Barcelona coach continues to rile up his troops with moderately-paced middle of the road rock

As they cruised to a historic treble last season, Barcelona revealed the secret to their success: a love of Coldplay.

Pep Guardiola is a huge fan of the band, and regularly plays their hits to inspire his players in the dressing room beforebig matches. It clearly worked, and Xavi revealed his particular fondness for unofficial Barca anthem ‘Viva La Vida’, a song that is frequently played through the PA at the Camp Nou:

“Viva La Vida is a sophisticated piece of grandiose orchestration that motivates and gives us luck.”

Despite his considerable ears, teammate Dani Alves wasn’t quite so enthused:

“That song does not motivate me because I do not understand what he says.”

regardless of Mr Alves’ opinions, Spanish paper Sport report that fanboy Guardiola will achieve one of his dreams next Friday, as the Viva La Vida world tour brings Chris Martin and co to Barcelona’s Olympic Stadium. The international break

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The Spoiler was lucky enough to see Bonio and The Hedge on top form at Wembley Stadium this weekend, but we were quite offended not to be invited to the U2 after party at Home House.

Guests at the swanky Marylebone venue included excitable Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich, legendary U2 producer Brian Eno, Zep God Jimmy Page, arty type Damien Hirst, Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich and Oasis chief Noel Gallagher.

Mr Gallagher has never been one to keep his love of Manchester City under wraps, and it appears that his inebriated state helped him make an impression on a certain oligarch:

The highlight of Friday night’s tear-up was watching Noel reminding Red Rom that he didn’t have as much money as Manchester City.