Barcelona's situation is complicated. Although they can not complain about their players, Catalans need reinforcements to remain at the same level next season. Catalans write that Guardiola &Co. have complicated their situation on the transfer market. The first goal of Barcelona, Sergio Araujo was blocked by Boca Juniors! The Spaniards made a minimum bid in the first meeting with the player's representative,Eduardo Gamarnik. Argentineans have blocked the young striker and have set a quot of 15 million euros.
Kiko Femenía is another target that the Catalans might miss. Barca and Hercules are in advanced negotiations, but the latest claims of those in Alicante might back out of the way the aliens. Kiko will be incorporated into Barcelona B, but Hercules asks in addition to the 2 million euros proposed by Barca a list of several players. However,Spaniards noted that the deal could be completed by Monday.
Jose Angel is another target that Barca might miss. Sporting Gijon's left defender refused the offers from Malaga and Fiorentina, but Gijon disagrees also with the offer of 1.5 million euros from Barca.
Esteban Andrada- Catalans have on the list a goalkeeper. The 20-year-old goalkeeper from Lanus is wanted by guardiola, but those from Sport.es write that his transfer to Barcelona is impossible at this time. Barcelona has made the transfer offer a loan one, but the Argentines disagree. In addition, they want 4 million euros to end the deal, amount considered too high by the Spaniards.
And the most desirable player in Calalunia is still far from Barcelona. Sport.es notes that extraterrestrials are ready to offer 30 million euros to bring Cesc home, but their offer is 10 million below what the British ask.
Pep Guardiola is willing to break up with FC Barcelona if Inter Milan would launch him the challenge to lead the team from San Siro, said Luis Suarez, the former midfielder of the national team of Spain , who spent an important part of his career at Inter, so as a footballer and as a coach. "Pep's cycle in Barcelona is close to the end. I'm sure he will go to Inter in the summer.I spoke with him on it in December and I know he can not refuse the president Moratti.",said Suarez, 76 years old.
The venerable insisted he has not consulted with anyone from the club of Milan, where he trained in three occasions, the last time in 1995, Inter being the last team he prepared before retirement. " I know Pep for a long time and I know he wants a new challenge, and Inter is the perfect challenge for him. I am convinced that he would do well in Italy, but ultimately the decision is of those from Milan. What I can say for sure is that Guardiola would not refuse", claimed the one who the fans called Luisito. He played for FC Barcelona in the '50s and then nine seasons for Inter Milan, and then ended his career in Series A,at Sampdoria in 1973. Two years later, Suarez made his debut as coach at Inter , and meanwhile he led teams like Sampdoria, La Coruna Spain or national.
Italian press takes for granted the separation of Inter from the actual coach, Leonardo, when the championship ends, and Guardiola would be, informal, the first choice of club management. The Catalan won everything possible with Barcelona, and in the actual season is close to a new title in Spain and a Champions League triumph , Messi and his company going to dispute the final at Wembley against Manchester United.
The technician of FC Barcelona, Josep Guardiola has refused to comment on the statements of Jose Mourinho after the match against Real Madrid, when the Catalans won, 2-0 in the Champions League semifinals, he prefers to congratulate the players and especially Lionel Messi.
"We did a very good match. We controlled all their attacks. It is a very good result, I have to congratulate my players. It is a great chance to have a player like Messi. He's only 23 years old and is already the third best scorer in the history of Barcelona. It's huge.", said Guardiola, who added that his team does not consider itself qualified for the finals.
FC Barcelona defeated Wednesday evening in the arena of the Santiago Bernabeu, with 2-0, Real Madrid team in the first leg of Champions League semifinals, and both goals of the match were scored by Lionel Messi in minutes 76 and 86. In the 61st minute, Real Madrid has evolved with a player less after the removal of Pepe. Also on the stage in the 61st minute was sent to the rostrum Real Madrid's coach Jose Mourinho.
Jose Mourinho has been unleashed at the press conference after the match, complaining that Barcelona won with the referee's help. "Congratulations on a great team. But I wonder where it comes from strength of this team? Maybe it is the influence that the Spanish federation president Angel Villar has at UEFA , or the fact that their T-shirt bears the inscription of UNICEF? I respect Guardiola , but I would very much like to see him winning Champions League without a scandal. From my point of view, if Barcelona wins the league, is due to a scandal in the Bernabeu.", said the Portuguese.
