On another night of drama in the Champions League Lyon, Basel and Napoli all moved onto the round of 16, while last season’s beaten finalist Manchester United was sent to the Europa League. The most unlikely team to progress to the knock stages was Lyon, who needed Ajax to lose at home to Real Madrid […]
La Liga
Former Barcelona coach Cesar Menotti believes that Real Madrid are afraid of Barca ever since they were beaten 5-0 in La Liga last season. The Blaugrana hammered the Santiago Bernabeu side in November 2010, and Menotti feels that Madrid have never really recovered since that heavy loss at Camp Nou, despite having met several more […]
Barcelona’s Gerard Pique will be eligible to face Real Madrid next week after escaping further punishment for the caution he received against Rayo Vallecano. Pique was booked for time-wasting in the 83rd minute of Barca’s 4-0 win on Tuesday, his fifth caution of the season with the one-match ban ruling him out of this weekend’s […]
Barcelona star Daniel Alves believes that the media furore over Gerard Pique’s booking against Rayo Vallecano proves there is an agenda against his club. Pique has been pillored in the media for collecting a yellow card for time wasting during the closing stages of their 4-0 win over Rayo, which rules him out of their […]
In Saturday’s Madrid derby it was clear that one of Atletico’s tactics was to be very physical. That tactic backfired when five Atletico Madrid players were shown yellow cards while two more were shown straight reds. Atletico’s tactics did not go down well with the Real Madrid players and Cristiano Ronaldo made sure that the […]
It will go down in the records book as a comfortable 4-0 victory over Rayo Vallecano at the Camp Nou tonight. But this game was much more than that. After the weekend’s shocking 1-0 defeat to Getafe, Barcelona found itself in the unusual position of looking up at Real Madrid. Before tonight’s kick-off Barca was […]
Barcelona are six points behind Liga leaders Real Madrid after a shocking 1-0 defeat at Getafe. Earlier in the day Real Madrid continued their dominance over their city rivals with a 4-2 defeat of Atletico Madrid who ended up with only 9 men after Thibaut Courtois and Diego Godín were both sent off. A Valera […]
With the top three all in action on Saturday, attention will switch to the fight for UEFA spots and the struggle at the bottom on Sunday. Levant host Sporting, in-form Bilbao are at home to Granada, the stuttering Seville are at Zaragoza and Espanyol are at the Cornella-El Prat Stadium against Osasuna. Bottom club Racing […]
Roberto Soldado grabbed three first-half goals to help Valencia thrash Genk 7-0 in a crucial result that kept alive the Spaniards’ hopes of qualification for the last 16 of the Champions League. Jonas Goncalves got an early opener before Soldado’s solo show gave Valencia a 4-0 lead before the interval. Pablo Hernandez, Aritz Aduriz and […]