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

FC BARCELONA DEFEATS BAYERN MUNICH 0 - 2 IN FRIENDLY

FC BARCELONA won the 4 team tournament held in Munich(Germany) after defeating 0 - 2 BAYERN MUNICH in the final.In the other game Porto Alegre won AC Milan in the penalty shoot out & finished third with Milan in last position after losing both its games. 



FC Barcelona - Bayern Munich 2011

After witnessing FC Barcelona & both their victories, my question is ..."does Barça really need Cesc

REAL MADRID DEFEATS HERTHA BERLIN 1 - 3 IN FRIENDLY

SPANISH FOOTBALL Club REAL MADRID has defeated 1 - 3 HERTHA BERLIN in their German pre-season friendly game. It is still summer pre-season & experimentation is part of the method as Real Coach José Mourinho moves pieces about in order to fine tune his Football "machine". Said this the good news from this match was Frenchman KARIM BENZEMA who looked sharp, in tune with the game & scored two goals.

FIFA WORLD RANKING | JULY 2011 | SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM NUMBER ONE

SPANISH FOOTBALL,  via the National Team,  keeps itself  Nº 1 in the Football - Soccer World Rankings for another month after FIFA released today the July rankings. The novelty is Uruguay which jumps to Nº5 after winning the "Copa America", & this position for them is a historical first since FIFA began its rankings.



Spain Football Team shirt

The next FIFA World Ranking is scheduled for the

SPANISH U-19 TEAM LOSE 3 - 0 TO TURKEY IN GROUP EURO

The SPAIN U-19 TEAM participating in the U-19 EURO CHAMPIONSHIPS in Rumania fell down hard back to Earth with a 3 - 0 defeat against TURKEY. The Spaniards had nothing to lose in this match as they had already qualified for the semis, however Turkey was playing for a spot & missed out because Serbia did not lose against Belgium.

But it was a terrible day at "the office" for the Spanish youngsters

ARSENAL CLOSE TO SIGNING VALENCIA -SPANISH FOOTBALL INTERNATIONAL JUAN MATA

Spanish Football International & VALENCIA CF forward JUAN MATA is very, very close to landing at English Premier League Club ARSENAL FC. The operation is still not shut because TOTTEHHAM has made a last minute offer which has made the selling Club think along with the player. There is another English Premier League Club interested & they are LIVERPOOL FC, however it is Arsenal who is in the box

MALAGA FC SIGNS SPANISH FOOTBALL INTERNATIONAL CAZORLA

SPANISH FOOTBALL Club MALAGA FC keeps on adding, building & putting together a formidable squad for the new upcoming season. The lastest incorporation is none other than Spanish International & now ex-VILLAREAL midfielder SANTIAGO CAZORLA. The player signs with Malaga for the next 5 years.  Villareal find themselves in need to secure their future financially & have been forced to sell some of

FC BARCELONA WIN PORTO ALEGRE IN FRIENDLY

FC BARCELONA is presently in Munich (Germany) in a fabulous tournament with Porto Alegre, Milan & hosts Bayern Munich. Yesterday Barça won the Brazilian team PORTO ALEGRE  4- 2 in the penalty shoot out after the match finished in a exciting 2-2 draw.

Barcelona gave a run to most of its players especially the youngsters & changed the composition of the team during the match. Midfielder THIAGO  

REAL MADRID | AGUERO - NEYMAR | TWO CASES WHICH BAFFLE

SPANISH FOOTBALL sometimes perplexes me no end. In fact Spanish Football Clubs seem to do things that confuse & go against the grain of logic. Take the lastest case of REAL MADRID & two players within their orbit, SERGIO AGUERO & NEYMAR. The first is "dying" to go to Real Madrid & the second wishes to wait another year & play for Santos. The first, according to all the Football observers, is the

SPANISH FOOTBALL DOMINATES UEFA BEST PLAYER IN EUROPEAN FOOTBALL AWARD

Three SPANISH FOOTBALL based players ( one Spanish born ) are the final candidates for the "UEFA Best Player in European Football Award season 2010 - 2011". The three names are CRISTIANO RONALDO ( Real Madrid ) , LIONEL MESSI & XAVI HERNANDEZ ( FC Barcelona). The winner will be announced the 25th of August at Monaco were a jury of 53 European sporting journalists will hand down their decision. 

