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Celta Vigo & Sisto hit their stride in yet another win over Barca

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Celta Vigo & Sisto hit their stride in yet another win over Barca Four weeks into the season, Eduardo Berizzo may well have wondered what had happened to the Celta Vigo squad that cantered into the Europa League places at the tail end of the last La Liga campaign.After opening the season with a 1-0 defeat at the hands of newly promoted Leganes, Real Madrid were ne...

Monday's Midday Mastermind - 03/10/16

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Monday's Midday Mastermind - 03/10/16 Tottenham inflicted Pep Guardiola's first defeat as Manchester City boss to close the gap to one point, Barcelona lost for the second time this season and a Mario Balotelli goal moved Nice to the top of Ligue 1, but how confident are you that you kept abreast of all of the action in Europe this week...

Can Torres continue his fine scoring form against Barca?

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Can Torres continue his fine scoring form against Barca? The biggest problem facing Atletico Madrid, or any team taking on Barcelona, is trying to contain the free-scoring triumvirate of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar. The last 3 home games have seen 14 goals scored - 11 of those scored by ‘MSN’ - but they aren’t infallible. After ...

Barcelona must be wary of increasingly adaptable Atletico

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Barcelona must be wary of increasingly adaptable Atletico When a team is at the height of their powers, as Luis Enrique’s squad was when they won an unprecedented treble in recent years, it becomes incredibly hard to improve upon the quality on a player-by-player basis. Barcelona’s transfer policy over the summer is indicative of this very fact...

Barca's Famous Trio Star in Champions League Team of the Week

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Barca's Famous Trio Star in Champions League Team of the Week The Champions League is back. The famous music has returned, with Europe’s top performers plying their trade once more the club football’s grand stage. There was mixed success for the British teams from gameweek one. Manchester City and Leicester secured comfortable wins, Arsenal somehow...

Weekend Round-up Quiz - September 12th, 2016

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Weekend Round-up Quiz - September 12th, 2016 There were, as ever, a number of big stories from the weekend's action across Europe. The Manchester derby saw Pep Guardiola improve his head-to-head record over Mourinho, Barcelona lost to promoted Alaves and Mario Balotelli scored twice on his debut for Ligue 1 outfit Nice. In this week's quiz we'...

Arda Must Take Chance to Save Barca Career

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Arda Must Take Chance to Save Barca Career The past 12 months have been testing for Arda Turan to say the least. After securing his move from Atletico Madrid to Barcelona last summer, the Turkey captain was unable to play for six months given the club’s transfer ban and refused to leave the club on a short-term loan in order to keep hi...

Gomes and Suarez seek to lift the burden on Barca front three

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Gomes and Suarez seek to lift the burden on Barca front three For the last two seasons, Barcelona’s reliance on their famous offensive trident has not been questioned nor highlighted as a particularly negative facet of Luis Enrique’s very successful tenure as Blaugrana boss.Last campaign, the trio of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar chipped in ...

Can Umtiti end week to remember on a high?

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Can Umtiti end week to remember on a high? It’s been quite the week for Samuel Umtiti, and one that the 22-year old will hope ends on a high as France aim to put an end to Iceland’s remarkable Euro 2016 campaign.Having agreed a deal to make the move from Lyon to Barcelona for a fee of €25m, the defender will link up with his...

WhoScored's European Team of the Season

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WhoScored's European Team of the Season With the domestic campaign over and attention now turning to cup finals across the continent, we at WhoScored.com take a closer look at the European team of the season using our unique rating system.Keylor Navas - Real Madrid (Rating 7.12)When a dodgy fax machine prevented Real Madrid from landing n...