Barcelona live updates

5:38 pm, Sun 07 Apr 2013

Messi v Robot - Robot wins!

Finally we've found a way of stopping Lionel Messi - not sure the rules of football allow it though. This was Leo struggling to defeat a robot goalkeeper on a Japanese gameshow.

Argentina

11:29 am, Sun 07 Apr 2013

Barcelona's Abidal makes his return after cancer surgery

Eric Abidal thanked the Barcelona fans for the ovation he received last night on making his long-awaited comeback following liver surgery.

The 33-year-old defender was a 70th-minute replacement for Gerard Pique in Barca's 5-0 rout of Real Mallorca, making his first appearance in over a year after undergoing a liver transplant last April, having previously had surgery to remove a tumour in March 2011.

"It was a long (lay-off)," he said. "I really struggled. I received a lot of support through this year and this was the most important thing. From my wife, my parents, my friends, but also the fans of Barcelona too."Without them, I would not have returned to football. It was a unique moment."

Barca complain over ref

Barcelona have written to UEFA to complain about the performance of referee Wolfgang Stark in their Champions League match with PSG

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UEFA Champions League

2:16 pm, Thu 04 Apr 2013

Can Barca shine without Messi?

It is not yet known if Lionel Messi will be fit in time for next week's second leg against PSG. Dani Alves said: "The fact that we don't have him is an incentive to prove to everyone that we have enough quality to compete without him and show that we can do it just as well as when he's here."