Frank Rijkaard's Leather Couch

By Sam | April 7th, 2008

Simon Kuper has a superb interview in today's Financial Times with Barcelona's Dutch coach. Frank's comment about Lionel Messi -- whom we shall not see this week due to injury -- illustrates Rijkaard's sensitivity toward his players and to the ...

Faux International Week!

By Isaiah | March 26th, 2008

[Updated version] Eight Barcelona players have been called up to play for their national sides in friendlies this week. Spain has called upon Puyol, Xavi, and Iniesta to play Italy and Zambrotta. I'm sure they'll slide in hard against each other. ...

Barcelona - Villarreal: Preview, Sunday 4pm EST

By Isaiah | March 8th, 2008

The squad list is out and we're back to shuffling players due to injury: Valdés, Pinto, Abidal, Thuram, Milito, Sylvinho, Zambrotta, Edmílson, Touré Yaya, Xavi, Iniesta, Deco, Gudjohnsen, Giovani, Ronaldinho, Henry, Eto'o, Bojan. Note the absence

Deco returns to full training!

By Isaiah | December 5th, 2007

Directly on the heels of Eto'o being given medical clearance, we have a host of returning players. Deco trained with the rest of the squad yesterday, but left training early. Today he remained in training until the very end! Hallelujah we have Deco back

Samir Nasri back on French National Team...

By Magnusson | November 8th, 2007

Raymond Domenech gave his list of players that will play against Morocco and Ukraine a little later this month. The good news for Marseille is that Samir Nasri is back in. Neither Gaël Givet nor Djibril Cissé are in but that was predictable given our la

Press Conferences, Practice, and Whatnot

By Inara | September 18th, 2007

Less than 24 hours to go before what promises to be one of the most stressful 90 minutes of my life. I've already done a match overview in the last post, which you can read here. Both team practices went well, Lionel Messi having trained quite nor

Lyon's Defensive Options

By Inara | August 21st, 2007

I'm fairly confident that Lyon will sign a defender by the end of this week. At the latest, by the beginning of next week. So I thought it would be a good idea to go over the players Lyon have been seriously linked with. Criteria: A left-footed ce

Our Players Are Dropping Like Flies

By Inara | August 13th, 2007

The battle for first place has only just begun, but Lyon are already in the midst of a serious injury crisis. The latest soldier among the fallen is Cris, Lyon's captain and defensive stalwart. Cris, whose bald-headed charges down the pitch are a cruc

Copa del Rey Semifinal, 2nd leg, Thursday 3pm EST

By Isaiah | May 10th, 2007

Tomorrow is another game, but one lacking a the spark associated with recent Barcelona games. Sure it's the domestic cup semifinal, but Barcelona enter with a 3 goal lead and the need to rest some of their stars. The league, as always, is the most importa

Lilian Thuram Linked to a Move to WHERE?

By Laurie | March 18th, 2007

In general, I try to ignore unsubstantiated rumors that have absolutely no (none; zilch; zip; nada) possibility of being true. I may cover the sensational occasionally, but I do try to stay away from the completely insane. But when these unsubstantia

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