Barca Talk | FC Barcelona Fan Podcast

Arthur has suffered a hamstring injury and he’ll be out of action for 3 to 4 weeks. The FC Barcelona B team goalkeeper, Iñaki Peña will be seeing more of the first team bench while Jasper Cillessen recovers from his injury. And the FCB first team couldn’t get a win in either La Liga against Athletic Bilbao or in the Copa del Rey against Real Madrid.This episode of Barça Talk is sponsored by Audible. Follow the link for a 30-day free trial.Additional Notes:Follow your hosts Gabriel Quiroga and Brien Henderson on their social media accounts. Visit our website where you can find more information about the show. Support the show at Patreon and receive bonus podcasts and merchandise. Join us and the Los Angeles Penya in Barcelona in April 2018 for the Atlético Madrid match! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We’re down a goalkeeper for six weeks with Cillessen injured. Denis Suarez is off to London to play for Arsenal. The FC Barcelona women’s team brought in a new player and they’re winning games. And the first team makes a stellar comeback in the Copa del Rey while clawing back a draw against Valencia in La Liga.This episode of Barça Talk is sponsored by Audible. Get a free 30-day Audible trial. Our recommendation this week is My Turn: The Autobiography of Johann Cruyff. Written by Cruyff and narrated by William Brand, My Turn tells the story of Cruyff’s life, both on and off the pitch. To hear a sample and purchase this audiobook, click on the link above.Additional NotesFollow your hosts Gabriel Quiroga and Brien Henderson on their social media accounts. Also, visit our website where you can find more information about the show. You can also support the show at Patreon and receive bonus podcasts and merchandise. Join us and the Los Angeles Penya in Barcelona in April 2018 for the Atlético Madrid match! Learn

FC Barcelona made a couple key signings in the last week. We’re just about to kick off our annual fundraising drive for the Barcelona Summer Soccer Camp Scholarship Fund. We look at the future of Barcelona B’s midfield and the first team took a hit in the Copa del Rey and Semedo got his first goal at the club against Girona in a 2:0 win.This episode is sponsored by Enclosed: high-end designer lingerie delivered every month.This episode of Barça Talk is sponsored by Audible. Get a free 30-day Audible trial by going to audibletrial.com/barcatalk. Our recommendation this week is The Barcelona Inheritance: The Evolution of Winning Soccer Tactics from Cruyff to Guardiola. Written by Jonathan Wilson and narrated by Charlie Anson, The Barcelona Inheritance shows how Barcelona’s style of play has been the single biggest influence on modern soccer. To go straight to this book, click on the link in the description of this podcast episode.Additional NotesFollow your hosts Gabriel Quiroga and Brien Henderson on their soc

Malcom could be leaving for England, and Javier Tebas is a vocal right-wing supporter. We’re talking about Copa del Rey, and no La Liga this week. Hopefully, we won three points from Leganés on Sunday.This episode is sponsored by ENCLOSEDAdditional Notes:Follow your hosts Gabriel Quiroga and Brien Henderson on their social media accounts. Also, visit our website where you can find more information about the show. You can also support the show at Patreonand receive bonus podcasts and merchandise. Join us and the Los Angeles Penya in Barcelona in April 2018 for the Atlético Madrid match! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Munir is out, Neymar keeps calling, and Ter Stegen is named to UEFA fans’ team of the year. We finally announce the Barça Talk Awards for the year. Barça B is begging the question as to what their purpose is for the club, and there’s shocking news from the women’s team. We lost to Levante in the Copa del Rey and defeated Eibar in La Liga.This episode is sponsored by ENCLOSEDAdditional Notes:Follow your hosts Gabriel Quiroga and Brien Henderson on their social media accounts. Also, visit our website where you can find more information about the show. You can also support the show at Patreonand receive bonus podcasts and merchandise. Join us and the Los Angeles Penya in Barcelona in April 2018 for the Atlético Madrid match! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