Mourinho said that Pepe was sent off for free and claimed that he did not say nothing bad about Stark Wolfgang or to another official after the time of granting the red card for the player in the 61st minute. "I never said anything, I just applauded the decision ironic. If I would really have said what I was thinking, I probably would have been removed by UEFA from the football final ...". TV images seem to give the Portuguese justice, he was surprised by the camera while saying "Bravo, bravo", talking to the reserve referee. A few minutes later, Mourinho was sent to the stands, where he communicated with the second-Karanka through little notes.
After 0-2 in the Bernabeu, Mourinho does not believe Real has any chance to reach the final at Wembley, where they cannot count on Pepe and Sergio Ramos, suspended."Clearly, our mission will be very difficult in re-tour. What do I say here? Will be an impossible task, it is clear that Barcelona will go into the finals." The eccentric coach then resumed the string of ironies on the rival, saying he twice won the Champions League with Porto and Inter Milan, and in both cases the victories were achieved on the ground. "Those successes have come through hard work, effort, sweat and struggle. I would be ashamed to win the league like Barcelona did when I was at Chelsea and we should have received four penalty kicks in the match in the semifinals. In addition, I see that happens in every semi-final with Barcelona so she could have an extra man. "
FC Barcelona considers as damaged the image following the statements made by Jose Mourinho at a press conference after the game from the Bernabeu,when the Catalans won with 2-0 in the first round of the Champions League semifinals. The club's officials confirmed Thursday that Barcelona's lawyers are studying the contents of the Real technician's statements, being very possible filing of a complaint to UEFA.
"Congratulations for a great team. But I wonder where it comes from the strength of this team? Maybe it is the influence that the Spanish federation president Angel Villar has at UEFA , or the fact that T-shirt bears the inscription of UNICEF? I respect Guardiola, but I would very much like to see him winning a Champions League without scandal. From my point of view, if Barcelona wins the league, is because of the scandal the Bernabeu" , is the paragraph that upsets the most the leaders of Barca from what Mourinho said after the game.
Madrid's coach put fuel on the fire also before the game on Wednesday, saying about Pep Guardiola he is a whiny, which made the Catalan to lose his temper at the pre-match press conference. This time, Guardiola avoided any controversy :"I have nothing to say to Mourinho. I made a good game and we're just one step from the final, but we have to pass the retour. We respect Real Madrid, we know that is capable of anything, so we do not underestimate her."
Barcelona's coach was referring then to Lionel Messi's performance , of who he said he played " incredibly" . With a double success at Bernabeu on Wednesday , the Argentinian has reached 11 goals in as many matches played this season in the league and a total of 179 since he wears the Blaugrana shirt . "At 23 years old, is the third scorer in the history of Barca, which seems phenomenal.It is not the first time Messi scores a goal as the second in Madrid. It is tremendous to have a player like him in the team,", said Guardiola.
Ronaldo:" Mourinho is right "
If in the championship game saved the team from defeat, and in the Copa del Rey final made the difference by scoring in overtime , Cristiano Ronaldo didn't glow against Barcelona , but considers unfair the defeat. "This is the fourth consecutive time when Barcelona benefits from an incorrect decision. Jose Mourinho is right, look at what happened to Arsenal, Chelsea and Inter in matches against Catalans. I do not want to be misunderstood, Barcelona is a fantastic team, but also is a team with a lot of influence on the field and off it, ", said Madrid's star. In response, the Barcelona defender Gerard Pique, considers that Real is complaining for nothing. In his opinion, Mourinho's team refused to play football and the score was logical, with or without Pepe's elimination: "Real thinks that he only way to stop us is to be ag ressive on the field. They just didn't want to play football. Pepe's elimination was fair plus that Marcelo should've seen red at the foul on Pedro, but he was lucky the referee hasn't noticed him", believes Shakira's boyfriend.
Real Madrid and FC Barcelona showed in the Spanish Cup final that they are the best teams in the world at this time.The score was equal at the end of the 90 minutes, when two great rivals have split rounds. In overtime, the man accused is not decisive in games with Barca, Cristiano Ronaldo brought the first trophy of Mourinho's era.
Mourinho steals the first trophy from Guardiola and grabs the first cup since he came to Madrid. Even if the draw in the Bernabeu, in the first episode of the four classes of this month, keeps the Catalans in pole position to win the Primera, "The Special One" is already considered revenged.
