Fooball Briefs: Barca move closer to titleIMAGE: Barcelona's Lionel Messi celebrates scoring their second goal with Philippe Coutinho and Ousmane Dembele.Photograph: Albert Gea/Reuters. Barcelona responded to the shock of being eliminated from the Champions League by AS Roma by beating Valencia 2-1 on Saturday at the Nou Camp, setting a Liga record run of 39 games unbeaten and taking them ever closer to another title. Luis Suarez gave Barca the lead after 15 minutes, meeting a delicious outside-of-the-foot pass from former ... Rediff.com, 4 days ago |
Football Briefs: French clubs face disciplinary action over Europa League violenceNews of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: Marseille's Adil Rami and players clash after the match. Photograph: Philippe Laurenson/Reuters French clubs Olympique de Marseille and Olympique Lyonnais are facing disciplinary proceedings following crowd trouble at their Europa Leagues games last week, UEFA said on Monday. Lyon supporters clashed with police outside their stadium - the venue for this year's Europa League final -- following the home match against CSKA Moscow ... Rediff.com, 1 month ago
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