BARCELONA REACH THE SEMI FINALS IN THE COPA DEL REY CUP.

 Barcelona only a few months ago  were hobbling over the relegation table,things really did look dark and gloomy  then, with huge financial problems, and selling of top players like Luis Suarez, Arturo Vidal and Ivan Rakitic just did not  help the club one bit.

 But today they re second i the table below Atletico Madrid. Have payed one final ad are in the semi finals at the Copa Del Rey cup, mind you Barcelona have not bought any player or for the matter even on a loan this January. In the quarter final match in the Copa Del Rey against Granada.

 Granada were 2-0 at the 81st minute after two errors by the Barcelona defender Samuel Umtiti.

 But things changed at the end in injury time as both Antoine Greizman and Jordi Alba  equalized .

 But during A.E.T. Barcelona scored two more goals one each from Antoine Greizman and again from Jordi Alba. But there was a twist a Granada were given a  penalty. But then Frenkie De Jong scored the fifth goal deep into Extra time.

 The match ended 5=3 in Barcelona favor.

WHO AT BARCELONA HAVE GIVEN TE MOST ASSISTS TO LIONEL MESSI.

 So actually who at Barcelona have provided the most assists  to Lionel Messi .in his Barcelona career.

 1) Lionel Messi  and Luis Suarez. 96.  Goals.

2) Lionel Messi and Neymar.           56.  Goals.

3) Lionel Messi . And Andres Iniesta.  53.  Goals.

4) Lionel Messi  And  Pedro. Rodriguez.    52. Goals.

5)Lionel Messi. And Dani Alves.                 48.  Goals.

6) Lionel Messi And Xavi Hernandez.           43.   Goals.

7) Lionel Messi and Jordi Alba.                      30. Goals.

MARC JARUADO WILL LEAVE BARCELONA FOR MANCHESTER UNITED.

 The young Spaniard Marc Jurado, who has been  a product of Barcelona's  famous youth academy called the La Masia or THE CASTLE.
 He was there  from the age of seven and is now 17, seventeen years old.
 He was offered a new contract with Barcelona and it was a better one to ,but he has now rejected  the deal and he will be signing up  with Manchester United instead .
 But we are seeing that these youngsters  after progressing from the youth academy  are leaving barcelona for Greener pastures  but  the grass is never greener on the other side.
 Now there are stories that   it is Lionel Messi who is the cause  of these departures . And they  could not be more wronger here. As Lionel Messi is a striker Marc Jurado  is a left back.
 Now a young Dutch midfielder  Xavi Simon  , left Barcelona youth team for P.S.G .
 But why did he leave  , as Barcelona increased  his weekly salary  but he wanted more money and his agent Mino Roila  wanted more  weekly wages so he gets a bigger share as agents fee. Nothing to do with Lionel Messi here as well.
 Now the Dutch central defender Matthijs De Light  , wanted to join Barcelona from Ajax, but he agent was once again Mino Roila , who wanted Barcelona to pay his client the same weekly salary as Gerrard Pique and Jordi Alba.. How is it possible, the Barcelona  defenders  have 14 fourteen ears experience.
 So it is clear the   agents are the cause of these departures.

THIS IS THE REAL REASON MATTHIJS DE LIGHT SIGNED FOR JUVENTUS AND NOT BARCELONA..

The young Dutch footballer Matthijs De light who is only nineteen yeas old and has also played for Holland, he is in truth a very bright young prospect and was wanted by the cream of the top European clubs After being knocked out in the Semi Finals Ajax lost to Tottenham Hotspurs. From that day onwards the press were always following him, and honestly it looked more or less a done and dusted matter, as the world thought that his next club would be Barcelona. But sadly the talks completely collapsed and the reason was not any fault of Barcelona but the Dutch man was at fault here along with his agent. During the talks between Barcelona and the agent of Matthijs De Light, Mino Raiola , the agent does not have a good name as a agent he is described as a notorious person. This was the real reason for it to fail. Now Mino Raiola wanted Barcelona to pay his very young client Matthijs De Light the same weekly salary a the two senior defenders at Barcelona, that of Gerrard Pique, and Jordi Alba. But what you must remember here is that Gerrard Pique has been eleven years at Barcelona , and before that he spent a few years with Manchester United. He is getting a weekly salary of 165,000one hundred and sixty five thousand pounds. And on the other hand Jordi Alba, played seven years at Barcelona ,and before joining Barcelona he was a left back at Valencia, and is also from the youth team of Valencia, e is now getting a weekly salary of 100,000, a hundred thousand pounds. So for a youngster to get a huge weekly salary is not right or wise even. Cristiano Ronaldo had no part in this transfer. But will we see a star or will he fade away like other youngsters.

