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Bartra, Piqué and Puyol to travel to Valencia | FC Barcelona
Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino has decided, as is usually the case for big games like these, to take his full squad to Valencia for the cup final against Real Madrid. That makes for 24 players, the only absentee being Víctor Valdés, who has only just undergone surgery and therefore it wouldn’t be advisable for him to embark on a journey like this.
FC Barcelona v Real Madrid: The classic final | FC Barcelona
It’s 63 days since FC Barcelona beat Real Sociedad in the semi-finals. Tonight Mestalla hosts the Spanish Cup Final and the Catalans face old rivals Real Madrid. It’ll be a peculiar final. There is no clear favourite, both sides are missing important players to injury, and for the first time in several years, these two teams are not the runaway leaders in La Liga.
Martino set on cup glory | FC Barcelona
Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino is thrilled on the eve of his first Spanish Cup Final. He knows that whatever happens in Wednesday’s game at Mestalla will do nothing to change the disappointments in the other two competitions, but "this is a final, and is a game in a different context."
Andrés Iniesta focused on winning cup | FC Barcelona
Andrés Iniesta spoke to the press today ahead of the Spanish Cup Final on Wednesday night at Mestalla. The 19-year-old has plenty of experience of such games, but knows this one is going to be special, admitting that a large part of this season hangs on beating Real Madrid in Valencia. "The team is able to play well and win" he insists. "It would be a huge joy for our supporters. We only have thoughts of winning the trophy."
Up close and personal: FC Barcelona's trip to Valencia | FC Barcelona
The whole first team, with the exception of Víctor Valdés, who recently underwent surgery, travelled to Valencia. The plane took off at 6:20 PM CET from El Prat airport and touched down in Turia at 7:00 PM CET. President Josep María Bartomeu led the expedition, and he was accompanied by members of the Board of Directors.
Let's go, Barça! | FC Barcelona
Ahead of tomorrow's final in Mestalla, the Club, Barça TV, the Club's official Youtube channel and the official website, released this video of support for the players and fans. The video closes with a message for all of FC Barcelona's supporters: "If we believe together, we win together!"
20,000 fans join team in Valencia | FC Barcelona
FC Barcelona will not be alone at the cup final in Valencia. Some 20,000 fans will be at Mestalla to support the team. The busses and trains organized by the club started leaving at 5.45 this morning to take 1,500 fans to the city where the final is taking place.
Minute by minute build up to FC Barcelona v Real Madrid | FC Barcelona
All the latest news in our minute by minute coverage of the build up to tonight's clash with Real Madrid at Mestalla Stadium
Ronaldo's injury, Barcelona's bad week - who has the psychological edge going into the Copa Clasico? - Goal.com
But Barca have problems of their own. Blighted by off-field issues in 2013-14, the Catalans come into this final following the worst week of their entire season after they were knocked out of the Champions League by Atletico Madrid and then all but conceded La Liga with a shock 1-0 loss at Granada on Saturday.
Stoichkov: Barca transfer policy an atrocity
"Barca might as well sponsor Arsenal. Then we could ask how much they paid for Cesc Fabregas. And there’s more. Rafinha, Fontas, who was sold for €1m (£0.8m) when Carles Puyol needed replacing. Or Martin Caceres, who was another atrocity. Selling Zlatan Ibrahimovic, when he was bought for €66m (£54m)."
Best of El Clasico | Sky Sports
Although Lionel Messi did enough to earn a Champions League winners' medal in that 2006 campaign, he missed the latter stages of the tournament through injury and was but a mere pup as Ronaldinho and Samuel Eto'o took centre stage. It was 2006/07 that marked his breakthrough season.
Barca's dominant run could be over - ESPN FC
With five games left in the La Liga season, Barcelona has already suffered its fifth domestic defeat, which matches the most losses the team has suffered in a single campaign since the 2008-09 season. That season, Barcelona rallied under first-year manager Pep Guardiola to win the treble, and subsequently began an era of dominance for the Catalan club that has included six more trophies.
The FCBEscola lands in the United States | FC Barcelona
After 7 years doing FCBCamps in many cities of the United States and taking care of more than 10,000 kids within our events, the FCBEscola and Kaptiva Sports, one of the partners with more experience organizing and handling the club´s program, they have come to an agreement to take it one step further and starting a new ambitious project to open up the first FCBEscola in America.
