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UCL: Barcelona boss Flick sets qualification target

UCL: Barcelona boss Flick sets qualification target

Barcelona manager Hansi Flick has set a top eight target for qualification into the UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Afrosport reports. The newly-introduced league phase format will see teams who finish in the top eight of the 36-team log automatically progress to the round of 16 while teams placed ninth to 24th will face each other in a two-legged playoff to determine the other eight teams....

La Liga Roundup: Barca extends lead atop standings; Atletico, Sociedad claim 2-0 wins

La Liga Roundup: Barca extends lead atop standings; Atletico, Sociedad claim 2-0 wins

Barcelona extended their lead at the top of the standings as they clinched a 3-1 win against Espanyol in the Catalonia derby at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on Sunday in matchday 12 in the Spanish La Liga, Afrosport reports. Barcelona took the lead in the 12th minute through Dani Olmo, who fired in a first-time finish off a beautiful through ball from Lamine Yamal. The...

Hansi Flick wins La Liga Coach of the Month award for October

Hansi Flick wins La Liga Coach of the Month award for October

Barcelona manager Hansi Flick has been named La Liga Coach of the Month for October, Afrosport reports. The German, who joined the Catalan club on a two-year deal last summer, led them to a perfect record in the month under review. The Flick effect. ™️ 👔 @FCBarcelona's Hansi Flick is named #LALIGAEASPORTS 𝐂𝐎𝐀𝐂𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐇 for October!#LALIGACOACHOFTHEMONTH | @Microsoft #PREMIOSLALIGA — LALIGA English (@LaLigaEN) October...

Real Madrid launch investigation into racial abuse on Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal

Real Madrid have opened investigation into allegations of racial abuse directed towards Barcelona teenager Lamine Yamal by a section of its fans during their El Clasico clash at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday night, Afrosport reports. Los Blancos and rivals Barcelona faced off in a matchday 11 La Liga fixture in a showdown that can be tagged as a game of contrasting halves. Despite their dominance...

Barcelona claim El Clasico bragging rights at Barnabeu

Barcelona claim El Clasico bragging rights at Barnabeu

Barcelona moved six points clear of Real Madrid at the top of the table as Hansi Flick’s side walloped Carlo Ancelotti’s side 4-0 in El Clasico at the Santiago Bernabeu in Saturday La Liga action, Afrosport reports. Kylian Mbappe failed to make the break for his side in the first half after he found himself offside six times and had a goal chalked off in the...