Sentences with phrase «when barca»

Their slump has been dragged along until now, particularly the last 6 games, when Barca have looked unusually groggy.

He sures up that back line and might have a thing or two to say when barca comes to town.

Who knows whether on that fateful night in the Eternal City, when Barca's mesmerising midfield toyed with their Mancunian opponents, if Fletcher's tenacity could have disrupted the Catalan's rhythm and changed the course of history?

The last time this has happened was in the 2006 - 07 season, when Barca went down 2 - 0 and eventually lost the League.

The 25 - year - old Brazilian's five - year stint at Anfield ended at the weekend when Barca finally struck an agreement with the Reds, making Coutinho the second - most - expensive player of all time after they were paid an initial # 105m up front.

Sandro Ramírez, a former Barcelona player opened the scoring in the 32nd while with 10 - men on the pitch in moments when Barca were all in to snatch a point, Jhony scored second for Malaga, sealing the Catalans defeat in process.

Catalans finished the season in style, looking at all the competition in the last 22 appearances Barca enrolled 19 wins, two draws and one defeat, and that defeat came in the second leg match against Bayern Munich when it was all settled, while the last draw was in the last La Liga round when Barca have already secured their new league title and thus Enrique has sent somewhat mixed team to the pitch.

When Barca is firing on all cylinders in the final third - pressing well, strikers in sync, and the midfield is controlling the box to box region - there is almost no stopping them.

Zibbie yeah mate those 3 working together were formidable then Sir Alex added Berba too the mix quite the strike force.That was probably the last great team we had I thought we were the best in Europe at that point and was genuinely shocked when Barca beat us in the CL final, we just didn't show up that day

He was eventually sold when Barca agreed to that price tag.

For example, when Barca lose the ball, they swarm the opposition like worker Bee's, and within no time they have the ball back.

@barsa 4 life, shambo already exposed you as a novice, whatever you say here carries no weight, if you can't really remember when barca was the dutch national team, then why are we even talkin to you?

His importance can be seen when is not there, as against Sevilla recently when Barca were all at sea without him and Messi, who came off the bench to help the Blaugrana claim a 2 - 2 draw at the Sanchez Pizjuan.

If Wenger had left when Barca came knocking then we would be a mid-table team.

This is fucking embarrassing, I totally get pissed when Barca fans do this shit but Madridstas seem to be no different.

I don't remember seeing Henry in a rush to remove that Barcelona shirt off of his shoulder, when a Barca fan ran on to pitch to place it there (in the champions league final)?

when barca or real knocks then it always gets tough..

Look for something better and write, do u need to a win trophy before u sign messi, if u got the money u sign him up is part of the ambition, collection of quality players makes u a champion, afteral when barca signed him were they champion?

They had a replay of the 2006 CL final on the other night, and when Barca scored the second, the writing was on the wall for many of our top players... the shake of Henry's head and facial expression said it all.

Remember when Barca wanted Cesc and Wenger shrewdly gave him the armband to keep him, if only for another season.

And why is Wenger playing Bellerin at RB when Barca had him inked in as a winger?

It's like we banning people when Barca won 6 - 1 to PSG last year.

Yes indeed with Wenger at the helm we won't win the league again, he doesn't want to spend the club's money to help us be a better team, he has no transfer plan just waits for pure luck, he got Sanchez when Barca signed Suarez

noticed when barca are attacking, 3 or 4 (not even 2!)

It feels wrong to admit from the beginning to being a stepping stone, but the truth is every club is looked on as a stepping stone when Barca and Madrid come into the mix.

He needs to remember how rejected he felt when Barca brought in Suarez.

Unless we raise more money through sales we may have 50 - 60M max in remaining budget (having spent 11M on Cech and get back around 2M through Podolski sale)-- if we spend 25M on a DM like Schederlein / Kondogbia / Carvalho now — we do not have any budget left for the World Class ST that we direly need more than the DM (Arteta played whole 2013 - 2014 where we have one of the best defensive record — people seem to have short memory — he would be ok as backup for another season) Wenger have done well in the last 2 seasons — bringing in Ozil when Real signed Bale, bringing in Sanchez when Barca signed Suarez.