FC Barcelona holds open training for the fans, and there’s news of Denis Suarez potentially moving to Great Britain. Both Barça B and Women drew their first matches back from the holiday, and Messi and Co. grinded out a 2:1 win in Madrid against Getafe.Additional Notes:Follow your hosts Gabriel Quiroga and Brien Henderson on their social media accounts. Also, visit our website where you can find more information about the show. You can also support the show at Patreonand receive bonus podcasts and merchandise. Join us and the Los Angeles Penya in Barcelona in April 2018 for the Atlético Madrid match! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Umtiti is returning soon...or is he? Either way, we have a new center back on loan from Valencia. Meanwhile, the Barça Women have finished this half of the season unbeaten in the league. And for the first team in La Liga, Messi, Dembele, and Alba put together a solid defeat of Celta de Vigo.Additional Notes:Follow your hosts Gabriel Quiroga and Brien Henderson on their social media accounts. Also, visit our website where you can find more information about the show. You can also support the show at Patreon and receive bonus podcasts and merchandise. Join us and the Los Angeles Penya in Barcelona in April 2018 for the Atlético Madrid match! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There is talk of Cillessen looking for more time at another club, and Everton is keen to sign Andre Gomes for good. Barça Femeni and Barça B are both getting stellar results. And FC Barcelona’s first team saw a draw in the Champions League and a primo football win in La Liga, including a hat trick from Leo Messi.Additional Notes:Follow your hosts Gabriel Quiroga and Brien Henderson on their social media accounts. Also, visit our website where you can find more information about the show. You can also support the show at Patreon and receive bonus podcasts and merchandise. Join us and the Los Angeles Penya in Barcelona in April 2018 for the Atlético Madrid match! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We celebrate our 100th Episode! Also, the Barça Women continue their winning streak, and Ousmane Dembélé starts looking like a proper first-team starter in the Champions League and La Liga wins for FC Barcelona.Additional Notes:Follow your hosts Gabriel Quiroga and Brien Henderson on their social media accounts. Also, visit our website where you can find more information about the show. You can also support the show at Patreon and receive bonus podcasts and merchandise. Join us and the Los Angeles Penya in Barcelona in April 2018 for the Atlético Madrid match! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Phillipe Coutinho is still out and Paco Alcácer is gone for good. Fans everywhere are looking for ways to watch a movie. Barça B are struggling, while the Barça Women are on a streak, and Ousmane Dembélé saved FC Barcelona’s first team from a loss in Madrid.Additional Notes:Follow your hosts Gabriel Quiroga and Brien Henderson on their social media accounts. Also, visit our website where you can find more information about the show. You can also support the show at Patreon and receive bonus podcasts and merchandise. Join us and the Los Angeles Penya in Barcelona in April 2018 for the Atlético Madrid match! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hosts Gabriel Quiroga and Brien Henderson. Download and subscribe at barcatalk.net We bring you two stories of entering the Camp Nou for the first time. For one, it’s cultural tourism. For the other, it’s a pilgrimage. Special thanks to Dana Humphrey and Luis Calderon for sharing their stories with us. Gabriel Quiroga conducted the interviews. Editing and sound design by Brien Henderson, and the music you hear throughout this episode was written by 18th-Century Catalan composer José Elías. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

