Barcelona's Jekyll and Hyde season continued Sunday with a clinical 4-1 victory over free-falling Valencia at the Mestalla. The visitors took six shots, landed them all on target and put four past Giorgi Mamardashvili, including a brace for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, a classy team move that ended on the foot of Frenkie de Jong and a howitzer from young Pedri.
Can anyone explain what happened to the Ferran Torres shirt during Barcelona’s Europa League clash with Napoli on Thursday? It appears that whoever oversaw Barça’s kits didn’t do a great job on Torres’ as he started the game with a Barcelona crest and Nike logo but lost the two at some point during the game.
Where did Ferran's badge go? pic.twitter.com/7AvPmonKKM
No le dedicó una canción ni le escribió un poema, pero Xavi Hernández elogió públicamente a Hirving Lozano en la previa del duelo que enfrentará a Barcelona y Napoli en la Europa League.
Después de tragar bilis porque el Barcelona no está en la burbuja mágica de la Champions - "Me da rabia escuchar la música y no estar ahí", dijo -, Xavi habló del equipo italiano, con un par de líneas especiales para Lozano y un tono innegable de alivio, considerando que el delantero mexicano será una de las grandes ausencias del conjunto napolitano.
Barcelona defender Ronald Araújo apologized for his "unfortunate gesture" in Sunday's 2-2 LaLiga draw away at city rivals Espanyol, saying the "tension" of the match led to the incident.
Araújo appeared to be taking aim at Espanyol midfielder Nico Melamed while he was leaving the field towards the end of the match, which saw both teams have a player sent off.
Manchester United returned to the top of the table on Monday but not the one they were hoping for as they were named the club with the biggest transfer losses in the last decade, splashing out more than $1.14 billion on players.
A study published by Switzerland-based independent research group CIES Football Observatory revealed United had a net spend of $1.23 billion since 2012, spending $1.77 billion on transfers while making $538 million back in player sales.
Barcelona and Atlético Madrid played out an instant classic at the Camp Nou on Sunday with the hosts, despite being a man down for over 20 minutes, winning 4-2 to reenter the LaLiga top four for the first time since matchweek three.
Luis Suárez kept Atléti in it, but Adama Traoré was electric in his first game since arriving on loan from Wolves, and the 38-year-old Dani Alves stole the headlines with a goal, assist and straight red card during his 69 minutes on the pitch.
Barcelona have signed speedy Spain winger Adama Traoré on loan from Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers until the end of the season, the LaLiga club announced on Saturday.
The agreement includes an option to make the transfer permanent, Barcelona said in a statement.
According to the latest reports, Barcelona is set to chip away at its $1.5 billion debt with a couple new shirt sponsorship deals following the expiration of its current contracts with Rakuten (front of the shirt) and Beko (sleeve). Spotify will become the new main sponsor on a five-year deal worth $384 million ($77 million per year) and Polkadot (a cryptocurrency) goes on the sleeve in another five-tear deal worth $113 million ($23 million per year).
FC Barcelona Femení captured its first piece of silverware this season with a 7-0 hammering of Atlético Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup final. Caroline Graham Hansen got a hat-trick, Lieke Martens scored a brace and Fridolina Rolfö and Ingrid Syrstad Engen were also on the scoresheet, but more than any goal, the lasting image of the match will be Barça players hoisting Atléti midfielder Virginia Torrecilla into the air after the final whistle.
Barcelona has crashed out of the Copa del Rey in the Round of 16 for the first time in 12 years after Athletic Bilbao won in extra time 3-2 on Thursday. This was revenge for Athletic after losing in the final to Barcelona 4-0 last season.
The game got off to a thrilling start when rising star Nico Williams burned Jordi Alba down the right wing before sending in a dangerous cross. Iker Muniain picked up Nico’s ball to score a beautiful goal to send San Mamés wild.