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FCB News (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
Carles Puyol and Toure Yaya return to the squad for tomorrow's heavyweight game against Sevilla (kick off 10pm) as Barça enter the terrific run up to Christmas with league games to follow against Valencia, Real Madrid and Villarreal. The players will train in Barcelona tomorrow morning before catching a 12.00 flight to Seville. Barça will be looking to reach their tenth consecutive away win but Sevilla...
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FCB News (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
Barça arrived in Lisbon today with 18 players including Leo Messi ready to fight for the win that will guarantee us top spot in Group C of this season's Champions League. Rafa Marquez also returns but there is no place for either Carles Puyol or Toure Yaya who Pep Guardiola has decided to give a rest. Barça lead the group on 10 points with Sporting just a point behind, both teams have already qualified...
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footy247 (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
The Uruguayan defender has found it difficult to find a place in Pep Guardiola's team, having had to compete with Carles Puyol, Rafa Márquez and Gerard Piqué for a centre-back spot. Now reports have surfaced that Cáceres could ask the club to go out on loan in order to gain experience, but he has denied that there any truth in them. "I have never thought about that. I just want to do read more
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FCB News (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
Thierry Henry will miss tonight's Copa del Rey game in Benidorm after passing a bad night with stomach problems. Henry reported to Camp Nou this morning and after a medical examination it was decided he should rest for 24 hours. Carles Puyol has been called up to the squad in Henry's place.
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FCB News (Free subscription) | 27/10/2008
Three Barça players, Xavi Hernandez, Carles Puyol and Leo Messi have been named in the ideal XI by the Federación Internacional de Asociaciones de Futbolistas Profesionales. The full team is as follows: Iker Casillas (Real Madrid), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), John Terry (Chelsea), Carles Puyol (Barcelona) Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United) Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Xavi (Barcelona) Kaká (AC Milan)...
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footy247 (Free subscription) | 21/10/2008
Despite not having a successful campaign, the Blaugrana's Carles Puyol, Andrés Iniesta, Xavi Hernández, Samuel Eto’o, Thierry Henry, Lionel Messi, Deco, Gianluca Zambrotta and Ronaldinho have all been included. read more
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footy247 (Free subscription) | 19/10/2008
It is not often that opposition coaches spend the build-up to a match by praising members of the opposition, but that is the approach Joaquin Caparros has chosen ahead of Athletic Bilbao's encounter with Barcelona, classifying Xavi, Andres Iniesta and Carles Puyol as "the cream of the crop" and "an example for football". read more
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Footballocks (Free subscription) | 12/10/2008
Spain continued to set the pace at the top of Group Five after easing past Estonia 3-0 thanks to first half goals from Juanito, David Villa and Carles Puyol. Credits to metaphorek
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Fox News (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
Juanito Gutierrez, David Villa and Carles Puyol scored to give Spain a 3-0 win over Estonia in a World Cup qualifying match on Saturday. The European champions lead Group 5 with nine points from three games, while Estonia is bottom with no points. Spain took the lead in the 34th minute when Gutierrez sent the ball past Estonia goalkeeper Pavel Londak. Only four minutes later, Valencia's Villa scored...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
Tallinn, Estonia - European champions Spain took another step towards South Africa on Saturday, with a comfortable 3-0 win away to minnows Estonia. Spain won thanks to dead-ball goals from Juanito Gutierrez, David Villa and Carles Puyol - and thanks ...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Madrid - New Barcelona Josep Guardiola has finally finished writing the club's new internal code - and has passed it on to captains Carles Puyol and Xavi Hernandez. According to the digital version of Sport on Wednesday afternoon, Guardiola has now c...
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FCB News (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
As has become the norm in recent years Carles Puyol , Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta have all been named in the Spanish squad for next week's international matches against Estonia (Oct 11) and Belgium (Oct 15). There is no place, however, for Bojan Krkic who returns to the under-21 squad for the two games against Switzerland (Oct 11 and 14). Also named in the under-21 squad are Gerard Piqué, Sergio...
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Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
BARCELONA captain Carles Puyol has denied allegations from Espanyol that his players helped incite crowd trouble during Saturday's derby.
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
Barcelona captain defends teammates over allegations from Espanyol that they incited crowd trouble during derby.
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Daily Mail online | Sport (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
Barcelona captain Carles Puyol has defended himself and his team-mates over allegations from Espanyol that they helped incite the crowd trouble during Saturday's derby.
