How Barça Femení Can Cope With Squad Constraints
How can Barça Femení compete with a short roster? Analysis of a 4-2-3-1 switch, set-piece improvements, and why team depth must be managed to avoid burnout.
Opinion
All Roads Lead To Lisbon
With just 60 days to go till the UEFA Women’s Champions League Final in Lisbon, the top teams in Europe are fighting for a place in the prestigious showdown. Eight teams remain in the competition, all battling to compete for…
Barça Femení now 21 and 2 Following Clásico Disappointment
To say that today was a disappointment would be an undersell. The match kept slipping away, inch by inch, until there was nothing left. The team looked dysfunctional, communication poor, and the result, a huge blow on the club’s and…
A night to forget: Barcelona Femení 1, Levante 2
The great Johan Cruyff once said “Football is a game of mistakes. Whoever makes the fewest mistakes wins.” This lesson hit hard for Barcelona Femení over the weekend. Fresh off their Supercopa victory, the team suffered their first ever defeat…
Keira Walsh en route to Chelsea, for an astronomical fee
Following a variety of news reports this morning, sources have confirmed to Blaugranagram that (barring a major surprise) Keira Walsh will join England and former Barcelona teammate Lucy Bronze at Chelsea by the end of the day. The certainty comes…
Barcelona Femení: Supercopa Success & Transfer News
The first half of the season has been extremely successful for Barcelona Femení. The team won the Supercopa de España in an easy 5-0 win over rivals Real Madrid Femenino. Ewa Pajor’s attempt on goal in the opening minutes was…
Barça Femení’s goalkeeper, and everyone else, are waiting for Real Madrid Femenino to simply show up
A video of Cata Coll wandering around the center circle calmly during the recent Clásico has surfaced on social media.
What Are the Chances FC Barcelona Femení Three-peats the UWCL?
For all their success, FC Barcelona Femení have not ran out of milestones and accomplishments. The best team in the world is still to win three champions league titles in a row, among other things, like going unbeaten in an…
Barça Femení’s January Transfers Could Be All or Nothing
Barcelona Femení goes into January 2025 with the primary target of getting some forward momentum – or clarity, at least – on three key renewals: Keira Walsh, Ingrid Syrstad Engen, and Irene Paredes. This comes as Walsh has indicated that…
Why So Much of FC Barcelona Femení’s Transfer Business Depends on Keira Walsh.
FC Barcelona Femení rarely find themselves in the position they are in. Certainly not when transfers are concerned. So why is it that a lot of moves depend on Keira Walsh? Let’s go through some of the reasons. This article…
Mallorca vs FC Barcelona| 1-5 – A review
FC Barcelona broke a three-game winless run in the league at the Estadi Mallorca Son Moix, winning 5-1 in an end-to-end encounter. The win was a welcome return to form as the team couldn’t afford to lose further ground in…
Celta Vigo vs FC Barcelona 2-2|Match Review
Playing away at the Estadio Municipal de Balaídos over the last few years has proven to be a formidable challenge for FC Barcelona, who have had only one win in their previous five La Liga encounters away at Celta. Even…
Vicky López: Talent and versatility.
(THIS ARTICLE IS WRITTEN BY ALEJANDRA MARIA WEIL AND TRANSLATED BY OWAIS SADIQ) Game profile. Vicky López is a talented player who plays as an offensive midfielder and winger for FC Barcelona Women. Vicky has proven to be one of…
Real Sociedad vs FC Barcelona|1-0| A review
By Bharath Sangali Real Sociedad vs FC Barcelona|1-0 Is the Anoeta curse back again? Last season, FC Barcelona escaped Anoeta with a very fortunate (some would say undeserved) 1-0 win. This year, La Real came into this game with a…
The wining streak continues: Barça Femení 4, SD Eibar 0
In their first game back from international break, Barcelona Femení continued in their winning ways, dominating Basque side SD Eibar. The Blaugrana were warmly welcomed back home at the Estadi Johan Cruyff, where they faced off against Yerai Martin’s side.…
Passion and Perseverance: Barcelona Femení’s performance in Early Season
As the winter international break commences, Barcelona Femení has put on a display worthy of praise in their first nine games of the season. The summer transfer window saw the Blaugrana securing additional reinforcements, signing striker Ewa Pajor from Wolfsburg,…
One of Barça Femeni’s most underrated strengths in the grand scheme of things
FC Barcelona Femení has been dominant in Spain and very competitive in Europe for the better part of the past 7 years. One of the key reasons for that is La Masia. Rarely makes headlines. But how is that a…
KEIRA WALSH AND BARÇA: IS THE END NEAR?
Barça’s Keira Walsh has been the subject of a lot of speculation this window. What is going on and how are both parties (Walsh and Barça) handling it? Here is a look into the situation. Achievements and the contract. When…
CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC: FC BARCELONA, 2024/25 SEASON.
