SPANISH FOOTBALL PLAYERS | BEST XI TEAM BY ITALIAN SPORTS PAPER

The Italians have elected their "Best XI Team" for 2011 via the Sports paper "Gazzetta Dello Sport". Below is a neat diagram that shows it all with names/Clubs. As you can see its packed with players (coach) from SPANISH FOOTBALL Clubs. Question that comes to my mind: Schweinsteiger better than Xabi Alonso? 

SIGNING RUMOURS | THE REAL MADRID LIST 2012

SPANISH SPORTS paper "AS" has written an article on REAL MADRID CF & how the SPANISH FOOTBALL Club is scouting the International market for talented players. The main ingredientes are that they be "World Class", young with great potential & "cheap". With the economic times we are all living,  the days of "splashing out + 50M€ for one player" are - for now - over. This & that it makes more

SPANISH FOOTBALL BEST 11 TEAM VOTED BY INTERNET READERS

Imagine that you are asked the question: "...what is your "Best XI Team" for 2011. But theres more; forget about tactics, what Guardiola & Mourinho may say & just pick what you like, with money not being a problem, or Winter Market deadlines, managers, fans, media...no problems, just what you would wish your "dream" team to be.


This is precisely what "marca.com" asked & 116,000 internet readers

FC BARCELONA | ANDRES INIESTA

SPANISH SPORTS papers become creative during the Xmas Break as Football "stops" but the selling of papers continue. One inventive daily is Barcelona based "Sport" which comes up with interesting content, this case, an info-graph dedicated to FC BARCELONA crack ANDRES INIESTA.

The diagram is in Spanish but I believe it is intuitive enough for non-Spanish readers to get the gist.



Courtesy: MARC

ATLETICO DE MADRID | DIEGO SIMEONE - SOSA

SPANISH FOOTBALL Club ATLEICO DE MADRID presented officially to the media today their new Coach, ex- player DIEGO SIMEONE.  The new Coach comes with Argentine Football title experience & a stint in Italian Football. The man is remember at Atletico for his years of loyal dedication, strong play & for carrying the Clubs shield in many Spanish Football battles. He "represents" that fighting spirit

SPANISH FOOTBALL SPORTS NEEDS YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA HELP

SPANISH FOOTBALL SPORTS is all about you. The mission is to get all the Spanish Football News & Spanish Sports achievements to you in English. Why? Because you may not read Spanish for starters, & because "English" is currently the global language.

With this in mind, I also wish to keep giving a better service & value to you. Don´t forget I am just one guy who loves Football & Sports,  & apart

SPANISH FOOTBALL LEADING GOAL SCORER 2011

Good moment to give the current list of SPANISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE leading goal scorers. The widget on the side of the blog by our friends at "footbo.com" is obviously wrong & it looks like they are not getting their "shit" together. I am even contemplating removing the widget, I will allow a week more to see if they react.



Cristiano Ronaldo

After 17 Rounds (2011) played of LA LIGA the "El

FC BARCELONA FULL OF FOOTBALL TITLES

Being a player of FC BARCELONA not only allows you to form part of the "Best Team in World Football, it also guarantees the player Football titles.


Barcelona based Sports paper "Sport" has made up the below infograph to highlight the number-quantity of titles accumulated by each player - those who have a regular place - , while also give the viewer an idea of the collective dimensions. As one

SPANISH FOOTBALL DOMINATES L´EQUIPE 2011 BEST 11 LIST

The French Sports paper "LÉquipe" has handed in their "Best 11 team" for 2011. As expected the list has a very SPANISH FOOTBALL flavour with the mayority of players from FC BARECLONA & REAL MADRID.


There are two lists: the first chosen by Sports journalists & the second chosen by readers via an internet poll.



Ronaldo - Messi

Football journalist "Best 11 for 2011":


Neuer (Schalke/Bayern),

SPANISH CUP DRAW & MATCHES

The last 16 Clubs still left in the SPANISH CUP have been matched up in todays draw held in Madrid. The below image ( courtesy of marca) shows all the interesting games.


The next phase kicks off with the 1º leg on the 4th of January 2012 & the return match the 11th of January of 2012.

There is a possible "collision course" between Real Madrid - FC Barcelona in a Q/Final if both win their next

NEYMAR HAS PRE-AGREEMENT WITH FC BARCELONA ?

Rumour has it here, via Spanish Sports press, that FC BARCELONA has already put in a down-payment of 10M€ for SANTOS youngster NEYMAR. The rumour has now turned into serious possibility when the press asked Barça directive Tono Freixa, who in turn, did not say that it was not true.



Messi - Neymar

This would suggest that Neymar has signed the dotted line of a pre-agreement where if Santos

SPANISH CUP RESULTS 2ND LEG WEDNESDAY NIGHT GAMES

SPANISH FOOTBALL night with more SPANISH CUP 2º leg results & with lots of surprises. Here are all the results, scorers & briefs. 



Diego for Atletico


ATLETICO DE MADRID lost 0 - 1 to ALBACETE ( 1 - 2 agg ) & gets knocked out of the Spanish Cup. The winning goal came in the 1st min via VICTOR CURTO, & from here Atletico did little. A disaster of a match & with the home crowd turning angrily

FIFA | SPAIN FINISHES Nº1 RANKED | 4TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR

The current FIFA World & European Champions, SPAIN , has for a consecutive fourth year finished Nº1 Rank Football National Team in the FIFA RANKING. The World Football Authority released its Final 2011 list today with Spain on top with 1,564 pts. 



Spanish Football Team
Below is the final FIFA Ranking for 2011: 
1. (.1) SPAIN 1.564 pts.
2. (.2) Holland 1.365.
3. (.3) Germany 1.345.
4. (.4)

SPANISH CUP RESULTS | 2ND LEG MATCHES TUESDAY NIGHT

SPANISH FOOTBALL action with four matches played tonight of the 2 º leg of the SPANISH CUP last 32 Clubs. Below is a brief & rapid run through events, final results & scorers. 



Varane


REAL MADRID defeated comfortably PONFERRADINA 5 - 1 ( 7 - 1 agg ) with a team full of "reserves" ( Altintop, Callejon, Sahin, Joselu, Varane, Casado, Granero...), which all took full advantage of their playing

VIDEO | DAVID VILLA OPERATED & GIVES THANKS TO FANS

DAVID VILLA has 000s of fans around the World. I know that many admirers have been taken back by the serious injury of the FC Barcelona & Spanish International forward with his broken shine-bone. The player was yesterday operated on in Barcelona & Villa has made this video to thank all the well wishers & fans. Its in Spanish , but for our non-Spanish speakers, that message is basically thanks to

NEYMAR EXPRESSES HIS FC BARCELONA LOVE ?

Just a bit of gossip from the Spanish Sports papers that I thought you may want to know. Apparently, the hottest "rooster" in Brazil, SANTOS dancing star NEYMAR, expressed his true desires after being danced around by the FC BARCELONA chant & mantra in yesterdays "FIFA Clubs World Cup Final".



Neymar

Rumour has it that Neymar whispered into the ear of Barcelona Coach Guardiola, when they had

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LEAGUE SUNDAY ROUND 17 GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL continued today/tonight with the final 5 games schedule of Round 17, before the LIGA takes its Xmas break. However, as a reminder, there will be Spanish Cup 2º leg action mid-week so do keep that in mind. Below are brief summaries of the games played, with final results & scorers.



At.Madrid - Real Betis

REAL BETIS defeated ATLETICO DE MADRID 0 - 2 & at the home ground of

SANTOS 0 FC BARCELONA 4 | FIFA CLUBS WORLD CUP FINAL RESULT 2011

FC BARCELONA proclaimed themselves the 2011 "FIFA Club World Cup Champion" after defeating Brazilian Club SANTOS 0 - 4. Its the second title of this character for Barça which won their last back in 2009 in Qatar.



Lionel Messi

FC Barcelona demonstrated - if there was any doubt - that the Club is currently the "Best in the World", & their midfielder LIONEL MESSI once again raised for the

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LEAGUE ROUND 17 SATURDAY NIGHT RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL celebrated it Saturday Round 17 LIGA matches, four down, as the Christmas break is just around the corner. Here are tonight's results & scorers.



Barrada


Vital three points away for GETAFE which defeated the home side MALLORCA 1 - 2. Mallorca started better & scored in the 10th min via RAMIS, however Getafe reacted & equalized in the 28th min via BARRADA. The same player got

EUROPA LEAGUE FINAL 32 TEAMS DRAW | SPANISH FOOTBALL CLUBS

The EUROPA LEAGUE draw was celebrated today, along with Champions League, were the last 32 Clubs - including Champions League descarts -  have been matched. The away games are scheduled for the 16th of Feb 2012 , with the return a week later. Below are the list of scheduled matches:


SPANISH FOOTBALL CLUBS have fair relatively well with Atletico de Madrid matched with Lazio, Valencia CF with

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LAST 16 DRAW | FC BARCELONA - REAL MADRID

The draw ( match ups ) of the last 16 Clubs in the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE has been celebrated with the following results.




The away games will be celebrated the 14- 15th  & 21/22nd of February, with the return matches the 6/7th & 13/14th of March 2012.

FC BARECLONA will first play away in Germany against Bayern Leverkusen, while REAL MADRID will play its first game in Russia against CSKA Moscow.

ATLETICO DE MADRID 3 - RENNES 1 | EUROPA LEAGUE RESULT - GROUP I

ATLETICO DE MADRID finished top of their EUROPA LEAGUE Group I after defeating French Club RENNES 3 - 1. The French side came with more reserves than regular players & thus the match was not as intense for the locals as expected, & thankfully so.



Falcao scores

Low attending crowd of around 13,000 supporters that voiced their discontent with the Club, the team,  & especially Coach Manzano with

IFHHS NAMES VAN NISTELROOY HIGHEST GOALSCORER OF THE DECADE

The FIFA backed "International Federation of Football History & Statistics" (IFFHS) has named Ducth & MALAGA FC player RUUD VAN NISTELROOY the "Highest Goalscorer of the Decade" ( 2001-2010) with 86 goals. The IFFHS took into account all the goals scorered in International matches, Olympic Games, World Cup Championships, Intercontinental SuperCup games in all Confederations etc. To make things

AL SAAD 0 FC BARCELONA 4 | DAVID VILLA OUT 6 MONTHS

FC BARCELONA defeated AL_SAAD 0 - 4 in the semi final of the "FIFA World Clubs Championship" in Japan & will meet Bralizian Club SANTOS in the weekend final.

Barça was never really troubled the whole match & one gets the idea that their opponents, although professional & putting in a very good game, had the joy of playing with their Football Heroes.



Adriano

The goals came via ADRIANO with

PSG 4 - ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO 2 | EUROPA LEAGUE RESULT

EUROPA LEAGUE action tonight with SPANISH FOOTBALL representative ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO travelling to Paris & losing with a 4- 2 result to PSG in their Group F match



PSG - At.Bilbao

PSG deserved the victory BUT it tasted sour & meant little as the French Club DOES NOT continue along the Europa League road, something that Bilbao does do as they secured their participation before this match.

FC BARECLONA | DAVID VILLA ON SALE ?

The title of the Spanish Sports paper says it all : "Barcelona puts Guaje on the market" VILLA FOR SALE. A SPANISH FOOTBALL Bombshell? Madrid media propaganda? Destabilizing tactics from Madrid? Interested party testing the waters? The players sending an S.O.S messaje? Bullshit? Truth?



One cannot also doubt that the newspaper looks to sell & get some "free marketing" ( as here ), but... The

SPANISH CUP RESULTS | 1 st LEG MATCHES

Big night of SPANISH FOOTBALL with up to 13 games played of the 1º st leg of the SPANISH CUP. Below are all the results & the scorers. Note that the away goals have double value in case of a draw in the tie.



Callejon - REAL MADRID 

PONFERRADINA ( Spanish 2º Division B Group II ) hosted REAL MADRID in the 1st leg match of the Spanish Cup tie. A festive atmosphere for the city of Ponferrada (

CRISTIANO RONALDO | THE OBSESSIONS

REAL MADRID CF player CRISTIANO RONALDO has been pointed out by fans & the media as one of the principal disappointments of last Saturdays "Clasico" with FC BARCELONA,  where the Madrid team was defeated 1 - 3. I personally,  here on the blog  posted ( story below),  that Ronaldo repeatedly "chokes" in the big occasions ( observable experience with nothing against the man personally). The local

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LEAGUE ROUND 16 RESULTS SUNDAY NIGHT GAMES

Yes, there is SPANISH FOOTBALL Life after the "Clasico". The LIGA continued with its ROUND 16 scheduled matches today. Here is a brief summary of game events, the final results & all the scorers.



Rayo Vallecano - Gijon


RAYO VALLECANO lost 1 - 3 to REAL SPORTING DE GIJON mainly due to defensive mistakes. The locals played better than the final score shows but the goals for the visitors came

EL CLASICO | THE FALL OF THE REAL MADRID TEMPLE

With the "Clasico" dust finally settled in Madrid,  after the FC BARCELONA "hurricane" brushed pass on their way to Japan defeating REAL MADRID 1 - 3 on their home turf, I can now sit down & reflect on certain observations - some already said below in the match post - that I would like to reinforce, add to & of course, add some humour. This last part is basic as neither Football, Real Madrid or

CLASICO RESULT REAL MADRID 1 FC BARCELONA 3 | SPANISH FOOTBALL ROUND 16 LIGA GAME

The biggest match to date in World Football & in SPANISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE, the "Clasico" between REAL MADRID & FC BARCELONA,  has finished with Barça cutting back 3 points ( gap now only three with Madrid) & with a 1 - 3 result & victory.

In fact, the Barça victory puts things in place in case there was any doubts. Barça still has the edge over Real Madrid, are still the "Best Team in The World"

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA ROUND 16 | SATURDAY RESULTS

With the big Real Madrid - FC Barcelona clash scheduled in this ROUND 16 of the SPANISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE, it is very easy to forget that two games were played before the "Clasico". Here are the results & the scorers of the games.



Levante-Sevilla FC

LEVANTE defeated SEVILLA FC 1 - 0 in a defensive error from Sevilla forward Negredo in a corner situation that allowed NANO to score the winner in

PRE-MATCH REAL MADRID - FC BARCELONA | STARTING 11 LINE-UPS ?

Big day in SPANISH FOOTBALL,  & in World Football, as two giants meet in the SPANISH LEAGUE to attempt to shift , or retain,  the "Balance of Power". Tonight at the "Santiago Bernabeu Stadium" at 22.00 (hrs) REAL MADRID CF hosts FC BARCELONA in the first of this LIGA season "Clasico" games.

A win here by Real Madrid would give them a 9 point advantage over their arch rivals & set them on course

FC BARCELONA PLAYER THIAGO ALCANTARA SECOND PLACE IN 2011 "GOLDEN BOY AWARD"

Congratulations to Borussia Dortmund youngster MARIO GOETZE who was awarded by the Italian newspaper "Tuttosport" this years "GOLDEN BOY AWARD", or the "Best Under - 21 European Footballer".



The news has taken some back here in Spain, & perhaps in Barcelona,  as the "hot favourite" was FC BARCELONA & Spanish Football International midfielder THIAGO ALCANTRA. The Barça player finished 2º in the

SPANISH CUP RESULTS | ALBACETE 2 AT.MADRID 1 REAL OVIEDO 0 ATH BILBAO 1

SPANISH FOOTBALL tonight with two matches played of the SPANISH CUP ( 1º st leg ). Here are the details, final results & the scorers. 



Salvio : At Madrid

The brilliant Football tactician ( its a joke ) ATLETICO DE MADRID Coach Manzano left out some big names & travelled to 2º B Divison team ALBACETE to lose 2 - 1. Nothing to be surprised as one who regularly follows Atletico gets used to such

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE | FC BARCELONA - REAL MADRID AWAIT DRAW

Sorry guys,  I was out last night & could not post the Ajax 0 - Real Madrid 3 + Villareal 0 - Napoles 2 Champions League summary.

However found these diagrams of all the Champions League Clubs that go onto the next phase, with the two SPANISH FOOTBALL representatives FC BARCELONA & REAL MADRID. Below are the Clubs that finished first of their Group with those in second place.



courtesy of "AS"

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RESULTS | CHELSEA FC 3 VALENCIA CF 0 | FC BARCELONA 4 BATE BORISOV 0

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE final Group matches with Tuesday night action with 50% of the Clubs playing it out. Two SPANISH FOOTBALL representatives went to work with a good & bad result that will now be summarized below with the final results & the scorers.



FC Barcelona 

FC BARCELONA hosted BATE BORISOV with the top spot of Group H theirs & their minds already on Real Madrid for this Saturdays LIGA

REAL MADRID - FC BARCELONA | THE 10 COMMANDMENTS BY JOSE MOURINHO

Moses departed solitary to the heights of Mt.Sinai after leading his "Children" away from the suffering. While scaling the mountain for 40 days - nights, God handed onto Moses his 10 commandments to take onto his people. 



Spanish Sports paper "Marca" has either contacted directly with the "Football God" or Real Madrid Coach José Mourinho, neither I believe, but they publish today an article

MONDAY NIGHT SPANISH FOOTBALL ROUND 15 GAME RESULT

SPANISH FOOTBALL concluded Round 15 of the SPANISH LEAGUE with its now habitual Monday Night match. 



Fazio scores for Sevilla Fc


SEVILLA FC defeated GETAFE 3 - 0. Although Sevilla deserved the win there was controversy in the 6th min when an "apparent" hand-ball by Sevilla defender Spahic was not called a penalty in favour of the visitors. Getafe also questioned a foul on their forward

GOLDEN BALL 2011 FINALISTS | CRISTIANO RONALDO, LIONEL MESSI - XAVI HERNANDEZ

France Football & FIFA has named public the last 3 finalists for this years GOLDEN BALL AWARD. They are CRISTIANO RONALDO ( Real Madrid ) , LIONEL MESSI & XAVI HERNANDEZ ( FC Barcelona ). This way SPANISH FOOTBALL gets prized for having in its League the 3 Best Players in World Football.

The winner will be announced the 9th of January 2012 at the ceremony held at Zurich (Switzerland)




Ronaldo

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LEAGUE ROUND 15 RESULTS SUNDAY NIGHT GAMES

SPANISH FOOTBALL continued with Round 15 this Sunday as part of the SPANISH LEAGUE. Below is a quick summary of all the games, the final results & all the scorers.



Falcao

ATLETICO DE MADRID managed to cosmetically better their image & earn more time for their Coach (Manzano) with a 3 - 1 victory over city rival RAYO VALLECANO. The scoreline is misleading as Rayo had the initiative, the game

SPAIN WINS 3 - 1 ARGENTINA FOR ITS 5 TH DAVIS CUP | SPANISH TENNIS

SPANISH TENNIS sits again on top of the World winning its 5th DAVIS CUP thanks to the spectacular victory of RAFAEL NADAL 1-6, 6-4, 6-1, 7-6 over the Argentina representaive JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO. The match result & Nadal win gave SPAIN a 3 - 1 score that secured the 2011 Davis Cup.



Rafael Nadal

The Davis Cup tie complicate itself for Spain yesterday after leading 2 - 0 when Argentina brushed

GALATASARAY GOING FOR ATLETICO DE MADRID PLAYER REYES

Turkish Club GALATASARAY attempted to sign ATLETICO DE MADRID player JOSE ANTONIO REYES at the start of the season, but the player rejected the offer. Now with a head to head clash with Coach Manzano, where the player is being punished for "inadequate behaviour ( insults at Coach)" with prolonged sitting on the bench, Reyes is apparently open to ideas. 


The news is coming out of Turkey,

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LEAGUE ROUND 15 RESULTS SATURDAY NIGHT GAMES

SPANISH FOOTBALL action tonight with four games of Round 15 from LA LIGA. Lets quickly race through with a summary of all events, the final results & the goal scorers.



Racing de Santander celebrate their only goal

RACING DE SANTANDER Coach Hector Cuper resigned mid-week & his team reacted with a 1 - 0 victory over VILLAREAL. The winner came in the 27th min via STUANI & Racing secured the

EURO 2012 DRAW | SPAIN, ITALY, IRELAND, CROATIA | GROUP C

The Euro 2012 Group draw ceremony has been celebrated in Kiev & has given us the match ups of the 16 European Nations that will by playing it out next June 2012 (Poland-Ukraine) to proclaim themselves 2012 European Champions.



Euro 2012

This blog concernes itself with SPANISH FOOTBALL & thus informs that the reigning EURO & WORLD CHAMPS - SPAIN - are in Group C & have Italy, Ireland & Croatia

AT BILBAO 2 SLOVAN BRATISLAVA 1 | EUROPA LEAGUE GROUP F RESULT

SPANISH FOOTBALL representative ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO defeated SLOVAN BRATISLAVA 2 -1 in their EUROPA LEAGUE Group F match. The fact that Group "mate" PSG lost its game,  & the victory to Athletic tonight, assures the latter the Group top spot with a game still to play. 




Muniain for Bilbao

Athletic got off to a good start when DE MARCOS opened the scoring in the 14th min, but Bratislava kept

FC BARCELONA | THE FOOTBALL SKILLS OF ISAAC CUENCA

Young FC BARCELONA player ISAAC CUENCA is considered a bit of a "Football Freestyle" expert. There are videos on the web that shows the Football juggling skills of the "kid" in his neighbourhood with his mates.


Couple of days back Cuenca showed his stuff at training to a few World Champions & FC Barcelona team-mates...He probably said ..."Now try this all". Coach Guardiola looks impressed.

CELTIC GLASGOW 0 ATLETICO DE MADRID 1 | EUROPA LEAGUE GROUP I RESULT

EUROPA LEAGUE action tonight with the SPANISH FOOTBALL representative ATLETICO DE MADRID defeating CELTIC GLASGOW 0 - 1 in their Group I match. The victory by Atletico secures the Spanish Club the top spot of the Group & into the next phase. Unfortunately, the victory also knocks out Celtic.



Diego - Turan for Atletico de Madrid

The Scottish team was strong & fierce the first half of the match

FC BARCELONA 4 RAYO VALLECANO 0 | SPANISH FOOTBALL - LIGA RESULT

SPANISH FOOTBALL action tonight as the scheduled  match between FC BARCELONA & RAYO VALLECANO on LA LIGA calender was brought forward to give Barça the time to prepare & travel to Japan next month for the FIFA World Clubs Championships.


The final result was a smashing 4 - 0 victory by FC Barcelona over the visitors Rayo Vallecano who paid the "price" against a doubted & questioned Barça. The

FC BARCELONA 5 - REAL MADRID 0 | FIRST YEAR ANNIVERSARY | VIDEO

REAL MADRID is currently leading FC BARCELONA by 6 points in the SPANISH LEAGUE classification table. Some over zealous fans & Madrid based media commentators are claiming  prematurely victory. They seem to have little knowledge of Football´s funny ways of changing week to week destinies,  & Football´s ability of taking you down from the top to the bottom in moments. 


Tonight FC Barcelona plays

MALAGA 2 VILLAREAL 1 | SPANISH FOOTBALL MONDAY NIGHT RESULT ROUND 14

SPANISH FOOTBALL action tonight with the last game of Round 14 in LA LIGA with the habitual Monday Night of Football. Interesting match that saw MALAGA defeat VILLAREAL 2 - 1 in a good game for the home team,  with the visitors complaining that they were badly done with some referee decisions.


Toulalan scores for Malaga against Villareal

Malaga got off to a flying start early when a corner

VIDEO | IÑIGO MARTINEZ 50 mts WINNER FOR REAL SOCIEDAD | SPANISH FOOTBALL

Spectacular SPANISH FOOTBALL League goal yesterday by REAL SOCIEDAD player IÑIGO MARTINEZ in the 92nd min.

Here is the context. REAL BETIS vs REAL SOCIEDAD, the score 2 - 2 & with the whistle to be blown, Martinez fires a 50mts shot that becomes goal, the winner & gives 3 points to his team.

Watch the Video:

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA ROUND 14 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL continued this Sunday with Round 14 of the SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA with the following scheduled games. Here is a quick resume of events, final results & all the scorers.



Real Sociedad celebrate victory

REAL BETIS lost to REAL SOCIEDAD in the very last moment 2 - 3 & in the process sinking Betis further in the ladder. The Betis Coach Pepe Mel has received a "one match" chance

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LEAGUE ROUND 14 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL action tonight with three games of Round 14 of the SPANISH LEAGUE-LIGA. I am cuurently out of town but have managed to watch the games & have been loaned a wi-fi to post the summary. Please excuse me if it is shorter than usual. Here are the final results & the scorers.



Jonas for Valencia CF

RAYO VALLECANO hosted VALENCIA CF & lost 1 - 2. The game from my view was fairly even

FC BARCELONA - TAKE | TURNING JAPANESE

This is a great story from "Mundo Deportivo". Young 11 year old TAKEFUSA KUBA, alias "TAKE" to his young mates, has a dream, to become the first Japanese player in the history of FC BARCELONA.  Young TAKE is actually a "crack star" with the Barça "Alevin C" (junior) Team. Before signing with Barça the youngster had European Clubs already knocking on his door.



TAKE for FC Barcelona

TAKE comes

SPAIN 2 GERMANY 2 | FEMALE 2013 SWEDEN EURO CHAMPIONSHIPS

SPANISH FOOTBALL is not all about our male players, there is the other sex which has performed merits that gets front page news & well deserved. The Spanish National Female Team managed a "histroric" 2 - 2 draw against Germany. Why historical?

Lets have a quick look at the German record to date: 7 x European & 2 x World Champions. When it comes to Female World Football,  Germany is up there

FIFA WORLD RANKING NOVEMBER 2011 | SPAIN STILL Nº 1

FIFA released today its monthy ranking with SPAIN retaining the Nº1 spot for the month of NOVEMBER as the "Best Football Nation in the World". However, the defeat against England in a Friendly International & the last moment draw against COSTA RICA has narrowed the points gap with the second placed nation , HOLLAND, which lost as well against Germany in their last match.



David Silva - Iniesta

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RESULTS | VALENCIA CF 7 GENK 0 | AC MILAN 2 FC BARCELONA 3

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE continued tonight with two SPANISH FOOTBALL Clubs involved in Group duties & with positive outcomes. Here is a short summary of events, the final results & the scorers.



Roberto Soldado

VALENCIA CF needed to win its Group E match against GENK to keep alive its qualifying hopes & they did things in smashing fashion. The Spaniards won the Belgium Club 7 - 0 in a devastating 

REAL MADRID - VILLAREAL | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RESULTS | GROUP A - D

Two SPANISH FOOTBALL Clubs had CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Group duties tonight with final mixed results. Here is a brief summary of the events, the results & all the scorers.



Ribery for Bayern Munich


VILLAREAL travelled to Munich to play their Group A match against BAYERN & lost 3 - 1, thus ( nearly impossible saving themselves ) blowing out all their Euro - Champions League candles. It was always

MONDAY NIGHT SPANISH FOOTBALL ROUND 13 GAME RESULT

SPANISH FOOTBALL finished with Round 13 of LA LIGA tonight with its now habitual Monday Night match. Here´s  a quick summary with result & scorers. 



Racing - Malaga

RACING DE SANTANDER lost to MALAGA 1 - 3 in a game that was hard to figure who was worst, although Malaga did manage to differentiate itself obviously from the scoreline result. Racing are struggling this season & are very 

FC BARCELONA | MESSI - VILLA | STARS SHONE BRIGHTLY

Many Football observers have made the popular comment that Spanish Football Club FC BARCELONA is from another planet, making reference to the teams form of touch Football, non-stop titles & incredible "extra-terrestrial" players. I think that the comment is very relevant & even picturesque in describing what is possibly the "Greatest Football Team in History" in terms of what the popular Football

SPANISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE - ROUND 13 SUNDAY RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL action continued this Sunday with the rest of the Round 13 SPANISH LEAGUE - LIGA games played. Here is a quick resume of events, the results & the scorers.



Real Sociedad - RCD Espanyol

REAL SOCIEDAD drew 0 - 0 with RCD ESPANYOL with the latter disappointed that they did not do more & grab the three points. The highlight was the post in the 80th min by Espanyol player CRISTIAN

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LEAGUE SATURDAY ROUND 13 GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL action tonight with three great games as part of Round 13 of LA LIGA . Here is a quick summary of events, plus all the results & goal scorers.



Valero scores for Villareal

VILLAREAL managed to get three valuable points after defeating 1 - 0 REAL BETIS. The only & winning goal came in the 20th min thanks to BORJA VALERO. The Villareal strategy was clear, counter-attacking

MESSI vs NEYMAR + 8 CANDIDATES | FIFA "BEST GOAL OF THE SEASON"

FIFA hands every year, along with the Golden Ball Award, it "Best Goal of the Season" prize that is officially named "FIFA Puskas Award". FERENC PUSKAS was the legendary Hungarian forward who became World famous with the REAL MADRID team of the 60s & notching up an incredible 680 goals in his career.

This year the 10 nominated players are:

Spanish Football Club FC BARCELONA player Lionel Messi

CHELSEA FC EYES GONZALO HIGUAIN

SPANISH SPORTS paper "AS" has picked up on a "rumour" from the UK that Premier League Club CHELSEA FC has put its eye firmly placed on REAL MADRID Argentine International GONZALO HIGUAIN for next season. The paper goes on further & mentions a figure of 49-50M€.



Higuain

The story continues to describe the current "goal drought" experienced by the Chelsea forwards - Fernando Torres, Anelka,

FIFA WORLD CLUBS | FC BARCELONA MATCHED WITH EITHER ESPERANCE OR AL-SAAD

The last time FC BARCELONA won the FIFA World Clubs Championship was back in 2009 with the below image showing the moment. The Spanish Football Club has a chance to regain the "Best Club in the World" title this year & the draw has been done matching the winner of the ESPERANCE (Tunez) - AL-SAAD ( Qatar) match as Barça´s first game

FC Barcelona begins its participation starting in the

SPANISH FOOTBALL | 55 MTS GOAL FROM MARTINS FOR OVIEDO | VIDEO

This occured last weekend in SPANISH FOOTBALL, concretely in a Spanish 2º Division Group 1 match between OVIEDO & CORUXO FC. Oviedo player MARTINS scored his first goal of the season in Round 13 with a 55 meter attempt that surprised everyone.

COSTA RICA 2 SPAIN 2 | INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY

Spanish International & Real Madrid Goalkeeper IKER CASILLAS played his 127 International match for the SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM against COSTA RICA to make him the highest "capped" player in SPANISH FOOTBALL History.

However COSTA RICA nearly "rained" on the special day for Casillas & the current World Champions drawing with  SPAIN 2 - 2 & again lifting Spanish eye-brows & some enquiring

REAL MADRID HIGHEST INCOME GENERATING CLUB IN THE WORLD

Italian Sports paper "La Gazetta dello Sport" yesterday published the list of Top money generating Clubs in World Football. The top two are SPANISH FOOTBALL Clubs & Spanish Sports paper "Marca" has taken the report & published it today in their edition.

REAL MADRID C.F is the Football Club with most income ( generated by Football & its various spin-off activities) in the World, ahead of FC

EURO U - 21 GROUP QUALIFIER | SPAIN 3 SWITZERLAND 0

The SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL U-21 TEAM is on good course towards attempting to qualify for the 2013 European U-21 Championships after defeating SWITZERLAND 3 - 0 in their Group match.



Spain celebrate a goal

Switzerland on paper are possibly the more difficult team of the Group for Spain, but goals from MUNIAIN in the 8th min, THIAGO via a penalty in the 25th min & BARTRA in the +45th min

NEYMAR PART XXVI | FC BARCELONA SHIFTS ASIDE REAL MADRID ?

The Neymar movie is turning into a saga with more parts than Star Wars. I personally - with many others - believe that player should stay in Brazil as he looks more "piss & wind" than anything else. What the 19 year old does have which makes him the darling of everyone is MARKETING POWER & this may be more important that his Football dancing skills. In fact, Neymar could be bigger that David

REAL MADRID FOLLOWING CLOSELY YOUNG EUROPEAN TALENT

According to Spanish Sports paper ( some think Real Madrid media appendix ) "Marca", SPANISH FOOTBALL CLUB REAL MADRID has Football "scouts" following closly "la creme de la creme" of young Football talent at this moment. This in itself is not new, nor is it breaking news, as one can rightly imagine that every other "Tom, Dick & Harry" will have their own scouts checking out the same talent.

ENGLAND 1 SPAIN 0 | INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY RESULT

ENGLAND hosted the current FIFA World Champions SPAIN at Wembley for an International Friendly with the home side winning 1 - 0. Another defeat for Spain in a Friendly that is not to much of a drama but has lessons that should be noted as there are signs that call for attention & correction.

England remembered more a traditional Italian team ( Manager Capello ) which defended more that attacked,

FC BARCELONA "SPIES" ON GARETH BALE

SPANISH SPORTS daily "AS" has published that FC BARCELONA Coach Guardiola sent over to London a "confidant" to watch TOTTENHAM HOTSPURS & Welsh International GARETH BALE do his stuff down the left flank in his last Premier League game.



Gareth Bale

Barça Coach Guardiola likes the ways of Bale & sees the 22 year old as a possible substitute for Frenchmen Eric Abidal who is currently negotiating

EURO - U21 QUALIFIER | SPAIN 6 ESTONIA 0

The SPANISH FOOTBALL U-21 NATIONAL TEAM hosted ESTONIA tonight for a EURO U-21 classification match. The current European Champions defeated their guests 6 - 0 in a one way affair that gave Benfica forward RODRIGO a HAT-TRICK ( 4th , 7th & 45th min). The other goal scorers were ISCO in he 59th min, ALVARO VAZQUEZ in in the 90th min & SARABIA in extra time. Not much to add except reiterate the

SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM 1986 - 2011 TEAM PHOTOS

Though I post up some SPANISH FOOTBALL NATIONAL TEAM photos for all the Spanish Football Sports readers & fans. Below are various team pics spanning from 1986 - 2011 on how the Spanish National Team has evolved & its "key" members have chanced.

Great to see some Spanish Football legends when players...now Club directives, National Team Coaches, Club Coaches, TV announcers & retired from active

SPANISH CUP RESULT | HOSPITALET 0 FC BARCELONA 1 | 1ºst LEG

SPANISH CUP (Copa del Rey) action tonight with the 1ºst leg tie match between HOSPITALET (2ºB Division) & City neighbour FC BARCELONA with a final result of 0 - 1. Quite frankly - my opinion - it was a boring & strange match were Barcelona should have won by a greater margin. The match lacked atmosphere & intensity.



The reasons were various: a solid Hospitalet goalkeeper MORAGON stopping well

SANTOS RENEWS NEYMAR UNTIL 2014 | PART OF THE REAL MADRID SANTOS NEYMAR MASTERPLAN

Brazilian Club SANTOS has made a "surprise" announcement today that they have renewed their star player NEYMAR until 2014, as they have said, a solid shut deal. However, you may say : Wasn´t Neymar going to REAL MADRID? Its all part of the "Masterplan".



Neymar

REAL MADRID has Neymar tied "verbally",  & I don´t discard contractually ( cannot prove it ), with the added agreement with Santos

FC BARECLONA EYES VALENCIA PLAYERS JORDI ALBA - VICTOR RUIZ

SPANISH FOOTBALL giant FC BARECLONA is already planning next season & where they need to strengthen positions, this is not new & is obviously expected. What is news are the two players that Barça has set their eyes on,  both of which are currently playing at VALENCIA CF.



Jordi Alba

The first is youngster VICTOR RUIZ & the second is newly ascended Spanish International defender JORDI ALBA.

EDEN HAZARD DECIDES FOR REAL MADRID ?

Why would you refuse a big offer from CHELSEA FC & French Club PARIS ST GERMAIN ? That is the story today in SPANISH FOOTBALL Sports press as 20 year old Belgium sensation EDEN HAZARD is apparently that player. But for which Spanish Club has this "kid" his dreams placed on?



Hazard

According to the news the Spanish Football Club is REAL MADRID. The Football Directive & ex Real Madrid French

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SPAIN REVEALS ITS LIST OF 23 PLAYERS FOR ENGLAND - COSTA RICA INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES

SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM Selector & Coach Vicente Del Bosque has handed in his list of 23 players that will make up the National Squad for their two upcoming International Friendlies. Spain travels to London to play England on the 12th of November & then hosts Costa Rica on the 15th of November.


The novelties in this list are the return of defender Monreal & forward Jesus Navas. The

SPANISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE - LA LIGA - ROUND 12 SUNDAY RESULTS

Seven matches played today/tonight of the SPANISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE with the Round 12 scheduled clashes of LA LIGA. Below are brief summaries of the events, results & all the scorers.



Cristiano Ronaldo


REAL MADRID had to wake up early to play their match against OSASUNA at 12.00 pm, an hour strategically placed by La Liga to be beamed in prime-time Asian TV. The final result was a crushing 7 -

SPANISH SPORTS | NICO TEROL 125cc GP WORLD CHAMPION

SPANISH SPORTS has a new World Champion. NICO TEROL proclaimed the World Title of the 125 cc MOTO GP category after his nearest rival Johann Zarco retired from the last race of the season falling at the Cheste (Valencia) circuit. This gave & secured the points for the Spaniard who just needed to finish the race



Nico Terol

The winner of the 125 cc race was Spaniard Maverick Viñales ( who looks

SPANISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE - LA LIGA - ROUND 12 SATURDAY MATCHES RESULTS

Here are the results of the three SPANISH FOOTBALL matches played tonight as part of Round 12 of LA LIGA.



Sevilla-Mallorca

REAL MALLORCA drew 0 - 0 with SEVILLA FC with the home-side letting off the hook a low performing visiting team. Mallorca created multiple chances which they did not convert into goal & they also kept finding Sevilla goalie Javi Varas who put in another extraordinary

REAL MADRID | SAHIN IS READY

REAL MADRID Coach Jose Mourinho has announced today that summer signing & Turkish International midfieder NURIN SAHIN is ready to play. This is good news for Real Madrid & all Spanish Football fans as the player comes to La Liga with the "tag" of being last years Best Player in the Bundesliga.



Sahin

The player has been pledged by injury (knee) since arriving in Spain & has been working hard

SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM NEW LOOK SHIRT 2012

So you just forked out around 90€ that you have been saving for the last three months to grab the Spanish National Football Team shirt & it looks great. Well, you are now "old school" as there is a new version that will debut next 12th of November when the current FIFA World Champions SPAIN travel to ENGLAND for a International Friendly.


The new look shirt will be also used in next years 2012

SPANISH FOOTBALL | EUROPA LEAGUE RESULTS ATHLETIC BILBAO - ATLETICO DE MADRID

SPANISH FOOTBALL continued tonight with EUROPA LEAGUE participation in the Group matches were both games gave favoured results. Here are brief summaries of the events.



At.Bilbao 

SALZBURG hosted ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO in their Group F clash & went down to a 38th min goal by young Bilbao midfielder ANDER HERRERA. Both teams had chances to score with Bilbao goalie Iraizoz stopping important

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RESULTS | VILLAREAL 0 MAN CITY 3 | OLYMPIQUE DE LYON 0 REAL MADRID 2

VILLAREAL & REAL MADRID had CHAMPIONS LEAGUE obligations tonight with their respective Group matches. Here are the final results & the scorers.


Villareal - Man City

VILLAREAL hosted MANCHESTER CITY in their Group A match & went down 0 - 3. The Spanish Football Club was very undermanned with half a dozen key players out with injury, but this is not an excuse as Manchester City was a deserved

IFFHS HAS FC BARCELONA AS BEST CLUB IN THE WORLD 2011

The FIFA endorsed International Federation of Football Histroy & Statistics has released its list of "Best Football Clubs in the World".



Messi

Top 10 Clubs:
1. Barcelona (SP) 335,0 pts
2. Real Madrid (SP) 309,0
3. Manchester United (ENG) 280,0
4. Vélez Sarsfield (ARG) 263,0
5. Oporto (POR) 251,0
6. Schalke 04 (GER) 250,0
7. Manchester City (ENG) 235,0
8. Bayern Múnich (GER) 233,0
9.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RESULTS | VIKTORIA 0 FC BARCELONA 4 | VALENCIA CF 3 B.LEVERKUSEN 1

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE night with two SPANISH FOOTBALL representatives doing the job of winning & in the course break some Club, personal & Champions League records. Emotive night for Valencia with their performance, & Barça securing their presence in the next phase of the competition.



Lionel Messi


VIKTORIA PILSEN hosted FC BARCELONA in their Group G game & lost 0 - 4 with one man less on the

VILLAREAL FC | BAD LUCK INJURIES

You maybe wondering what has occurred to Spanish Football Club VILLAREAL this season. The Club finished in Champions League positions last season & is currently struggling in La Liga & has already said goodbye to Champions. Plus their Coach Garrido, considered a rising Football Coach promise, is against the ropes with his position on the line.

The answer? The worst line of injuries I have seen

LIST OF 23 CANDIDATES | FRANCE FOOTBALL - FIFA GOLDEN BALL AWARD 2011

As advanced yesterday, the full list of the 23 player candidates for the upcoming FIFA GOLDEN BALL AWARD is now officially known after coming down from the initial 50 names. France Football has made it official today,  with 3 finalists to be named on the 5th of December. The winner will be named on the 9th of January 2012 in Zurich (Switzerland).