Pep moved from the start and put Mascherano in central defense, while Mourinho has given the attack signal. Real dominated the first half, but the aliens have escaped well from the Galactic opportunities series. Barca balanced in the second half, but Casillas was a true guardian angel.The first 90 minutes ended in a draw and went into overtime. Ronaldo managed his second goal against Barca with an odd head kick, and Real won the 18th King's Cup in history.
The Galactics equals also the score from the direct meetings in the Cup final: 3-3, after the 10th finas played on the Mestalla.
A match from another world! It's El Clasico's day, and the world stopped : the Galacticos and the Aliens have descended on earth for the biggest football war. Spanish media said that the four matches of Barca and Real will be record-breaking audience! Today's meeting will be followed by over 78 million viewers, and everything will culminate with the Champions League matches, which will be followed by over 100 million fans.
If Madrid is dreaming of revenge after the humiliation of the tour, the Catalans afford to be ironic.
"All or Nothing", wrote AS before the game today. Mourinho did not want to speak at a press conference yesterday, and reporters have left the room. Without a word from the Portuguese, the Catalans have ironically titled on the front page "You with the talking, we with the football.", wrote El Mundo Deportivo.
Guardiola: "A difficult month! We could lose everything "
"It's a hard month, we could lose everything, absolutely everything! Real is a very ambitious team, very strong. If we can win and end the fight for the title, we will. They are the favorites, playing at home. They have left a very good impression on me. I do not know if matters who wins the first of four "classics". We will try to govern the game . If we beat we make a big step towards the title ,for me all games are important. Real has an impressive track record, has a fantastic team, will not be easy, ", said Pep Guardiola at the press conference.
Mourinho prepared the way he knows best the "match which should not be missed": he ignored everyone and refused to speak to the press conference before El Clasico. His players have in their minds only one thing: we must take revenge after the humiliation of the tour! "La vendetta de la Manita", says the headline in Marca, reminiscent of the five goals of the Catalans in the tour!
Will be a war between the best players in the world lately. Messi has never scored against Mourinho's team, Ronaldo hasn't scored against Barca. Instead, the Catalans have one more moral stimulant, besides the huge victory in the tour. Messi has scored six times in nine matches played against Real and Barca has won the last five "classics".
Guardiola revealed the secret weapon: After two months of absence, Puyol was called near the team and could play on the Santiago Bernabeu.
FC Barcelona's defender and team captain, Carles Puyol, who has not played for two months for the band, trained on Friday, along with his team mates and was retained in the squad for the match against Real Madrid in the league.
The match will be transmitted LiveText on Goal Crunch ,today , at 23:00.
A goal managed Sahtior to score in the double with Barcelona and Lucescu admits that the Spanish form a perfect team: "If only we had Messi we have managed to defeat them." On the other side, Guardiola praises the Ukrainian's coach : "I'm lucky that I am a colleague of Lucescu. I love the football Sahtior plays . "
"This fourth consecutive qualifying in the semifinals of the Champions League is a great success. Barca has never managed such a performance. It is a great joy. Maybe we'll be eliminated, but if we will be eliminated and it will be in front of a great team like Real Madrid, then we will applaud. But we accept the challenge of facing them. At this level we have a feeling of peace, because we have continuity. I take the games with Real as a gift. I am lucky to be colleague with a coach like Mircea Lucescu. I'm a supporter of the Shakhtar band for three years, and every year they progress, I hope to no longer meet them in the Champions League next year. We dedicate our victory to Bojan and we hope he will recover quickly.",said Guardiola.
Champions League is not a priority for Pep Guardiola, who prefers the annual battle for the title of champion of Spain, which carries with Real Madrid, but also with teams that issue claims, such as Villarreal, Valencia and Atletico Madrid. The Championship leader, Barcelona,will meet in the 31st round the occupant of the league's last position, Almeria, the Catalans being in the race for the triple championship-bowl-Champions League after the 5-1 victory in front of Shakhtar Donetsk.
However, Guardiola claims that the intern race is the mod important and will not leave anything to chance, although traditional rival from Madrid is eight lengths away: "The League is the most important competition of the year. Champions League has its charm, but I prefer the national championship, attracts me more, " said the 40 years old technician .
The offensive plans of "the gunners" remained only on paper in the Champions League second leg, match definitely controlled by Pep Guardiola's team. FC Barcelona has constantly created a suffocating pressure on Arsenal, and after a lot of failures, the redemptive goals came . Lionel Messi has canceled the tour guests advantage through a brilliant execution - a fine take over after a pass from Iniesta and left shot to Almunia, who had replaced Szczesny, injured to a finger.
