La Liga
The weekend brought morale-boosting victories for five teams in UEFA Champions League round of 16 action this week. Bayern Munich were most emphatic in their pre-second leg preparations, though Manchester United and Olympique de Marseille passed tricky tests of their own. England City rivals Manchester United and Manchester City will meet in the FA Cup […]
Real Madrid kept the pressure up on Liga leaders Barcelona with a 2-0 defeat of Hércules that hauled them to within four points at the top. Karim Benzema did the damage with both goals as José Mourinho’s men gave themselves a timely injection of confidence ahead of Wednesday’s UEFA Champions League round of 16 decider […]
Llevant’s astonishing turnaround has come after five wins in the last seven games and they are currently 12th, just three points behind Mallorca who they entertain on Sunday. Espanyol’s form, in contrast has been terrible and having been beaten by Llevant last week they have to get a result at home to Deportivo to stay […]
A superb double from Villarreal substitute Nilmar, including a 94th-minute winner, helped the Spanish Liga side recover from going a goal down to record a 3-2 round of 16 first-leg victory at Bayer Leverkusen. If Michal Kadlec’s fine 33rd-minute opener at the BayArena rewarded a strong first-half display from Bundesliga high-fliers Leverkusen, Villarreal’s Giuseppe Rossi […]
Jefferson Farfán scored twice as Schalke came from behind to beat Valencia 4-2 on aggregate, sealing their place in the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time since 2007/08. Felix Magath’s side have now won all four of their home games in the Champions League this season, although tonight they had to do it the […]
A Lionel Messi-inspired Barcelona knocked Arsenal out of the Champions League again with a dramatic 3-1 victory at the Camp Now. Talent and pride have guided FC Barcelona into the quarter finals of the Champions League in a gripping encounter with Arsenal. There was no arguing who dominated the possession. It was Barça, while the […]
A Lionel Messi-inspired Barcelona knocked Arsenal out of the Champions League again with a dramatic 3-1 victory at the Camp Now. It was an Arsenal performance that asked a lot of questions. Arsenal looked set to head into half-time at 0-0, despite losing their goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny early in the match to a hand injury, […]
Carles Puyol will not be available for Tuesday’s game against Arsenal after he failed to recover from his knee injury. Puyol has been training with the Barcelona squad, but after he he has been ruled out after feeling pain in his left knee after training today due to the tendonitis he has. Busquets is expected […]