FC Barcelona News: 13 May 2012; Barça Draw Final Game of La Liga Season, Carles Puyol's Surgery a Success

Keita rescues Barca as Pep bows out - Yahoo! Eurosport
Sergio Busquets headed Barca in front from a corner after nine minutes. A second yellow card for defender Dani Alves in the 53rd then turned the game on its head and opened the way for a Betis fight-back. Castro burst clear to lob keeper Victor Valdes in the 71st minute and he also broke through the middle to add his second goal three minutes later. Messi struck the post with a free kick just before Keita flung himself at a cross to level matters.

Guardiola: "I'm very pleased with the team's performance" | FC Barcelona
Pep Guardiola held a press conference after this Saturday’s draw against Betis. The Barça manager said he is satisfied with the behavior of his players: "we played a good first half. In the second, before we went down to 10 men, we weren’t as good. After the expulsion, playing against a team that practices good football is complicated. We tried it and we managed to get the equaliser through Ketia’s header."

Carles Puyol has successful surgery on right knee | FC Barcelona
Doctors Ramon Cugat and Ricard Pruna, in collaboration with Egarsat, performed osteochondral knee surgery on Carles Puyol this Saturday morning. The Azulgrana captain underwent an arthroscopic procedure to clean up joint tissue in his right knee. The player will be out of action for approximately six weeks.

Puyol out of Euros, Abidal recovering - Yahoo! Eurosport
His absence will likely mean that Del Bosque deploys Real Madrid's Sergio Ramos alongside Barca's Gerard Pique in central defence, with Javi Martinez of Athletic Bilbao another option. Pruna was also asked about Barca's France defender Eric Abidal, who had a liver transplant last month and said the player would probably be allowed to leave hospital next week.

Valdes wins Zamora trophy - Goal.com
Victor Valdes has won this season's Ricardo Zamora trophy after being crowned the goalkeeper with the best goals-to-games ratio in La Liga. The Barcelona shot-stopper conceded just 28 league goals throughout 2011-12, despite seeing the ball evade him twice in the 2-2 draw with Real Betis on Saturday, to net himself his fourth straight personal triumph.

Valdés: "We'll be back in force next year" | FC Barcelona
After the game against Betis, the Barça players concur that the team will be completely focused on the last match of the season. Víctor Valdés said that the team is eager and preparing for the final match of the year and he sent an optimistic message regarding next season. "We hope to win the Cup. This season two important titles have slipped away, but we’ll be back as strong as ever next year," he said.

Messi pays medical bills for suffering 12-year-old - Goal.com
Waleed Kashash, who was diagnosed with growth hormone deficiency (GHD), had dreamt of beating the disorder to make the grade as a footballer, but the cost of his treatment threatened to destroy his hopes. However, a woman named Soad al-Affani decided to notify Messi of the youngsters' illness, to which the Argentine replied by stating that he would cover his costs of 3000 dirham (€208) every 15 days until he becomes 18.

Almería - Barça B: Fantastic first half decides the match (1-2) | FC Barcelona
Eusebio’s team hadn’t won away from the Miniestadi since November 19 2011, when they beat Murcia 0-2. Since then, the reserve team have lost five times and tied five times as visitors. This Saturday in Almería, however, the goals from Sergi Roberto and Deulofeu in the first half decided the match for the Azulgranas.

Real Madrid fitness coach Rui Faria defends his conduct during matches - Goal.com
Real Madrid fitness trainer Rui Faria has defended his conduct in La Liga matches this season after being quizzed by journalists on the matter. The 36 year old has been sent off on three occasions this season; seeing red against Sporting Gijon, Malaga and Villarreal for criticising referees during the games.

Mourinho: Kaka could leave Real - Yahoo! Eurosport
Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has raised the prospect of Brazil playmaker Kaka leaving the Spanish champions this summer.The 30-year-old has shown flashes of brilliance but had a miserable end to his Champions League campaign last month when he had a penalty saved in the semi-final shootout against Bayern Munich as Real crashed out to the Bundesliga side.