The ESPN FC crew analyse Barcelona’s performance sans Antoine Griezmann in their 4-0 win over Sevilla.
Ousmane Demebele was sent off for protesting a teammate’s red card.
Ousmane Dembele is poised to miss the Clasico after being sent off for telling referee Mateu Lahoz he was “very bad” in Barcelona’s 4-0 win over Sevilla.
The France forward scored the third goal as Barca moved second in La Liga behind Real Madrid, with Luis Suarez, Arturo Vidal and Lionel Messi also on target at Camp Nou on Sunday.
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But Dembele’s night ended…
Lionel Messi and the rest of Barcelona’s attackers were clinical in a 4-0 win over Sevilla.
BARCELONA — Barcelona beat Sevilla 4-0 on Sunday to move second in La Liga, but ended the game with just nine men as debutant Ronald Araujo and Ousmane Dembele were sent off.
Luis Suarez, Arturo Vidal and Dembele were all on target in eight clinical first-half minutes as Barca made Sevilla pay for missing a string of early chances. Lionel Messi, with what was his first goal of a stop-start season, then rounded off the scoring with a free kick in the 78th minute before referee Mateu Lahoz took…
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Luis Suarez scored the opener as Barcelona rolled to victory against Sevilla.
Barcelona pulled within two points of La Liga leaders Real Madrid with a comfortable 4-0 victory over Sevilla at the Camp Nou on Sunday.
Luis Suarez backed up his midweek brace in the Champions League with a sensational strike to give the Blaugrana the lead in the 27th minute — the Uruguay striker bicycling home Nelson Semedo’s elevated cross with his left foot from the centre of the area.
Barca went two goals ahead five minutes later through midfielder Arturo Vidal, who poked home a sublime cross…
Steve Nicol weighs in on the rumours Barcelona may try to swap Antoine Griezmann for PSG’s Neymar.
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Victor Valdes is set to leave Barcelona less than three months after returning to the club as the coach of their under-19 team, sources have confirmed to ESPN FC.
Barca announced late on Friday that the former goalkeeper would not be on the bench for Saturday’s game against Gimnastic in Tarragona. The Catalan club said his future would be discussed in a meeting in the coming days.
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Ale Moreno assesses whether in-form Robert Lewandowski is valued as much as he should be at Bayern.
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Joachim Low has said that Manuel Neuer will remain Germany’s first choice goalkeeper, but will split duties with Marc-Andre ter Stegen in the upcoming international break.
Ter Stegen made his disappointment at not featuring in the last international break public, which prompted a reply from Neuer. It then led to Bayern president Uli Hoeness threatening a boycott of Bayern players in the German national team.
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Ter Stegen will have a chance in…
ESPN FC’s Julien Laurens weighs in on 16-year-old Ansu Fati’s impact at Barcelona so far with two goals in his first three matches.
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The FC crew ask whether Barcelona are a better team without Antoine Griezmann in it.
Spain coach Robert Moreno has said he considered selecting Barcelona sensation Ansu Fati for the upcoming Euro 2020 qualifiers against Norway and Sweden.
The 16-year-old forward has been left out of both Spain’s under-21 squad and the senior team for bureaucratic reasons.
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“Allow me to speak as an exception about a player who has not been selected because I believe it’s a special case that has to be dealt with in an honest way,” Moreno said of…
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There’s a new number one thanks to Bayern Munich’s Champions League demolition of Tottenham, while two wins from Barcelona sees them re-enter the fray as one of four La Liga sides in the top 10. Here’s Shaka’s latest power rankings:
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