The second leg of the Spanish Super Cup between Real Madrid and Barcelona has been brought forward a day as 11 of the potential participants are up for Europe’s player of the year award on August 30. “UEFA have asked the Spanish federation (RFEF) to change the date for the second leg of the Spanish […]
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Barcelona’s new coach Tito Vilanova refused to contribute to the controversy over the lifting of Jose Mourinho’s and his bans after last year’s infamous eye-poke incident as he started work at the Nou Camp. Pep Guardiola’s former assistant, who has since stepped up to the top job, was deliberately poked in the eye by Real […]
Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea has criticizes his former club Atletico Madrid’s tendencies to sell their youth products. The recent departure of Atletico Madrid’s highly-rated youngster Alvaro Dominguez to Bundesliga side Borussia Monchengladbach had the defender lashing out at the club for “never having faith on homegrown talent”. De Gea himself was a product […]
There has been a trend in the last year or so or former Barcelona talents returning to the club once they have gained valuable experience elsewhere. Last summer Cesc Fabregas returned to the Camp Nou and this summer, Jordi Alba returned home after a successful spell at Valencia. The latest former Barcelona starlet interested in […]
We are still six weeks away from the first El Clasico of the season but the rhetoric is already at a mid- season level. The news that the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) had lifted Jose Mourinho’s touchline ban imposed on him for poking his finger in the eye of then Barcelona assistant manager Tito Vilanova last season […]
Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho’s ban for poking Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova in the eye last year was lifted Tuesday, clearing the way for the pair to meet at the Spanish Super Cup next month. Mourinho had been banned for poking Vilanova in the eye during an on-field brawl at the end of a Super […]
Athletic Bilbao’s coach Marcelo Bielsa said Monday he is staying with the club despite earlier reports he was considering resigning in a row with the board. Bielsa had indicated his intention to resign on Friday after the club refused to support his criticism of the construction company employed to improve the facilities at the club’s […]
Real Madrid will begin the defence of their Primera Division title at home to Valencia while Barcelona, runners-up last season, are in action against Real Sociedad. The fixtures for the 2012-13 season were released on Tuesday morning and the opening weekend, on August 18 and 19, sees Jose Mourinho’s men pitted against Los Che, who finished third last season […]
Real Madrid will begin the defence of their Primera Division title at home to Valencia while Barcelona, runners-up last season, are in action against Real Sociedad. The fixtures for the 2012-13 season were released on Tuesday morning and the opening weekend, on August 18 and 19, sees Jose Mourinho’s men pitted against Los Che, who […]