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Lionel Messi came on as a second-half substitute and scored two goals to lift Barcelona to a 4-2 win over Real Betis on Sunday at the Camp Nou.Messi missed both legs of Barcelona's Champions League semifinal defeat to Bayern Munich with an injured hamstring, but came on just in time to make sure his club took a vital three points.Alexis Sanchez and David Villa also scored for the Catalans, but it was Betis that had the better of the play early on as Dorlan Pabon got on the end of headed pass from Jorge Molina and slid it home for the first goal of the day just two minutes in.Barcelona found an equalizer seven minutes later when Andres Iniesta lifted a nice ball into the box and Alexis Sanchez nodded it home with a great diving header.Two minutes before the break, Betis snatched the lead back when Ruben Perez scored his first La Liga goal via a spectacular right-footed strike into the top left corner from well outside the Barca penalty area.But Villa pulled his side level in the 56th mi...
David Villa and Lionel Messi combined to give Barcelona a 3-1 victory over Rayo Vallecano at Camp Nou on Sunday.Villa scored the opening goal off of an assist from M...
Barcelona taught global football spectators a rather obvious lesson this week: Don't write us off. Ever.Week-in and week-out, the Spanish giants deploy arguably the ...
Lionel Messi started the comeback with two first-half goals, and Barcelona overwhelmed AC Milan 4-0 Tuesday night to reach its sixth straight Champions League quarte...
Barcelona overturned a first-leg loss to advance to the quarterfinals of the Champions League, earning a 4-0 defeat of AC Milan at Camp Nou on Tuesday to go through ...
Lionel Messi came off the bench in the second half and extended his scoring streak in league play to 17 consecutive matches on Saturday as Barcelona rolled to a 2-0 ...
It has become quite clear by now that attempting to stop Lionel Messi from scoring is one of the most difficult things to do in sports.But maybe a task that is just ...
Barcelona defender Dani Alves is expected to miss up to three weeks because of a hamstring injury, the club confirmed on Monday.Alves limped off the field during Bar...
Barcelona striker David Villa has been released from the hospital, it was announced Tuesday.The 31-year-old had been admitted yesterday to undergo treatment on kidne...
Barcelona's march toward another La Liga title met little resistance on Sunday at the Camp Nou as the Catalans hammered Getafe, 6-1.Barca dominated the contest from ...
Lionel Messi continued to torch his La Liga competition on Sunday, scoring four goals as Barcelona raced past Osasuna, 5-1, at the Camp Nou.The dynamic Argentine, wh...
Expect plenty of speculation about Cristiano Ronaldo, David Villa, Wesley Sneijder, Frank Lampard and Theo Walcott, among others, to be flying around for the next mo...
The more things changed in 2012, the more they remained the same.Manchester City won its first league title in 44 years in the most dramatic fashion possible, while ...
Barcelona will look to build upon its Champions League progression and inch closer to claiming the La Liga title when it heads to La Romareda to take on Real Zaragoz...
PSG lodged a valiant effort but fell just short of advancing to the Champions League semifinals on Wednesday as the French side played to a 1-1 draw with Barcelona a...
Barcelona striker David Villa has returned to the hospital as he continues to experience pain resulting from kidney stones, it was confirmed Thursday.Villa was relea...
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain's David Villa is confident the European champions are ready to win the World Cup for the first time.Spain traveled to Austria on Friday...
It wasn't easy, but Barcelona mounted a second-half comeback on Saturday to down Sevilla, 2-1, at the Camp Nou with goals from David Villa and Lionel Messi.Barcelona...
Louisiana Senator David Vitter weighs in on the Senate’s questioning of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, and whether his plan is moving in the right direction.
Doing just enough to win but no more can be the measure of a team that is strong and in control. Or it can suggest that a team doesn't have that much more to give. W...