Malaga began their first ever Champions League campaign in perfect fashion as two goals from Isco guided them to a 3-0 win over Zenit St Petersburg at La Rosaleda. The game was barely three minutes old when the Spain Under-21 international bent a wonderful shot in off the inside of the post and the hosts […]

Espanyol director Joan Collet has admitted that the club are concerned by the sharp drop in season ticket sales this season. Los Periquitos have posted sales of 29,136 season tickets for 2012-13, marking a 4,064 decline on 2011-12’s numbers. “It is a difficult time and many clubs have had this problem. The high percentage of club […]

Real Madrid’s disastrous start to the league season has caused Jose Mourinho to complain of a lack of commitment and focus, accusing his players of displaying a poor attitude. A haul of just four points in four games, which has seen the club fall eight points behind Barcelona, has caused the ‘Special One’ to point […]

Atlético Madrid kept up their free-scoring streak but had to survive a late scare in a 4-3 win against Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, while Real Sociedad were the only other team to win on Sunday. After scoring four in their last league outing against Athletic Club and their UEFA Super Cup victory against Chelsea, the […]

Jose Mourinho says Real Madrid currently lack effort and concentration, and claims he wanted to substitute seven of his players at half-time at Sevilla. “Sevilla deserved to win, but we deserved even more to lose. Congratulations to Sevilla, they did everything to win. We had our reward – we got what we deserved for the […]

Barcelona are threatening to end the La Liga title race by the end of September, as two goals from Lionel Messi helped them beat Getafe 4-1, while Real Madrid lost for the second time in four games 1-0 at Sevilla. Barcelona have not missed a beat since Tito Vilanova replaced Pep Guardiola this summer as […]

Valencia manager Mauricio Pellegrino has defended his side’s record of two points from their opening three games. Valencia  host Celta Vigo this weekend, stuck in the bottom four of La Liga and still looking for their first victory, although they have had a tough start to the campaign with away matches against Real Madrid and Barcelona. […]

Sandro Rosell, the FC Barcelona president, spoke categorically about where Barca would play, if Catalonia won independence today during a meeting with businesspeople at the Vallés Oriental delegation of the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce. “If Catalonia were independent one day, Barça would still play in the Spanish league. I have no doubt about it”. Rosell […]