I just hope that Bellerin isnt going to be one of those players who goes running when Barca calls.

The Gunners have lost plenty of stars to the Catalan club and the fact that Bellerin is from there and spent many years at their La Masia academy before coming to finish his development in the Arsenal academy gave us extra cause for concern when Barca started to mention Bellerin as they began to look for a long term replacement for the Brazil international Dani Alves.

I honestly think Wenger wants Ramsey to leave, the guy has said numerous times that he basically HATES playing on the wing, yet he goes and slaps him there Do nt be surprised when the barca rumours start flying in in January

When Barca does nt perform, sells players, they do nt blame the manager, you know why?

Do you hear the same thing being said about Coutinho when barca came calling for him.

Just before the Catalans enjoyed a period of dominance in European football the Dutchman arrived at a time when Barca needed a boost.

There was a time when barca completely were dominating the league but jose created that mentality and made them feel big.

Not exact matches

Both of these gentlemen were very inexperienced managers when they were appointed to RM and Barca respectively.

Goonsquad8 that's absolute nonsense obviously Barca players will celebrate a victory they did the same when they beat Las Palmas

Same when we get knocked out of the ECL by Barca on Wednesday.

Even when Coq was playing our form wasn't rock solid, and I'm afraid as I said ironically after the Barca game, my Spanish freinds who watched the game v Barca said we were not better than Villarreal, well Barca and Villarreal drew 2 - 2 today.

We all know it won, t As someone who adopts an all out attacking philosophy why are we playing with three centre backs when 2 is adequate for the likes of Barca, Real Madrid and Man city?

This is Arsene and The Arsenal's biggest undoing.Mediocrity isn't resolved when it repeatedly rears its ugly head in the most crucial of times.I mean don't tell me Wenger doesn't know who Barca are and how he would approach the game.

When Pep Guardiola thought he was failing at ensuring the motivation of his players at Barca - that we was failing at that aspect of his job, he willingly stepped aside not thinking about how much of a legendary coach he was at the club.

This could be risky business by Barca given they lost Neymar last summer when Paris Saint - Germain paid his release fee, so it depends on how high United are willing to go.

But Barca were away in both of these matches and the last time they lost a match at home by a scoreline enough to see Arsenal stay in the UCL was back in May of 2013 when Bayern Munich beat them 3 - 0 on the way to their own treble.

when u see guys like ramsey playing (not jus this game) who prefers style over substance, losing possession in centre and leading to goals, then u know team has a problem.if u were to lose possession and try to be stylish, u wud get instantly removed at a team like barca, real.u cant hav players who lose possession, do wayward passes and yet expect to win.both things cant co-exist....

He built a team that no man will ever forget because they achieved what no team has ever achieved and all you can remember is not beating barca when we went down to ten men.

Yes but it needed to be done, whilst it can be argued whether he would be able to produce the same performances he does now in 4 years time, the whole idea i would presume would be to let the younger midfielders learn from such a talented individual now with the eventual hope that they would be able to surpass or perhaps match his ability, plus its always a good thing to have experienced players of such calibre around the squad, like barca with Xavi he may not be able to perform to the level he was in his heyday, but every once an again produces a moment of magic when you need it on account of the experience.

Thiery Henry said the same thing when he left for Barca.

Neymar started playing for Barca when he was 19 so don't tell me Akpom is too young he is an exceptional talent even before he banged in those hat trick I rated him.

So why doesn't he plays Sanchez as our no 9??! He's way better, has the skill, pace, work rate and finishing, all he needs is a little more discipline in that role and he may be the +25 goal striker we've been waiting for, he carried Barca when Messi was injured so I don't see why he's not being used as a striker ahead of Giroud.

Is Barca right, sadly when it comes to defending, Barca are always right.