FIFA Golden Ball Award
Here is the full list of

FIFA GOLDEN BALL 2011 - 23 CANDIDATE LIST | FC BARCELONA HAS 8 CANDIDATES REAL MADRID HAS 5 CANDIDATES

SPANISH SPORTS paper based in Barcelona "Mundo Deportivo" has advanced the "exclusive" news that EIGHT FC BARCELONA players have made the cut of 23 player candidates for this years FIFA GOLDEN BALL AWARD. REAL MADRID has FIVE players in the 23 candidate cut, "leaked" tonight by the Barcelona paper.

Days back FRANCE FOOTBALL handed in their initial list of 50 FIFA Golden Ball players, that has

SPANISH FOOTBALL ROUND 11 MONDAY NIGHT RESULT | SEVILLA 1 GRANADA 2

SPANISH FOOTBALL with Monday Night action as the last game of Round 11 was played of  LA LIGA. Here is a brief resume of things with the final result & the scorers.



Sevilla -Granada

SEVILLA FC lost at home against GRANADA 1 - 2 with the latter making a heroic comeback. Sevilla got off to a flying start with a goal buy MANU DEL MORAL just after 38 seconds. From here Sevilla dominated but

SPANISH FOOTBALL DOMINATES "GOLDEN BOY U-21 AWARD" CANDIDATES

The list of candidates that will opt for this years "GOLDEN BOY AWARD" has been handed in with a clear SPANISH FOOTBALL flavour. The Award has a "peculiar" title but is no less prestigious as it its the equivalente to the "FIFA GOLDEN BALL AWARD",  but in this case for Under-21 players.

The Spanish National players are Thiago Alcantara, Muniain, Oriol, Alvaro Vazquez, Rodrigo, Sergio Canales &

ROUND 11 SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL continued today-night with Round 11 of LA LIGA &  five games scheduled that have given the following final results & scorers.



Osasuna-Levante

OSASUNA put end to the dream run of LEVANTE, & the top spot of the classification table, after winning 2 - 0 at home. Osasuna have always being traditionally a tough team to beat in front of their "fierce" supporting fans. The goals

ROUND 11 SPANISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL action tonight with four matches of Round 11 with the four Spanish Champions League representatives, scheduled mid-week,  forwarding their LIGA obligations. Here is a brief summary of events, final results & the scorers.



Cuenca scores for Barça

For those who doubted, or questioned FC BARCELONA & their last performances, tonight they had their mouths shut with an smashing 5 -

VALENCIA CF TIES UP MEXICAN - DEPORTIVO MIDFIELDER ANDRES GUARDADO?

What is a talented World Class Mexican International Football player doing in the Spanish 2º Division? Obviously his contract has something to do with it & admirably his feeling of loyalty to DEPORTIVO A CORUÑA the other. The latter is not a good long-term career building sentiment to hold onto too long, while the former ends next season, thus making ANDRES GUARDADO a free-agent as of the 1ºst of

ARSENAL ASKS REAL MADRID ABOUT ESTEBAN GRANERO

Interesting news piece from Spanish Sports paper "Marca" that has been revealed in todays edition. Apparently earlier in the week ARSENAL representatives travelled to Madrid to have discussions with REAL MADRID Football Director Miguel Pardeza. The topic of conversation was midfielder ESTEBAN GRANERO with a personal message from Arsene Wenger of his interest in having the player over to London in

ROUND 10 MID - WEEK SPANISH FOOTBALL THURSDAY NIGHT RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL finally finished Round 10 with the last two matches scheduled in LA LIGA played tonight. Here are the results & the scorers.



Pandiani

RCD ESPANYOL notched up its third straight victory defeating REAL BETIS 1 - 0. Its the fifth straight loss for Betis which started so well the season & now are really suffering with their game. The winner for Espanyol came from PANDIANI who

REAL MADRID | WELCOME BACK KAKA

REAL MADRID Brazilian midfielder is back. Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, alias KAKÁ, has suffered his time in the Desert just as Jesus, but his was a Football Desert & 16 months away from the National team. Today Kaka received the news that "officially" collaborates his "resurrection", with BRAZIL Coach Mano Menezes calling the player for two upcoming International Friendly games.



Kaká

The

ROUND 10 MID - WEEK SPANISH FOOTBALL RESULTS | WEDNESDAY NIGHT GAMES

SPANISH FOOTBALL continued tonight with mid-week Round 10 matches that gave the following results & scorers for the six games scheduled of LA LIGA.



Rayo-Malaga

RAYO VALLECANO won MALAGA FC 2 - 0 making some suspect that things are not well at all with Malaga. This statement does not wish to take away the marvellous match that the Madrid team put in with goals from BOTELHO in the 7th min &

ROUND 10 MID - WEEK SPANISH FOOTBALL RESULTS | SEVILLA 2 RACING 2 GRANADA 0 FC BARCELONA 1

SPANISH FOOTBALL celebrates mid-week action with Round 10, & with two games played Tuesday night of LA LIGA with the following results & scorers.



Manu de Moral


SEVILLA FC remains undefeated at home after drawing in the last moment 2 - 2 against RACING DE SANTANDER. Sevilla player MANU DE MORAL opened the scoring in the 36th min & again for the last moment winner in the 92nd min. Racing

FRANCE FOOTBALL 50 CANDIDATES FOR FIFA GOLDEN BALL 2011 | FC BARCELONA 10 PLAYERS - REAL MADRID 5

France Football has handed in the list of the initial 50 candidates chosen for this years FIFA GOLDEN BALL AWARD. These are now the following procedures:



1. 1st of November the list of 50 will be shortened to 23 players
2. 5th of December , three players will be named as finalists
3. 9th of January 2012 the winner will be announced



Spanish Football based players: courtesy of Marca.com

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA ROUND 9 | SUNDAY NIGHT RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL celebrated the six remaining Round 9 SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA matches with the following results & scorers.



Lass for Getafe

The REAL BETIS "bubble" loses air with every game with another defeat at the hands of RAYO VALLECANO which won 0 - 2. The visitors simply finished their opportunities better than the home side starting with LASS who "looped"  a nice goal over the keeper

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LEAGUE ROUND 9 | SATURDAY MATCH RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL via its LEAGUE celebrated four games this afternoon/evening as part of Round 9 of LA LIGA. Below is a brief summary of the matches, the final results & all the goal scorers.



Andre Castro for Gijon

REAL SPORTING DE GIJON needed a win like water & they managed to get some pressure off themselves,  & give a joy to their fans,  after defeated GRANADA 2 - 0. Sporting scored early

FC BARCELONA | YOUNG SPANISH FOOTBALL PROMISE ISSAC CUENCA

This young SPANISH FOOTBALL promise is 20 year old ISSAC CUENCA. The forward currently plays in FC BARCELONA B, however the news was his debut with the A - TEAM in FC BARECLONA Champions League match against Viktoria Pilsen on the 19th of October. 



Issac Cuenca

The youngster has a bright future ahead, either with Barça or elsewhere. But did you know that Issac has more Football talents? The

EUROPA LEAGUE RESULTS | ATHLETIC DE BILBAO 2 SALZBURG 2 | UDINESE 2 ATLETICO DE MADRID 0

The two SPANISH FOOTBALL representatives in the EUROPA LEAGUE competition were in action tonight with the following brief summary of events, scorers & final results.



At.Bilbao-Salzburg

ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO hosted SALZBURG for their Group F clash & both offered an entertaining match that went down to the end - with Bilbao comeback included - to finish in a 2 - 2 draw. The match had a red card

SPANISH HANDBALL | ATLETICO DE MADRID BREAK SCORING RECORD

ATLETICO DE MADRID (ex Ciudad Real) achieved a historical record breaking the previously held by FC Barcelona in scoring 52 goals in one match. I am taking about SPANISH HANDBALL & yes, the Spanish Handball League (ASOBAL) . The unfortunate receiving opponents were ACADEMICA OCTAVIO who managed to score 27.


Atletico de Madrid currently leading the League & are doing well in Europe.

Perhaps the

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RESULTS | B LEVERKUSEN 2 VALENCIA CF 1 | FC BARCELONA 2 VIKTORIA PILSEN 0

The last two SPANISH FOOTBALL Clubs with CHAMPIONS LEAGUE qualifying Group match commitments, Valencia CF & FC Barcelona, returned a sweet & sour ( or sour & sweet ) result that I will now go into more detail below with the final results & scorers.



Sam for B.Leverkusen

VALENCIA CF travelled to Germany to play fellow Group E Club BAYERN LEVERKUSEN & finished losing 2 - 1 to virtually shut for

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RESULTS | MANCHESTER CITY 2 VILLAREAL 1 | REAL MADRID 4 OLYMPIQUE LYON 0

Heads & Tails for the SPANISH FOOTBALL Clubs participating tonight in CHAMPIONS LEAGUE. Villareal needed to not lose to keep their slim chances of overcoming their Group for possible qualification, while Real Madrid needed a victory to seal their place beyond the Group phase. 



David Silva

VILLAREAL needed to not lose their Group A match against MANCHESTER CITY & it was never going to be easy.

SPANISH FOOTBALL LEADS THE WORLD IN SOCIAL MEDIA

SPANISH FOOTBALL looks like leading the Social Media area as well as World Football. A comprehensive study of "followers" on the two currently leading "Social Media" channels ( Facebook & Twitter) gives Spanish Football Clubs FC BARCELONA & REAL MADRID as the most popular Sporting teams on the planet.



FC Barcelona 2011

The below graph gives a snap view of positions & numbers. Its in Spanish

SPANISH FOOTBALL MONDAY NIGHT ROUND 8 MATCH RESULT | ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO 3 OSASUNA 1

SPANISH FOOTBALL finished with the last match of Round 8 of LA LIGA with an exciting game of Football palyed between ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO & OSASUNA. The "Lions" got their game finally together after some difficult past rounds matches & won 3 - 1 in front of their roaring fans ( no punt intended ).

However it was Osasuna which got off to a flying start & shook Bilbao whos keeper Iraizoz had to

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA ROUND 8 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL continued today with Round 8 of the SPANISH LEAGUE - LIGA with four matches scheduled (tomorrow the last game scheduled). Here are the results & the scorers. 



Levante 2011

LEVANTE are surprising everyone & if they keep it up will be the revelation team. Today they defeated MALAGA 3 - 0 & share top spot with FC Barcelona. Malaga was well defeated & their complaint about the

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LEAGUE SATURDAY ROUND 8 GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL action with all the four Champions League participating Clubs playing tonight in Round 8 of the SPANISH LEGAUE - LIGA. Plenty of action, controversy & of course goals , especially from Real Madrid & Barcelona. 


Here is a brief summary-round up of the action, the final results & the scorers.



Gonzalo Higuain


REAL MADRID defeated a brave REAL BETIS 4 - 1 which included

SPANISH FOOTBALL | LAST 32 TEAMS SPANISH CUP 2011-2012 DRAW

The last 32 teams for the SPANISH CUP 2011 - 2012 ( Copa del Rey ) has been drawn today with the following line-ups:



Spanish Cup 1/16 2011 draw

The Spanish League (Liga) teams join in at this stage & there are some interesting match ups between some David's & Goliath's. Take L´Hospitalet - Barcelona ( city Derby) & Ponferradina - Real Madrid as examples, which apart from the difference in "

SFS FLASHBACKS | 15 YEARS AGO | THE "FAMOUS" RONALDO GOAL

Fifteen (15) years ago the below occurred in the Spanish Football League when FC Barcelona played away Santiago de Compostela.



Spectacular goal from the Brazilian star RONALDO , bit more younger & slimmer, that has comeback to all our memories after 15 years. Great player, one of the best Nº9s in Football History.

SPANISH FOOTBALL NATIONAL TEAM POSSESSION PLAY

This is just some extra information,  yet interesting,  to help further understand the Spanish build up to yesterdays first goal by DAVID SILVA against Scotland in the Euro Group I qualifier. Spanish Sports daily "AS" has whipped up this infograph to perfectly highlight the Spanish Football ( National Team ) philosophy of "touch-ball or possession play". 


The stats are the following: 42 touches

SPAIN 3 - SCOTLAND 1 | GROUP I EURO 2012 QUALIFIER RESULT

SPAIN equalled the historical 14 straight wins of Holland & France in official matches by defeating SCOTLAND 3 - 1 in the Group I Euro 2012 qualifier. Spain finishes top of the Group & goes straight into next years Poland-Ukraine Euro Championships, while Scotland misses out as the Czech Republic won their game to grab the 2º place in the Group & thus continue with a chance to qualify.

I was

SPANISH FOOTBALL FLASHBACK | BIGGEST HISTORICAL LOCAL DEFEAT

SPAIN plays SCOTLAND tonight in their last Group I qualifying Euro 2012 match. The home team are the current World Champions, have already assured top spot  & are looking to equal Holland & France in their 14th straight wins official games record. One may think beforehand that even though Scotland is playing for the second place ( against the Czech Rep)  in the Group that Spain are the "hot

REAL MADRID FOLLOWING YOUNG GERMAN MARIO GOTZE ?

A new & relatively unknown name has sprung up onto center stage of SPANISH FOOTBALL today (however brief). MARIO GOTZE, 19 year old German & BORUSSIA DORTMUND midfielder that Spanish Sports paper "Marca" claims is on the REAL MADRID agenda.



Gotze: courtesy Marca

Perhaps its the lack of local Football news that makes the paper venture into German Football. However, the youngster is already an

FC BARCELONA OVERTAKES REAL MADRID AS SPANISH FOOTBALL MOST POPULAR CLUB

As we all know a survey is always subjective & open to many interpretations. However, surveys if done well can give insight, reveal tendencies & capture a trend that could be interesting to bear in mind. Spanish Sports daily "AS" has contracted the firm "IKERFEL" to survey Spanish Football spectators in all 20 First Division Stadiums.

