.

Sep 14, 2014

Full highlights of FC Barcelona's 2-0 victory against Atletic Bilbao at the Camp Nou.

GIF animation of Neymar's brilliant two finishes against Atletci Bilbao. Honestly these two has been two of the simplest finishes he had in recent times. But in a match where our forward players struggled to finish off a huge number of chances these two goals were precious.

Sep 13, 2014

FC Barcelona consolidated there position on the top of the La Liga standing with a 2-0 victory against Ateltic Bilbao at the Camp Nou. Ina match Barca dominated throughout, they struggled to opened the scoring for so long. In the end it was the substitute Neymar who opened the scoring followed it up with one more to make the night comfortable in terms of scoreline. There wasn't much surprise in the line-up fielded by Luis Enrique for this important clash in La Liga. Munir was once again rewarded by a start with Messia and Pedro, thanks to all his good work so far. The midfield saw what we all expected with Busquets, Rakitic and Iniesta lining up. Once again Xavi was not given the start position. Mascherano, Mathieu, Montoya and Alba formed the defense in front of Bravo. Incidentally there were rumours that Bravo rushed back from International duty earlier than expected due to the intense competition for the position at Barca! Truth or Not it worked!

Aug 28, 2014

The draw for UEFA Champions League 2014-15 has been completed and Barca has been drawn in to Group F along with PSG, Ajax and Apoel Nikosia. Like last season we will be meeting Dutch Champions Ajax again in Group stage. Ajax may possess some trouble but may not be able to harm us. The biggest test in Group stage will come in the clash with French Champions, PSG. The winner of these clashes is expected to top the Group. Apoel would be considered a light-weight in this group but they will be competent at least at home. To be honest every Barca fans would be happy with the draw as we are drawn in to a very much manageable group. That is not the case with Pep Guardiola's Bayern Munich team who have been clubbed with Manchester City, Roma and CSKA Moscow. That definitley is the "Group of Death".

Aug 25, 2014

FC Barcelona started their pursuit for La Liga Title 2014-15 with a comfortable 3-0 victory against Elche. It was business as usual for Barca where we were entertained to the normalcy of Lionel Messi scoring a brace.

Aug 7, 2014

All the actions from yesternight's friendly clash with Italian side Napoli. A horrendous mistake from Keeper Bravo conceded a late goal which saw Barca go down 1-0 against the Italian side.

Jul 23, 2014

Barcelona Football Club has announced the much awaited signing of defender Jeremy Mathieu from fellow Spanish Club, Valencia. The transfer of the French national was stuck up for sometime with dispute arising about the final fee and the way in it will be structured. But finally it looks Barca has succumbed to Valencia's demand and agreed to pay €20 Million. Jeremy Mathieu, who has been a pretty known face in La Liga was one of the best performing defender in last season. He usually plays in the left-back role, but did really well when he was shifted to the center back role last season. With this signing FC Barcelona have finally started to take steps to improve the defensive situation associated with the team. We may still need a number of signing as the sword of transfer ban is still hanging on our head.

Jul 22, 2014

FC Barcelona has announced that La Masia product Bojan Krkic will be joining English Premier League club Stoke City this coming season. Bojan Krkic is expected to sign a four year deal with the English Club. This will be the start of yet another chapter in his footballing career which has gone sideways more than going forward. After Pep guardiola deemed him surpless, he has tried his luck with Roma, Milan and Ajax. All of them failed miserably. Let's hope at Stoke he is able to get his career back on track.

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