The U.S. is the place to be this summer as Real Madrid has announced that they will be playing D.C. United on August 9th at FedEx Field in suburban Maryland. The teams met in Seattle two years ago, playing to a 1-1 draw. United is second in Major League Soccer’s Eastern Conference with three wins […]
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Florentino Perez moved a step closer to returning to the Real Madrid presidency after prospective candidate Eduardo Garcia confirmed he was pulling out of the election race. Garcia’s announcement on Thursday means that Perez is now currently the only man in the running for the post, as the other two hopefuls Juan Onieva and Eugenio […]
The Spanish press were unreserved in their praise of Barcelona following Wednesday’s Champions League success, universally hailing Pep Guardiola’s side as the best team on the planet. Barca became the first Spanish club to win the treble of league, cup and European Cup after goals in either half from Samuel Eto’o and Lionel Messi earned […]
Samuel Eto’o and Lionel Messi scored the goals as Barcelona beat Manchester United 2-0 in the Champions League final in Rome. Cameroon international Eto’o struck after ten minutes and Messi added the second with a superb header 20 minutes from time. United can have no complaints as they failed to find their usual fluency and defended […]
Barcelona will play their natural game and not curb their attacking instincts in Wednesday’s Champions League final against Manchester United, according to coach Pep Guardiola. Guardiola’s prolific side have already won La Liga and the Copa del Rey and can add the European title to their haul in his first season in charge with victory […]
Barcelona duo Thierry Henry and Andres Iniesta continued their respective bids to be fit for the Champions League final as they returned to squad training yesterday, albeit not at the same level as their team-mates. The two attackers are coach Pep Guardiola’s big doubts heading into Wednesday’s Rome showpiece against Manchester United, but for the […]
David Silva has again pledged his allegiance to Valencia as rumours about his future continue to dominate the headlines. The latest reports in Spain are once more linking Silva with Real Madrid, claiming the 23-year-old midfielder is now top of presidential election favourite Florentino Perez’s shopping list. Silva, who last summer penned a new […]
Reports in Turkey claim that Galatasaray have reached an agreement to sign Ruud van Nistelrooy and now just need to negotiate a deal with Real Madrid. The Dutch striker has been injured for much of this season and rumours have surfaced that he will be sold in the summer when the new president arrives. Milliyet reports […]
Real Madrid suffered a sorry end to their home campaign after slumping to a disappointing 3-1 defeat against Real Mallorca on Sunday night. Juande Ramos side’s season has petered out alarmingly of late to fall out of the title race and this defeat, their fourth on the spin, was greeted by boos from a sparse crowd at the […]