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UCL MD1 A fresh start

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The Uefa Champions League. Quite possibly the most prestigious club level competition with the highest level of football being played. It is every teams dream to win this trophy as it is the hardest one to win. The best sides across Europe fighting tooth and nail for their name on the trophy is a sight one can never get tired of. Ever since Messi came to Barcelona he has led them to 4 UCLs but the last few seasons have been grim. Barcelona have gained a reputation for being bottle jobs, slipping and converting a guaranteed victory into a loss and most recently the 8-2 humiliation which forced the club to take major actions. It is time we forget the past and focus solely on this season and try our best to proceed as far as we can. It might just do us a favor that we aren't expected to win this season so the pressure there has been is gone which may help the players focus and win. When the draw came out it was no doubt this was one of the most delightful groups there. Barcelona were ...
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MD4 FIFA Virus strikes agian

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The FIFA virus. Over the years analysts have seen a trend as to how the first match after an international break goes and the outcome? The top clubs whose players go out to represent their nations to play friendlies and unnecessary matches perform so very underwhelmingly while the lower clubs get a 2 week break train hard and come fully prepared for the game. Barcelona is one such club which has faced over the last so many years shock defeats and upsets that can only be blamed on FIFA. Several players have come out to say that even in this pandemic time where they are already playing more games in a jam packed schedule FIFA expects them to travel thousands of miles for meaningless matches just to make some money on television rights. Some footballers even went as far as to say they were puppets being controlled by FIFA and to this point I completely agree. By now you might have probably figured out that Barcelona lost, lost 1-0 to Getafe a side who had finished just above the relegatio...
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MD3 Sharing the spoils with Sevilla

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So we have finally dropped points. After a run of 6 games including friendlies Barcelona finally dropped 2 points drawing 1-1 with the Europa league champions Sevilla. There was some serious hype surrounding this game as both the teams were on the back of high flying starts to the campaign and it was anticipated to be an extremely open end to end game with the 3 points up for either side's taking. Sevilla when playing at the camp Nou have had a bad history but without fans due to the pandemic Barcelona's home isn't the fortress it once was and if there was a good time for Sevilla to take something from the game it was now. The game started out with Rakitc, a former barca player sold to Sevilla just a few weeks ago getting a honor ceremony for his contributions for Barcelona. It was an emotional for him, returning to the club he spent the last 5 years at winning an incredible 16 trophies during that given period. Having caught up with his former team mates it was now time fo...
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