Washerwomen, Hubert Robert
“Barcelona have a mountain to climb to retain their Copa del Rey title after slumping to a 2-1 home defeat in the first leg of their last-16 tie with Sevilla. Barca’s Copa del Rey success of last year was the first of a record-breaking six trophies they won in 2009 but Pep Guardiola’s men need to do it the hard way if they are to claim a 26th cup title this season after a much-changed side went down to a similarly weakened Sevilla on Tuesday.” (ESPN)

Barca Humbled by Sevilla; FC Barcelona – 1, Sevilla – 2
“FC Barcelona surpirisingly lost the first leg of Copa Del Rey quarterfinals at home to an under strength Sevilla side. FC Barcelona now face a near impossible task of winning the second leg away from home with atleast two goals clear to proceed to the next game. Two matches into the new year, Barca is still looking for their first win of the year. Diego Capel always has been a head-ache for Barca and he opened the scoring for Sevilla.” (All About FC Barcelona)

FC Barcelona vs Sevilla , Copa Del Rey First Leg Highlights
(All About FC Barcelona)

“The tragedy of the 100+ Mitchell and Kenyon films is in their length, or lack of it. Getting a real idea of what an Edwardian soccer match was like from any one of them or all of them is next to impossible. This example, Newcastle United v Liverpool at St James’s Park in 1901, is about the best of the bunch.” (More Than Mind Games)