The Catalans have shown such an offensive appetite that it seemed they will score again with the band Arsene Wenger, as in the duel of the same stage last year, only the situation for the hosts had complicated in the first minutes of the second half, paradoxical at first action of the attack of the Londoners. Nasri struck one corner and the ball Busquets turned the ball into an own goal.That was the only shot on Barca's gate space in the whole match . Just three minutes after this draw, took place the phase that put crisis throughout all the breath of Arsenal: Robin van Persie kicked after the referee's whistle, which gave him the second yellow and thus the guests remained ten at a critical moment of the game. The Dutch striker explained in vain to Massimo Busacca that he has not heard the whistle in the noise of the stadium and also in vain has Wenger questioned the Swiss referee after the match.
Barcelona's coach Pep Guardiola does not believe that Arsenal lost qualification because of the elimination of Van Persie, but because his team played phenomenal. "I understand the sadness of Arsene Wenger, because I like the way his team plays. I do not know how people from Arsenal will look at the match, maybe they will consider they've lost due to the 11-10 play. Or maybe they will be objective and will find that they haven't succeeded three consecutive passes in the whole match. " According to the Catalan technician, the only solution for Londoners to improve the game is to see the bad things they have done at the Nou Camp. "I would love one day to hang out with Wenger and analyse both legs. Maybe I'm subjective, but I think we were a class over the English team. " Guardiola admitted that his heart stopped in the last stage of the match, when Bendtnerhad escaped to the gate, but was blocked in extremis by Mascherano. "If my player wouldn't run fast enough to block the 20 m shooting, we could be eliminated. We had plenty of occasions, we shouldn't have been in that situation."
Wanted by Barcelona, the club where he trained as a junior, Cesc Fabregas had a lackluster performance at the Nou Camp and considerated himself the main culprit for the failure of qualification."I take full responsibility for the failure of this evening. It is one of the worst moments of my career and I apologize, "said Arsenal's captain, who added:" It is a pity that we left the competition. We scared Barcelona a little bit, in particular at the equalizer goal .This is football. I played with pain in the leg and tried to resist as much. I want Barcelona to go very far in the League. "
After the nervous breakdown which he had at the end, when he yelled at referee Busacca, Arsene Wenger said after the game that even the UEFA delegate was outraged by the removal of Van Persie."How can you kill a game like this? I think there are two types of fans upset by such an error - those who love Arsenal and those who love football. It was a decision that ruined a promising match. And for what? If it was for a hard foul, I could understand,"lamented the Frenchman. Wenger has not forgotten though the fair play towards the opponent:: "We lost against a great Barcelone. I wish them a further success. "
The North London team will travel to Spain for the match on Tuesday night that they will play in Champions League against the champions of the Primera Division, FC Barcelona. Arsenal comes after a painful semi-failure at home in front of Sunderland, 0-0, after which it lost two precious points in the battle for the title with ManchesterUnited.
The Gunners don't aim to play at 0-0 the crucial eighth meeting of the League because they aren't used to practice a purely defensive game. "We need better players physically ready because we have a lot of running. We don't have the necessary safety for our defensive to barricade ourselves against the Catalans. We will attack and try to score." said Arsene Wenger. Good news for Arsenal fans, whose captain, Cesc Fabregas will be holder in the game in Spain. Big chances to return to the lawn have also Jack Wilshere and Alex Song. All three have missed a period, from injuries suffered in the season.
Arsenal will go to Catalonia in the shelter of a 2-1 result in the tour, match that Barcelona controlled most of the time and led until the end of the game after the goal scored by Villa. Two sensational successes , Arshavin and Van Persie have given to the Londoners a victory which will bring hope for the return match that will be played on March 8.
In the little time he is not arrogant, Jose Mourinho can be even fair play. At the last press conference, the Portuguese spoke unusually nice about the rival from Barcelona's bench. Mourinho admits that Pep Guardiola is one of the best coaches of the moment. "I don't always agree with everything. I always talk nice about Pep and his team. Pep is a renowned coach and that has nothing to do with the age he has, but with what he does. There are coaches who have behind them a 40-year career, but nobody knows them. Pep is training for several years but he has done more than enough to be considered one of the best coaches of the moment,", said the Portuguese.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has not gotten over the episode in Barcelona and again attacked Pep Guardiola. "My problem at Barcelona was a single man, and he is the philosopher." said Ibra, who had a very good relationship with his colleagues: "I did't have any problem with anyone. There is not one person at the club who could say that I did something wrong. The first six months were exceptional. When all was going very well for me , something happened. I still do not know what happened. I am still waiting for a response. In the first months of 2010 he has not talked to me at all and still do not know why, " ,complained Ibrahimovic.
