Following Barcelona’s stunning defeat by Chelsea on Tuesday and the impending coronation of Real as champions of Spain, 41-year-old Guardiola informed the club of his decision, which is thought to be that he feels both he and the players would benefit from a change.
A press conference will be held later this morning.
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April 27, 2012
Pep Guardiola will not return as manager of Barcelona
April 26, 2012
The Barca-Chelsea UEFA CL semi-final broke the Super Bowl "tweets per second" record
Twitter said activity during the game — a 2-2 draw that saw Chelsea progress to the final after winning the first leg in London 1-0 — peaked at 13,684 messages per second. That beat out the previous record for a sporting event, the 12,233 tweets per second during the climax of February’s Super Bowl between the NFL’s New York Giants and New England Patriots, which saw New York win 21-17 after scoring a touchdown with less a minute remaining.
March 16, 2012
Champions League Quarterfinal/Semifinal draw
Apoel Nicosia v. Real Madrid
to play the winner of
Olympique du Marseille v. Bayern Munich
AND
Chelsea v. Benfica
to the play the winner of
Barcelona v. AC Milan
Thoughts?
January 9, 2012
Messi. Ten years old. Already Messi.
well, fuck.
December 15, 2011
Horrendous news for both Barcelona and Spain this morning from the Far East, as David Villa suffered a broken leg in the World Club Cup semifinals against Al-Sadd. Video courtesy of ESPNUK.
(Source: youtube.com)
October 30, 2011
Have a look at this ridiculous strike from Dani Alves during Barcelona’s 5-0 romp over Mallorca yesterday, and pay special attention from 0:16 to 0:19 of Andres Iniesta on the bench as the players are reacting to the goal.
October 19, 2011
When in Spain
Our friend, inthefade, with a first-hand account of tonight’s Barcelona-Plzen Champions League match at Camp Nou.
(Source: americanmccarver)
August 18, 2011
Here’s video of Jose Mourinho attempting to eye-gouge (or so it would appear) Barcelona assistant Tito Villanova’s eye during the fracas at the end of yesterday’s Super Cup.
The really good shenanigans start around the :15 mark or so.
(h/t to @bubbaprog of Sports Grid for the vid)
(Source: sportsgrid.com)
August 18, 2011
Super Cup link dump
The Barcelona-Real Madrid fallout continues today. Links to stories if you would like to listen to grown men whine about each other:
Gerard Pique says Jose Mourinho is “destroying” the Spanish game. [Fox]
Mourinho called Barcelona a “small club” after the on-pitch mess at the end. [Guardian]
Cesc Fabregas set up the tie-winning goal in his debut for his hometown club. [BBC]
Lionel Messi was the difference once again. [Goal.com]
Iker Casillas claims Barca acted like children towards the end of the match. [ESPNStar]
Is Mourinho the true winner because of all the discussion about him? [Telegraph]
All of this happened with the threat of a players strike hanging over the start of the La Liga season. [WSJ]
New Barcelona signing Alexis Sanchez will miss at least a week with a leg injury. [MySA]
August 17, 2011
August 15, 2011
Cesc Fabregas is introduced as a Barcelona player today. He kisses the badge, plays some keepy-uppy and smiles like the cat that swallowed the canary.
August 4, 2011
Marco Fabian of Chivas de Guadalajara (Mexico) puts the nail in FC Barcelona’s coffin last night with a spectacular side footed volley. The Mexican club outpaced the Champions League/La Liga winners 4-1 in a friendly in Miami, Florida (in front of almost 71,000 fans, by the way).
August 3, 2011
The Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 trailer is out and features some action between Barcelona and Manchester United.
Thoughts?
April 27, 2011
Jose Mourinho may rage all he likes at the officials. Both sides played despicably save 11 minutes of brilliance from Leo Messi and Ibrahim Affelay. Real Madrid parked the bus and hoped no one would whistle their fouls; Barça dove like an Olympic team (looking at Dani Alves & Sergio Busquets in particular) while agitating with ref Wolfgang Stark to card RM players. This eventually led to a red card on Pepe which could be debated. I thought it yellow only, but when the studs are up on a tackle one runs the risk of a straight red. This opened up the field for Barcelona.
Mourinho can talk all about how he planned to open up after keeping it at nil for so long afterward, it didn’t happen, and to accuse Barcelona of fixing the refs is a smokescreen from his own craven game-planning.
Bad scene, everyone’s fault.
(via José Mourinho rages at ‘plot’ to put Barcelona in the final | Football | The Guardian)
April 16, 2011
After a Manchester derby in the FA Cup semi-final, we head over to Spain for El Clásico at 4:00pm EST/21:00 GMT. In their last league meeting, Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona crushed José Mourinho’s Real Madrid in a 5 nil victory at Camp Nou. Will José’s tactical prowess see Real come away with the win? Or will Barcelona’s dominance continue?
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