Barca Talk | FC Barcelona Fan Podcast

Leo Messi’s family just got a little bit bigger; Denis Suarez suffered an injury to his groin, meanwhile he’s hamstrung by the club’s deal with Manchester City; and the club has confirmed an option to bring in Arthur from Gremio next summer (2:25). A majority Barça B side made a good show in the Catalan Super Cup (18:36). We’re getting fired up for the Chelsea match this week (36:03). The undefeated streak in La Liga continued with a win in Malaga (47:13). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We’re continuing to grow our stable of interviews with Penya Presidents, and this week we have Victor Valencheck of the Penya FCB Houston (10:10). FCB Femeni were on break, but Barça B got a draw and are continuing a good run of form (38:41). Barcelona took a draw in the Canary Islands and a win over Atletico Madrid in the Camp Nou to get 8 points clear and remain undefeated in La Liga (50:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sergi is in for four more years! Semedo is out for five weeks. And the team has set a new club record (2:48). One of our listeners asks why we aren’t seeing many players from La Masia lately (8:36). Barça B took a draw and FCB Femení defeated Valencia (21:46). And the first team are in a good position over Chelsea after the first leg of their Champions League tie (29:16), and a decisive victory over Girona at the Camp Nou kept them undefeated in La Liga (53:54). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Wanda in Madrid will host the Copa del Rey Final. That wasn’t so hard, was it? (5:48) And you’ll be seeing a lot more of the Beko logo on the Barça jerseys in the near future. If you’ve ever wondered if there are cules in Montreal, we have the answer for you in our community segment (13:33). Barça B won, FCB Femeni lost (47:46). The first team are looking ahead to Chelsea in the Champions League (53:26) and they’re still undefeated in the league after beating Eibar, with Girona to come (63:48). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We’re almost out of centerbacks: Gerard Pique and Thomas Vermaelen are both injured, Samuel Umtiti had to miss a match with a suspension, so Lucas Digne stepped in to help out, and the league is not as tough on racism as it claims to be (5:17). Barça B saw the end of their best winning streak of the year and FCB Femení bulldozed Santa Teresa to stay 2 points ahead of Atletico Madrid and on top of the Liga Femenina Iberdrola (19:18). The first team are into their fifth consecutive Copa del Rey final (29:23), and Yerry Mina was the shining star of an otherwise uninspired performance against Getafe (1:03:28). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Deulofeu is off to England and there’s talk of an animated Barça movie (6:25). We have news from another Penya, this time in Montreal (21:17). Barça B got three points and FCB Femení took a draw (28:57). We’re off to a good start in the Copa del Rey semifinal (35:05), and we nearly had our first loss in La Liga, but we pulled a draw out of a wet, soppy match with Espanyol (52:45). Barça is still at the top of the table, and still undefeated in La Liga. ¡Visca Barça! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We say goodbye to Mascherano and "hasta luego" to Rafinha (9:35). Congratulations to Houston Culés for their new official Penya status (25:40). Barça B got three crucial points and FCB Femení are still on top of Liga Femenina (27:32). We're in to the semifinal of the Copa del Rey (40:25) and still undefeated in La Liga (1:03:58). We also have scouting reports on Valencia and Espanyol (1:32:32). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Come to Barcelona in April and see the Valencia match with us. We've teamed up with XL Sports Tours to offer a cool tour package. A new spate of injuries, including Vermaelen and Demble...again (15:10). The community segment asks if La Masia is all it's cracked up to be (29:06). Barça B got a win in Tenerife and Femení are on international break (39:38), and the first team had a hiccup in the Copa del Rey against Espanyol, but came back hard in La Liga against Betis (44:04). Barça will play Espanyol again and Alavés in the Camp Nou (1:42:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Big news of Yerry Mina signing with Barcelona, Arda Turan leaving, and discussing Coutinho's arrival some more (4:35). The community segment deals with how to pronounce "Gomes" (25:14). We have updates on Barça B and Femení (28:59), and reviews of Celta in the Copa del Rey and Real Sociedad in La Liga (39:42). We close things up with a preview of the next match with Betis in La Liga (1:28:48). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Big news of Coutinho signing with Barcelona, Victor Valdes retiring, and picking up on our transfer talk from Ep. 59. (1:55). The community segment asks the question: how do I deal with negative cules? (19:43). We have updates on Barça B and Femení (28:38), and reviews of Celta in the Copa del Rey and Levante in La Liga (34:09). We close things up with previews of the next Copa leg with Celta and Sociedad in La Liga (1:08:34). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A bit of a short episode for the holiday break, we run down the potential incoming transfers Coutinho and Yerry Mina and the players we want, or can expect, to see off-loaded this January, including Rafinha, Deulofeu, Vidal, Arda Turan, and Mascherano (02:25). Our other story charts the rise of Paulinho, both on the pitch and in our estimation of him (28:05). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

