Ernesto Valverde’s side swept Julen Lopetegui’s visitors away with three goals in eight first-half minutes. Luis Suarez scored a sublime overhead kick as champions Barcelona climbed to second in La Liga with a convincing win over Sevilla at the Nou Camp. Suarez opened the scoring with an acrobatic finish after …
Read More »Luis Suarez vs Cristiano Ronaldo: Who is Who in front of goal?
Cristiano Ronaldo is the current holder of the Pichichi and the European Golden Shoe but Luis Suarez’s four-goal haul against Sporting Gijon has left the Real Madrid forward playing catch-up this season. Suarez started Saturday one goal behind Ronaldo’s tally of 31, but made the most of his rival’s injury-enforced …
Read More »The most prolific dribbler, tackler, passer ahead of El Clasico
The ‘Clásico’ is all about unadulterated passion, but there’s a statistical side to it too. Barcelona go into this weekend’s big game heading the most important standings, the La Liga table, but there are other metrics in which Real Madrid have the upper hand. ‘Los Blancos’ have the highest scorer …
Read More »Piqué is the best centre-back in the world – Rio Ferdinand
Rio Ferdinand has been responding to questions via Twitter, one of which was who he thought the best centre-back in the world is. Rio Ferdinand former England international was very forthcoming with his praise for ex-Manchester United teammate Gerard Piqué. The Barça man has always said that Ferdinand is one …
Read More »Luis Enrique remains cool on Barcelona title credentials
Barcelona extended their unbeaten run in all competitions to 36 matches by comfortably beating out-of-form Eibar, but head coach Luis Enrique remains grounded over their prospects Luis Enrique is not getting carried away with Barcelona’s chances of winning a second successive La Liga title following Sunday’s 4-0 win over Eibar. …
Read More »The former Chile coach has called on Argentine supporters to stop criticising the Barcelona star and suggested the 28-year-old may not enjoy playing for the national team
Former Chile coach Jorge Sampaoli has questioned anyone that does not class Lionel Messi as the best player in the world, labelling those who don’t recognise the Barcelona star’s talents “fools”. The 28-year-old has been in sparkling form in the 2015-16 season and, having been crowned as the Ballon d’Or …
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