Barcelona are well placed to reach the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey after they beat old rivals Real Madrid 2-1 on Wednesday night. Once again Jose Mourinho changed his system playing Barcelona. It seems that Mourinho has one system for Barcelona and one for everyone else in Europe. The surprise this time was that […]

Wow what a comeback!! Espanyol scored three goals in four minutes to snatch a dramatic 3-2 comeback win at home to third-tier Mirandes in a King’s Cup quarter-final first leg on Tuesday. Mirandes have been the Cinderella team of this years tournament, having already knocked out La Liga sides Villarreal and Racing Santander in the […]

Having already knocked out Villarreal and Real Racing Club in this years Copa del Rey, Mirandés, are bow looking to knockoff another of La Liga’s big names, Espanyol, in the quarter-finals. The Spanish third division side are currently enjoying the experience of a lifetime – playing and beating the elite. “We’ve got nothing to lose […]

Barcelona returned to within five points of Liga leaders Real Madrid with a 4-2 defeat of ten-man Real Betis, on a day when Athletic Club improved their European chances by beating Levante. Josep Guardiola’s men made an explosive start at Camp Nou as Xavi Hernández opened the scoring after ten minutes and Lionel Messi took […]

Atletico Madrid’s new coach Diego Simeone talks about his first game at home and about playing against Villarreal this weekend.

José Callejón scored the winner with six minutes remaining as Real Madrid came back from a goal down to beat Mallorca 2-1 and extend their Liga lead to eight points. Tomer Hemed’s first-half header threatened to send José Mourinho’s side to only their second defeat in 24 matches in all competitions until Gonzalo Higuaín equalised […]

Real Madrid set up a potential Copa Del Rey quarter-final against FC Barcelona after a 1-0 victory against Málaga earned the Whites a 4-2 aggregate win. It was a tense night as Malaga only needed a 1-0 victory in order to advance on the away goals rule. In a very tactical first half the best […]

The legend of Pep Guardiola continues as he was named the best manager of 2011, ahead of José Mourinho (Real Madrid), last year’s winner, and Sir Alex Ferguson (Manchester United). Guardiola, who was recently named the world’s best manager by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS), picks up yet another acknowledgement to […]

Lionel Messi has been named by FIFA as the best player of 2011 for the third straight year. Messi equals Platini, Cruyff and Van Basten, the only players to ever win three Ballon d’Or titles. Messi took almost 48% of the vote, with Ronaldo second with less than 22% and Xavi was a distant third […]