The result is that FC BARCELONA is the most popular Football

FC BARCELONA | THIAGO SILVA STILL ON THEIR LIST

SPANISH FOOTBALL & Barcelona based Sports paper "Mundo Deportivo" remind readers that FC BARCELONA has not forgotten about AC MILAN & Brazilian International defender THIAGO SILVA. The fact was that Barça would have made a "serious" effort this season for the defender but the "money situation" at the Club did not permit extend itself beyond Alexis Sanchez & Cesc Fabregas.



Thaigo: courtesy

EURO 2012 GROUP I RESULT | CZECH REPUBLIC 0 SPAIN 2

SPAIN defeated the CZECH REPUBLIC 0 - 2 in their Group I Euro 2012 qualifier match in Prague. The Spaniards have already qualified & the Czech side needed a positive result to secure the Groups second place, however they will be disappointed with their performance tonight.



Juan Mata

The SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM dominated most of the match with their usual style of touch Football which caused the

EURO U - 21 GROUP 5 QUALIFIER | CROATIA 0 SPAIN 2

European U-21 Football action tonight with Group qualifiers with the SPANISH U-21 FOOTBALL NATIONAL TEAM playing CROATIA away & winning 0 - 2. It is Spains third straight Group 5 victory that gives them 9 points & 9 goals.The qualifiers are for the 2013 European Championship Finals places & Spain is currently in a privileged position.

The Spanish side dominated most of the game with touch

RCD ESPAÑYOL LOOK AT AJAX PLAYER EL HAMDAOUA

This piece comes from Spanish Sports & Barcelona based paper "Sport". According to the daily, RCD ESPANYOL is back at it again in their attempts to sign a striker & they have their eyes on  AJAX Moroccan forward EL HAMDAOUA.


This isn´t the first contact between the Spanish Football Club & the player, in fact they had an agreement for this season & things looked a "done deal" until something

VILLAREAL FC | WITHOUT A TRUE FORWARD

There are those with a "superstitious" edge claiming that VILLAREAL has a "curse" on the Number 9 - forward - position. This has been heightened by the injury to ROSSI who has injured himself while training with the Italian National Team. This leaves Villareal without a true forward. The other two forwards in the side Marcos Ruben ( out 15 days ) & Nilmar ( knee operation out 2 months) have also 

ATLETICO DE MADRID | PLEASE ACCEPT APOLOGIES TO ALL SEVILLA FANS - ANTONIO PUERTA FAMILY

I undertsand that times are tough, that there are many people with serious frustrations & emotional needs to belong. Sports is traditionally a "release button" of emotions which eases the five-six days of "pain". However, when the "frustration" gets mixed up with twisted illusions & many times "intoxicated" minds we sadly get events that occured at the ATLETICO DE MADRID "Vicente Calderon"

REAL SOCIEDAD - IÑIGO MARTINEZ 50 MT GOAL AGAINST AT BILBAO - 2011

The talk of the day here in Spain. Yesterdays 50+ mt goal by IÑIGO MARTINEZ for REAL SOCIEDAD against ATHLETIC DE BILBAO in Round 7 of the SPANISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE - LIGA. Here is the VIDEO of the goal:

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LEAGUE RESULTS | ROUND 7 SUNDAY NIGHT

Big Sunday of Round 7 SPANISH FOOTBALL action with the remaining 5 games of LA LIGA played with interesting results, action & goals. Here are quick briefs of the events with all the results & scorers.



Fernando Llorente (At Bilbao)

The Big "Basque Derby" went to ATHLETIC DE BILBAO which visited REAL SOCIEDAD & won 1 - 2. Typical tense match as one would expect between these fierce "local"

REAL MADRID - NEYMAR | DEAL , CONFIDENTIALLY & 2012

We could finally be at the end,  & conclusion, of the NEYMAR story. The Brazilian sensation & National "hero" will end up at REAL MADRID. His Club SANTOS,  & the player himself, have gotten "away" with their desired wishes before accepting (& signing) the selling/transfer agreement with Spanish Football Club REAL MADRID:

Santos will celebrate Club Presidential elections in December with their

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LEAGUE RESULTS | ROUND 7 SATURDAY NIGHT

SPANISH FOOTBALL action tonight with five matches played of Round 7 of the Spanish League - Liga. A high number of todays games ended in draws which is unusual. Said this, here is a brief summary of the all encounters, the results & the scorers.



Roberto ( Real Zaragoza)

VILLAREAL managed to squeeze a  2 - 2 draw from REAL ZARAGOZA in an entertaining Football game. Real Zaragoza got ahead

TRANSFER NEWS | REAL MADRID KEEPS IT EYE FIRM ON EDEN HAZARD

News today from Spanish Sports paper "AS" highlights the apparent continued interest of Spanish Football Club REAL MADRID for Belgium Football talent & French Club LILLE midfielder EDEN HAZARD. This is not really fresh news as for the last two seasons the Spanish Club has been monitoring closely the young player, especially ex Real Madrid - now "executive" - Zinadine Zidane who is his prime

SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM | SELECTOR DEL BOSQUE HANDS IN LIST - CALLS UP JORDI ALBA

SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL Coach & Selector Vicente Del Bosque handed in his list of Spanish Football Players that will make up the National Team for the upcoming Euro Group matches against the Czech Rep & Scotland to be played on the 7th ( Praga) & 11th ( Alicante, Spain) of October respectively.

The novelty is the call up of Valencia defender JORDI ALBA & perhaps the surprise, the call up of

EUROPA LEAGUE RESULTS | ATHLETIC DE BILBAO 2 PSG O - RENNES 1 ATLETICO DE MADRID 1

EUROPA LEAGUE Group matches tonight with two SPANISH FOOTBALL Clubs in action with relatively positive results. Here is a quick summary of the games , the results & the scorers.



At.Bilbao

ATHLETIC DE BILBAO managed to put together a good performance at home against French team PARIS ST GERMAIN winning 2 - 0. The Group F match saw the first goal arrive in the 14th min when Bilbao player

FC BARCELONA | LIONEL MESSI EQUALS KUBALA WITH 194 GOALS

Hi, I may have "breezed throught" in yesterdays post below on FC BARCELONA & their 0 - 5 victory , although mentioned, of an important historical milestone achieved in the game against BATE BORISOV.  Argentine midfield star LIONEL MESSI made Barça History again.



Kubala - Messi

Yesterday Messi scored two goals & thus took his all-time tally with Barça to 194. This may sound normal if it wasn´t

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RESULTS | VALENCIA 1 CHELSEA FC 1 | BATE BORISOV 0 FC BARCELONA 5

SPANISH FOOTBALL Clubs Valencia CF & FC Barcelona had their turn tonight in CHAMPIONS LEAGUE with each in their respective Groups & in their respective scheduled matches. Good results in each case with a brief summary below, along with results & the scorers.



Lampard-Soldado-Torres

VALENCIA CF drew in their Group E clash with CHELSEA FC 1-1 in an exciting & entertaining match. The first half

THE FOOTBALL COUNTER-ATTACK | CRISTIANO RONALDO - REAL MADRID GOAL AGAINST AJAX IN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE | VIDEO

Yesterday during the REAL MADRID - AJAX Champions League match we had the chance to all witness a perfect text book example of the use of a "counter-attack" in Football. It occurred around the 23rd min & it all started from defender Sergio Ramos ending up with Cristiano Ronaldo 16 seconds later & goal. Here is the VIDEO:



For the youngsters & the technical profiles here is an image of the

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RESULTS | NAPOLES 2 VILLAREAL 0 | REAL MADRID 3 AJAX AMSTERDAM 0

Two SPANISH FOOTBALL Clubs participated tonight in their respective CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Group matches with mixed end results. Here is a brief summary of events, along with the final results & the scorers.



Napoles scores from penalty

VILLAREAL travelled to Italy to face NAPOLES in their Group A ( "Group of Death") match & lost 2 - 0. Villareal knew beforehand that a victory here was vital for

SPANISH FOOTBALL LOSES JESUS PEREDA AT 73

SPANISH FOOTBALL has lost a member of its historical family with the passing away of Spanish Football player JESUS PEREDA at the age of 73 due to cancer. 




Pereda on the left

Jesus Pereda played for FC BARCELONA, REAL MADRID ( his only Spanish League Title) & SEVILLA FC. He was also member of the Spanish National Football Team that won the 1964 European Nations Cup against Russia. His last

REAL MADRID | ARSENAL-PARIS ST GERMAIN DON´T FORGET KAKA

The new season has been just a few weeks operating & already there is talk & rumour about possible moves in the January "Winter Transfer Market". Today REAL MADRID Brazilian midfielder KAKA is again in the news with apparent interest from ARSENAL & French Club PARIS ST GERMAIN. 



Kaka

The interest from theses two Clubs is not new & sounded even before the start of this current season. Both

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LIGA ROUND 6 MONDAY NIGHT RESULT | GETAFE 1 REAL BETIS 0

Round Six of the SPANISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE - La Liga - concluded tonight with its Monday match between GETAFE & REAL BETAS. Real Betis landed back to earth after a string of victories placed them flying high as Spanish League Table leaders . Tonight's game gave Getafe a much needed 1 - 0 victory & halted the aspirations of Betis escaping from the rest of the teams on the leader. 



Diego Castro

REAL MADRID "FOLLOWING" FRENCH TALENTS GONALONS - GREINER OF LYON

Big Football Clubs are constantly looking for & at new talent, so this story coming out of France should not really surprise. This would be correct if it was any another Club than SPANISH FOOTBALL giant REAL MADRID. Football magazine France Football claims that Real Madrid is following very closely 22 year defensive midfielder MAXIM GONALONS & 20 year old attacking midfielder CLEMENT GREINER both

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LEAGUE | ROUND 6 SUNDAY NIGHT RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL continued today with the Sunday scheduled games of Round 6 in the SPANISH LEAGUE - LIGA with the following summary of events, results & scorers.




Mallorca scores a goal

REAL MALLORCA breathe some well need oxygen with a 2 - 1 victory over REAL SOCIEDAD. However, they can thank the wood-work as Real Sociedad hit the post twice & the cross-bar! Real Sociedad got ahead first via

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA | ROUND 6 SATURDAY NIGHT RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL celebrated four matches games tonight as part of the scheduled Round 6 of the SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA. Plenty of action, goals & thus I´ll jump straight into the brief run-down of  results & the scorers



Kanoute

SEVILLA FC defeated VALENCIA CF 1- 0 & ending up with nine men. Sevilla dominated the first half & KANOUTE scored in the 18th min. The second half was all Valencia CF

ARSENAL FC EYEING SPANISH FOOTBALL PLAYER PAREJO FOR JANUARY ?

DANIEL PAREJO is a young 22 year old SPANISH FOOTBALL player, already an International in the junior categories & considered a big future promise. Raised at Real Madrid the youngster had to leave to find "playing  time" at Getafe & now at VALENCIA CF.  However, Parejo is not getting all the time wished to develop further his talents & some Clubs are "smelling" the opportunity to talk to the

THURSDAY NIGHT ROUND 5 SPANISH FOOTBALL - LIGA RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL mid-week Thursday Night action with the last two games scheduled of Round 5 of the SPANISH LIGA celebrated. Here is a brief summary of events, with the results & the scorers.



Real Betis

One of the games of the Round with REAL BETIS winning 4 - 3 REAL ZARAGOZA,  & in doing so,  leads the Spanish League table. Real Betis was down to 10 men after they lost their goalie Casto in

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA MID-WEEK ROUND 5 RESULTS | WEDNESDAY GAMES

Five matches played tonight,  full of high intensive SPANISH FOOTBALL action,  as part of the scheduled mid-week Round 5 SPANISH LEAGUE calender which broke the idea that LA LIGA was a "two horse" race. Real Madrid suffered in their match & has entered into a worrying downward spiral,  & Barcelona drew & suffered at Valencia. Here is a summary of all the games, with results & the scorers.



CR7

FIFA WORLD RANKING SEPTEMBER 2011 | SPAIN REGAINS Nº 1

World Football governing body ( organization)  FIFA has released its monthly "World Rankings" for September with the SPANISH FOOTBALL NATIONAL TEAM regaining its Nº 1 spot after falling to Nº 2 place last month. The victories over Chile in a Friendly International & Liechtenstein in their Group Euro 2012 match have served to allow SPAIN to overtake Holland.



Football World Champions star

Here

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LEAGUE MID-WEEK ROUND 5 RESULTS | TUESDAY NIGHT GAMES

SPANISH FOOTBALL mid-week action with Round 5 split between three days ( today, tomorrow & Thursday) of the SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA. Three matches tonight, which were relatively low scoring & as habitual of late, with referee controversy.



Real Sociedad in white - blue

It wasn´t beautiful but it was effective Football for REAL SOCIEDAD as they managed to win GRANADA 1 - 0 thanks to the 63rd

FC BARCELONA | BRAZILIAN OSCAR DOS SANTOS ON THE AGENDA

News from Spanish online paper "elconfidencial" alerts us that FC BARCELONA is seriously following INTERNACIONAL DE PORTO ALEGRE 20 year old attacking forward OSCAR DO SANTOS. The Spanish Football Club has accelerated talks after another target "Neymar" has apparently finally decided to make Real Madrid his next Club. 



Oscar do Santos

According to the source, Coach Guardiola himself has asked

THE MOST EXPENSIVE TRANSFERS FOR 2011

Found this interesting "Infograph" on the most expensive transfers for 2011, & thought you maybe interested. There is a SPANISH FOOTBALL connection with departures ( Aguero to Man City) & arrivals ( Falcao to At Madrid , Coentrao to Real Madrid & Cesc Fabregas to Barça). 


By the way, while on the transfer angle, rumours are that REAL MADRID has "shut" NEYMAR for 60M€ plus a 7M€ salary / season

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LEAGUE ROUND 4 | SUNDAY NIGHT RESULTS | REAL MADRID LOSE

SPANISH FOOTBALL action today with the remaining five Round 4 games scheduled in the SPANISH LEAGUE - LIGA. Big surprise with the Real Madrid defeat, plus lots of goals from Atletico de Madrid & for Falcao. Here are all the details, results & scorers.



Rayo Vallecano score their goal

GETAFE lost to RAYO VALLECANO in the local derby between the city of Madrid lesser known Liga Clubs. The

BASKETBALL | SPAIN WINS 2011 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP DEFEATING FRANCE 98 - 85

Big day of celebrations for SPANISH SPORTS after Spain managed two out of three Moto GP bike wins, a birth in the upcoming Davis Cup Tennis Final & tonight the EUROPEAN BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS Title. SPAIN defeated FRANCE 98 - 85 to proclaim themselves Euro Champs repeating the Basketball achievement to retain the title.



Pau Gasol

This is an exceptional generation of Spanish Basketball players

SPANISH SPORTS | GREAT DAY IN MOTO GP - INTO THE DAVIS CUP FINAL IN TENNIS

Great afternoon for SPANISH SPORTS & Sportsmen with grand performances in MOTO GP & DAVIS CUP Tennis. In the Motor-bike area, Spanish riders won two out of the three categories, & in Tennis SPAIN qualifies for its 8th Davis Cup Final after winning France in the semi-final held in Cordoba (Spain).



Marc Marquez Moto 2

Firstly, MOTO GP action from the ARAGON GP ( SPAIN ) with NICOL TEROL winning

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LEAGUE ROUND 4 | SATURDAY NIGHT RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL action tonight with 5 games of Round 4 of the SPANISH LEAGUE - LIGA with plenty to write about with the usual exciting action & high level performances, not to mention a storm of goals at "Camp Nou" that will be discussed below. Here is a summary of the games, with results & the scorers.



Malaga - Mallorca

MALAGA FC continue adding points,  this time at the expense of a

EUROPA LEAGUE RESULTS | ATHLETIC DE BILBAO - ATLETICO DE MADRID WIN THEIR MATCHES

Two SPANISH FOOTBALL Clubs started their adventure in the EUROPA LEAGUE competition with ATHLETIC DE BILBAO playing away & ATLETICO DE MADRID playing at home. Both gave good performances & results that allowed them to begin the new Euro season with a right foot.

Here is a quick summary of events, final results & scorers.



Muniain for Bilbao

ATHLETIC DE BILBAO defeated 1 - 2 SLOVEN BRATISLAVA

REAL MADRID TEAM PHOTO 2011 | RED UNIFORM

This is an interesting REAL MADRID TEAM PHOTO taken before the start of their CHAMPIONS LEAGUE match against DYNAMO ZAGREB. Apart from highlighting the starting 11 it shows the team in their RED UNIFORM , something very unusual & maybe of value for all the Real Madrid fans around the globe whom collect images of their favourite team. I think this maybe worth conserving somewhere in your

VILLAREAL 0 - BAYERN MUNICH 2 | DYNAMO ZAGREB 0 - REAL MADRID 1 | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL Clubs VILLAREAL & REAL MADRID had their turn tonight in CHAMPIONS LEAGUE with their respective Group A & Group D participation. The final outcome & results were mixed as the following summary shows with results & scores.



Kross scores for Bayern

VILLAREAL hosted German giants BAYERN MUNICH in their Group A - "Death Group" - match & lost 0 - 2. The Germans were the better team

FC BARCELONA 2 - AC MILAN 2 | GENK 0 - VALENCIA CF 0 | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP MATCH RESULTS

Spanish Football Clubs FC BARCELONA & VALENCIA CF started their CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Group games & their respective quest to win European Football most pretigious Club prize. Th experts  insist that a loss is to be avoided at all costs in the first match & both Spanish Football Clubs avoided this but both drew in the respective games.

Here is a quick summary of events with results & the scorers.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RETURNS | FC BARCELONA - VILLAREAL TONIGHT

The much awaited CHAMPIONS LEAGUE competition returns tonight with Group matches scheduled, & in the Spanish Football case, the participation of Valencia CF ( vs Genk GROUP E) & FC Barcelona (GROUP H). Perhaps the latter is of greater interest due to the fact that Barça plays AC MILAN.



courtesy of SPORT

The Spanish Sports paper based in Barcelona, Sport, have ventured to "predict" a possible

MALAGA FC 4 - GRANADA 0 | SPANISH FOOTBALL - SOCCER - LEAGUE ROUND 3 MONDAY NIGHT GAME RESULT

SPANISH FOOTBALL action tonight with the last game of Round 3 of LA LIGA ( Monday Night Football ) with MALAGA FC defeating GRANADA 4 - 0 at home.



Cazorla for Malaga scores goal

Malaga has spent "big time" for this new season & two of those signings SANTI CAZORLA & JOAQUIN were fabulous & proved their worth with two goals each. The Cazorla goals came in the 3 rd & 48th min, while Joaquin

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LEAGUE ROUND 3 | SUNDAY NIGHT RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL action all day-afternoon-night with the continuation of Round 3 of the SPANISH LEAGUE. Strange  day with lots of drawn results & less goals than yesterdays 4 LIGA games. Here is a quick summary of the matches , the results & the scorers.



Rayo Vallecano laments missed penalty


Madrid Club RAYO VALLECANO will be kicking themselves as they let off the hook REAL ZARAGOZA &

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LEAGUE ROUND 3 | SATURDAY NIGHT GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL was back in action, after the International matches break, celebrating Round 3 of the SPANISH LEAGUE with four games full of goals & controversy. Here is a quick round-up of events, results & scorers.



Real Sociedad

REAL SOCIEDAD came from behind in the 2º half to draw 2 - 2 against FC BARCELONA. This match also had some controversy due to a hand-ball from Barça defender

FC BARCELONA FOLLOWING BRAZILIAN LEANDRO DAMAIO ?

The story circulating these couple of days in SPANISH FOOTBALL circles is the apparent interest of FC BARCELONA for INTERNACIONAL DE PORTO ALEGRE forward LEANDRO DAMIAO. Spanish Sports media are making echo that Barça has been following the new Brazilian International & maybe thinking about next season as a new incorporation to the squad.  Supposedly this player is to the liking of Coach

AMIR SAYOUD FAIL PENALTY | BAD DAY AT THE "OFFICE"

Hi guys!
Not much significant & "brain catching" happening around the Spanish Football scene today, except that the "medium-lower" LIGA Clubs under Sevilla FC President Del Nido has called a summit ( at Sevilla ) to create a pressure group against Real Madrid - FC Barcelona to re-negotiate TV rights contracts. Dont´t wish too get into this because behind it all is money, power & some personal

SPAIN - FERNANDO TORRES - BUILDING UP TO EURO 2012

Yesterdays Spain - Liechtenstein Group Euro qualifying game has given food to the local "press dogs" to chew this morning. The bone that they are munching on is FERNANDO TORRES, taking sizable space in the Spanish Sports papers debate & opinion sections.

Apparently, Torres was very disappointed ( some say fuming ) last night for being discarded from the Spanish Football Team & Forced to watch

SPAIN 6 - LIECHTENSTEIN 0 | SPAIN GRABS ITS GROUP TICKET FOR EURO 2012

The SPANISH FOOTBALL NATIONAL TEAM assured their qualification & presence in the upcoming EURO Championships next year with a 6 - 0 victory over LIECHTENSTEIN in their Group qualifying game. The current FIFA World Championship, Spain, have 18 points from their six from six Group victories.



Alvaro Negredo

The match was a one way affair & Spain could have scored more goals, thus not much really

SPANISH FOOTBALL - THIAGO ALCANTARA | THE AWAITED BAPTISM

A marked day for SPANISH FOOTBALL & for FC Barcelona young sensation THIAGO Alcantara. Tonight the Spanish National Football Team plays an official Group qualifying match against LIECHTENSTEIN & a win basically assures the current European Champions a place in next years edition. 



Spanish Football player Thiago

But its also a big day for THIAGO. If the youngster manages to start in tonight's

SPAIN 2 - GEORGIA 0 | EURO U - 21 GROUP 5 QUALIFIER

Good night for the SPANISH FOOTBALL U-21 NATIONAL TEAM with a 2 - 0 victory against GEORGIA. If you can remember Spain defeated a few days back Georgia away 2 - 7. Here is a very brief summary.



Sergio Canales

The young SERGIO CANALES, the newly signed Valencia CF midfielder, starred with two goals in Spain's victory in the second qualifying match for Euro U- 21 Championships to be held in

IFFHS WORLD FOOTBALL CLUB RANKINGS | AT.MADRID Nº 1 ( FOR AUGUST 2011 )

The FIFA backed International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) has handed in the Top World Ranking Football Clubs. There are no surprises to the top positions with FC BARCELONA first placed followed by REAL MADRID.

However the surprise is ATLETICO DE MADRID which is placed Nº 34 BUT is ranked as "The Best Club in The World" for the month of August 2011. From an Atletico de

SPANISH HANDBALL | AT MADRID 33 FC BARCELONA 26 | SPANISH SUPER CUP FINAL

ATLETICO DE MADRID has won its first title this season, not the Football Club, but its "newly" acquired HANDBALL Team. Atletico de Madrid defeated the powerful FC BARCELONA 33 - 26 to take the SPANISH HANDBALL SUPERCUP which traditionally signals the start of the new season.



Atletico de Madrid Handball

For those who may not know, Spanish Handball Club CIUDAD REAL went through financial

MOTO GP SAN MARINO | SPANISH RIDERS WIN IN ALL 3 CATEGORIES

Excellent day at the track - Motorbike track - for SPANISH SPORTS with Spaniards proclaiming themselves winners in all three categories of the SAN MARINO MOTO GP. 



San Marino GP podium 2011

Current Spanish World Champ JORGE LORENZO put in a great race to win & cut back a few points in the World title table against Australian Casey Stoner. The Yahama team has worked hard to find some extra

FC BARCELONA TIES UP NEYMAR FOR 2013 ? | A RED HERRING ?

The local conspiracy theorists are celebrating as news from Brazil has given a "face" to the lengthened dark shadow over Brazilian & SANTOS player NEYMAR. The whole "Neymar" situation is at this stage boring for most readers, but this piece of news from Brazilian newspaper "ESTADAO" has dropped a small bomb locally with the Spanish Football press.  



Neymar

According to the Brazilian paper,

SPAIN SUFFERS TO WIN 3 - 2 CHILE IN INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY

The SPANISH FOOTBALL NATIONAL TEAM managed to comeback & defeat a difficult CHILE 3 - 2 tonight in an International Friendly played in Geneva ( Switzerland). There was two SPAINs tonight: a terrible & unrecognisable first half team & an improved more efficient second half side. However the Spanish victory came thanks to a "non-existent" last minute penalty that rebounded back into the path of

EURO 2013 U - 21 GROUP 5 QUALIFIER | SPAIN DEFEATS GEORGIA 2 - 7

Great start for the SPANISH FOOTBALL U-21 NATIONAL TEAM with an outstanding 2 - 7 victory over GEORGIA in their U- 21 EURO GROUP 5 qualifier. The road to the 2013 U-21 European Finals to be held in Israel kick - off today & Spain could nt have started their qualifying quest better.



Spanish Football U-21 player Sergio Canales

Not much to really add except that Spain was outstanding today

REAL MADRID | RECENT HISTORY OF NEW PLAYER TRANSFER INJURIES

Many at "home" are thinking it & are saying nothing, while others are simply observing a repeating phenomenon that leads one to think. What is happening with the REAL MADRID medical services, or said differently, who is assessing the Spanish Football Club when buying new players?



Prosinecki, Woodgate & Robben

REAL MADRID is acquiring the attention of the media & fans alike by the amount of

ATLETICO DE MADRID GETS BRAZILIAN MIDFIELDER DIEGO ON LOAN | AWAITING OFFICIAL OK FROM WOLFSBURG

If we are to believe local news, ATLETICO DE MADRID has finally managed to secure the loan & services of Brazilian midfielder DIEGO RIBAS from German Club WOLFSBURG. Nothing is as yet official, but recent negotiations & the players desire to play in Spanish Football give weight to the optimism being expressed by Atletico & the Spanish Sports press this afternoon.




Brazilian midfielder Diego

REAL MADRID AGREES TO LOAN FERNANDO GAGO TO AC ROMA

According to Spanish Sports paper "As" SPANISH FOOTBALL Club REAL MADRID has Oked the Italian Club AC ROMA suggestion to loan Argentine International midfielder FERNANDO GAGO for this season with the option to buy for 6M€ if desired to continue at the Italian Club thereafter.



Gago 

The news comes from Italy, concretely "La Gazetta dello Sport" & from the Italian intermediate in the

SPANISH FOOTBALL & THE "SCOTTISH MODEL"

When one thinks about Scottish Football, one thinks Celtic Glasgow or Rangers. These two Clubs dominate & always win (with the odd exception) the Scottish Premier League. Its the typical "two horse" race that limits the chances & opportunities of the other Clubs present & active like Aberdeen, Dundee Utd, Hibernian, Motherwell ... etc..

Some Spanish Football observers & Club Presidents have

SPANISH FOOTBALL MONDAY NIGHT RESULT ROUND 2 - LA LIGA - FC BARCELONA 5 - VILLAREAL 0

SPANISH FOOTBALL action tonight with the last game scheduled of Round 2 of the Spanish League with FC BARCELONA defeating 5 - 0 VILLAREAL FC . Barça started with the “romantic” & past famous 3 – 4 – 3 “Dream Team” system by Cruyff & with the following 11:


Valdés; Keita, Mascherano, Busquets, Abidal; Thiago, Iniesta, Cesc;
Alexis, Pedro & Messi.


The observation was that the defence looked

ARRIVEDERCI DIEGO FORLAN - THANKYOU!

