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Atletico v Barcelona: La Liga's top two meet two points apart
📰 Leaders Barcelona and second-placed Atletico Madrid, two points apart, meet at the Metropolitano on 8 November. 📌 Key points 🏟️ Atletico Madrid host Barcelona in La Liga at the Metropolitano on 8 November. 📈 Barca lead on 30 points from 11 games, Atletico are second on 28. 🥉 Third-placed Real Madrid are on 27. 🌍 Both sides play in the Champions League on 3 November, before this game. 📝 Background 🔵 Sky Sports reports Barca lost El Clasico in late October, with Kylian Mbappe scoring t
Barcelona v Aston Villa preview: unbeaten Villa travel to the Camp Nou
📰 Villa, with three wins from three in Europe, visit Barcelona at the Camp Nou. 📌 Key points 🏟️ Champions League league phase, matchday 4, at the Camp Nou. 🕗 Kick-off is 8pm UK time on 3 November (5am KST on 4 November). 📈 Villa have 9 points from three wins; Barcelona have 6 from two wins and a loss. 🏥 Barcelona reportedly have only four fit senior defenders. 📜 The clubs last met in the 1982 UEFA Super Cup. 📝 Background 🔵 Barcelona beat Feyenoord 5-1 and Galatasaray 4-1 in Europe and
Barcelona thrash Alaves 6-1 as Raphinha and Yamal both score twice
📰 Barcelona thrashed Alaves 6-1 to bounce back from defeats to PSG and Real Madrid. 📌 Key points 🏟️ Barcelona beat Alaves 6-1 at Camp Nou on 31 October. ⚽ Raphinha scored twice in the first half. ⭐ Lamine Yamal also scored twice, in first-half stoppage time and in the second half. 🔁 Fermin Lopez and substitute Gordon added the other goals. 🥇 Barca stayed top of LaLiga on 30 points. 📝 What happened 🔥 Raphinha opened the scoring on 8 minutes. Fermin Lopez made it 2-0 on 23 minutes from a
Barcelona weigh January centre-back signing after two defeats
📰 Barcelona are weighing a January centre-back signing after back-to-back defeats to PSG and Real Madrid, Sport reports. 📌 Key points 🛡️ Barça are considering a centre-back in January, per Sport. 🧩 Deco's department wants someone who can start at once. 🤕 Christensen, Eric García and Koundé are all injured. 📋 Stuttgart's Jeltsch and Leipzig's Lukeba are long-term options. 💶 Little room under the salary cap, and no decision yet. 📝 What happened 🔎 beIN Sports relayed the report, which it
Barça short of defenders: Flick weighs De Jong at centre-back
📰 With four defenders out, Hansi Flick is weighing a midfielder-at-the-back plan for Saturday's game against Alavés. 📌 Key points 🚑 Koundé, Espart, Eric García and Christensen are all out. 🔄 Flick is considering Fariñas at right-back and De Jong at centre-back. 🧒 Guillem Víctor, 19, and Álex Campos, 18, trained with the squad. 🛡️ Only Martín, Cubarsí, Cancelo and Balde are fit defenders. 🏟️ Barça host Alavés at Camp Nou on 31 October. 📝 What happened 🚧 According to beIN Sports, Flick
Henry asks Yamal 'is this the one you wanted?' as he wins third Kopa
📰 Third-placed Yamal got a cheeky question from Thierry Henry as he collected the Kopa Trophy, then handed the credit to teammate Pau Cubarsi. 📌 Key points 🎤 Henry asked three-time Kopa winner Yamal if it was the award he really wanted. 😅 The room laughed and Yamal lowered his head with a smile. ⚖️ Fans were split between 'disrespectful' and 'great joke'. 🤝 Yamal said the award should have gone to Cubarsi. 🌟 Yamal is the first player to win the Kopa Trophy three times. 📝 What happened
Ballon d'Or 2026 in full: Kane, Mbappe, Yamal top three, every award
📰 Here is the full 2026 men's Ballon d'Or top 10 plus every men's award: Kopa, Yashin, Gerd Muller, Cruyff and more. 📌 Key points 🏆 Kane (Bayern) won, with Mbappe (Real Madrid) second and Yamal (Barcelona) third. 🔵 Fourth-placed Rodri moved from Man City to Barcelona in August. 🔴 PSG had three players in the top 10 at 6th, 7th and 10th, but none in the top five. 🌟 Yamal became the first player to win the Kopa Trophy three years in a row. 🇪🇸 The Yashin Trophy and Cruyff award both went t
Inter scouting Stuttgart's Jeltsch, €40m valuation, Barça rivals
📰 Inter are reportedly tracking Germany Under-21 defender Finn Jeltsch. 📌 Key points 🔭 Inter have scouted Jeltsch several times over the past year, reports say. 🗣️ They have held multiple talks with his representatives. 💶 Stuttgart want around €40m. 🔵 Barcelona's Hansi Flick reportedly has him as first choice. 🗓️ Inter hope to talk when the clubs meet on 25 November. 📝 What happened 🔭 Football Italia, citing Calciomercato.com and Spain's Sport, say Inter scouts have watched Jeltsch on
Ancelotti picks Raphinha again despite Barça fears over 10,000km trip
📰 Despite Barça's concerns, Raphinha has been called up by Brazil again — this time for a trip of more than 10,000km to Asia. 📌 Key points 📋 Ancelotti named Brazil's 26-man squad for the November friendlies on 29 October. 🇧🇷 Barça captain Raphinha and Madrid's Vinícius are both included. 🩹 Raphinha has had physical problems on each recent international trip. ✈️ Both friendlies are in Singapore, a journey of more than 10,000km. 🗣️ Barça wanted him rested but could not stop the call-up.
Laporta backs 'perfect coach' Flick after Barça's two-defeat week
📰 After two defeats in a week, Laporta has moved to steady the ship, calling Flick "the perfect coach". 📌 Key points 🎙️ Laporta publicly backed Flick at the Ballon d'Or ceremony in London. 💔 He admitted the Clásico loss was "a harsh blow for the fans". 🧠 "The coach already knows what happened," he said. 🏆 He named the league and the Champions League — "the competition that has eluded us" — as targets. 📈 "We are still top," he said, insisting ambitions are unchanged. 📝 What happened 💔