FCB gave us a present in their victory in El Clásico in Madrid. Before spending most of the episode talking about the game, your hosts Brien Henderson and Gabriel Quiroga update you on FCB Femení and Barça B (8:04) and Brien interviewed Matt Manson and Joe Dixon from the San Francisco Penya (13:56). The Clásico review fills out the rest of the episode (36:04). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gabriel and Brien talk about their Christmas plans before getting into Barcelona’s Champions League draw with Chelsea and the other matchups, as well as a freshly injured Deulofeu (5:56). We respond to a listener suggestion that Riyad Mahrez would be good for FCB (17:03). The big feature this week is the countdown to El Clásico, where we revisit Messi’s first Clásico hat trick from 2007 (22:17). As always, we keep you up to speed with Barça B and Femení (58:37) and recap La Liga (64:33), and we end by reviewing the Deportivo match in La Liga (69:18) and preview the big match next week, El Clásico! (95:53). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gabriel is painting his flat while Brien is dealing with the first real snow of the year in Buffalo. In Barça news, we react to videos of Dembélé and Rafinha in training, and the Ballon D’or award (5:23). Our special Countdown to El Clásico revisits the 6-2 win that Guardiola’s 2008-09 team stuck to Real Madrid at the Bernabeu in 2009 (23:00). Barça B and FCB Femení both had a good week (46:50). We recap La Liga standings (56:00) then move on to reviewing matches against Sporting in the Champions League and Villareal in La Liga (59:35). We close by looking ahead to next week’s La Liga match with Deportivo La Coruña (1:41:58). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The big story we get into this week is the injury of Samuel Umtiti, who will be out of commission for 8 weeks (4:55). Our awesome listeners sent a few scouting reports our way and we answer a question about Rafinha phoned in from Gabriel’s father Gus (10:00). In other news, we have an update on Ousmane Dembélé’s recovery and we celebrate the return of Sergi Roberto to action (33:24). In our Countdown To El Clásico, we remember the UCL semifinal first leg of 2011, when FCB defeated Real Madrid 2-0 in the Bernabeu (37:16). Barça B are in some danger and FCB Femení got a tough draw in the Women’s Champions League (55:50). After a quick La Liga recap (64:30) we get into reviews of the first team’s two matches with Murcia in the Copa del Rey and Celta in La Liga (65:30), and we end with previews of the UCL match against Sporting Lisbon and Villareal in La Liga. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Thanksgiving was a carb-fest for both Gabriel and Brien. In the wake of the feeding frenzy, we’re happy to celebrate Messi’s long-awaited signature of his contract extension and his fourth Golden Boot (6:27). We respond to our awesome listeners’ comments (19:14). We’re starting our countdown to El Clásico by revisiting our favorite past Clásicos (26:20) before checking in with Barça B and FCB Femení (44:56). We recap La Liga (48:11) before reviewing the Juventus and Valencia matches (50:42), and we close as always looking ahead to the next matches with Murcia in the Copa del Rey and Celta in La Liga (84:05). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the Intro, Brien explains how he suddenly got married this week, Gabriel talks about home decor, and we have a reminder to check out last week’s special feature on the ’92 Dream Team. In our News segment, we discuss Mascherano’s injury and the prospect of Xavi becoming a coach (11:23). We got a number of great comments from the listeners this week (17:37). We also have updates on FCB Femení and Barça B (30:16). For the first team, we round up La Liga (36:44) and give our review of the Leganés match (42:19). We close the show with previews of the next matches for the first team with Juventus and Valencia (69:22). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You get to hear a little about Brien’s other life as a musician and some big news for Barça Talk on Spotify in the intro. We get on to business with listener comments about Pique, Thiago Alcantara, and Hirving Lozano; and we unveil Samuel Umtiti’s official Barça Talk nickname (9:10), then we get on to some small news items from the club (22:56). Then we shift to recap how Barça B and FCB Femení did this past week (31:25). Our feature story covers the 1991-92 Dream Team and the lasting impact they and Johann Cruyff have had on Barcelona (36:36), and we close things looking ahead to the next two matches Barça will have in La Liga and the Champions League (66:51). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We start off with our listener comments (5:40) and get to talking about all our injured players (17:16). Barça B and FCB Femení are both continuing to shine (23:16). We recap La Liga, and say “Gracias Girona” (31:00). Match reviews of Olympiakos and Sevilla (36:37) and we finish up with a brief talk about this week’s international break (60:05). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We welcome a special guest and Gabriel makes Barça Talk history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices