Sentences with phrase «of blaugrana»

The best tactical aspects of the Blaugrana system all came to light in that 45 minutes, and if the team is able to play that well again, they should be fine.

«But plenty of Blaugrana awaits them.»

Opponents Málaga currently prop up the table and are in desperate need of points, something that has not escaped the attention of blaugrana boss Ernesto Valverde.

News, this week, however, that the Argentine might be forced to look beyond the Nou Camp to end his career is bound to unsettle some members of the Blaugrana contingent.

Here are our two potential picks who could provide an instant solution at the heart of Blaugrana's backline.

While the Catalan giants aren't short of options, they'll have to get it right as although Enrique has enjoyed a trophy - laden stint in charge of the Blaugrana, there have been some cracks this season and with an ageing squad, it will be a task for the next coach to ensure that the high standards at the Nou Camp are upheld and expectations are met.

Should Barcelona complete deals for both Coutinho and Dembele this week, it'll come as a huge sigh of relief of the Blaugrana faithful, as they look to win their third La Liga title in four years.

Get all the details of the blaugranas» trip to Madrid including their arrival, the stadium, the warm - up, the Copa del Rey trophy celebrations and their return trip

Not exact matches

This is most likely down to the fact that the shot - stopper played very poorly against Barcelona on Wednesday, with Courtois being at fault for two of the three goals that the Blaugrana bagged that night.

Don Balon are stating that the Blaugrana boss, who is yet to taste defeat in the league since taking over last summer, wants the Catalan side to move for Bartram who left the club in the summer of 2016.

-- The player and the Blaugrana club have reached an agreement for him to come back as director of football for schools.

Messi, who started the game on the bench and came on around the hour mark, only to end up scoring a last minute equaliser, helped preserve the Blaugrana's now 37 - game unbeaten streak in La Liga with a fine strike in the later stages of the game.

The 1 - 0 win on the day combined with Barca's 2 - 1 triumph in Manchester have the Blaugrana a 3 - 1 aggregate victory, and knocked the final EPL team out of the tournament.

As per the Sun, Barca are desperate to keep ahold of Brazilian forward Neymar, who scored 13 assisted 15 in 30 league games for the Blaugrana last season, and the club are unwilling to enter talks with anyone unless the buy - out fee in Neymar's contract is met.

The news outlet are also reporting that the Blaugrana are keen on including Vidal as part of the deal for the player, and that an offer of $ 22M plus the former Sevilla star would benefit Vincenzo Montella's side.

The only problem the Blaugrana had was a lack of patience on the part of their fans, their board and anyone else who was panicking in January.

For both the Blaugrana and their big rivals Real Madrid, panic sets in at the first sign of trouble.

The Blaugrana are now able to up their preparation ahead of the coming season, when they will be charged with defending their La Liga title.

As per Marca, Los Blancos are said to be in the process of hatching a $ 200m transfer plan to prise the former Barca forward back to Spain in the coming years, and while it isn't as bad as a direct move from one La Liga giant to the other, it's fair to say that it wouldn't go down too well with the Blaugrana faithful.

The way Busquets dictated the away side's tempo and broke up Madrid's attack was key in Barca's win, as it allowed them time on the ball and let them control the pace of the game, something that helped the Blaugrana stride towards victory.

Since moving to west London from the Blaugrana in the summer of 2015, Pedro has managed to cement his place in the Blues» first team under Antonio Conte.

Of course, a victory isn't a given for the Blaugrana, given Levante's great home form and solid defensive record.

Both Messi and Ter Stegen have been absolutely fantastic for the Blaugrana this campaign, with both putting in solid campaigns that could see either given the club's player of the season award.

For me, with the Blaugrana playing in front of 100,000 fans, they are marginal favourites, but it is a game that is very difficult to predict indeed,» said Reina.

Roma's winning goal came once again as the result of some terrible defending by the Blaugrana.

Barcelona may not have the squad strength of recent years, but the Blaugrana have a certain Lionel Messi.

At 29, although he doesn't have the explosive youth of Dembele, he does have characteristics which might adept better to the Blaugrana's game.

Given the above and knowing Barcelona's notoriously fluid and creative midfield, EDF would be foolish to offer a standard version of its beloved 4 -3-3 against the Blaugrana.

Reports have long suggested that the 27 - year - old has already agreed to head to the La Liga leaders for the start of next season, Balague has denied such rumours but revealed the Blaugrana are growing increasingly confident of landing Griezmann.

Leading 33 - 8 at the end of the first period, blaugrana march on to a +65 winning margin, the widest ever in the ACB era

Arda was tantalisingly close to joining the Blues, but the Blaugrana convinced him to move to Catalonia with the chance of winning many titles with the team.

With the addition of Samuel Umtiti, the Blaugrana now have five players in the centre - back position, which is why Besiktas see this as an ideal opportunity to try to tempt Mathieu away from Catalonia.

The draw against Sevilla was a great result because of the circumstances of that game, but the gap over Atlético Madrid is back to single digits and the Blaugrana can't afford to be dropping points again.

Against a Blaugrana side overflowing with talent Chelsea fell 2 - 0 down and lost John Terry to a red card in the space of nine minutes at the back end of a memorable first half.

Messi drops deep to double up as a forward and a playmaker for the Blaugrana these days and at 30, this is perhaps the best - ever version of Leo in an extraordinary career at Camp Nou.

The weekend's defeat against Malaga served as a timely reminder of that fact; no longer can the mighty Blaugrana coast to victory.

The blaugrana were sent home with their tails firmly between their legs and news stories of a shift in power on the continent were splashed across all the main sports news headlines around the world.

He comfortably won the league in each of his three seasons in the Allianz Arena but never reached the incredible heights he had scaled with La Blaugrana.

With Philippe Coutinho, Lionel Messi and Ousmane Dembélé wreaking havoc in the Girona defense with their pace, skill and passing, the Blaugrana created chance after chance against a desperate defense that kept scrambling to block shots and stop the ball from hitting the back of the net.

Tah's combination of power and positional understanding make him an enormously difficult foe to beat, e.g. in two games against Barcelona he helped hold the Blaugrana to just three goals.

An equaliser from Alvaro Morata turned the match on its head, only for the Blaugrana to move into top gear and secure the title courtesy of goals from Luis Suarez and Neymar.

The midfielder, son of former Barca goalkeeper Carles, has played a pivotal part in his side's success since 2008, yet much of his work goes unnoticed in the centre of the park for the Blaugrana.

Jurado took Espanyol's strike but Cillessen made the save to give the Blaugrana their first trophy of the season.

It was a clinical counter-attack by the Blaugrana ended with Neymar finding Messi with a great pass and the miniature Argentinian magician took care of the rest with his brilliance.

Barcelona, on the other hand, were flying high after already becoming league champions and being bestowed with the title of «Best football team in the world», with the likes of Ronaldinho and Samuel Eto'o donning the Blaugrana colors.

Eden Hazard's ineffectiveness upfront: Hazard was fielded in a false number nine role versus the Blaugrana, and this sort of restricted his movement.

The usual lay off for an injury like that is close to six months, which means Valdes who is set to leave Barca at the end of this season may have played his last game in Blaugrana colours.

In a match where Messi mis - fired, Suarez's form was the only glimmer of positivity for the Blaugrana.

The Blaugrana boss also took the time to speak about defender Gerard Pique, whose form has been the subject of much scrutinity this season.

This week has been a catastrophe for Barcelona's rivals but a triumph for the Blaugrana as the quartet of Atletico Madrid, Valencia, Real Madrid and Seville have all suffered defeats within the last few days.