Barcelona ready to take their place
16 December 2009
No team has ever held every single club trophy at once. None has even come close. Until now.
Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona stand on the edge of history. If the Catalan Kings win the tournament in Adu Dhabi this month, they’ll be crowned world champions.
They will then have won every single club trophy in one season. A feat unmatched by any other team. Ever.
History awaits.
No margin for error
25 November 2009
Fighting to retain Europe’s premier club trophy is an all-consuming siege.
Barcelona lie third in their group. Just one point behind Inter. And tonight, the men from Milan come to the Camp Nou for the penultimate group game.
Victory could see the winners qualify for the knockout ...
Bendtner vs. Zlatan
11 October 2009
Often football is most beautiful in its simplicity.
Sweden are 3 points behind Denmark. Win, and they could earn automatic qualification to South Africa.
Anything else sees them toughing it out in the play-offs. And that’s forgetting what happens in the other games.
Simple. Direct. Un ...
Strike fastest
21 September 2009
Great players can Make the Difference almost immediately.
Within two minutes on Saturday, Ibrahimovic pulled off an audacious flick with the outside of his boot to spark a 5-2 rout of Atletico Madrid.
Zlatan doesn’t do tap-ins.
Save the ammunition for Camp Nou
20 September 2009
What happens when two of Europe's finest teams face off against each other? 90 minutes are not enough.
FC Barcelona and Inter have taken up the gauntlet. The first face-off in the Giuseppe Meazza stadium showed the mutual respect between the two teams and tested their playing styles.
The s ...
The Return of Zlatan
15 September 2009
Just a few months ago, Zlatan said goodbye to Italy. He now returns looking to conquer Inter Milan with the Catalan Kings.
Barcelona go to Milan looking to defend Europe’s greatest prize. While the Italians are desperate to turn domestic dominance into European glory.
It’s a mouth-wateri ...