Barcelona inches closer to Madrid

On April 9, 2012 By

Barcelona closed the gap over the weekend to end up just four points behind the league leaders. The Catalans beat Zaragoza 4-1 despite conceding the first goal, but Puyol, Pedro, and two goals from Messi ensured that the three points were safe.

Valencia visited the Bernabeu on Sunday in what was always likely to [...]

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Soccer: Barcelona into Champions League semi [NZ Herald News]

On April 4, 2012 By

Lionel Messi helped put Barcelona through to the semifinal stage of Champions LEague after a 3-1 against AC Milan at the Nou Camp last night. Messi’s two goals created a new record, as reported by NZ Herald News:

The Argentina forward scored a pair of first-half penalty kicks and Andres Iniesta added another goal after [...]

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Not impossible to overcome Real Madrid in La Liga, says Pedro [Goal.com]

On April 2, 2012 By

FC Barcelona remains six points behind Real madrid, but the season is far from over according to Pedro. Quoted in an article by Goal.com, the Barça players says:

“We know we can do it. Madrid have a good lead but we just have to take it game by game, playing as we are now, and [...]

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Milan earn draw against Barcelona; Gomez and Robben put Bayern in charge [CNN.com]

On March 29, 2012 By

AC Milan prevented FC Barcelona from scoring in the first leg of the Champions Legue quarter finals last night on a pitch in extremely poor state and with some dodgey refereeing decisions:

The Spanish visitors were denied what looked like a clear penalty in the first half when Alexis Sanchez was brought down by goalkeeper [...]

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Malaysian Grand Prix 2012: Fernando Alonso wins for Ferrari as Sergio Pérez almost pulls off Sauber surprise [Telegraph]

On March 26, 2012 By

Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso won the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday ahead of Sergio Perez and Lewis Hamilton. The race was stopped by rain and ran several laps under safety car conditions, providing some real excitement. According to the Telegraph:

An extraordinary, rain-affected grand prix, halted for nearly an hour at one stage as a tropical [...]

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Cristiano Ronaldo Deserves Sympathy for Sharing Limelight With Lionel Messi [NESN.com]

On March 26, 2012 By

Ronaldo deserves sympathy for sharing the limelight with Messi, according to an article on NESN.com, an extract of which is below:

But Messi has marched alongside Ronaldo every step of the way. Four days before Ronaldo scored his 100th, Messi scored his 233rd career goal and became Barcelona’s all-time leading goal scorer. The two players [...]

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FC Barcelona star Lionel Messi sets new goalscoring record [Crunch Sports]

On March 21, 2012 By

Barcelona closed the gap with Real Madrid to just five points last night in a 5-3 win against Granada that saw Messi score a hat trick to become the highest ever scorer for the club. According to Crunch Sports:

Messi’s three goals saw him break Cesar Rodriguez’s record of 232 goals for the Blaugrana as [...]

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F1′s Jenson Button rides McLaren wave of confidence for Australian win [The Guardian]

On March 19, 2012 By

McLaren showed that they have no intention of letting this season in Formula One be the walkover for Red Bull we’ve seen in the last two years. Saturday’s qualifications surprised many with the McLaren’s taking the first two places on the grid, with both Red Bull’s further down ands the speed to the McLaren’s even [...]

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Real Madrid 1-1 Malága [guardian.co.uk]

On March 19, 2012 By

Real Madrid’s lead at the top of the Spanish league table was reduced to eight points at the weekend after they drew thanks to a last minute goal from Malaga. According to the Guardian:

Another save from Caballero denied Ronaldo doubling Madrid’s advantage early in the second half but the hosts struggled to kill the [...]

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Messi continues magical run at Santander [Reuters]

On March 12, 2012 By

Lionel Messi continued to score goals galore, with two more against Racing Santander on Sunday. According to Reuters:

Lionel Messi’s astonishing recent goal glut continued on Sunday when he struck twice in a 2-0 win for Barcelona at struggling Racing Santander that trimmed Real Madrid’s lead at the top of La Liga back to 10 [...]

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