The 32 year old Uruguayan International DIEGO FORLAN has said officially goodbye to SPANISH FOOTBALL & to all the ATLETICO DE MADRID fans in a Press Conference this afternoon. The player is on the verge of shutting the final details with Italian Club INTER MILAN. As an Atletico de Madrid fan & follower I can only give publicly my sincere thanks to Forlan for the services given to the Club during 

SPANISH FOOTBALL 2011 - 2012 | SPANISH LEAGUE - LIGA ROUND 2 RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL - Soccer - kicked off this weekend with Round 2 of LA LIGA - last week players striker moves Round 1 to another future date - with nine games of the Spanish League. Was great  to see the Football relaxing with a weekend break, but I am also glad to be back & posting up some results for the regular readers.


Here is a summary of the Spanish Football League results this weekend:

EUROPA LEAGUE GROUP MATCH UPS 2011 - 2012

The EUROPA LEAGUE Groups for season 2011 - 2012 were drawn this afternoon in Monaco with the following match ups. Spanish Football Clubs ATLETICO DE MADRID heads Group I & ATHLETIC DE BILBAO in Group F. 



Europa League Groups
2011-2012
courtesy as.com

TWO SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAMS MAKE IT INTO THE EUROPA LEAGUE 2011 - 2012

Two SPANISH FOOTBALL Clubs will go into tomorrows EUROPA LEAGUE 2011 - 2012 Groups draw after the preliminary games were played tonight. ATHLETIC DE BILBAO went straight through without playing their 2º leg against Turkish side Trabzonspor which was lifted into Champions League taking the place of suspended fellow Turkish Club Fernanbache for match fixing. 



At. Madrid Europa League 2011

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2011 - 2012 GROUPS DRAW | LIONEL MESSI AWARDED UEFA BEST PLAYER IN EUROPE

The Top European Football Clubs - along with the four Top Spanish Football Clubs - have been drawn in Groups for the upcoming UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE season 2011 - 2012 competition. The most notable observation is Group A where VILLAREAL has been drawn in a "killer" group which beforehand is the most difficult of all the Spanish teams. REAL MADRID is in Group D & repeats with Lyon & Ajax, while

SPANISH FOOTBALL | THREE NEW NAMES IN SPANISH NATIONAL TEAM CALL UP

Spanish National Football Team Selector & Coach Vicente del Bosque has handed in his list of 24 players to make up the Spain Football Squad for the upcoming International matches. The first is a Friendly International against CHILE on the 2nd of September in Geneva (Switzerland), followed by a European Championship Group qualifier against LEICHTENSTEIN the 6th of September in the Spanish city of

MESSI - RONALDO - XAVI CANDIDATES FOR THE UEFA BEST PLAYER IN EUROPE 2010-2011 AWARD

Three names are down as candidates for the first & new "UEFA Best Player in Europe" Award 2010 - 2011. The names are LIONEL MESSI (FC Barcelona) , CRISTIANO RONALDO ( Real Madrid) & XAVI HERNANDEZ (FC Barcelona). Thus Spanish Football has the honour of having all three play in its Football League (LA LIGA) & a Spanish born representative in Xavi Hernandez.



Messi, Ronaldo & Xavi Hernandez

REAL MADRID 2 GALATASARAY 1 | 2011 SANTIAGO BERNABEU TROPHY

REAL MADRID celebrated its "Santiago Bernabeu Trophy" tonight which showcases the team to their members & fan-base before the real business of the new season kicks off. The invited Club this year was Turkish team GALATASARAY which the home team defeated 2 -1.



Karim Benzema

Both teams used the occasion to give all their players a run & some extra playing time as both continue improving

SPANISH FOOTBALL | REAL MADRID - FC BARCELONA - MOURINHO - DESTRUCTION - BUSINESS - BABOONS

The e-mail account of Spanish Football Sports is almost collapsed by readers around the World asking why I am not posting on the after shock-wave effects,  or stating an opinion about the FC BARCELONA - REAL MADRID brawl & Mourinho "eye-poke" incident during the Spanish Super Cup last week. Why? Because everyone has already voiced an opinion, the majority from their own "coloured" glasses

REAL MADRID TRANSFERS LASS DIARRA TO TOTTENHAM HOTSPURS FOR 12M€

Spanish Sports paper "Marca" has published in its online section that REAL MADRID & English Premier League Club TOTTENHAM HOTSPURS have come to an agreement to transfer French International midfielder LASS DIARRA



Lass Diarra

The Clubs are said to be finishing now a few "minor" technical details before making an official announcement at a price speculated to be around 12M€. Real Madrid put

FIFA WORLD RANKINGS | SPAIN LOSES Nº 1 SPOT TO HOLLAND

The SPANISH FOOTBALL NATIONAL TEAM has "suffered" the effects of being defeated  2 - 1 by Italy in their last Friendly International match by losing the Nº1 FIFA World Ranking position. The current FIFA World Champions have dropped to the Nº 2 position to see HOLLAND now be ranked as the "Best National Team" ( Nº1 ) for the month of August. 



Spain vs Holland 2010

Here are the Top 10

ATLETICO DE MADRID | DIEGO FORLAN LOOKS INTER MILAN BOUND WHILE THE DIEGO OPTION COMES TO LIFE AGAIN

ATLETICO DE MADRID has excluded this morning from the squad that will be travelling to Portugal for their 2º leg Europa League preliminary game against Vitoria Guimaraes forward DIEGO FORLAN at personal request. The Uruguayan International is negotiating with INTER MILAN at this moment his transfer, which suggests that it could be made official in the next hours.



Diego Forlan

Staying with

VILLAREAL WINS ODENSE 3 - 0 TO SECURE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PLACE

SPANISH FOOTBALL will have four Clubs in CHAMPIONS LEAGUE this season after VILLAREAL defeated 3 - 0  ODENSE ( 3 - 1 agg) in tonights 2º leg preliminary Champions League qualifier. The Spanish Club joins FC Barcelona , Real Madrid & Valencia CF, & its the third time in their history that they are part of the maximum level in European Football.



Villareal 

Odense came to Villareal with a

SPANISH FOOTBALL | JOAN GAMPER TROPHY | FC BARCELONA 5 - NAPOLES 0

Video highlights of yesterdays 5 - 0 victory by FC BARCELONA over Italian Club NAPOLES. The match was for the "Gamper Trophy", Cup that opens officially the Barça season along with their members & in remembrance to the Club founder - Joan Gamper.

INTER MILAN BACK FOR KAKA?

Nine days left of the transfer "window" market & the situation has heated up with "last moment" operations & player movements. One Club that is experiencing the "last minute" rush is Italian Club INTER MILAN who is about to lose forward Eto´o to Russian Football & will needed to find a substitute forward & a World name to excite the fans.


Spanish Sports paper "Marca" opens today's edition with

CHELSEA FC SIGNS VALENCIA CF PLAYER JUAN MATA

Got back from a couple of days off & find that VALENCIA CF & CHELSEA FC have come to an agreement to transfer Spanish International midfielder JUAN MATA. The official announcement was made on the Valencia FC web page this afternoon.



Spanish Football Player Juan Mata


The Spanish Football player has been signed for close to 30M€ & for a contract of 5 years with the "Blues". Local rumours

FC BARCELONA TEAM PHOTO 2011 | SPANISH SUPER CUP WINNERS

SPANISH FOOTBALL SPORTS has found this photo of the FC BARCELONA starting 11 team that played the 2º leg of the Spanish Super Cup Final which defeated Real Madrid 3 - 2 & also taking the tie on a 5-4 aggregate.

A photo which I hope will please the many Barça fans around the World as it is basically the  starting 11 "gala" side, with the exception of Puyol, Alexis Sanchez & Cesc Fabregas.



FC

SPANISH FOOTBALL CLUBS RESULTS | EUROPA LEAGUE PRE-QUALIFIERS

Three Spanish Football Clubs participated tonight in the 1st leg of the EUROPA LEAGUE pre-qualifiers with mixed results. Here is a very quick & brief summary of results.



Sevilla 2011

SEVILLA FC travelled to Germany to play HANNOVER & lost 2 - 1. The goals all came in the first 45 mins with German player SCHALANDRAFF scoring twice in the 6th & 45th min , while Sevilla managed a valuable

ATLETICO DE MADRID - FALCAO DEAL CLOSE ( WITH A KINDER SURPRISE)

Here is the closest hint that OPORTO & Colombian International player FALCAO is about to land at ATLETICO DE MADRID. The Portuguese Club which finances itself via the Portugal Stock Exchange has just informed the local financial authorities that they have a 45M€ offer from Atletico for Falcao - & here is the surprise - along with his fellow team-mate midfielder MICAEL. The latter apparently is an

GREATNESS | THE MESSI FACT vs THE RONALDO THEORY

Last nights Spanish Super Cup Final has given me two startling empirical results from the same unique experiment . Apart from the intense level of play, the Football, the aggressiveness, the tackles, the violence, the unfortunate & inexcusable actions of some on both teams, along with the out of order comments & controversy, what has been branded in my mind is the following outcome test result &

VIDEO | MARCELO TACKLE FABREGAS RED CARD + FIGHT FC BARCELONA - REAL MADRID SPANISH SUPER CUP

The commentators have some harsh words,  & the International image of Real Madrid is not doing to good either. "YouTube" may well cancel out this video in time, I will leave it up while its available. 

SPANISH SUPER CUP 2011 RESULT | FC BARCELONA WINS 3 - 2 REAL MADRID ( 5 - 4 AGG)

FC BARCELONA has defeated 3 - 2 (5 - 4 agg) REAL MADRID to claim the 2011 SPANISH SUPER CUP in a very intense, aggressive game that finished with another all in brawl after Marcelo made a harsh tackle on Cesc Fabregas which earned the former the direct red card around the 91st min. A scene that has blemished the image, the good play of Real Madrid & of Coach Mourinho who "apparently" also "

VILLAREAL LOSE 1 - 0 AWAY TO ODENSE BK | PRELIMINARY CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 1st LEG GAME

SPANISH FOOTBALL Club VILLAREAL travelled to Denmark to play their preliminary CHAMPIONS LEAGUE qualifier against ODENSE BK & finished with a surprising & "unjust" 1- 0 defeat result. The Danes started well & had their chances early but Villareal soon took over proceedings with some lovely touch Football & plenty of chances upfront - especially in the 2 half - with Rossi, Nilmar, cani & Valero

PREVIEW | SPANISH SUPER CUP 2º LEG | REAL MADRID - FC BARCELONA STARTING 11 LINE-UPS

SPANISH FOOTBALL again goes on the World stage tonight at 23.00hrs Sp local time when FC BARCELONA hosts REAL MADRID in the 2º - & definitive - leg of the Spanish Super Cup Final. The 1ºst leg finished 2 - 2 & the title is up for grabs tonight as Real Madrid must score & Barça has the away goal advantage. The kick off time is late, but this is due to the fact that the UEFA Champions League 

SPAIN vs CHILE | INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY | GENEVA 2nd SEPTEMBER

The SPANISH FOOTBALL Federation has announced today that SPAIN will meet CHILE in an upcoming Friendly International to be played in Geneva (Switzerland) on the 2nd of September. The cited game for Spain was originally meant for Brazil, which pulled out & cancelled without any real reason, which leads to suspect that they wished to confront the current World Champions under better conditions.

ATLETICO DE MADRID | FALCAO - DIEGO FORLAN - OSVALDO | THE DOMINO THEORY

Things are "speeding" up on the transfer front as the 31st of August ( & Europa /Champions League inscriptions) deadline nears for Spanish Football Clubs. One of those, ATLETICO DE MADRID, has an ambitious plan: to sign two star forwards to replace Sergio Aguero & Diego Forlan. More on the last latter on.



Falcao

The first priority is Colombian International & OPORTO forward FALCAO. This

SPAIN LOSS TO BRAZIL IN Q/FINAL OF U-20 FIFA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Not too good news this morning, the SPANISH FOOTBALL U-20 NATIONAL TEAM say good-bye to the FIFA World Championships being held in Colombia after losing to BRAZIL in the penalty-shoot out 2 (2) - 2 (4). The Spanish youngsters pack their bags & fly off home with certain disappointment knowing that they had the potential of going further in the competition.



Spain U-20

Spain had to come back

SPANISH SUPER CUP 1º LEG RESULT | REAL MADRID 2 - FC BARCELONA 2

SPANISH FOOTBALL kicked off the new 2011 - 2012 season with the 1º leg of the SPANISH SUPER CUP between REAL MADRID & FC BARCELONA which finished in a 2 - 2 draw result. It was an intense & hard fought game that had everything a "classico" habitually has & nothing to do with a summer start of the season match. In fact, it looked as if both sides were playing the final of Champions which

MOTO GP CZECH REP 2011 | BAD DAY AT THE RACES FOR SPANIARDS

Spanish MotoGP riders had a relatively bad day at the Czech Rep Gran Prix in all categories disputed this afternoon. The highest placed rider was young MARC MARQUEZ in the Moto 2 category who took the flag to second place, while ALBERTO MONCAYO managed a third in the 125cc category.



Marc Marquez Moto 2

Surprisingly no Spaniard gained podium in the MOTO GP category after Dani Pedrosa fell

PREVIEW | SPANISH SUPER CUP 1º LEG | REAL MADRID - FC BARCELONA

SPANISH FOOTBALL starts its new season with "Football Fireworks" tonight, when REAL MADRID ( Spanish Cup winners) plays FC BARCELONA ( Liga winners) in the 1ºst leg of the SPANISH SUPER CUP. The kick off is at the "Santiago Bernabeu" stadium in Madrid at 22.00 hours with more than 100 countries tuning in via satellite for their TV audiences.

Real Madrid are favourites for the 1º st leg as they

VALENCIA CF DEFEATS AC ROMA 3 - 0 | FRIENDLY GAME

Spanish Football Club VALENCIA CF won their own summer tournament 3 - 0 against AC ROMA. The Spanish Team looked good & gave off great vibrations precisely happening before the start of the new LIGA season. The Italians under ex-Barça & Spanish Coach Luis Enrique still have some work to do ahead of them as the seem to miss a couple of key players - signings, expecially a "killer" forward. Veteran

FC BARCELONA RECEIVES OK FROM ARSENAL FOR CESC FABREGAS

Awaiting the official fax from ARSENAL FC, the signing of CESC FABREGAS by FC BARCELONA is a done deal. In fact this SPANISH FOOTBALL summer story ends as Barça Football players & friends Pique & Puyol "spilled the beans" on their "twitter" accounts this morning before the Clubs have made it official.  The deal is a bit "freaky" but the English Club has accepted: 40M€ transfer fee broken up as

NEYMAR | FC BARCELONA ENTERING INTO THE PICTURE?

