Catalans win the first leg

The first leg between the best in spain, and the best in england resulted in a dominating victory for the catalans.
The game was quite evenly matched until Martin Demichelis was sent off for a last-man foul on Lionel Messi.
Messi stepped up to the spot and broke the deadlock in the 54th minute.
Despite being a man down, City continued to threaten Barcelona.

Both team focused on the importance of keeping possession on the ball. The Barca defence lin started going slack and the City attack found fissures, causing discomfort to Valdes.
After Kompany got his head to a silva-hit free kick and Negredo hit a shot straight at Valdes, Barcelona jumped back to life with messi and xavi tearing through the defence.

Barca had the final say, however, with Alves gathering a pass from Neymar and tucking the ball between Hart's legs in the final minute to seal the game for the Catalans'.

Recent inactivity

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Carlos Puyol Starts Recovery

Puyol Exercises On The Field

The Barca captain worked on strength and resistance on one of the training pitches. He was assisted by physio Juanjo Brau for a workout focused on strength and resistance.

Puyol underwent surgery on June 19 to have a Baker's cyst removed from his right knee. He has been working to get back to full fitness ever since, and had to miss the trip to Asia in order to concentrate on his recovery programme in Barcelona.

Cesc Ankle Sprain Confirmed

Fabregas Sprains ankle VS malaysia

The last match of barcelona's asia tour did not end with a smile, not for Cesc anyway.
Cesc Fabregas had a number of test this morning after arriving back from malaysia to measure the extent of the ankle injury he picked up in saturday's match.

It has subsequently been confirmed that the player has sprained a ligament in his ankle.
Club doctors have contacted the Spanish FA to recommend that the player should not join the national squad for the friendly against Ecuador so that he can undergo treatment in Barcelona.

Cesc is one of the five barca players called up by Vincent del Bosque for the match on wednesday in Guayaquil.

Pep Guardiola Shows No Mercy

It is as if Bayern Munich has become FCB's biggest nightmare.

In their latest fixture, a friendly, Bayern Munich, led by ex barca coach Pep Guardiola defeated FCB (2-0) to get the Uli Hoeness Cup. 

Guardiola showed no mercy against his former side in this fixture.

Thiago Alacantra Bids Farewell To His Ex-Teammates

Following the 25 million Euro deal between Barca and FCBayern, Thiago came to visit his ex-teammates and coaching staff this monday morning.

Meeting again on july 24th

Interestingly, Thiago will be(most probably) playing against Barca soon enough, when Tito Vilanova's team go to allianz arena for their second pre-season friendly game against FCBayern.

Barcelona and Messi nominated for the Social Star Awards 2013

FC Barcelona has been nominated as one of the finalists as the best club in the world using social networks. The Club had won the award last year, and now has the chance to retain its Title. Lionel Messi has also been nominated in the sports star section.
StarCount is a specialist site dedicated to measuring the popularity of brands on social networks and it will announce the awards at a special gala which will be available live after an agreement between You tube and Google. 'The Social Awards 2013 will be held in Singapore on May 23rd and will be the first event to be streamed for a whole 24 hours. Other personalities and institutions will also be honoured at the event.