At the moment Real Madrid are scoring goals for fun. Tonight they scored three times in the opening ten minutes on their way to thrashing Dinamo Zagreb 6-2. José Mourinho made six changes to the team that won 3-2 at Valencia on Saturday, butit was two of his regulars, Özil and Benzema, who were involved […]
La Liga
Not quite sure that to make of Malaga. After beating Racing Santander tonight they are up to fifth place in La Liga, four points behind third place Valencia. Maybe it is was money that they spent this summer that changed expectations, but I expected Malaga to be closer than 11 points behind Real Madrid after […]
Big news today from the defending Spanish and European champions that Andres Iniesta will miss the huge champions league tie with AC Milan on Wednesday with a thigh injury. A statement on the club’s website confirmed that the midfielder will not travel to Italy as “a precaution”, joining the suspended Dani Alves and injured duo […]
The clock has struck midnight on Levante’s cinderella start to the season as the former leaders suffered their third consecutive defeat in a row, this time at the hands of Atlético Madrid. All five goals came within a rollercoaster final 25 minutes as Atlético won 3-2. Xavi Torres equalised for the visitors shortly after Pizzi […]
Real Madrid remain three points clear at the top of La Liga after an impressive 3-2 win over Valencia at Mestalla. Karim Benzema’s brilliant strike gave the league leaders the advantage at half-time and when Sergio Ramos made it 2-0 most fans thought the match was over. But Valencia never rolled over and two goals […]
After the international break, La Liga resumes this weekend with a big match between league leaders Real Madrid and third-place Valencia at the Estadio Mestalla. Coming off guiding Portugal to Euro 2012, Cristiano Ronaldo will look to pick up where he left off at league level, after smashing a hat-trick in Real’s 7-1 belting of […]
Barcelona president Sandro Rosell was in a pretty combative mood Tuesday at a conference in Doha as he took aim at both FIFA and UEFA. Rosell was asked whether clubs would ask FIFA and UEFA to pay players during the World Cup or European Championship and he replied: “This is what we are discussing with […]
Spain’s centre-right People’s Party said it will push Real Madrid and Barcelona to have more equitable distribution of income from television rights, according to PP policymaker Miriam Blasco. “You have to support the small teams as well, because it’s true that the Spanish league would not exist if it was not working for all the […]
Spain’s poor form in friendlies continued Tuesday when they needed a stoppage-time goal from David Villa ij order to get a 2-2 draw at Costa Rica. Spain fell behind after an uncharacteristic howler from captain Iker Casillas. The Real Madrid goalkeeper miscontrolled the ball near the edge of the penalty area just after the half […]