Season 4
Jan. 11, 2021
Blowing Past Granada With A Messi Fest
FC Barcelona got its third win in a row in La Liga, crushing Granada at Los Carmenes. Griezmann finally scored again, thanks to a lucky assist by Soldado, and Messi scored a golazo and a free kick, in a game that seemed to …
Jan. 4, 2021
Barcelona In Fifth After Victory In Huesca
With FC Barcelona facing Eibar and Huesca this week, we explore Barca’s performances against lower tier teams in La Liga.
Also, with the winter transfer window opening, will Carles Alena and Riqui Puig find more playing tim…
Jan. 1, 2021
Araujo’s Mistake and Attacking Wings
In this sample of Barca Talk Café, our exclusive show for supporters on Patreon, Gabriel and Mariana focus on youth in their review of Barcelona’s draw with Eibar. They cover Ronald Araujo’s mistake that cost FCB a goal and …
Dec. 28, 2020
Pedri Promising, But No Iniesta
Pedri grabbed the attention of the press after a brilliant assist to Messi against Valladolid. Our team in Span, Gabriel Quiroga and Mariana Guzman, remember what a nobody Pedri was when he was first signed and they both wan…
Dec. 21, 2020
Koeman's Plan Leads To Another Poor Result
Another frustrating result for the Blaugrana as ‘hit-and-miss’ Valencia took a point away from Camp Nou following a 2-2 draw. Goals from Messi & Araujo add two bright spots to yet another game that many culers will believe F…
Dec. 18, 2020
Barcelona’s Best Half All Season
With their midweek win over Real Sociedad, FC Barcelona stayed in the fight for La Liga. Alejandro Villegas and Sergio Rodriguez call the first half of the game Barcelona’s best of all season, even though Ronald Koeman is in…
Dec. 14, 2020
Suffering Against Levante, A Summary Of The Season So Far
FC Barcelona faced off with Levante at Camp Nou and had a hard time winning 1-0 against one of the teams fighting to avoid relegation in La Liga. Lionel Messi scored the only goal of the game, in another match in which Barce…
Dec. 11, 2020
Barca Come Up Short In Latest Champions Test
FC Barcelona lost to Juventus in the final match of the Champions League group stage. Barca continues to struggle, unable to find their best XI and they’ll face a tough opponent in the next stage of Champions League. Have th…
Dec. 7, 2020
FC Barcelona Continues To Struggle Away In La Liga
FC Barcelona loses again in La Liga after two horrible mistakes on defense and a great night by Ledesma, the Cadiz goalkeeper. Barca shot 21 times and only scored once with an own goal. Now, Barcelona is 12 points away from …
Dec. 4, 2020
Is Pedri The Player We All Thought Riqui Was?
From our Friday episode for patrons, Gabriel and Craig compare Riqui Puig to Pedri.
In the full episode on Patreon, they review the Champions League match against Ferencváros and answer more questions from our patrons.
Bec…
Nov. 30, 2020
Barca’s Offense Overwhelms Osasuna
FC Barcelona look like they are starting to find their rhythm and attacking form. Barca beat Osasuna 4-0 with a balanced attack and all 4 attacking players netting goals. The young players have stepped up and are making the…
Nov. 23, 2020
Barcelona Search For Answers As Losses And Injuries Mount Up
FC Barcelona suffered a 1-0 loss to Atlético Madrid at the Wanda Metropolitano on Saturday night. Not only does Barca find themselves 9 points behind Atlético, they suffered major injuries to their back line. Gerard Piqué su…
Nov. 20, 2020
A crucial match against Atletico
From our Friday episode for patrons, Sergio Rodriguez and Alejandro Villegas go over the possible lineup Atletico can use against FC Barcelona on Saturday. Besides, they discuss the absence of Luis Suarez, because of COVID, …
Nov. 16, 2020
Patreon Fridays - Michael Laudrup
He left Barcelona for Real Madrid, and yet we don’t hate him like Figo. With international break interrupting the club schedule, Gabriel and Craig took the time to reminisce about the legendary Barcelona midfielder Michael L…
Nov. 9, 2020
Messi’s magic rescued Barcelona against Betis
Against Real Betis, FC Barcelona’s Antoine Griezmann had a great performance, but failed to score in the first half. Not even with a penalty kick. It looked like Barcelona was going to drop points again, despite creating man…
Nov. 6, 2020
Can Lionel Messi Continue Walking Without Scoring?
Gabriel and Craig reviewed FC Barcelona’s Champions League win over Dynamo Kyiv in depth on our Patreon feed. Among several topics, they got into how much Messi has been walking and how little he’s been scoring.
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Nov. 2, 2020
Barca Ties Alavés In Sluggish Performance
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FC Barcelona headed to the north of Spain where they drew with Deportivo Alavés. Barca started slow as Alavés scored first on a sloppy play by the defense and Antoine Griezmann scored the equalizer on a nice chip…
Oct. 26, 2020
Takeaways From A Polemic Loss In El Clásico
FC Barcelona lost El Clásico against Real Madrid in a very even match, decided by a very polemic VAR penalty call on Sergio Ramos. How can Koeman get the best out of this lineup? Your hosts, Alejandro and Sergio review the m…
Oct. 19, 2020
A Stale Performance By Barca in Getafe
FC Barcelona traveled to Madrid to face an always physical Getafe where they suffered a 1-0 defeat. FC Barcelona missed a chance to be top of La Liga table since Real Madrid lost earlier in the day. Seeing continued themes w…
Oct. 5, 2020
Barcelona drops two points against a feisty Sevilla
FC Barcelona ties 1-1 with Sevilla in a very even match. Coutinho scores his first goal of the season. Serginho Dest makes his debut, playing as a left back, and Busquets starts and plays 90 minutes again.
Hosts:
Alejandr…
Sept. 28, 2020
Ansu Fati Brilliant Against Villarreal With Two Goals
FC Barcelona hosted Villarreal at the Camp Nou for their first game of the 2020/2021 La Liga campaign. With two goals and a penalty created, Ansu Fati was one of the bright spots of the game. Koeman still has a lot of work t…
Sept. 21, 2020
Without Riqui Puig, Barca beats Elche on the Gamper
FC Barcelona defeated Elche 1-0 in the Joan Gamper to finish the preseason, in the midst of heated discussion after Ronald Koeman decided not to include Riqui Puig in his squad list. What’s this board planning to do with Riq…
Sept. 14, 2020
La Liga Is Back
La Liga is back! Though FC Barcelona are not playing this weekend, the rest of the teams are. We break down the latest Barca news of the week, latest player rumors, as well as our La Liga predictions. How do you think the re…
Sept. 7, 2020
What type of team will Koeman build?
Lionel Messi’s soap opera is finally over, and he will be staying at FC Barcelona. We get to know our new team member: Logan Steinle. Which players should Barcelona bring for next season? Will the Barca youth get a shot?
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