This will be the last NEYMAR update because the whole thing is becoming a Football joke. To all the readers who have sent an e-mail to know the latest & to answer your question, here is my honest answer: I don´t know what is going on, really. To help give you a more "clear picture" I will use the news published today in the Spanish Sports paper "AS" who give some interesting views & news on this

MIXED RESULTS FOR SPANISH FOOTBALL NATIONAL TEAMS

Was out of town yesterday & couldn´t post the last two ( A-team & U-20) SPANISH FOOTBALL NATIONAL TEAM encounters, which ended with a draw, that is, a loss & a win. Although the news is now old, SPAIN lost 2 -1 at Bari to home team ITALY, & the U-20 youngsters won 7-6 SOUTH KOREA in the penalty shoot out after their match finished 0 - 0 at the U-20 FIFA World Championships.



Italy

GALATASARAY - ATLETICO DE MADRID NEGOTIATING FOR ARDA TURAN

News circulating in the SPANISH FOOTBALL press & media is that ATLETICO DE MADRID is very close to shutting the transfer deal of ARDA TURAN,  midfielder for Turkish Club GALATASARAY. The Turkish Club ignited the news flash by posting on their website that they are negotiating at this moment with the Spanish Football Club.



Turan 

This is a past option ( was first studied last March) that

SERGIO AGUERO - REAL MADRID | JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT ...

Just when you thought the SERGIO AGUERO - REAL MADRID case was shut, Paul Giblin writes an interesting story for the Barcelona based Spanish Sports paper "Sport". Now, it could be that theses summer days of relax at the beach forces the papers to excite readers or it is just another idea, theory &/or back lane outside the pub comment, or not.  

The crux of the article is that Real Madrid

NOLITO - BENFICA | SPANISH FOOTBALL HUMAN STORY

Great to see SPANISH FOOTBALL player NOLITO is doing very well at his new Club BENFICA & doing precisely what he does best: score goals. With Spanish Football news down to minimum levels in these hot summer & holiday days, I thought a good human story would fit in nicely as a post.



Spanish Football player NOLITO for Benfica

From a humble social background, born in Southern Spain (Cadiz) the

SPAIN DEFEATS 1 - 5 AUSTRALIA IN U - 20 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS GROUP C

SPANISH FOOTBALL U-20 NATIONAL TEAM defeated AUSTRALIA 1 - 5 in their last Group match corresponding to the FIFA U-20 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS being held in Colombia. Spain finish Top of Group C & now know await their next rival South Korea.



Spain - u 20 vs Australia


The highlight was the HAT - TRICK from Spaniard ALVARO VAZQUEZ with his three goals in the 6th , 14th & 18th min, along with a goal

FC BARCELONA WINS 2 - 0 AMERICA IN FRIENDLY GAME | US TOUR 2011

FC BARCELONA has wrapped up its pre-season US Tour with a 2 - 0 victory over Mexican club AMERICA. The Barça starting line-up was the following:


Valdés; Adriano, Busquets, Piqué, Abidal; Keita, Xavi, Iniesta, Thiago, Pedro & Villa;

a team that looked more like a Champions League clash line-up than a pre-season friendly. The only players missing here & those still on their break like Mascherano

REAL MADRID DEFEATS 0 - 6 TIANJIN TEDA IN FRIENDLY| CHINA TOUR 2011

REAL MADRID finishes its China Tour with a 0 - 6 victory over TIANJIN TEDA & now flies back to Spain to prepare for next weeks Spanish Super Cup 1º leg against FC Barcelona. A comfortable match for the Spanish Football Club that served to give all the players - new & regulars - a run, a chance to make a statement & to profile the starting 11 for the upcoming Spanish Football season. The only

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - EUROPA LEAGUE PRE-QUALIFIERS DRAW | SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAMS

The Football Gods smiled on Spanish Football Club VILLAREAL in the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE pre-qualifier match-ups drawn today at UEFA headquaters. The Spanish Club could have landed powerful Clubs like Ruben Kazan, Udinese, Arsenal etc , but was drawn with relatively less powerful ( but no less dangerous ) ODENSE BK from Denmark

The 1º leg match will be in Denmark on the 17th of August, with the

SPAIN LIST FOR FRIENDLY INTERNATIONAL AGAINST ITALY | THIAGO CALLED UP

SPANISH FOOTBALL NATIONAL TEAM Selector & Coach Vicente del Bosque has handed in his list of Spanish Football players that will make up the National squad to meet ITALY the 10th of August in the Italian city of Bari in an International Friendly match.



Spanish Football player Thiago

The novelty is the inclusion of FC Barcelona young midfielder & U-21 International , THIAGO ALCANTERA who is

ATLETICO DE MADRID DEFEATS 0 - 2 STROMSGODSET ( 1 - 4 AGG) IN EUROPA LEAGUE PRE-QUALIFIER

SPANISH FOOTBALL Club ATLETICO DE MADRID visited Norway for their preliminary 2º leg qualifying match of the Europa League against STROMSGODSET & won 0 - 2 ( 1- 4 agg) to go into tomorrows UEFA draw to await who will be the next rival in the play-off phase. That is, Atletico still has to jump this "last hurdle" before they can say they will be in Europe next season.  



Spanish Football player

SPAIN DEFEATS ECUADOR 0 - 2 IN U-20 GROUP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS GAME

Another example of early morning Football ( from a local Spanish time perspective), too early to watch locally,  that gave me good news when I checked the result this morning. The SPANISH U-20 FOOTBALL NATIONAL TEAM defeated 0 - 2 ECUADOR in ther Group match in Colombia where the FIFA U-20 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP is being held. The win keeps SPAIN in top spot of the group with 6 points ( out of 2

FC BARCELONA LOSE 1 - 4 CHIVAS GUADALAJARA IN FRIENDLY GAME

The time differences between Miama & Madrid halts me watching live the Football - Soccer games, I prefer at 02.00 local time to be resting. The surprise was to wake up & find that FC BARCELONA was defeated 1 - 4 by Mexican team CHIVAS DE GUADALAJARA in their friendly game. 



FC Barcelona

The higlights showed that FC Barcelona had a good first half with DAVID VILLA scoring early & even hitting

REAL MADRID 2011 | NEYMAR - LATEST NEWS

Understand that the Spanish Football Sports readers outside of Spain wish to be fully updated on the REAL MADRID - NEYMAR situation. I have received a few emails from readers asking me questions on if I think the Brazilian & SANTOS sensation will end up at the Spanish Football Club.

My last post on Neymar made mention of the complicated situation & the "surprising comments" from Santos President

REAL MADRID DEFEATS GUANGZHOU EVERGRANDE 1 - 7 | FRIENDLY CHINA TOUR

SPANISH FOOTBALL Club REAL MADRID continue fine tuning their team & "machine" with a 1 - 7 victory over the current China Super League leaders GUANGZHOU EVERGRANDE in the first of their friendly games while in China. Very humid & steamy conditions that did not seem to halt too much Real Madrid as Coach Jose Mourinho profiles his starting 11 for the upcoming Spanish League - Liga season, & why not

THREE SPANISH U-19 FOOTBALL PLAYERS IN UEFA "BEST XI"

UEFA has handed in this afternoon their list of "The Ideal U-19 Europen Team" after the U-19 European Championships ended yesterday with SPAIN proclaiming its 5th title. In the "Best XI" there are three Spanish Football players: Alex Fernandez, Deulofeu & Morata. I personally miss another Spanish Football youngster who I thought deserved a mention in the name of Ruben Pardo, however the UEFA

SPAIN U-19 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS 2011 | TEAM PHOTO

Take a note of the faces of these youngsters in this team foto. Its the SPANISH FOOTBALL U-19 NATIONAL TEAM which won the U-19 EURO CHAMPIONSHIP yesterday 2 - 3 against the Czech Rep



Spanish Football U- 19 National Team: courtesy Afp

Here are a fews names to note & to watch how they evolve over the coming years. Some in fact already play LIGA level with their Clubs:
Sergi Gomez (FC Barcelona)

U-19 EURO FINAL | SPAIN WINS 2 - 3 CZECH REP TO TAKE ITS 5 TH EUROPEAN TITLE

SPANISH FOOTBALL is certainly in a historical "Golden Age". The SPANISH U-19 NATIONAL TEAM has won 2 - 3 the CZECH REP in the Final of the European Championship to grab the EURO U-19 Title. No country has ever won both the European U- 21 & U-19 titles, but lets not forget our female U-17 team which proclaimed themselves yesterday Euro Champs. This,  plus the senior team the current FIFA World

NEYMAR - REAL MADRID TRANSFER OPERATION COMPLICATES ITSELF

Oh my dear, how the REAL MADRID - NEYMAR "transfer operation" has complicated itself in the last 10 days. Weeks back the Spanish Football Club - the representative - the player were said to have an agreement. Real Madrid President Perez flew to Paris to meet up with SANTOS President Ribiero & things looked like being shut in matters of hours or days. But no sir, not at all, things have gone wrong

U-20 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS | COSTA RICA 1 SPAIN 4 | GROUP C

The SPANISH FOOTBALL U- 20 NATIONAL TEAM kicked off its participation in the FIFA U - 20 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS being held in Colombia with 1 - 4 victory over COSTA RICA in their Group C match. Good start as a win is vital to release the nerves & be able to meet your other Group opponents with some relative "ease" in the pressure.



Rodrigo Spain U-20

The match was relatively well controlled by

FEMALE U-17 SPANISH FOOTBALL NATIONAL TEAM WINS EUROPEAN TITLE

SPANISH FOOTBALL is having a fantastic year & a grand summer with European Champions Titles coming in all categories. Today the SPANISH FOOTBALL FEMALE U-17 TEAM proclaimed themselves EUROPEAN U-17 CHAMPIONS for the second time after defeating FRANCE 1 - 0 in the Final.



Spain Football Female U-17 

Tight match that was resolved at the end when Spanish player Gema Gili back-heeled a loose ball

MALAGA FC DEFEATS FEYENOORD 0 - 2 IN FRIENDLY

SPANISH FOOTBALL has a new"player" on "the scene" & big time. MALAGA FC defeated Dutch Club FEYENOORD away 0 - 2 in a friendly pre-season game to notch up their sixth victory in the pre-season. The Spanish Club has done some big spending on new players (up to 8) & the results are showing pre-season that the Club is on the right track, gaining steam & becoming a serious rival for other Spanish

FC BARCELONA 1 - MANCHESTER UNITED 2 | USA PRE-SEASON FRIENDLY GAME

FC BARCELONA lost 1 - 2 their Friendly game against MANCHESTER UNITED this morning ( Sp time ) in some sweltering & humid conditions in Washington (USA). However this was not a replay of the last Champions League Final in which Barça won, far from it, as Barça put on the field up to nine youngsters from their lower levels. This compared to Manchester United who virtually had all their big guns on

SPAIN DRAWN IN GROUP I WITH FRANCE | WORLD CUP 2014 EURO ZONE QUALIFIERS

The SPANISH FOOTBALL NATIONAL TEAM, the current FIFA World Champions,  has been drawn in Group I for the upcoming preliminary European WORLD CUP 2014 qualifiers. The news is that in their Group they will find themselves with a strong competitor & historical rival FRANCE. The other European Nations that make up Group I are BELARUS , GEORGIA & FINLAND.




graphic courtesy of Sportyou

As you can

REAL MADRID WIN 1 - 2 LEICESTER IN FRIENDLY GAME

REAL MADRID notched up its fith straight pre-season friendly victory 1 - 2 against English 2 º Division Club LEICESTER. Don´t know if it was just me but it seemed an odd game without the fluid movements & intensity of previous encounters. Perhaps it was the fact the Real Madrid Coach Mourinho "experimented" more in this match & that did not allow the side to fully blend together. Whatever, the

SPAIN DEFEATS IRELAND 5 - 0 IN U-19 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS SEMI FINAL

SPANISH FOOTBALL again has managed to put another National Team in a European Final, this time in the U-19 Euro Championships being held in Rumania. The young Spaniards defeated IRELAND 5 - 0 in the semi final clash & now go on to meet the Czech Rep in the Final



Spanish Football player Morata Spain U-19


The Irish side managed to keep the flood gates closed until Spanish midfield-forward  

ATLETICO DE MADRID 2 - STORMGODSET 1 | EUROPA LEAGUE PRE-QUALIFIER 1º LEG RESULT

SPANISH FOOTBALL action in full & serious swing tonight as ATLETICO DE MADRID attempts to qualify for the Europa League by overcoming the pre-qualifiers that then gives the team access to the last step which is the end of August play-off. The Spanish Football Team met Norwegian Club STORMGODSET & managed to win the 1º leg match 2 - 1.

Not a result to be too happy with as the Norwegians just need

ATLETICO DE MADRID | WHO WILL REPLACE AGUERO?

With SERGIO AGUERO now gone from Spanish Football & from ATLETICO DE MADRID, the latter needs to urgently find a substitute forward. The cruelty of destiny made things worst for Atletico,  as forward Diego Costa injuried his knee in training yesterday & will be operated plus out of Football for about six months. The only class forward upfront is DIEGO FORLAN who has renounced holidays after his "

SERGIO AGUERO SIGNS WITH MANCHESTER CITY

First off, congratulations to MANCHESTER CITY & their fans for signing what many, including myself, consider the "Best Forward" currently in World Football. SERGIO AGUERO leaves ATLETICO DE MADRID with still 23 years of age & the World at his feet to evolve & explode into a World class player - if not already.


That is his dream, his ambition, to play at a Football Club that can guarantee