The recently concluded season not withstanding, what can fans expect from Barça come August? Here is a deep dive. For FC Barcelona and culés, the 2023/24 season was by and large underwhelming, below expectations. Reaching the quarterfinals of the Champions…
FIFA didn’t consult Liga F on new international calendar, and Barça Femení players are suffering because of it
In the current international window, 18 Barça Femení players have been called into service, and this is just the start of an overworked summer.
LA TEORÍA DE TRES 🔵🔴: THE FINAL HURDLE AS FCB FEMENÍ PLAY OLYMPIQUE LYON IN THE UWCL FINAL TOMORROW.
Very few soccer (football) tournaments can boast the intensity and the competitiveness of the UEFA Women's Champions League. Making a final is hard as is, let alone four in a row. But lo and behold, FCB Femení have done it. Let that sink in for a second.
Why the women’s clásico is a rivalry – for now.
"Those who don't follow women's football might think it's a clásico; those that do, know it's not." is how eternal Barça Femení captain Vicky Losada described the so-called rivalry between her team and Real Madrid Femenino in 2021.
Let’s Dance (El Clásico style)
There are certain rivalries in sports that ignite more than passion, a feeling or sentiment similar to disgust. But that feeling or sentiment similar to disgust is what keeps us entertained for 90 minutes on a football pitch even from the stands, more intent on beating the opponent than one would in war. And for Spanish giants FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, "El Clásico" has been around before my grandparents and yours.
Ellie Roebuck could fly as a Barça Femení goalkeeper
Barcelona Femení and Manchester City Women are in "advanced" talks to get England goalkeeper Ellie Roebuck to the Catalan capital in the summer. She would bring significant strength in depth to the position.
Identifying a Sergio Busquets replacement
During his tenure at Barcelona, he played a total of 717 matches which included 3 Champions League and 8 LaLiga titles. It's time to find Sergio Busquets' replacement.
OPINION: Ansu deserves one more season
With all the reports surrounding his future, I for one believe Ansu Fati deserves one more season to show what he's made of.
SCN: 10 facts you didn’t know about the Camp Nou
The game against Mallorca at the Spotify Camp Nou on the 28th of May 2023 will be the last one at the iconic stadium until November 2024 as the stadium will undergo structural changes.
Opinion: It just keeps getting worse for Ansu Fati
Barcelona forward Ansu Fati has hit a lean patch and his father's recent interview seems to have made life even more difficult for him.
Barça vs. Manchester United – Match Preview
Tonight, on the luscious Spotify Camp Nou grass that has seen countless historic European encounters, FC Barcelona and Manchester United face off in the first leg of the Europa League play-off round. In what feels like a bonus Champions League tie for neutrals, Spain's league leaders and England's third-best team find themselves squaring off far away from Europe's elites.
Raphinha: ¿La mejor opción después de Dembèlè?
Desde hace un par de semanas, viene tomando fuerza el rumor del posible fichaje de Raphael Dias, mejor conocido como Raphinha. Se conoce la situación actual de Dembèlè y solo parece haber nada más que incertidumbre e intriga con su caso.
El Barça y las tres “G”: Gana, Gusta y Golea (Versión clásico).
Luego de una eufórica noche en el Santiago Bernabeu, el Barça cierra el telón con una de las mejores versiones futbolísticas que hemos visto en los últimos tiempos.
¿Hay vida después de Haaland?
Cualquier equipo sueña con tener grandes cracks en sus filas y vale también la pena mencionar, que, para cualquier crack de época, seguramente su aspiración (o parte de ella) es hacer vida en un gran club. Uno exitoso, famoso y con historia que sobrepasa la de sus rivales.
Xavi: “If football is a religion, Johan Cruyff is a god”
On the fourteenth day of each month, Blaugranagram will share a story related to FC Barcelona legend Johan Cruyff.
El fútbol despedirá a Koeman
El fútbol es de los futbolistas. Partir de esta premisa es importante de cara a contextualizar lo que significa en un equipo la figura de un entrenador, al final este depende de los jugadores de los que dispone, nunca al…
Ronald Koeman no es el culpable, pero…
Analizar la actualidad del Barça en estos últimos años se ha convertido en una suerte desnortada en el que el deporte se ha mezclado con un virus y una mala gestión financiera de la entidad que ha resultado esta distopía…
FC Barcelona vs Bayern Munich: Revenge?
The numbers 2 and 8 took a step further in their quest for worldwide relevance when these 2 sides last met in the year of the pandemic. For the average Barça fan, those are memories they would rather leave in the past.
In Messi’s shoes – Why he should stay
Last August, Leo Messi rocked the football world with his request to leave Barça, the club of his life, to seek pastures new. On the back of yet another European humiliation, this time an unprecedented 8-2 defeat to Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter final, it was perhaps expected. Rumours had been brewing since July 2020 that Messi did not intend to renew his contract, and it only made sense that the disaster in Lisbon accelerated that desire to leave in 2021 to a desire to jump ship immediately.
