Barcelona opened up a six-point lead at the top of La Liga’s summit after Lionel Messi’s brace inspired a 5-1 rout of Athletic Bilbao, with Real Madrid then seeing off second-placed Atletico Madrid 2-0 in the late kick-off. Messi’s 83rd and 84th goals of the calendar year left the Argentina forward needing just one more […]
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I thought that the LA Galaxy was going to replace David Beckham with another English midfielder. Namely Chelsea’s Frank Lampard who is out of contract at the end of the season. But it appears that the Galaxy are aiming higher, with the club’s owner Tim Leiweke saying that he is confident that they can agree […]
If Real Madrid wins in Manchester on Wednesday, José Mourinho will become the youngest ever coach to rack up 100 Champions League matches. In becoming the fifth manager to reach this milestone, Mou will join the select company of Carlo Ancelotti, Arsène Wenger, Ottmar Hitzfeld and Sir Alex Ferguson. However, Mourinho will be doing so […]
Real Madrid are going through an injury crisis of strikers with the news that Gonzalo Higuain will be joining Karim Benzema on the treatment table. Higuain could be out for up to a month after suffering a hamstring injury against Borussia Dortmund.The Argentine international had to be substituted after 15 minutes of the Champions League […]
Interesting piece in today’s Daily Mail about Manchester United’s kit deal with Nike, which is coming up for renewal in 2015. Back in 2002, United signed a 13-year deal with Nike worth £303 million, plus a profit share on retail sales. Even without any profits, that translates to around £23 million a season. The deal […]
Barcelona and Real Madrid might be two of the biggest football clubs in the world, but at times they act like petulant children. According to Catalunya Radio, Barcelona secretly filmed Real Madrid defender’s Pepe’s during 2010-11’s Clasicos, with the goal of recording all his tackles on Barcelona players. The radio station’s El Club de la […]
More proof that Manchester United and Real Madrid are the two biggest and most popular football teams in the world as a new report shows that these two clubs have sold more shirts than any other team over the past five years. Worldwide, the two clubs have sold on average 1.4 million shirts per season […]
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo matched each other blow for blow at the Nou Camp tonight, scoring two goals apiece as Barcelona and Real Madrid battled out an entertaining draw in the first Clasico of the La Liga season. Heading into the game, Real Madrid trailed Barcelona by eight points, so this was billed as […]
Barcelona are threatening to end the La Liga title race by halloween, as two goals from Lionel Messi helped Barcelona beat Getafe 4-1, while Real Madrid lost for the second time in four games. Real Madrid are now eight points behind Barcelona after a stunning early goal from Piotr Trochowski was the difference as Sevilla […]