CESC FABREGAS NAMES HIS FAVOURITE ELEVEN.

Cesc Fabregas the Spaniard who played for Barcelona, Chelsea, Arsenal and is now playing n France with Monaco. He has named his favourite eleven now, and some like David Villa, Carles Puyol and others miss out sadly. 1) Goalkeeper. Iker Casillas. 2) Defenders Jordi Alba, John Terry, Danny Alves. Gerrard Pique 3) Midfielders Eden Hazard , Lionel Messi, Patrick Vieira. Andres Iniesta. Strikers Thierry Henry, Diego Costa.

JORDI ALBA TO SIGN A FIVE YEAR DEAL WITH BARCELONA>.

After long and lengthy talks between the Spanish giants Barcelona , and the Spaniard Jordi Alba about a signing up a new contract, Barcelona were trying very hard to conclude the talks soon as they ha no desire to loose their talented left back on a free transfer. Now Jordi Alba ha joined Barcelona from the Spanish club Valencia, way back in the year 2012, and has done vey well for both club and country. Now the president of Barcelona has come and taken a personal interest to see that they occlude the contract as early as possible .

BARCELONA WANT TO BUY LUKE SHAW FROM MANCHESTER UNITED.

Now for the past few years the Manchester United left back Luke Shaw was having a horrible time at Manchester United . First he broke his leg, and after that he could never make his way back into the team. And now Jose Mourinho has more or less frozen him out of he team at Manchester United, and to make matters worse for the young English left back, Jose Mourinho has humiliated and has also criticized Luke Shaw in public. His team mates say that this is nothing but bullying young Luke Shaw in public. But now hope is around the corner for the English man, as the Spanish giants Barcelona have come forward to buy him in the summer as a replacement for their regular left bac Jordi Alba. Now both Arsenal as well as Chelsea are keen to buy him as well. But the Spanish giants Barcelona want to buy him at a cut out price. Manchester United want to generate funds to buy players , so several players will be sold. They want 28, twenty eight million pounds for Luke Shaw, but Barcelona will get him at a cut out price only.

IS THE FAMOUS LA MASIA IN DECLINE NOW?

The Big question now asked is the famous LA MASIA in decline now. It was in 1970 that Johan Cruyff and later Pep Guardiola , who played a big part in THE LA MASIA.It means THE CASTLE. This is where the youth academy stay and live together from around the world. To be the future Barcelona footballers. In the match between Barcelona verses Levante played on 25/11/2012. In the twelfth minute Martin Montoya replaced Dani Alves , and for the first time the entire team of Barcelona players were graduates of THE L MASIA. True Gerrard Pique, joined from Manchester United, Cesc Fabregas from Arsenal, and Jordi Alba fro Valencia. They moved on to better their careers. But now things are a little different Barcelona are forced to buy players from outside THE LA MASIA. .Like Luis Suarez, Neymar, Ivan Rakitic, Claudio Bravo,, Douglas, Andre Ter Stegen, Thomas Vermaelen, Jeremy Mathieu , this was done before the ban was in place for Barcelona. Alexander Song for 18 million from Arsenal. But in noway is the La MASIA in decline.

THE CHAMPION LEAGUE SQUAD OF 2015.