FC Barcelona 2020 – Annus Horribilis
As the curtain closes on 2020, FC Barcelona, like much of mankind, will attest to the darkness this year has brought. The Catalan club end the year 6th in the league's standings, without a president, crippled by debt, and uncertain of what the future holds. The question that had been on many's minds over the last few years has been unerringly emphasized to all by 2020: Is there a path for Barça back to the top of the pile of behemoth European clubs?
FC Barcelona vs Real Madrid: El Clásico Preview, 24/10/2020
Both FC Barcelona & Real Madrid have started the season with inconsistent results, and there are definitely questions to be asked of both teams in terms of their tactical shapes as well as personnel choices ahead of this season's first El Clásico.
FC Barcelona 2020/21; A New Beginning
A new season begins on Sunday evening for the Blaugrana, what should we expect from them?
A Pivotal Week for FC Barcelona
FC Barcelona is going to define the situation of eight of its players this week. It is the second week of training for the upcoming new season. The club is waiting to finalize some new signings, with the priority for…
Benvingut Ronald: Welcome to the biggest club in the world
The last few days have been very hectic in Barcelona. A new coach is here, and he needs the Culés to support him and keep believing. They need each other — he should be welcomed warmly.
Who are the likely candidates to replace Quique Setién as Barcelona head coach?
The Cantabrian is expected to depart the Camp Nou ahead of next season, following a dismal campaign since replacing Ernesto Valverde at the Barça helm.
Barcelona vs Osasuna: Five things we learned as Real Madrid are crowned La Liga champions, and José Arnaiz returns to the Camp Nou to knock Barça off their perch
Real Madrid were crowned La Liga champions after FC Barcelona suffered a shock 2-1 defeat to Osasuna at the Camp Nou on Thursday night. Here are five things we learned from the match.
Barcelona v Espanyol: Five things we learned as Luis Suárez saves Barça’s blushes to win dour derby and send their city neighbours to the Segunda División
FC Barcelona were far from their best as they defeated city rivals Espanyol 1-0 in the Catalan derby at the Camp Nou on Wednesday night. A goal from Luis Suárez on 56 minutes was enough to claim the all-important three…
Barcelona vs Atlético Madrid: Five Things We Learned As Barça Lose More Ground In the Race For The La Liga Title
FC Barcelona’s woes continued as Quique Setién’s side were held to a frustrating 2-2 draw by Atlético Madrid on Tuesday night at the Camp Nou. Setién’s team were looking to put their dismal display against Celta Vigo last time out…
Barcelona vs Athletic Bilbao: Five things we learned as Barça edge past stubborn Bilbao and go three points clear at the top of La Liga
An Ivan Rakitić strike from inside the area on 71 minutes gave FC Barcelona the all-important victory over a resolute Bilbao on Tuesday night, as the Catalan giants went three points ahead of Real Madrid at the top of La…
Ansu Fati: Barcelona’s Lionel Messi’s heir apparent
At 17, and a first-team player at FC Barcelona, you may think the path to stardom has been straightforward for this unbelievably talented youngster, nothing could be further from the truth. Born in the former Portuguese territory of Guinea-Bissau in…
5 Barcelona youngsters looking to force their way into Quique Setien’s first-team
FC Barcelona are continuing to churn out talent from their famed La Masia youth academy, with several Barça B players keen to be given the chance to shine in the first-team next season.
Barcelona’s Brazilians of the past, present and potentially the future
Over the years FC Barcelona have traditionally courted and been in the market for the brightest and best samba stars in the business. Some of the biggest names to have graced the Camp Nou turf will always be part of…
ROUND-UP: De Ligt, Neymar, Rakitic, Neto, Rabiot & more
Many reports have been published the past few days linking players both to, and away from Barca. Matthijs de Ligt, Neymar, Neto, Cillessen, Griezmann and Rakitic are just some of the names that have been mentioned recently. In this third installment of the series, ROUND-UP, I filter the reliable from the recycled, and give my take on the rumors and reports emerging.
ROUND-UP: Griezmann done, de Ligt close, Maxi & Félix gone?
In the midst of many news being recycled in order to sell papers and headlines, I take a look at some of the most talked about players when it comes to Barcelona's upcoming transfer window, filter the reliable from the recycled, and give my take on the deals, in this second installment of the new series, ROUND-UP.
ROUND-UP: De Ligt, Griezmann, and the Barça duo
The past few days have been really hectic when it comes to Barcelona, and as Matthijs de Ligt and Antoine Griezmann edge closer to Barcelona, Ivan Rakitic and Ernesto Valverde could be on their way out. Read it all - and more - in this edition of Round-Up!