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Piqué out for two weeks | FC Barcelona
Gerard Piqué will be out of action for two weeks after suffering a minor thigh injury last night against Real Sociedad in San Sebastian. The Catalan centre back has featured in 33 games this season, scoring four goals.
Leo Messi: 12 goals in 2014 | FC Barcelona
Leo Messi just keeps on scoring and since he has returned from injury he’s scored 12 goals in the 13 matches he has played in 2014. That means a goal every 80 minutes and represents 31.6% of the team’s goals since the start of the year. Alexis Sanchez has scored 9 since the turn of the year and is just behind Messi with the two totalling 22 -55.3% of the team’s goals this year.
Azulgrana RoundUp, February 16 - 23 - Sid Lowe interviews Pedro Rodríguez | FC Barcelona
Pedro Rodríguez was interviewed by Sid Lowe for The Guardian. The Canary Islander opened up about his esteem for his former manager Pep Guardiola, the difficult Champions League tie against Manchester City and the daunting challenge of getting consistent playing time for one of the most star-studded teams in the world.
Six years since last two-goal away defeat | FC Barcelona
FC Barcelona had not lost an away game in the league by more than one goal since May 7, 2008, when they lost 4-1 to Real Madrid.Barça have now failed to win any of their last five games at Anoeta. In the league and cup, they have drawn three times and lost twice since Real Sociedad returned to the first division.
Barcelona 'to pay Neymar tax fraud sum' - ESPN FC
Barcelona are reportedly set to announce after a board meeting on Monday that the club has decided to pay the 9.1 million euro sum which the Spanish tax authorities say was avoided during Neymar’s controversial transfer from Santos last summer.
Favourable Euro 2016 draw for Spain and Netherlands | FC Barcelona
The draw for the qualification groups for the Euro 2016 was held this afternoon in Nice, France. Vicente del Bosque’s team, the reigning champions of the competition, were placed in Group C along with Ukraine, Slovakia, Belorussia, Macedonia and Luxembourg. Afellay’s Netherlands were placed in Group A, with the Czech Republic, Turkey, Latvia, Iceland and Kazakhstan.
Euro 2016 qualification fixtures confirmed | Football Espana
Spain’s fixtures for the Euro 2016 qualification have been mapped out, starting at home to Macedonia and finishing away in Ukraine. La Roja have been drawn in Group C alongside Macedonia, Slovakia, Luxembourg, Belarus and Ukraine in a bid to make the tournament in France in two years’ time.
Osasuna stun Atletico Madrid | Sky Sports Football
Atletico were much changed but still expected to cast Javi Gracia's men aside and draw level with city rivals Real Madrid - who they host next weekend - at the top of the table. Instead they were three down inside a breathless opening half as they were stunned by goals from Alvaro Cejudo, Emiliano Armenteros and Roberto Torres.
Late winner for Valencia | Sky Sports Football
It seemed Valencia would suffer a setback to their hopes of making a run for a European place next season when Granada took the lead early through Piti in the second half after a blunder from Javi Fuego. Valencia got level thanks to substitute Paco Alcacer, but the visitors clung to 1-1 heading into stoppage time.
Sociedad to investigate Seferovic after domestic altercation - Yahoo Eurosport UK
"Haris Seferovic gave a statement in court this morning without any action being taken against him," Sociedad said on their website on Sunday. "Real Sociedad regrets that one of their players was involved in an incident of this kind," they added. "Once the inquiry in concluded the club will take the relevant action."
Rayo miss chance against Sevilla | ESPNFC.com
Rayo Vallecano's already slim hopes of avoiding relegation took a further blow as they were beaten 1-0 at home by Sevilla, who finished the game with 10 men. Former Rayo player Coke headed in the only goal of the game on 58 minutes and Paco Jemez's side were unable to respond, even though Vicente Iborra was sent off for the visitors on 83 minutes, given a second yellow card for time wasting.
Betis frustrations grow | ESPNFC.com
Real Betis plunged to even further depths with a disheartening 2-0 home defeat to Athletic Bilbao, in which they had two players sent off, were denied two penalties and had what they thought was an undeserved spot-kick awarded against them. Iker Muniain opened the scoring in the first half from 12 yards and Damien Perquis, who had conceded the penalty, was sent off before the break.
