Cesc Fabregas Archive

  • Craig Williams, our man in Asturias is back with a player spotlight on one of the revelations of the year: Rayo Vallecano’s attacking midfielder Michu.  Enjoy! Miguel Perez Cuesta, otherwise known as ‘Michu’, seems to have found his feet, and his goalscoring boots in the bargain, since his move last...

    Did someone say Michu?

    Posted on April 15, 2012 | No Comments
    Craig Williams, our man in Asturias is back with a player spotlight on one of the revelations of the year: Rayo Vallecano’s attacking midfielder Michu.  Enjoy! Miguel Perez Cuesta, otherwise known as ‘Michu’, seems to have found his feet, and his goalscoring boots in the bargain, since his move last...

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  •     Preamble It’s February. Already! That means the UEFA Champions League is back, and it’s getting to the business end, as the knockout stages begin. Pep Guardiola takes his underachieving side to Germany to take on Bayer Leverkusen in the Last 16 First Leg. It’s fair to say that...

    UCL Preview: Bayer 04 Leverkusen v FC Barcelona ~ Knockout round

    Posted on February 12, 2012 | No Comments
        Preamble It’s February. Already! That means the UEFA Champions League is back, and it’s getting to the business end, as the knockout stages begin. Pep Guardiola takes his underachieving side to Germany to take on Bayer Leverkusen in the Last 16 First Leg. It’s fair to say that...

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  •     The IFFHS has come out with their year end list of best of the best enganches.  Once again Xavi Hernandez leads the pack for the 4th year in a row.  Xavi beats out  Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Iniesta, Ozil, Xabi Alonso among others.  Spanish Football is all about the creative...

    World’s Best Playmaker 2011

    Posted on January 15, 2012 | 6 Comments
        The IFFHS has come out with their year end list of best of the best enganches.  Once again Xavi Hernandez leads the pack for the 4th year in a row.  Xavi beats out  Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Iniesta, Ozil, Xabi Alonso among others.  Spanish Football is all about the creative...

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  • Buildup Fresh from despatching Real Mallorca 5-0 at Camp Nou thanks in no small part to a Lionel Messi hattrick, Pep Guardiola takes his team of superstars to the Czech Republic to play the return match against Viktoria Plzen. The first game finished 2-0 to Barca, with goals from Andres...

    UCL Preview: FC Viktoria Plzen v FC Barcelona

    Posted on October 30, 2011 | 4 Comments
    Buildup Fresh from despatching Real Mallorca 5-0 at Camp Nou thanks in no small part to a Lionel Messi hattrick, Pep Guardiola takes his team of superstars to the Czech Republic to play the return match against Viktoria Plzen. The first game finished 2-0 to Barca, with goals from Andres...

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  • When Manchester United drew with Liverpool no one wanted to talk about the match between two ancient rivals. Patrice Evra´s accusations of racism towards Uruguayan forward Luis Suarez were incendiary. Ten times during the match, the two players playing head-to-head on the wing, Evra stated that he was racially abused....

    When race is the issue

    Posted on October 26, 2011 | 4 Comments
    When Manchester United drew with Liverpool no one wanted to talk about the match between two ancient rivals. Patrice Evra´s accusations of racism towards Uruguayan forward Luis Suarez were incendiary. Ten times during the match, the two players playing head-to-head on the wing, Evra stated that he was racially abused....

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  • Ramzi of  Footballmood takes an elaborate look at the road that led to the FC Barcelona 2011 version.  You may follow  Ramzi on twitter at @footballmood The FC Barcelona ‘treble’ class of 2008-09.   Nothing is easier than being Barcelona’s manager. Nothing is more difficult than being Barcelona’s manager. You...

    The road to FC Barcelona 2011

    Posted on October 20, 2011 | 3 Comments
    Ramzi of  Footballmood takes an elaborate look at the road that led to the FC Barcelona 2011 version.  You may follow  Ramzi on twitter at @footballmood The FC Barcelona ‘treble’ class of 2008-09.   Nothing is easier than being Barcelona’s manager. Nothing is more difficult than being Barcelona’s manager. You...

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  • Subscribe to our pods on iTunes to enjoy all our previous content: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/forza-futbol-podcast/id252137908 Listen to us on your Android, Windows Phone and other platforms Hello Forzafutbolers! We have Simon Harris from Barcelona in this pod. Simon is Brit musician who moved to Barcelona 23 years ago and is a converted ‘Culé’. He loves the...

    Podcast 163: La Liga Week #1 and Simon from Barcelona

    Posted on September 3, 2011 | 1 Comment
    Subscribe to our pods on iTunes to enjoy all our previous content: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/forza-futbol-podcast/id252137908 Listen to us on your Android, Windows Phone and other platforms Hello Forzafutbolers! We have Simon Harris from Barcelona in this pod. Simon is Brit musician who moved to Barcelona 23 years ago and is a converted ‘Culé’. He loves the...

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  •   Guest Writer Jamie McGregor from Spanish Football.Info joins us to talk about Cesc. One of the longest running transfer sagas of recent times has finally come to an end. Like the Cristiano Ronaldo to Madrid saga, the Cesc Fabregas to Barcelona tale has ended with the La Liga club...

    Cesc: The right move at the right time

    Posted on August 16, 2011 | 7 Comments
      Guest Writer Jamie McGregor from Spanish Football.Info joins us to talk about Cesc. One of the longest running transfer sagas of recent times has finally come to an end. Like the Cristiano Ronaldo to Madrid saga, the Cesc Fabregas to Barcelona tale has ended with the La Liga club...

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  • Sport.es: FC Barcelona: The Hour of Alexis and Messi: Two ¨signings¨ for the Supercopa that will start working out today. Alexis: ¨I can´t wait to start playing with Leo.¨ The Chilean arrived yesterday tired but hopeful to début on Sunday at the Bernabeu. Barca, Analysis of the Tour: Now everyone...

    Monday Morning Papers 8.8

    Posted on August 8, 2011 | No Comments
    Sport.es: FC Barcelona: The Hour of Alexis and Messi: Two ¨signings¨ for the Supercopa that will start working out today. Alexis: ¨I can´t wait to start playing with Leo.¨ The Chilean arrived yesterday tired but hopeful to début on Sunday at the Bernabeu. Barca, Analysis of the Tour: Now everyone...

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  • Hello Forzafutbol followers and listeners! Feels so good to be back. We hope you all are enjoying your summer. La Liga kicks-off in two weeks and we are kicking-off our weekly podcasts, covering the Spanish League in English like nobody else does. In this podcast Elisa and I go discuss...

    ForzaFutbol Podcast 159 : Elisa & Ravi ~ Spanish football returns!

    Posted on August 6, 2011 | 1 Comment
    Hello Forzafutbol followers and listeners! Feels so good to be back. We hope you all are enjoying your summer. La Liga kicks-off in two weeks and we are kicking-off our weekly podcasts, covering the Spanish League in English like nobody else does. In this podcast Elisa and I go discuss...

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