http://assets.espn.go.com/i/tvlistings/tv_espn_original.gif en-us 10 ESPN Inc. http://espn.go.com/ Copyright 2010 ESPN Inc. Given that they've won this competition four times, played in 13 semifinals and been finalists seven times, it's remarkable that Barcelona's home reco...]]> May 01, 2013 03:48:57 PDT So it isn't just the initials FCB that Barca and Bayern share. On this evidence, the Bavarians have broken into not only the Camp Nou but La Masia...]]> April 23, 2013 11:59:05 PDT One of the beauties of the Champions League semifinal draw is that the pairings of Bayern Munich with Barcelona and Real Madrid with Borussia Dortmund...]]> April 17, 2013 05:48:40 PDT Messi's fitness. Alexis or Fabregas. Bartra, Song, Adriano, Busquets with Pique at the back. The opinions, the headlines, the choices will all floo...]]> April 08, 2013 12:53:26 PDT As the teams line up at the Parc des Princes on Tuesday night the president, directors and technical staff of FC Barcelona could be forgiven for casti...]]> April 01, 2013 07:00:14 PDT Xavi Hernandez sat in front of the television two Saturdays ago -- and what he saw shocked him. He was watching the Clasico -- an XXX horror experi...]]> March 11, 2013 09:54:38 PDT Despite the absolute superiority they have demonstrated over FC Barcelona in the past two matches, the suspicion remains that Real Madrid will have to...]]> March 04, 2013 06:46:55 PST Times have been so turbulent at the home of the Spanish champions of late that only the foolhardy would say "definitely," but there is sufficient indi...]]> February 25, 2013 05:50:17 PST Part of the fun of watching FC Barcelona over the last four and a half years has been watching them tinkering with the norms of football tactics and f...]]> February 20, 2013 01:12:26 PST It seems pretty well established that the phrase 'Victory has one hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan' emanates from the Italian Renaissance but w...]]> February 06, 2013 03:34:46 PST This was sublime. Football at its purest, its quickest, its most relentless -- thrilling enough that if anyone had watched this sport we love for the ...]]> January 30, 2013 13:07:26 PST Just ahead of Wednesday's historic announcement that it had signed Pep Guardiola for the next three seasons, the Bayern Munich website carried an inte...]]> January 16, 2013 01:32:39 PST What a night for Spanish football. I've long held that despite the 'up and at 'em', thud and blunder of the Premier League, the pockets of quality...]]> January 07, 2013 12:19:00 PST New year, new challenges. The football will be exquisite, and there's a good chance that more European trophies will reside in Spain come May. But wha...]]> January 03, 2013 03:25:00 PST This week, there are a lot of ghosts of seasons past for Spanish clubs and Spaniards in the Champions League. Perhaps the most distressing phantom ...]]> November 20, 2012 04:53:15 PST