Barca's Puyol facing six weeks out with knee injury

<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial; font-size: 16px;">Barcelona captain Carles Puyol faces four to six weeks on the sidelines after falling awkwardly and twisting ligaments in his left knee in their 4-1 La Liga win at Getafe on Saturday, the club said in a statement on Saturday.</span><br style="font-family: helvetica, arial; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: helvetica, arial; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial; font-size: 16px;">The 34-year-old tried to play on after having some treatment on the touchline following the incident, but lasted only a few more minutes before giving way to Javier Mascherano in the 57th.</span><br style="font-family: helvetica, arial; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: helvetica, arial; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial; font-size: 16px;">"Puyol is very important for us and we hope he recovers soon," Barca coach Tito Vilanova told a post-match news conference. "We always seem to have problems with injuries to the central defenders."</span><br style="font-family: helvetica, arial; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: helvetica, arial; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial; font-size: 16px;">Puyol had just returned to action after fracturing a cheekbone against Osasuna last month and had surgery on his right knee back in May which forced him to miss Spain's triumphant Euro 2012 campaign.</span><br style="font-family: helvetica, arial; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: helvetica, arial; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial; font-size: 16px;">If tests on Sunday confirm the initial assessment, Puyol will miss Barcelona's opening Champions League game at home to Spartak Moscow on Wednesday and the visit of Spanish champions Real Madrid in the league on Oct. 7.</span></b></span>

Barca's Puyol facing six weeks out with knee injury

Barcelona captain Carles Puyol faces four to six weeks on the sidelines after falling awkwardly and twisting ligaments in his left knee in t...

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Liverpool step up his efforts to convince Theo to leave Barcelona

<br /> <div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img src="http://img3.kooora.tv/?i=000%2fcristian-tello.jpg" /> </div> <b>Club stepped up to Liverpool from his contract with Barcelona winger Christian Theo ahead of the new football season.</b><br /> <b><br /></b> <b>The Director-General of the Liverpool Ian Erie an offer to manage the Catalan club for the services of Theo (20 years), but the star of Spain Olympic prefer to stay at the club who made his stardom and provided his talent to the world, although the chances of game Kosasa are still slim.</b><br /> <b><br /></b> <b>According to the newspaper (DEM), Spanish, Brendan Rodjirz the new coach of the "Reds" adheres to the contract with Theo and he sees a cornerstone of his project to re-team honors for the English heritage.</b><br /> <b><br /></b> <b>Previously, the Liverpool Football Club that expressed interest in contracting with Theo-era veteran coach Kenny Dalglish.</b><br /> <b><br /></b> <b>He Teo attention to him after the coach of Barca former Pep Guardiola Ptsaidh of school youth "is not the Messiah" to the first team last January, soon revealed his talent high in dribbling and scoring goals and moves fast to predict to him many that it would be a shining star in the sky the ball Spanish and international.</b><br />

Liverpool step up his efforts to convince Theo to leave Barcelona

Club stepped up to Liverpool from his contract with Barcelona winger Christian Theo ahead of the new football season. The Director-Gen...

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Song agrees to move to Barcelona five-year contract

<b>Decided midfielder Arsenal "Alexandre Song," leaving his team and the approval of the offer from Barcelona, ​​as confirmed by the Daily Star, the British edition of this morning, and this was the main reason behind the contract Wenger with Santi Cazorla that good at playing the role of the left wing and midfielder pivotal.</b><br /> <b><br /></b> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><img alt="Alex Song" src="http://u.goal.com/201800/201859hp2.jpg" /> </b></div> <b><br /></b> <br /> <b>Barcelona are willing to pay $ 12.5 million pounds sterling to sign Charlton Athletic player this past summer to get out of financial compensation, "Seydou Keita," and to amend the central region, which suffers from Xavi Hernandez progress in age with the large number of injuries.</b><br /> <b><br /></b> <b>The press sources that Song / 24, / has agreed a move to hold a five-year with the Catalan club, will receive a salary Weekly about 80 thousand pounds sterling a salary greater than his salary at Arsenal and the level of taxes less in Spain than in England.</b><br /> <b><br /></b> <b>But Arsenal is not 100% ready to let go sung by the order conditions of the central region that suffer from injury, "Wilshere, Rosicky," repeated injuries and Aaron Ramsey and Mikial Arteta.</b><br /> <b><br /></b> <b>The Barcelona defender "Gerard Pique" was welcomed yesterday near the transition has sung at the Camp Nou and said, "He's very strong physically and very good ball between his feet, he can scroll and read the game and we love to see here."</b><br /> <b><br /></b> <b>Arsenal do these days to find suitable alternatives to the Song in the center to contract with a player central Kenya and Celtic (Victor and Enyeama) The 21-year-old, as well as to negotiate a metaphor Turkish Nuri Sahin from Real Madrid for one season.</b><br />

Song agrees to move to Barcelona five-year contract

Decided midfielder Arsenal "Alexandre Song," leaving his team and the approval of the offer from Barcelona, ​​as confirmed by the ...

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Fabregas: Spain's friendly match against Puerto Rico is a prelude to the start of La Liga

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img src="http://img.kooora.com/?i=albums%2fmatches%2f719949%2f2012-06-10t173121z_01_mad823_rtridsp_3_soccer-euro_reuters.jpg" /> </div> <b>Said Barcelona midfielder Cesc Fabregas today that the friendly match with the Spanish team Salabha Puerto Rico is next Wednesday in preparation for the start of the league (La Liga) the end of next week.</b><br /> <b><br /></b> <b>Fabregas said in a news conference with teammate Santiago Cazorla (Arsenal), shortly after access to the capital of Puerto Rico "will prepare a preliminary game of the Champions League," saying he expected the game clean.</b><br /> <br /> <b>He stressed that ignorance Bmentb Puerto Rico does not mean that Spain will start the game arrogantly.</b><br /> <br /> <b>For his part, said that the meeting Cazorla is against Puerto Rico in preparation for the leagues in Europe, which will start within days.</b><br /> <b><br /></b> <b>Is scheduled to face Puerto Rico Spain in a friendly next Wednesday stadium Juan Ramon Oberal the capital San Juan.</b><br /> </div>

Fabregas: Spain's friendly match against Puerto Rico is a prelude to the start of La Liga

Said Barcelona midfielder Cesc Fabregas today that the friendly match with the Spanish team Salabha Puerto Rico is next Wednesday in pr...

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Mourinho: Meet the Giants between Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​forcing us all to be the best

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img src="http://img.kooora.com/?i=epa%2fsoccer%2f2011-10%2f2011-10-26%2f2011-10-26-00000102981470.jpg" /> </div> <b>Expressed the Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho, coach of Real Madrid, that the meeting today, "Giants" between his team and forced Barcelona coaches and players in both clubs to be "better", stressing that "enjoy" this competition.</b><br /> <b><br /></b> <b>Mourinho said in an interview broadcast on Portuguese television channel (SIC) "to meet with the Giants over the competition, but at the same time force the coaches and players to be the best."</b><br /> <b><br /></b> <b>He explained, "Both teams are living the shine ball, both practically and also competing at the top of world football."</b><br /> <br /> <b>He considered that the best team Mourinho English or German or Dutch or any other country would be achieved if the maximum center played in the Spanish La Liga is the third.</b><br /> <br /> <b>He added, "I approached the 50-year-old, but I feel that I am at the beginning of my career," adding that the most difficult thing in his career right now is "to maintain his image."</b><br /> </div>

Mourinho: Meet the Giants between Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​forcing us all to be the best

Expressed the Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho, coach of Real Madrid, that the meeting today, "Giants" between his team and for...

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