DIEGO ( WOLFSBURG ) GETTING CLOSE TO ATLETICO DE MADRID

SPANISH FOOTBALL Club ATLETICO DE MADRID is rumoured from Germany to be the soon "new home" of WOLFSBURG Brazilian midfielder DIEGO RIBAS DA CUNHA (Diego). The 26 year old has already a relative long list of Clubs were he has given services as Santos, Porto, Werder Bremen, Juventus & now, Wolfsburg.




Diego

The Brazilian has been on the list of Atletico for some years, & now has the best

SPANISH SPORTS | GOOD RESULT IN USA MOTOGP

Good day for SPANISH SPORTS & Sportsmen in the USA MOTO GRAN PRIX at the famous "Laguna Seca" race circuit. Only category MotoGP with a beautiful race between three extraordinary riders which dominated proceeding, with two Spaniards in that elite group. Aussie CASEY STONER won with a perfect performance coming from third to end up winning, ahead of current World Champ JORGE LORENZO & fellow

U - 20 EURO BASKETBALL FINAL | SPAIN CHAMPIONS

Hi guys, back from a couple of days break from Spanish Football Sports, & I find some great news in the Basketball area, with SPAIN defeating ITALY 82 - 70 to proclaim themselves U-20 Basketball European Champions. 



Spanish U-20 Basketball

Details:
Spain 82 (17+25+26+14): Franch (19), Pozas (5), Sastre (-), Llovet (3), Mirotic (29) -quinteto inicial-; Simeón (-), Barrera (10), Arévalo (-),

BOJAN KRKIC LEAVES FC BARCELONA FOR AC ROMA

FC BARCELONA sold its "son" to AC ROMA for 12M€ with a contract clause of a buy back in 2 years, or AC Roma can own in "property" adding 28M€ after 2 years. This leaves the door open to BOJAN KRKIC to return to his beloved Barça in the future, & the latter the chance to regain the player if he explodes in Italian Football.

As is habitual with Barça, the player left after a press conference

SERGIO AGUERO AT THE CROSSROADS | REAL SAYS NO , MANCHESTER CITY THE OPTION

The leyendary Bluesman Robert Johnson told the World in his song "Crossroads"

I went to the crossroads, fell down on my knees
I went to the crossroads, fell down on my knees
Asked the Lord above, have mercy now, save poor Bob if you please
Standin' at the crossroads, tried to flag a ride
Whee-hee, I tried to flag a ride
Didn't nobody seem to know me, everybody pass me by


Leyend has it that

FC BARCELONA ANNOUNCES THE SIGNING OF ALEXIS SANCHEZ

Finally, its over. FC BARCELONA has announced officially ( via Twitter ) the signing of Chilean International & UDINESE forward,  the 22 year old ALEXIS SANCHEZ. FC Barcelona Directives & player representative passed all this morning-afternoon in a Barcelona Hotel shutting all the details.



Alexis Sanchez (photoshop by Sport.es)

The deal is 26M€ in cash to the Italian Club plus 11M€ (11.5M€

SPAIN DEFEATS BELGIUM 1 - 4 | U - 19 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP | GROUP B

The SPANISH FOOTBALL U-19 TEAM defeated BELGIUM 1 - 4 in todays EUROPEAN U-19 CAHMPIONSHIP Group B match held in Rumania. The game was cancelled yesterday after severe weather conditions stopped the match in the 18th min with Spain leading 0 - 1.



Spain U-19 Football 

The "re-match" started well for Spain ( bad for Belgium ) when in the 11th min the Belgium goalkeeper Casteels was sent off

BENFICA CLOSE TO SIGNNING VILLAREAL SPANISH FOOTBALL INTERNATIONAL CAPDEVILA

Portuguese Club BENFICA has "tweeted" this interesting picture. Its Benfica President Luis Felipe with Spanish International & VILLAREAL Spanish Football Player CAPDEVILA. Mates? Was in Lisbon & I thought I would drop in to say hello?


No, apparently putting the final touches to a transfer agreement were Capdevila is the chosen defender to take the place of the now Real Madrid player Fabio

REAL MADRID DEFEATS CHIVAS 0 - 3 IN FRIENDLY | CRISTIANO RONALDO HAT-TRICK

REAL MADRID played its second "friendly"  pre-season game as part of their self proclaimed "US Tour", & defeated 0 - 3 Mexican Club CHIVAS DE GUADALAJARA. The game had one dominant player, CRISTIANO RONALDO, who scored a HAT TRICK. That is, in a space of 10 mins, the Portuguese player scored three goals.



Cristiano Ronaldo 2011

The game was beamed into Spain in an awkward hour - 5.00am -

U-19 EURO CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011 | SPAIN - BELGIUM CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER

An almost "biblical" rain storm has cancelled the U-19 European Championship Group B game between the SPANISH FOOTBALL NATIONAL team & their BELGIUM counterparts in Rumania this afternoon.



