Here are the scoring leaders in La Liga at the halfway point of the season (penalties in parentheses): Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid, 22 (5) Lionel Messi, Barcelona, 18 (1) David Villa, Barcelona, 14 Fernando Llorente, Athletic Bilbao, 11 Pedro Rodriguez, Barcelona, 10 Nilmar, Villarreal, 10 David Trezeguet, Hercules, 9 (1) Giuseppe Rossi, Villarreal, 9 (3) […]
La Liga
At the halfway point of the La Liga season, Barcelona are breaking record after record. They extended their unbeaten streak to a club-record 28 games, defeating Malaga 4-1 Sunday night to open a four-point lead in the Spanish league over second-place Real Madrid, which was held to a surprising 1-1 tie at last-place Almeria. Barcelona […]
Big week in Europe as the Bundesliga returned the action, Barcelona extended its unbeaten run to a club-record 28 games, while in Italy the Serie A title race got tighter. Spain A four-point gap has opened up at the Liga summit after Real Madrid were held to a 1-1 draw by bottom club Almeria, while […]
A brilliant goal from Cani helped high-flying Villarreal continue their impressive home form with a 4-2 victory over battling Osasuna. Cani scored from the halfway line to put Villarreal 2-1 ahead in the 50th minute, just moments after Osasuna forward Krisztian Vadocz had cancelled out Marco Ruben’s 22nd-minute opener for the hosts. Villarreal then extended […]
Villarreal will be without Ángel López for the remainder of the season after the Spanish international was ruled out for six months with a torn anterior cruciate ligament. Ángel López, in his fourth campaign at Villarreal, was forced off 62 minutes into Sunday’s 4-2 defeat at Real Madrid. Subsequent scans on the 29-year-old defender’s left […]
Real Madrid came behind before cruising to a 3-1 win over Atletico Madrid in the first leg of their Copa del Rey quarter final on Thursday. Diego Forlan opened the scoring after only seven minutes at the Bernabeu, but Sergio Ramos had Real back on level terms just seven minutes later. Cristiano Ronaldo notched up […]
This week domestic cup’s takes center stage in both Italy and Spain with play in the Coppa Italia and Copa del Rey. Coppa Italia Two goals from Samuel Eto’o helped holders Inter MIlan to a 3-2 victory against Genoa and a place in the Coppa Italia quarter-finals. Eto’o’s first half goals put Inter 2-0 up, […]