Ibrahimovic was unleashed when he was asked to compare his former coach at Inter with Guardiola: " If you don't have a person near you to stimulate you, you can not fight for it. For this reason coaches exist. When I was coached by Mourinho, I went out on the ground and I could kill or give my life for him,for the trust he put in me. A coach must adjust his game according to the players he has, especially when you transfer a player with 70 million. You change the game for him because you did't bought him to see birds in the trees, " said Zlatan.
The Catalans can breathe freely: Guradiola novel has ended! Pep signed eventually a contract extension. The coach with the highest performances has extended for another year his contract with the band.
Through this contract renewal, Pep becomes the fourth-oldest coach in charge of the Catalans, after Cruyff, Rijkaard and Greenwell, notes El Mundo Deportivo .
Guardiola won eight out of ten possible trophies in his two years at Barcelona.
Arsene Wenger says the world will see another London team, more valuable and more determined than the one that lost by 1-4 at the New Camp last spring, after the draw on the Emirates Stadium. "At the moment, Barcelona is clearly the best team in the world and if we can eliminate it, then we have a real chance to win the trophy. We have an opportunity to demonstrate that we are stronger,united and eager to win than last year. I am convinced that we will make a show, because both teams are practicing an attractive football. I think we have a good chance to beat the Spaniards. We proved that we can be competitive and at the start of the season in England, nobody thought we would be so high."said Arsenal's coach.
Pep Guardiola is also expecting a show built on the offensive game philosophy for both teams. "Arsenal attacks more than defends itself , and we do the same. Both teams are trying to create as many opportunities. I admire Wenger very much, I admire his style and strategy. The fact that we played against Arsenal last year is helping us up to a point , because meanwhile other players came and now Van Persie is a very influential player in the English team," said Barca's coach.
Wenger has confirmed that Samir Nasri is part of the batch for the round match, while Abou Diaby is unavailable after the injury suffered in the friendly match France- Brazil. Will miss also players such as goalkeeper Fabianski and Vermaelen, unavailable, and Bacary Sagna, injured. From the Catalan will miss captain Carles Puyol and Jeffren , both injured."We will miss Puyol, he is our leader, but we'll have to play without him. From time to time such situations rise and we have no right to complain " said Guardiola, who stopped in the group Thiago Alcantara.
Guardiola is attacked by Arabs. Spaniards are talking about a fabulous offer of 20 million euros!
Qatar Football Federation recently fired the French Bruno Metsu, after the elimination from the Asian Cup quarterfinals. President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Hamad Bin Ahmad Al Thani is a big fan of Barcelona and Pep.
Guardiola played between 2003 and 2005 for Al Ahli. In addition, Barca is related to Qatar through the sponsor on the shirts , Qatar Foundation, and the technician even promoted the candidacy of Qatar for the World Cup in 2022.
As notes that the Arabs are ready to give Guardiola 20 millions to give up Messi and company.
Will Pep Guardiola give up to Barcelona's aliens for the Arabs millions ?
Barcelona qualified in the Spanish Cup semi-finals ,despite the fact that they lost the match against Betis Sevilla with 3-1. The Catalans had imposed themselves with a resounding score of 5-0, so they reached in the semi-finals of the competition without much trouble.
However, the failure in the Cup interrupted an amazing series : 28 matches won in any competition.
The coach Josep Guardiola is not mad at his students after the match with Betis and sees the bright side: "The defeat in the match against Betis will help us grow.We will continue to meet this kind of teams. In three weeks we'll have to play with Arsenal and it is not going to be easy. This failure shows what sport really means and that a championship is not won from January or February. The defeat will help us to be more careful in the following matches in the championship and the league", said Guradiola.
The Portuguese Jose Mourinho imposed himself in front of Vicente del Bosque and Pep Guardiola, being named 2010's best coach at Fifa Golden Ball Gala, in Zurich. FIFAwillmakethe official announcementat the Golden Ball Gala. The Portuguese could notbe presentat thepress conferenceattended bythe rest of thenominees because the plane that took him to Zurich got delayed. Althoughit waswrittenthat the coachof Spainwillbethe bigwinner,the votes in thelast few dayshave made Inter Milan's former coach the winner.
