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Vital summer ahead for Barcelona as they look to close gap on Real Madrid in La Liga
Over the last couple of seasons, and certainly since the departure of arguably the best footballer in the world, Lionel Messi, Barcelona have been playing in the shadows of current La Liga champions Real Madrid.
Where are they now? The 14 Barca kids given debuts by Pep Guardiola
Barcelona are renowned for giving academy graduates opportunities in the first team, but what became of those to break through during Pep Guardiola’s four years in charge?
Revisiting Barcelona’s last Xl before Lionel Messi’s first-team debut, 2004
Rivaldo: A fairytale career
Jose Mourinho’s iconic 2005 story of hiding from UEFA in laundry basket
Jose Mourinho is good at a lot of things but strictly adhering to authority is not one of them.
Where are they now? The Barcelona B XI from Messi’s last game in 2005
Lionel Messi made his first-team debut for Barcelona in a 1-0 win over Espanyol in October 2004. The rest, as they say, is history.
Bompastor, pionera en el césped y en el banquillo del Lyon
Miguel Muñoz, Giovanni Trapattoni, Johan Cruyff, Carlo Ancelotti, Frank Rijkaard, Zinedine Zidane y Pep Guardiola conforman la escueta lista de ganadores de la Champions League como futbolistas y entrenadores. De ellos, solo cuatro lo lograron con el mismo club: Muñoz y Zidane, con el Real Madrid; Ancelotti, con el Milan; y Guardiola, con el Barça. Y en ese prestigioso club puede entrar hoy Sonia Bompastor (Francia, 1980), la técnica del Lyon.
The evolution of Rangers: 'You have to believe' as Giovanni van Bronckhorst reveals his coaching idols
Giovanni van Bronckhorst will tell his team to match Rangers’ iconic Bareclona Bears by bringing the club’s first European title since 1972 back from Seville as he himself bids to match figures from his own illustrious past.