ALL POSTS TAGGED "Camp Nou" - Page 2
Barcelona
/ 374 days agoNo Camp Nou return? Barca's decision on Estadi Olimpic future
As Spotify Camp Nou undergoes renovations this season, Barcelona are playing their home games at Estadi Olimpic. By season's end in 2025-26, the Camp Nou construction should be finished in its entirety. Thus, the Spanish side are said to anticipate a significant increase in income from the stadium beginning in the summer of that year. […]
Barcelona
/ 379 days agoBarcelona extends teenager's contract with $1 billion clause
Barcelona is signing 16-year-old talent Lamine Yamal to a new contract extension that includes an other-worldly release clause. New reports indicate Barcelona wants to retain the winger for the future. Therefore, it is making the release clause over $1 billion. Playing in his first season with the senior squad, Lamine Yamal has impressed. Even though […]
Barcelona
/ 403 days agoBarcelona selling squares of Camp Nou grass for $53 each
Barcelona is attempting to raise funds by selling chunks of grass from the Camp Nou stadium. Club officials began renovations of the historic arena earlier this summer. While the stadium is unavailable, Barca is currently playing home matches at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys. Camp Nou is not expected to be completed until 2025 or […]
Barcelona
/ 473 days agoBarcelona plan official tribute to Lionel Messi at Camp Nou
Barcelona is honoring former legend Lionel Messi with an official tribute in the future at Camp Nou, the club's home stadium. The Argentina international departed the Catalan club in 2021 after spending over 20 years in Spain. However, the tribute will take time to organize and will not happen this summer due to stadium issues. […]
Barcelona
/ 540 days agoMoney-burdened Barcelona secures stadium financing
Barcelona managed to secure financing of roughly $1.5 billion to update Camp Nou over the next couple of years. Even though developments to the historic stadium are already underway, funding was always an issue. After all, Barcelona estimates the cost of the renovations to be just shy of $1 billion. Barcelona released a statement that […]
Stadiums
/ 836 days agoWhat is the best soccer stadium in the world?
Everyone has an opinion on what the best soccer stadium in the world is. Some say it is where their favorite club plays, others prefer national stadiums. Frankly, there is good reason to support one or the other in that regard. For instance, club stadiums have an incomparable atmosphere and history. Take a club like […]
Barcelona
/ 904 days agoBarcelona's resurgence under Xavi still strong despite struggles
Barcelona's resurgence under Xavi seemed to reach a head in early April. Barcelona defeated second-place Sevilla courtesy of a magnificent Pedri strike in the 72nd minute. The squad trotted around the field applauding fans. At the time, Barcelona shot itself into second in the LaLiga table, a far cry from where it was just six […]
Andrea Pirlo
/ 1063 days agoGauging the success of former players as managers
Using former players as managers is certainly not a new trend. Vicente del Bosque made 445 appearances for Real Madrid from 1968 to 1984. The Spaniard the returned with a managerial stint that yielded two league titles and two Champions Leagues. Johan Cruyff established himself as one of the world's greatest players on the […]
Leagues: EPL
/ 1146 days agoPep Guardiola seeking another untimely exit
Pep Guardiola owns a monumental resumé of achievements earned during his time at Manchester City. But, things are not happy go lucky at the Etihad, at least over the last couple of months and days. Guardiola made a statement on his future on the same day Harry Kane declared he would stay at Tottenham for […]
ESPN
/ 1159 days agoESPN's ambitious plans for LaLiga's first game on broadcast TV
A match from LaLiga will be aired this weekend live for the first time ever on broadcast television in the United States. With ESPN's family of networks taking over LaLiga coverage in the United States until 2028-29, this weekend will be the first gameweek of the historic ESPN/LaLiga partnership. To celebrate the occasion, ESPN will […]
General
/ 5160 days agoLeaving Barcelona: A (Schizophrenic) Love Story
Reporting from Camp Nou (although belatedly) As Ronaldinho took to the field, the last player to do so for either team, 96,315 people cheered and applauded. A chant of 'Ronny, Ronny, Ronny' started around the stadium. People smiled as he lined up with the Barcelona team for the photo just before the Joan Gamper trophy […]
Athletic Club
/ 5265 days agoLa Liga Jornada 38 Review: Barcelona Defends Their La Liga Crown
Once Lionel Messi scored his club record-tying 34th goal of the season in the 76th minute to increase the lead to 4-0, the 98,772 Culés at the Camp Nou, save for a few hundred Real Valladolid die-hards, began to chant the song that every team wants to hear at the end of the season, "Campeones, […]
Andres Iniesta
/ 5283 days agoInter Milan Completes The Italian Job on Barcelona in the Champions League
The sprinklers rose up from the pitch and sprayed the Inter Milan players and staff. The Barcelona anthem, "Cant del Barça," blared through the loudspeakers as the Culés did not know whether to clap off their Blaugrana heroes or vehemently whistle at the unwanted visitors from northern Italy. This sense of confusion permeated throughout the […]
General
/ 5311 days agoBarcelona, We Meet Again
Since I'm new at EPL Talk, I'd like to talk a little bit more (before I discuss Wednesday's match) about my history as an Arsenal fan. Slowly becoming a soccer fan in college, a 2006 trip to Europe with my girlfriend really cemented my love of the Gunners. Arriving in Paris just days before the Champions League Final, little did I know what would await me. The year before, I had been in Israel during the Liverpool-Milan game. Taking a cursory interest, I sat down with several Israelis who were screaming about how dominant Milan were. As everyone knows, it didn't end up that way. But it was enough to turn me into a soccer fan for life.
Athletic Club
/ 5326 days agoLa Liga in the Champions League: Sevilla Stumbles While Barcelona Bedazzles
With the advantage of the away goal, Sevilla looked in prime position to advance to the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League. Unfortunately, Manolo Jiménez's team played as though they were already in the next round. A 0-0 score line would have sent Sevilla through, and even though Diego Perotti declared that they could not […]