The two best teams in Europe locked horns in Spain tonight as Real Madrid and Barcelona drew 2-2 in an entertaining first leg at the Santiago Bernabéu. I watched a lot of Premier League games this weekend and these two Spanish giants are several steps above even Manchester United. Real Madrid had an impressive preseason […]
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The Association of Spanish Footballers (AFE) has revealed that La Liga players will strike for the first two weekends of the season. Players want a wage guarantee fund for when clubs become insolvent, an all-too frequent problem in Spain, with Levante and Hercules struggling to pay staff members in recent years and Real Zaragoza applying […]
The ink is barely dry on the £38million (€45m) transfer of Sergio Aguero from Atletico Madrid to Manchester City and already there are reports that Man City is only a stopover for Aguero and that he will be at Real Madrid in one to two years. Atletico Madrid repeatedly refused to sell Aguero to Real, […]
Leo Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Xavi Hernández have been nominated for UEFA’s award for the best player of the 2010/11 season. The award will be presented on August 25 in Monaco before the draw for the Champions League group stages. According to UEFA: “the award aims to recognise the best player, irrespective of his nationality, […]
I am in Philadelphia tonight for Real Madrid’s third and final pre-season game in the U.S. The team has been training hard in California and they have flown 3,000 miles to a very warm Philadelphia for tonight’s game. More than 50,000 tickets have been sold for this game and the parking lots are full of […]
THe LA Galaxy were given a lesson in finishing last night as Real Madrid opened their pre-season with an impressive 4-1 victory over the LA Galaxy. Real Madrid is one of the best teams in the world, and even with a strong line-up, the Galaxy could not hang with the Spanish giants. Madrid won 63% […]
Real Madrid’s roster for friendlies against the Los Angeles Galaxy on July 16 at the L.A. Coliseum, Chivas Guadalajara on July 20 at San Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium and the Philadelphia Union on July 23 at Lincoln Financial Field. Buy Real Madrid U.S. Tour Tickets Goalkeepers: Iker Casillas, Antonio Adan, Tomas Mejias, Jesus Fernandez Collado. Defenders: […]
Zinedine Zidane is set to become Real Madrid’s new sporting director. Zidane, who played for Real Madrid between 2001 and 2006, and has been a special advisor to club president Florentino Perez told eporters on the sidelines of a charity match in Madrid that “I will be the first team’s sporting director,” The three-time FIFA […]
There is quite an Iberian battle going on for Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas, with both La Liga sides making bids to Arsenal for their captain. Barcelona opened the bidding. for a player they have tapped up for three seasons, last week when they made an official bid of £27m. The bid was immediately turned down by […]