The three finalists for this year’s FIFA Ballon d’Or award for the best player of 2014 have been released. As expected the nominees are Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Lionel Messi (Argentina) and Manuel Neuer (Germany). Current holder Ronaldo and Messi have already won the award six times between them and the Real Madrid star is expected […]
La Liga
It is rare when one of Europe’s elite sides does something that no other Real Madrid team in its famous history has done, but that was the case yesterday when Real beat Malaga 2-1 to record their 16th successive win in all competitions. Goals from Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale proved decisive as the European […]
Fascinating interview with former Dutch and Barcelona legend Johan Cruyff on Spain’s Radio Cope’s ‘El Partido de las 12’. Last week, while on international duty, Messi hinted that his future might lie away from the Camp Nou, and Cruyff was asked about the relationship between Messi and FC Barcelona Here are some of his answers: […]
Fresh off becoming the all-time leading scoring in La Liga, Barcelona star Lionel Messi on Tuesday became the record goalscorer in Champions League history as he led Barcelona to a 4-0 victory over APOEL Nicosia. After Luis Suarez had opened the scoring with his first goal for Barca, Messi scored for the 72nd time in […]
Barcelona striker Lionel Messi has given the strongest hint yet that he could leave the Spanish giants saying “things can change a lot in soccer ” before appearing to contradict himself by adding “if it was up to me I would stay forever”. The four-times world player of the year, who joined Barça’s academy at […]
Out of favor defender Gerard Pique is set to hold showdown talks with Barcelona about the club’s plan for him. The former Manchester United defender’s relationship with boss Luis Enrique has become increasingly strained in recent weeks and reports in Spain suggest that Enrique would be happy to see the Spanish defender leave. Pique’s relationship […]
Real Madrid arrived having at the Clasico having had one day less of rest, but it was Real who got stronger as the game progressed as they dominated the game in the second half. Barça once again failed to live up to expectations. They have lost both their big games this season, the Champions League […]
Barcelona maintained their four-point lead over Real Madrid at the top of La Liga ahead of next weekend’s first El Clasico of the season with a 3-0 win over Eibar. Madrid cruised to victory earlier in the day as they secured a seventh consecutive win in all competitions with Cristiano Ronaldo scoring twice in a […]
UEFA has announced that the seeding for the Champions League will change next season, a decision that will have potentially a huge impact on the fortunes in Europe of English and Spanish sides. The existing UEFA format means that seeding is based on the results of clubs competing in the five previous seasons of the […]