A superb Lionel Messi hat-trick gave FC Barcelona a 3-1 win over ten-man Club Atlético de Madrid in the first leg of their last-16 Spanish Cup tie on Tuesday. A brillant piece of skill from Daniel Alves unlocked the home defence for Messi’s opening goal on 12 minutes. Atlético had to play with ten men […]
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Great article by Ewan Macdonald at goal.com on the best Primera Division players who are out of contract in the summer. These players can sign a pre-contract this month for their new team, or they can sign for free in the summer. Kameni actually made our top five Bosman candidates list. Goalkeeper Carlos Kameni (Espanyol): The […]
Arjen Robben was Real Madrid’s hero as the reigning Primera Liga champions started 2009 on a winning note with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Villarreal at the Bernabeu. Robben’s first-half wonder strike proved the only goal of the game as Madrid moved back into the Champions League spots and ensured the gap to leaders Barcelona […]
UEFA has told Real Madrid that they will have to choose between Klaas Jan Huntelaar and Lassana Diarra for the knock-out phase of the Champions League. Madrid hoped to find a loophole that would allow both players to appear in the tournament, despite the fact that both already represented their previous team in the UEFA […]
Thierry Henry scored the winner as Barcelona came from behind to beat Villarreal 2-1 away and go 10 points clear at the top of the Primera Liga on Sunday. Cani had given Villarreal the lead just after the restart in a pulsating match at the Madrigal, bursting clear to chip Victor Valdes. Barcelona’s Mali midfielder […]
Villarreal, down to 10 men for 37 minutes, lost 1-0 away to Sevilla to leave Barcelona eight points clear at the top of the Primera Liga on Sunday. Building on last weekend’s 4-3 away win over champions Real Madrid, Sevilla took the lead when Brazilian midfielder Renato scored from Frederic Kanoute’s flick on, just before […]
Barcelona opened up an eight-point cushion at the Primera Liga summit Saturday with a 2-0 victory in ‘El Clasico’ against Real Madrid, but it took two late goals from Samuel Eto’o and Lionel Messi to give gave Barcelona the dramatic win at the Nou Camp. It looked like Real Madrid was going to get a […]
Real Madrid today announced that they had sacked Bernd Schuster as coach and replaced him with former Tottenham manager Juande Ramos. Ramos’s first game in charge will be Wednesday’s Champions League match at home to Zenit St Petersburg. Real Madrid have struggled this season under Schuster and currently sit fifth in the Primera Liga, nine […]
Real Madrid have reached an agreement to sign Netherlands striker Klaas Jan Huntelaar from Ajax. The 25-year-old, who will sign a contract until 2013, will not be available for Real until January when he will be available to replace compatriot Ruud van Nistelrooy, who has been ruled out for the rest of the season with […]