One hour until kickoff: We have lineups! Looks like Vincent Kompany will be following in the footsteps of his forebears, as Thomas Müller has once again been benched. Michael Olise makes his starting XI debut for Bayern Munich, in an attack alongside Harry Kane, Jamal Musiala, and Serge Gnabry. The rest of the XI is …
HALFTIME, Barcelona 1-1 Athletic: The first half ends all square despite Barça’s dominance as the home team had more of the ball and created better chances, but are unable to take a lead into the break thanks to a few misses and an unlucky penalty. 42’ GOAL, Barcelona 1-1 Athletic (Sancet pen): Athletic equalize as …
Barcelona’s fifth and final preseason game ended in defeat as the Catalans suffered a 3-0 loss to AS Monaco in the annual Joan Gamper Trophy at the Montjuïc Olympic Stadium on Monday night. In what was the weakest performance under Hansi Flick in exhibition season, Barça struggled to create real chances, conceded some bad goals …
Having led Germany to its first decent tournament in almost a decade, Julian Nagelsmann faces his greatest challenge yet — an actual title contender. No offense to teams like Denmark and Hungary, but Spain are clearly on another level. A level that may be too much for the Germans to handle for the moment. So, …
After many (many) years of disappointment, Germany are set to kick off their EURO 2024 campaign with a large amount of hope. Since appointing Julian Nagelsmann, the Germans have shown glimpses of serious potential, marred by poor mistakes and poor execution. Well, the time for excuses is past. Nagelsmann, who rejected a chance to return …
Barcelona will finish the weekend in third place in the La Liga table with four games remaining thanks to a 4-2 defeat to Girona in Saturday’s Catalan derby at the Montilivi Stadium. The game delivered plenty of entertainment and Barça had multiple chances to win it early in the second half, but a 10-minute implosion …
HALFTIME, Girona 1-2 Barcelona: A wildly entertaining first half that started at a furious pace ends with a crucial goal for Barça as they had into the break with lead, but Girona are absolutely still in it and the second half should be all kinds of fun. 45+1’ GOAL!!! Girona 1-2 Barcelona (Lewandowski pen): BARÇA …
Barcelona could not capitalize on the chance to reignite the La Liga title race and will finish the weekend still in second place and eleven points behind leaders Real Madrid with six games to go thanks to a 3-2 defeat in Sunday’s El Clásico at the Santiago Bernabéu. Barça played a solid match in the …
FULL-TIME, Real Madrid 3-2 Barcelona: Barça played a solid game and were in front twice, but some awful mistakes at the back cost them all three points and the title race is now over. 90+1’ GOAL, Real Madrid 3-2 Barcelona (Bellingham): Madrid take the lead in stoppage time as Vázquez’s cross finds Jude Bellingham at …
Barcelona will head into the final international break of the season in second place in the La Liga table and have taken a giant step towards a spot in next season’s Champions League thanks to a massive 3-0 victory away to Atlético Madrid at the Cívitas Metropolitano on Sunday night. Barça had to suffer for …