Against Valencia on Sunday, Lionel Messi scored in Barca’s 2- defeat to end one of the worst scoring droughts of his career. The goal was Messi’s 500th in all competitions, 50 for Argentina and 450 for Barcelona in what has been a remarkable career. What is really amazing is that when you look at the […]
La Liga
Barcelona are level on points with Atletico Madrid and one point ahead of Real Madrid with five games to go after their latest collapse against Valencia. Barcelona can still win La Liga if they win all of their remaining games but they are running on empty. As as usual there are subplots to the end […]
The draw for the Champions League semi-final takes place on Friday and there are no shortage of storylines amongst the four semi-finalists: Bayern Munich, Atlético Madrid, Manchester City and Real Madrid. For example could we have anther Madrid derby? Atletico knocked Real out of the Champions League last year, but they have been incapable of […]
Cristiano Ronaldo wrote more history for himself on Tuesday night as his hat-trick gave Real Madrid a 3-0 victory over Wolfsburg, sending Los Blancos to the Champions League semifinals. After last week’s lackluster performance in Germany, few gave Zinedine Zidane’s much hope at the Santiago Bernabéu to overturn their two goal deficit. I am not […]
Football Leaks has released details of the most controversial contract in football – the deal between Neymar and Barcelona. Given all the controversy and litigation that has surrounded the Brazilian’s deal with Barcelona, the 12-page document sheds some light on the groundbreaking transfer. Neymar received an €8.5m signing bonus when he signed the contract in […]
Barcelona’s walk to another inevitable La Liga has hit a speed bump the last two weekends, and as a result we have a three-way title race in Spain. Heading into the recent international break Barcelona had a 9 point lead over Atletico Madrid and the title seemed destined to be staying in Catalaan for another […]
For several years now Cristiano Ronaldo has been linked with a move back to Manchester United. His name is still chanted at every away game and there are some United fans who are convinced that if Sir Alex Ferguson had not retired that Ronaldo would have returned to United in the summer of 2013. With […]
To say Atletico Madrid’ were furious with the referee’s decision to send off striker Fernando Torres in the first half of their Champions League tie on Tuesday would be something of an understatement. Atleti defender Filipe Luis went as far as to say that: “The sending off is totally unjust and changed the game.” “Barcelona […]