FIFA has publicly opposed the plan to play a La Liga game in Miami. Marc Andre ter Stegen has shoulder issues. Barça B suffer two losses, and the Barça Women are getting mixed results. The FC Barcelona first team were drawn by Inter Milan in the Champions League and lost to Real Betis in La Liga.Additional Notes:Follow your hosts Gabriel Quiroga and Brien Henderson on their social media accounts. Also, visit our website where you can find more information about the show. You can also support the show at Patreon and receive bonus podcasts and merchandise. Join us and the Los Angeles Penya in Barcelona in April 2018 for the Atlético Madrid match! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lionel Messi might be back for the Inter match on Tuesday, and there are already rumblings about potential signings in the January transfer window. Barcelona started the Copa del Rey campaign with an unconvincing defeat over Cultural Leonesa, and in La Liga we were saved by late goals from Luis Suárez and Ousmane Dembele.Additional Notes:Follow your hosts Gabriel Quiroga and Brien Henderson on their social media accounts. Also, visit our website where you can find more information about the show. You can also support the show at Patreon and receive bonus podcasts and merchandise. Join us and the Los Angeles Penya in Barcelona in April 2018 for the Atlético Madrid match! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Messi’s injury is proving to be the motivation the rest of the team needed to step up and get a decisive result in the Champions League. We spoke to journalist and author Jonathan Wilson about his new book, The Barcelona Inheritance. And Real Madrid proved to be only a minor threat in a 5:1 Clásico that saw Suárez score a hat trick.Additional Notes:Follow your hosts Gabriel Quiroga and Brien Henderson on their social media accounts. Also, visit our website where you can find more information about the show. You can also support the show at Patreon and receive bonus podcasts and merchandise. Join us and the Los Angeles Penya in Barcelona in April 2018 for the Atlético Madrid match! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Messi suffered an injury and will be out of action for three weeks, and the club members have made it known that they’re not fans of the new club crest. We have updates on Barça Women and Barça B, and the first team top the table in a 4:2 defeat of Sevilla. Additional Notes:Follow your hosts Gabriel Quiroga and Brien Henderson on their social media accounts. Also, visit our website where you can find more information about the show. You can also support the show at Patreon and receive bonus podcasts and merchandise. Join us and the Los Angeles Penya in Barcelona in April 2018 for the Atlético Madrid match! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Injuries are chipping away at our central defense, and sporting director Pep Segura gave an interview, but little insight into the workings of the club. We have your comments on the state of Arturo Vidal, the progress of Barça B, and commentary on the Women’s team. With a game in La Liga against Sevilla coming up, we revisit Barcelona’s 5:0 defeat over Sevilla in the Copa del Rey Final last year.Additional NotesFollow your hosts Gabriel Quiroga and Brien Henderson on their social media accounts. Also, visit our website where you can find more information about the show. You can also support the show at Patreon and receive bonus podcasts and merchandise. Join us and the Los Angeles Penya in Barcelona in April 2018 for the Atlético Madrid match! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We’re wishing Paco Alcacer were still at Barcelona, because Luis Suarez is having problems with his knee. Both the B team and the Women’s team have been winning lately, and we saw an inconsistent pair of performances from the first team: first the brilliance of Arthur, Coutinho, and Messi against Tottenham in the Champions League, and then the dullness of a side that seems to be in desperate need of the international break.Additional Notes Follow your hosts Gabriel Quiroga and Brien Henderson on their social media accounts. Also, visit our website where you can find more information about the show. You can also support the show at Patreon and receive bonus podcasts and merchandise. Join us and the Los Angeles Penya in Barcelona in April 2018 for the Atlético Madrid match! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Contract renewals, injured knees, and a new look for the Barça crest. We have comments from you about individual awards and football galas. Updates on Barça B and Barça Women, and match reviews of both the Leganés and Athletic matches. Additional Notes Follow your hosts Gabriel Quiroga and Brien Henderson on their social media accounts. Also, visit our website where you can find more information about the show. You can also support the show at Patreon and receive bonus podcasts and merchandise. Join us and the Los Angeles Penya in Barcelona in April 2018 for the Atlético Madrid match! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hosts Gabriel Quiroga and Brien Henderson. Download and subscribe at barcatalk.net Support Barça Talk at Patreon and receive bonus podcasts and merchandise. PatreonJoin us and the Los Angeles Penya in Barcelona! Even if we here on the show aren’t very into the “La Liga in the USA” project, the Barcelona President sure is. We have comments from our listeners about squad rotations. The Barça Women are 2 for 2 in the Liga Iberdrola, and Barça B have had a faltering start to the year. The first team opened up their Champions League campaign with a 4-goal thrashing of PSV, and Girona came to the Camp Nou and left town with their heads high. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hosts Gabriel Quiroga and Brien Henderson. Download and subscribe at barcatalk.net Support Barça Talk at Patreon and receive bonus podcasts and merchandise. PatreonJoin us and the Los Angeles Penya in Barcelona! The venue of the Copa del Rey Final might be decided before we get to the semifinals this year. Emphasis on “might.” The newer and younger Barça B chalked up their first win, and the women’s team had a rough go in Kazakstan. And the first team slugged out a win in San Sebastian, despite playing at one of the tougher stadiums in Spain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices