Barcelona: With both Barcelona and Real Madrid still smarting from their respective Champions League collapses, the talk is already turning to what changes can be made - maybe even need to be made - for next season.
Both Spanish teams lost to German opposition in the semi-finals. Bayern Munich routed Barcelona 7-0 on aggregate, and Borussia Dortmund survived a second-leg loss to reach the final with a 4-3 combined score victory over Real.
Gerard Pique, a 26-year-old center back who plays at the heart of an aging Barcelona defense, seems to be hoping for some new direction once his team finishes off this season with an inevitable league title.
"(We) have to take decisions in the summer," said Pique, who was forced to play against Bayern on Wednesday without injured teammates Lionel Messi, Carles Puyol and Javier Mascherano....
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06:29 PM, May 03, 2013
Munich: Barcelona centre half Gerard Pique acknowledged his team were thoroughly second best as Bayern Munich romped to a 4-0 win in their Champions League semi-final first leg at the Allianz Arena on Tuesday. "They gave us a thrashing," he said. "We will try to turn it around in the return leg (on May 1) and put in a good performance for the fans. "They were better and faster than...
09:16 AM, Apr 24, 2013
Madrid: Spanish defender Gerard Pique believes that Spain has replaced Germany as the the top-most bet in World Football. According to Pique, the era when German teams always came out on top is over and the Spanish teams dominate the world game. Barcelona and the Spanish national team created a style which had changed soccer history, Pique said in an interview with Spanish Sports Daily As published on Monday, a...
03:59 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Barcelona have endured a rough ride over the last couple of weeks, losing their first leg in Milan, and then suffering back-to-back defeats to Real Madrid. ...
08:52 AM, Mar 12, 2013
Shakira is sharing the first public photograph of her recently born baby, with father Gerard Pique planting a kiss on his infant son's cheek. ...
12:08 PM, Feb 05, 2013
The first public glimpse of Colombian singer Shakira's new baby came in a Twitter post by his father, Gerard Pique. ...
11:37 AM, Jan 25, 2013
Shakira gave birth to her first child - a boy - in a Barcelona hospital Tuesday, her family confirmed in a communique. ...
10:33 AM, Jan 23, 2013
Shakira and Spanish footballer Gerard Pique are asking fans to donate gifts like mosquito nets and vaccines for the world's poorest children in an online baby shower. ...
11:36 AM, Jan 17, 2013
Shakira and her footballer boyfriend Gerard Pique have shared a new photo of them together on Twitter. ...
11:12 AM, Jan 17, 2013
Shakira has been using her Twitter blog to keep followers updated about her journey to motherhood. ...
04:09 PM, Dec 08, 2012
Pregnant pop sensation Shakira has shared her growing belly picture on micro-blogging site Twitter. ...
12:44 PM, Nov 28, 2012
Madrid: Centre back Gerard Pique has returned to the Barcelona squad after injury and is fit for Wednesday's trip to Celtic in Champions League Group G. "Happy to train with the team again. It felt really good!" Pique said on his official Twitter account on Monday. The Spain international has been out of action with a foot injury since Barca's 3-2 win over Spartak Moscow seven weeks ago and his...
07:02 PM, Nov 05, 2012
Madrid: Deportivo La Coruna and Celta Vigo will look to capitalize on Barcelona and Real Madrid's defensive frailties on Saturday when the Spanish league returns from the international break. Barcelona travels to face Deportivo with an eight-point advantage over Madrid. The Catalan team remains without defenders Gerard Pique and Carles Puyol as it vies to extend its unbeaten start to eight games. Madrid's defense is without backs Alvaro Arbeloa, Marcelo...
01:02 PM, Oct 19, 2012
Madrid: La Liga leaders Barcelona will wait until the last minute to make a decision on Gerard Pique's fitness for Sunday's visit of champions Real Madrid, said coach Tito Vilanova. The central defender picked up a foot injury in the Champions League two and a half weeks ago and has been left out by Spain for the World Cup qualifiers against Belarus on Friday and France four days later. Pique...
10:51 AM, Oct 07, 2012
Madrid: La Liga leaders Barcelona are racing to get defender Gerard Pique, who is recovering from a foot injury, back to full fitness in time for Sunday's visit of champions Real Madrid. Pique worked in the gym on Friday and Vicente del Bosque later left him out of the Spain squad for their World Cup qualifiers. "He is doing all he can to be ready," said Xavi on Friday. "He...
07:26 PM, Oct 05, 2012
Colombian singer Shakira said on Wednesday she is expecting her first child, with her Spanish soccer player boyfriend Gerard Pique. "As some of you may know, Gerard and I are very happy awaiting the arrival of our first baby! At this time we have decided to give priority to this unique moment in our lives and postpone all the promotional activities planned over the next few days," Shakira, 35, wrote...
12:01 PM, Sep 20, 2012
It's all about sharing. Spain and Portugal share a border, two coastlines and an entire peninsula. They share a climate, a parallel political past and currently, a crisis. But right now, they also share a dream. The two neighbouring nations come face to face in the semi-finals of Euro 2012 on Wednesday night and only one can progress to the continental competition's Sunday showpiece in Kiev. At 20:45 CET this...
03:47 PM, Jun 27, 2012
Barcelona: Barcelona will appeal against the red card shown to Gerard Pique in Saturday's La Liga match against Sporting Gijon, a club spokesman said on Monday. Pique was shown what appeared from television replays to be a harsh straight red early in the second half of the 3-1 win at the Nou Camp, when he tangled with Gijon's Miguel de las Cuevas on the edge of the Barca area. The...
02:59 PM, Mar 06, 2012
Barcelona: Barcelona midfielder Javier Mascherano was sent off in the tunnel following a heated confrontation with the referee after his side's 3-2 loss to Osasuna on Saturday. The former Liverpool man was yellow-carded on 88 minutes by Jose Romero for protesting a decision, but shortly after the game, he was shown a second yellow for a subsequent act of dissent towards the match official. Romero also added in his post-match...
04:40 PM, Feb 12, 2012
