There were goals aplenty for some of Europe’s leading clubs this weekend as both halves of Manchester celebrated big wins, Real Madrid kicked off the Liga season with a 6-0 win and PSV Eindhoven racked up half a dozen strikes of their own. Premier League Manchester United were rampant as they handed a depleted Arsenal […]
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Roberto Soldado struck twice in the final three minutes at the Mestalla to complete his hat-trick and give Valencia a dramatic 4-3 victory over Racing Santander in their Primera Division opener. Soldado had put Los Che ahead in the first minute, but he put through his own net to level things up six minutes later […]
Lionel Messi and Cesc Fàbregas scored late in either half as Barcelona beat nine-man Porto 2-0 to win the UEFA Super Cup for the second time in three years. The was very open from the opening whistle and Hulk had already curled a free-kick over from a promising position before Víctor Valdés dived to his […]
Lionel Messi and Cesc Fàbregas scored late in either half as Barcelona beat nine-man Porto 2-0 to win the UEFA Super Cup for the second time in three years. The was very open from the opening whistle and Hulk had already curled a free-kick over from a promising position before Víctor Valdés dived to his […]
Lionel Messi has been voted the inaugural winner of the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award. The Barcelona forward finished ahead of club-mate Xavi Hernández and Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo in a poll of sports journalists representing each of the UEFA member associations. Messi, the overwhelming winner, collected his prize at the UEFA Champions League […]
Spain’s top two divisions will finally get under way on Saturday after further strike action was averted. Last weekend’s first round of matches was postponed with no deal agreed over a fund to protect players’ wages if their clubs are declared insolvent. But talks between the Liga de Futbol Profesional (LFP) and Association of Spanish […]
Lionel Messi has been voted the inaugural winner of the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award. The Barcelona forward finished ahead of club-mate Xavi Hernández and Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo in a poll of sports journalists representing each of the UEFA member associations. Messi, the overwhelming winner, collected his prize at the UEFA Champions League […]
Villarreal will play in the Champions League group stages for the third time thanks in part to two second-half goals from Giuseppe Rossi against Odense. For 50 minutes at El Madrigal it was the Stefan Wessels show as the goalkeeper did his utmost to preserve OB’s 1-0 first-leg lead. Once Rossi scored for the sixth […]
Atletico Madrid have given Uruguay striker Diego Forlan permission to negotiate a possible transfer, the Spanish club said today. The 32-year-old dropped out of Atletico’s squad just before they flew to Portugal for Thursday’s Europa League qualifier against Vitoria Guimaraes, and Spanish media have linked him with interest from Inter Milan, with whom he has […]