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).

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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).

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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).

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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.

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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).

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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).

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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).

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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).

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We welcome a special guest and Gabriel makes Barça Talk history.

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Big news from the club, Barça B and Femení continue to shine, reviews of the first team matches against Olympiakos and Malaga, and more listener questions.

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