A total of eighteen players were selected by a board . And there were ten players from Barcelona. Five from Juventus . And one from Chelsea. 1) Goalkeepers Gianlughi Buffon and Marc Andres terStegen. 2) Defenders. Branislav Ivonovic,Javier Mascherano Gerrard Pique, Jordi Alba. Giorgio Chielleni. 3) Midfielders. Ivan Rakitic, Andres IIniesta, Sergio Busquets, Andres Pirlo, Claudio Marchiso and Toni Kroos. Lionel Messi. Luis Suarez, Neymar, Cristiano Ronaldo and Alvaro Morata. And there were two from Real Madrid as well.

ITS ALL ABOUT TOUCHES HERE.

Barcelona are famous for their Tika taka style similar to Arsenal. Another point to note is the Barcelona backs are known to cause a great deal of trouble, simply as they make so many glorious touches. 1) Lionel Messi made 1211 touches in the final. 2) Dani Alves made a total of 1133 touches in the champion league 3( Jordi Alba 1067 touches in the champion league. 4) The Arsenal left back Nacho Monreal had accurate passing which read 96.88 percent accurate passes. This was the highest in this years champion league. Till Arsenal lost to Monaco on the away goal rule. 5) Gianlughi Buffon played 1170 minutes in the champion league.

MANCHESTER UNITED WANT TO BUY MARCELLO.

It is reported in THE METRO , that Manchester United are willing to buy the Brazilian left back from Real Madrid, in the january transfer window. Real Madrid will buy the Bayern Munich left back David Alada. But Louis Van Gaal was indeed very ken to sign the Barcelona left back, Jordi Alba The question will now be the big price for the Brazilian.

SPAIN ARE KNOCKED OUT OF THE OLYMPICS.

Mighty Spain, who are the world and European cup holders, were rudely knocked out of the Olympics in England. They lost and were knocked out of the 2012 Olympics in London. They lost to Honduras by a score of 1-0. The goal came early in the seventh minute. The goal was scored by Jerry Bengtsen Honduras are not famous for their football, for example in the 2010 world cup in South Africa Honduras was the only country that did not win a single match. But here Spain were very strong they had their future golden boys of the future. They had Jordi Alba, Juan Mata, David De Gea Montoya, Javi Martinez, Adrian and Munian. In fact Iker Casillas had boasted . You have yet tpo see our future footballers.

BARCELONA BUY BACK JORDI ALBA.

The Spanish giants have gone and got defender Jordi Alba from Valencia for 11, eleven million pounds. Barcelona were looking out for left defender, as their French defender Eric Abidal , had undergone a liver transplant and his future in football was very uncertain. Jordi Alba was graduate from the Barcelona youth academy. He joined a small club before joining Valencia. Jordi Alba was part of the Spanish EURO 2012 winners, and also scored one of the four goals verses Italy.

WHO WAS BETTER BRAZIL 1970, OR SPAIN 2012.

Today there is a big comparing between the famous Brazilian team of 1970 and the team of Spain 2012. But one thing is clear Spain beat Brazil in their passing by miles. Not a single Brazilian made 400 passes in the 1970, while half of Spain's players made 400 passes or more. 1) Spain players.Xavi Hernandez 592 passes. 2)Xavi Alonso, 585 passes. 3)Sergi Busquets 455 passes. 4) Andrea Iniesta 446 passes. 5)Jordi Alba 410 passes. BRAZILIAN PLAYERS. 1) Carlos Albrto. 394 passes. 2) Clodoalda. 317 passes. 3) Rivelino 261 passes. 4) Pele. 249 passes. 5) Jairzinho. 221 passes.

THE EURO 2012 SQUAD.

The final squad of the Euro 2012 was announced after the finals. 1) GOALKEEPERS.Gianluighi Buffon., Iker Casillas, Manuel Neuer. 2) DEFENDERS. Gerrard Pique, Fabio Conetrao, Philipp Lahm,Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Jordi Alba. 3) MIDFIELDERS.Daniele Rossi,Steven Gerrard, Andrea Iniesta, Xavi, Xavi Alonso, Sami Khedira, Sergio Busquets, Mezut Ozil, Andrea Pirlo. STRIKERS. Mario Bolotelli, Cesc Fabregas, Cristiano Ronaldo, Zalatan Ibrahimovic, David Silva.