Two goals from Falcao helped Atlético Madrid come from behind twice to beat Real Betis Balompié 4-2 and move up to second place in La Liga. The Colombia striker’s first of the night, a close-range finish from Raúl García’s driven centre, cancelled out Agra’s 25th-minute opener for Betis. An own goal from Juanfran on the […]

Real Madrid’s La Liga match at city rivals Rayo Vallecano on Sunday was abandoned in bizarre circumstances after Rayo officials said the lighting at their Estadio de Vallecas stadium had been sabotaged. The game was due to kick off at 9.30pm local time but the stadium was in semi-darkness and fans were still waiting outside […]

It looked like this was going to be one of those night’s for Barcelona as they could not find a way past a stubborn stubborn Granada side inspired by goalkeeper Antonio Toño. Granada went into the match without a win this season, and having lost on all 18 of their previous trips to the Nou […]

Economic expert Jose Maria Gay de Liebana has published his annual report on the financial situation of Europe’s top five football Leagues, condemning La Liga. The doctor of economics has assessed the financial models and situations surrounding top-flight clubs in Spain, Italy, England, Germany and France. Declaring that the Bundesliga was the soundest League run, […]

Athletic Bilbao have announced that they will reinvest the money made from the sale of Javi Martinez in their youth ranks. Marcelo Bielsa’s side received €40m for the 23-year-old midfielder from Bayern Munich, and today revealed how they intend to spend that windfall. “The money will be devoted to the organizational structure of youth football,” […]

The Argentine’s current deal expires in June 2016 and Rosell believes it would be remiss of the Catalan giants to not address the subject of his renewal as soon as possible. “Messi’s contract ends in 2016 and it would be irresponsible of us not to improve it as you have to think about what will […]

Barcelona had to come from behind to get their Champions League campaign off to a winning start with two goals from Lionel Messi to beat Spartak Moscow 3-2 at home. Cristian Tello had fired the hosts into the lead after just 13 minutes but Spartak refused to be overawed by their surroundings and were level […]

Sergio Aguero chose the mixed zone after last night’s Champions League match between Manchester City and Real Madrid to basically say he would rather play for Real Madrid than Manchester City. Aguero told the press that he wanted to move to Real Madrid from cross-town rivals Atletico Madrid in 2011, who instead ended up at […]