On another night of drama in the Champions League Lyon, Basel and Napoli all moved onto the round of 16, while last season’s beaten finalist Manchester United was sent to the Europa League. The most unlikely team to progress to the knock stages was Lyon, who needed Ajax to lose at home to Real Madrid […]
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Barcelona’s Gerard Pique will be eligible to face Real Madrid next week after escaping further punishment for the caution he received against Rayo Vallecano. Pique was booked for time-wasting in the 83rd minute of Barca’s 4-0 win on Tuesday, his fifth caution of the season with the one-match ban ruling him out of this weekend’s […]
Spain’s centre-right People’s Party said it will push Real Madrid and Barcelona to have more equitable distribution of income from television rights, according to PP policymaker Miriam Blasco. “You have to support the small teams as well, because it’s true that the Spanish league would not exist if it was not working for all the […]
Last week we covered tha ESPNsoccernet reported that Brazilian star Neymar had agreed to join Real Madrid next summer from Santos for around £53m. Well today we learnt that the ESPN story was wrong as Neymar announced that he will stay at Santos until at least 2014. “I’m very happy, it’s another decision I’m taking […]
FC Barcelona head into the international break on top of La Liga after a 1-0 victory at Real Sporting de Gijón on a weekend when the chasing pack also all won. Josep Guardiola’s titleholders were made to work hard for their victory on Sunday evening, Adriano’s 12th-minute goal all that separated the sides. Alongside Barcelona […]
Jose Mourinho admits he is worried about Real Madrid’s current form but said Wednesday’s 0-0 draw was down to Racing Santander’s negative tactics. After the narrow Super Cup defeat to Barcelona, Madrid looked in good form at the start of the season as they scored ten goals in their opening two La Liga games against Real […]
Winners in 2010, Inter Milan were shocked at home by Trabzonspor, but there was better news for fellow former champions Bayern Munich and Real Madrid. Bayern Munich and Real Madrid opened their Champions League group stage campaigns with away victories, but 2010 winners Inter MIlan suffered a shock home defeat by Trabzonspor AŞ in the […]
Inter Milan kicked off the new Serie A season with a defeat and there was frustration elsewhere for European champions FC Barcelona, but the goals continue to flow for Mario Gomez and Wayne Rooney as the duo helped respective sides Bayern Munich and Manchester United record big wins. Italy Inter were hoping to make the […]