July 2010 - Match Reports - New 2008-09 fixtures
28th July 2008 - NEW FIXTURES are out for the 2008-09 Season
The fixtures have now been released for the 2008-2009 La Liga season and tickets are now on sale for the games. For FC Barcelona, the season will kick off at with an away game on 31st August away to Numancia, followed by a home game against Raching Santander at the Nou Camp. Barcelona's next 2 home games will be against Real Betis (24th September) and then against Athltic Madrid (October 5th).
The game that many people will immediately look for in the fixtures list is the Barcelona v Real Madrid game and that takes place on 14th December. Tickets for all Barcelona games can be bought on this site including for Champions League and the Spanish Cup. Games are subject to change because of televised games.
22nd July 2008 - NEWS: Ronaldinho out, Hleb in
Ronaldinho has finally left FC Barcelona and signed in the end for AC Milan. Despite a very strong offer financially from Manchester City of England, Ronaldinho chose to move to Serie A and the might of AC Milan. This move might re-ignite Ronnie's career, a career which in the last 2 years has gone off the boil. Barcelona themselves will be happy to able to get the old regim out and to start afresh as they seek to fight with Real Madrid again.
Hleb is an exciting signing for Barcelona, with this Belarus internation playr looking to make an immediate impact at the Nou Camp. Hleb has also made some noise in the media apparently to suggest that Fabregas might also be interested to make the move from Arsenal to the Nou Camp. So close to the start of the seaon though it seems unlikely that Fabregas will leave Arsenal.
15th July 2008 - TRANSFER NEWS UPDATES
There has been a lot of movement on the transfer front for FC Barcelona and one of the star players from the last few years, Ronaldinho looks sure to move. At the time of writign Man. City of the Premiership look favourites to sign Ronaldinho, with new manager Mark Hughes looking to make his mark. After his success in Euro 2008, Andrei Arshavin also looks likely to move to another club from Andrei Arshavin. and Barcelona are one the names that continually pops up. Several English Premier league clubs have also shown interest in Arshavin.
Eto'o has still yet leave Barcelona despite being widely expected to do so. Some reports suggest that Barcelona might offer Eto'o and money in exchange for Arsenal's Emmanuel Adebayor. Deco has already left for Chelsea completing the trio of big names expected to leave the Nou Camp.
SPAIN - EURO 2008 CHAMPIONS
After decades of pain and waiting to win a major trophy, Spain at last swept to glory with a solid victory against Germany in the final of Euro 2008 in Vienna, Austria. Despite the close 1-0 scoreline, the truth was that Spain outplayed Germany in both halves and were worthy winners in what has been a fun and quality tournament throughout.
It was Torres who scored the almighty winning goal for Spain; a goal which was well taken and placed by Toress as he beat the German goally to the ball, Torres oh so delicately flipping the ball over the goally to guide it goal bound. It might seem early but bookies are already making Spain one of the favourites for the 2010 World Cup although looking at this tournament Spain themselves could so easily have gone out earlier, after struggling aganst Italy and winning only on penalties. For the moment though, all of Spain will just enjoy the delight in winning this 2008 tournament.
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