Messi receives Goldon Boot award

Barcelona star Lionel Messi on Thursday received the Golden Boot award as last season's top scorer in Europe's domestic leagues at a ceremony here.The 23-year-old Argentina striker's 34 La Liga goals made him a clear winner ahead of Chelsea's Didier Drogba and Udinese's Antonio Di Natale, who both achieved 29.Messi is the second player to win the Golden...

Rubin Kazan 1-1 FC Barcelona (Matchday 2 Group Stage UEFA Champions League 2010/2011)

FC Barcelona's UEFA Champions League struggles against FC Rubin Kazan continued as David Villa's second-half penalty earned the visitors a Group D point in Russia.Rubin took the lead on the half-hour mark when Christian Noboa converted a penalty following a challenge by Daniel Alves on Vitali Kaleshin. Barcelona struggled to break through a resolute Rubin...

Athletic Bilbao 1-3 FC Barcelona (Matchday 5 La Liga 2010/2011)

Champions Barcelona leapfrogged rivals Real Madrid to go second in the Spanish first division thanks to a 3-1 win at 10-man Athletic Bilbao on Saturday.Barca notched their third consecutive league victory with second half goals from Seydou Keita, Xavi and Sergi Busquets after Bilbao had been reduced to 10 men following the dismissal of Fernando Amorebieta...

FC Barcelona 1-0 Sporting de Gijon (Matchday 4 La Liga 2010/2011)

Barcelona responded to Lionel Messi’s absence and put the disappointment of the defeat to Hercules in their last home game behind them with a slender 1-0 victory over Sporting Gijon thanks to David Villa. Barca lacked the usual punch in the first half, but it didn’t take them long to test Ivan Cuellar when Villa ran onto Andres Iniesta’s through ball but...

Messi ruled out for next two Barca matches

Barcelona's Argentine star Lionel Messi will miss at least the next two matches after injuring his ankle at the weekend, the club said on Monday.Barcelona revealed that tests carried out on Monday confirmed that the forward suffered ligament damage to his right ankle in his side's 2-1 win at Atletico Madrid on Sunday, in which he scored the opening goal.Messi...

Atletico Madrid 1-2 FC Barcelona (Matchday 3 La Liga 2010/2011)

Barcelona recorded their first league win at the Vicente Calderon for four seasons as they overcame a physical Atletico Madrid side 2-1 in the capital, however Lionel Messi's late injury takes the shine from what was an efficent victory.The Blaugrana took the lead early on thanks to a neat finish from Lionel Messi, but Raul Garcia headed the home side back...

FC Barcelona 5-1 Panathinaikos (Matchday 1 Group Stage UEFA Champions League 2010/2011)

David Villa celebrates with Lionel Messi after putting Barcelona ahead against Panathinaikos Match statistics BarcelonaPanathinaikos5Goals scored112Attempts on target18Attempts wide00Yellow cards10Red cards09Fouls committed174Corners03Offside248' 47''Possession (time)17' 5''74Possession (%)26 Barcelona put their weekend humiliation at the hands of Hercules...

FC Barcelona 0-2 Hercules (Matchday 2 La Liga 2010/2011)

Don't restart your computers... you're seeing it right. Barcelona have been roundly shocked at the Camp Nou when they crashed to an astonishing 2-0 defeat to newcomers Hercules. Nelson Valdez netted both goals and it could've been a more damaging defeat had it not been for Victor Valdes. A Nelson Valdez brace for Hercules propelled the Spanish Primera...