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La Liga: Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletiico Madrid draw

Barcelona secure second place, Getafe will stay up after goalless draw Barcelona and Getafe played out a goalless draw at the Coliseum Alfonso Perez on Sunday, ensuring the hosts cannot be relegated from LaLiga this season after a rocky start to their 2021-22 campaign. The point also secures a second-place finish in Spain’s top flight […]

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Barcelona strengthen grip on the second place

Barcelona strengthened their grip on second place in LaLiga with a 3-1 victory over Celta Vigo at Camp Nou on Tuesday. FULL TIME! #BarçaCelta pic.twitter.com/tDUGDm9ODa — FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) May 10, 2022 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang continued to prove a worthwhile January addition from Arsenal, scoring twice, either side of half-time, to take his LaLiga tally to 11. It was […]

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Victory for Barcelona

A stunning goal from Jordi Alba deep into injury time gave Barcelona a 2-1 victory at Real Betis to secure qualification for the Champions League next season. Thank you very much, @FCBarcelona!! This was really really nice!! 🙌🙌🙌 https://t.co/tqvfwEbMVO — Real Betis Balompié (@RealBetis_en) May 7, 2022 Alba’s unstoppable volley at the back post means Barcelona now have […]

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Victory for Barcelona

Barcelona returned to winning ways at Camp Nou with a much-needed 2-1 victory over Mallorca on Sunday. FULL TIME! #BarçaMallorca pic.twitter.com/kIuMU4sQHP — FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) May 1, 2022 Memphis Depay scored a team-leading 11th LaLiga goal of the season to give Barca the lead on 25 minutes before Sergio Busquets struck a rare goal nine minutes into the […]

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The legacy of Johan Cruyff

Written underneath the statue of Johan Cruyff outside Barcelona’s Camp Nou stadium is the phrase “Salid y disfrutad” (“go out and enjoy”). It’s what Cruyff told his Barcelona side as manager ahead of their victorious 1992 European Cup final against Sampdoria, the triumph that earned them the title of “The Dream Team.” Cruyff died five […]

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Rayo Vallecano stun Barcelona

Barcelona have fallen to defeat for a third consecutive home game in the same season for the first time in their history, as Rayo Vallecano won 1-0 in LaLiga Santander at the Camp Nou on Sunday night. Full Time #BarçaRayo pic.twitter.com/Eqb7kLRNE2 — FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) April 24, 2022 It followed defeats to Eintracht Frankfurt and Cadiz in the […]

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Barcelona win

Even if Barcelona are no longer a challenger for the LaLiga Santander title, they do still want to ensure they finish inside the top four and know, Gerard Pique in particular, that a second-place finish will earn them a ticket to next year’s Supercopa de Espana. FULL TIME! #RealSociedadBarça pic.twitter.com/BdkoE7zyOY — FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) April 21, 2022 By […]

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Cadiz beat Barcelona

It hasn’t been a happy Easter period for Barcelona, who followed up being knocked out of the Europa League on Thursday with a 1-0 home defeat to Cadiz in LaLiga Santander on Monday. Barcelona lose back-to-back games at the Camp Nou  pic.twitter.com/mwlwmNx0TI — cricketsoccer (@cricketsoccer) April 19, 2022 The Blaugrana’s failure to win means that any faint […]

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The Frankfurt fans and Barca defeat

For the thousands and thousands of fans inside the Camp Nou, this was a night they would never forget. They had gotten there early, a huge mass of them walking from the city centre, congregating in Plaça de Catalunya, flooding up Avinguda de Sarriá and turning onto Diagonal. Occupying the road, no place for cars, […]

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Barcelona are out of Europa League

Around 20,000 Eintracht Frankfurt supporters took over the Camp Nou and watched their team beat Barcelona 3-2 to knock them out of the Europa League. Full Time #BarçaEintracht pic.twitter.com/ruNeYgbO8K — FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) April 14, 2022 Barcelona had taken Europe’s second competition seriously since being knocked out of the Champions League but they were reduced to a laughing […]