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nice control by Thiago (just 10 seconds, one play):

 

Thiago is such a wonderful, elegant player to watch. He has the potential to make it as a world class midfielder in a few years and I think it's really exciting to track his progress as a player. Hopefully he can hit those heights one day but he's got to stick to working hard for now.

 

One year ago today, full highlights in high quality video with English announcers, champions of the world, Pep's penultimate trophy:

 

There was an article in the NY Post that Pep is now living in NYC in the Upper West Side in a $30,000 a month penthouse apartment and has enrolled his kids in a private school in Manhattan. So you NYC Barca fans can now go stalk him. Wish I was still there.

 

Ray Hudson and HD for today's game:

Also for Real v. Malaga (no Hudson, not even English):

 

nice top 15 barca goals of 2012 (spans full calendar year), by my count 2 defenders feature scoring 3 of the goals, 4 midfielders feature scoring 5 of the goals, and only 1 forward features and he scores 7 of the goals, about 3 from free kicks. I know Villa, Sanchez, and Pedro haven't scored much in 2012 but damn, not a single great goal between them or even a Tello or Cuenca goal? Good video and lots of Ray Hudson:

 

Wow, never seen this collection before and have not watched enough to know how recently it was made / updated but it shows the "50 best goals by Barca in CL history" pretty amazing, just watched a couple, cannot wait to watch the rest but wanted to share w/o delay. Kudos to La Masia for tweeting this and bringing it to my attention.


Small world, now I see BarcaStuff posted it too. What's weird is that it seems to have been up since January 2012 but is now flying around the interwebs. Anyways, glad to be part of that social media storm, enjoy and happy 2013.

 

They’re currently giving like a special and sort of bio of Fabregas on ESPN Deportes on a show called “La Liga Confidencial”. They showed lots of great footage of the youth sides when Pique, Cesc, and Messi played together. Messi assiting Cesc, Cesc assisting Messi, Cesc scoring free kicks, and they interviewd all of them and other players on that team.

They talked of matches where they would win 23-0 and how they went unbeaten for like 5 years in a row.

 

Seems like our baugrana kit wil be 'back to normal' next season and our new second jersey will be based on the Catalan Senyera flag. Here are the leaked designs:

 

Not a fan of the home shirt collar, but otherwise ok. Other thing I'm not fan about is that if the QA logo is in white in the home shirt.

I wonder how much would Mundo Deportivo pay Barca to get their logo on the shirt? Or Marca to LPB?

 

Open training in the miniestadi today with Roura managing, great stuff if you have an hour and have never seen a Barca practice: !

 

Weird to see this classic kit (1973) with a Nike swoosh, not sure if Nike is actually selling these as "Throwbacks" or not. I'd like it better w/o the Nike logo but it is a very nice design.

 

It's a tshirt not a kit.

 

um, ok, whatever that means, either way it is a replica, is the fact that it is a "t shirt" supposed to mean I should get over the Nike swoosh? Cool t shirt I guess. Is it for sale or just a mock up?

 

Here's more (thanks TotalBarca):
60 Minutes (Bonus) – Xavi Hernandez on playing for Barça
60 Minutes (Bonus) – Legendary Barça goalkeeper imagines facing Messi
60 Minutes (OT) - Soccer academy “La Masia:” A model for the U.S.?
The second installment will be on US television network Showtime on 60 Minutes Sports on Wednesday, January 9.

 

Live stream of Ballon d'Or ceremony on youtube: just saw Neymar and Andres, starting right now. Crissy is there in person, despite rumors to the contrary.

 

For sale on the Nike website. By saying it's a tshirt means you should be expecting something which looks like a tshirt and not a soccer jersey (and costs half as much). Which is fine, but you could get a different impression by looking at the photo and calling it a kit or a throwback replica.

 

Thanks for the explanation and sorry if I sounded snarky before. The image I saw of it called out that it was the 1973 shirt design, which made the Nike swish incongruous, but a nice cotton t shirt for half price has some appeal.

Since I'm in the Media Centre here are yesterday's long form highlights with Ray Hudson commenting in great HD quality.

 

From 8bit-football.com

 

Looks like a great Barca history lesson - how an Irish man helped save Barca during the Spanish Civil War:

Patrick O’Connell, also known as Don Patricio in some circles, was manager of FC Barcelona starting in 1935 and during the Spanish Civil War. It was through his efforts and a vital exhibition tour in Mexico and New York, USA that allowed FCB to prevail following the conclusion of the civil war. Below is a video featured on Storymap that talks about the origins of Don Patricio and how this working class lad from Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland saved FCB in the mid-1930s.



Read more: http://www.totalbarca.com/2013/totalbarca/weve-got-mail-the-man-who-saved-barca/#ixzz2Ip4CQr5r