Huge rain storm : U- 19 Spain vs Belgium cancelled 

The English referee decided to halt play after lighting & torrential rain covered the Football ground in the 18th min & with Spain winning 1 - 0 thanks to

FC BARCELONA - CESC FABREGAS | MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE

A couple of days ago I wrote a post about the Cesc Fabregas - FC Barcelona situation & how the Spanish Football player was seeing his attempt to join Barça being turned into a frustrating & almost nightmare experience. I made the point here that it looks like that FC Barcelona was not as "keen" in getting back their long "lost" son , as the long "lost" son is keen in getting back home. At least

ATLETICO DE MADRID PRESENTS ADRIAN | HAPPY ENDING TO A LONG STORY

A SPANISH FOOTBALL story with a good ending. Young Spanish U-21 International , European U-21 Champion, European U-21 Golden Boot & ex newly relegated to 2º Division Deportivo A Coruña forward ADRIAN LOPEZ has finally made his desires a reality by signing with ATLETICO DE MADRID.




Spanish Football Player Adrian Lopez

The player finished contract this year & after Deportivo gave no signs of

SPORTING DE GIJON JOSE ANGEL SIGNS FOR AC ROMA

Italian Football Club AC ROMA have got themselves a very fine SPANISH FOOTBALL player.  REAL SPORTING DE GIJON has announced officially the transfer of their young defender JOSE ANGEL to AC ROMA. The deal is around 5M€ & that makes the player the highest transfer in Sporting´s history. The player joins Spanish Coach Luis Enrique who specifically requested the player & "snatched" away from FC 

COURT OPENS WAY FOR SPANISH FOOTBALL U-21 INTERNATIONAL ADRIAN TO GO TO ATLETICO

Back on the 3rd of July Spanish Football Sports posted the situation on young U-21 Spanish Football sensation ADRIAN & his conflict with his current Club DEPORTIVO who was halting his desire to move to ATLETICO DE MADRID.



Adrian

Today the Courts , via judge Cardenal, has given the reason to Adrian over his Club Deportivo after the latter unilaterally extended his contract without the consent

WHAT ABOUT THE SPANISH FOOTBALL FEMALE NATIONAL TEAM ?

Did you know that there was a World Cup Football competition happening? Yes, the female version, with JAPAN proclaiming themselves yesterday 2011 World Champions after defeating the brave USA female team in a dramatic penalty shoot - out after the game finished 2- 2 in the regular period (+ extra time). 


I am almost certain that the "Copa America" with Forlan, Aguero, Neymar & company grabbed

THE FUTURE OF SERGIO AGUERO | THIS COULD BE THE DECISIVE WEEK

SPANISH FOOTBALL promises to be interesting & agitated this week as the elimination of Brazil (Neymar) & Argentina (Aguero) will speed up transfer & signing proceedings, or at least clear up the future of some players & where they will play next season. While the case of Brazilian International looks pretty much clear, the future of Argentine & ATLETICO DE MADRID forward SERGIO AGUERO now enters

SPANISH SPORTS | GERMAN MOTO GP 2011 | ALL THREE CATEGORIES FOR SPANISH RIDERS

SPANISH SPORTS had a magnificent day at Germany today, concretely at the Sachsenring race circuit where the German MOTO GP in all three catagories was celebrated. Spanish riders won in all the three catagories for the second time in a row, with podium places & great performance improvements all round.



Dani Pedrosa

In the GP category, Spaniard DANI PEDROSA won in grand fashion after being out

LA GALAXY 1 - REAL MADRID 4 | REAL MADRID PRE-SEASON 2011 US TOUR

Real Madrid
SPANISH FOOTBALL action this early morning (Sp time) with REAL MADRID playing LA GALAXY in their first Friendly game of the season. The Spanish Football Club defeated the locales Captained by David Beckham 1 - 4 in an impressive match considering Real is full of new signings & its the start of the season.



Ronaldo scores against LA Galaxy


Coach José Mourinho experimented & used

NEYMAR UPDATE | "REAL" CLOSE

Brazilian young Football promise NEYMAR has his destiny closer & closer with SPANISH FOOTBALL via his soon incorporation - or signing - with REAL MADRID. As updated here days ago on a below post about Neymar the player had basically agreed to a 6 year contract at 5M€ per season: the transfer price 45M€. Real Madrid President Florentino Perez flew to Paris to meet Santos President to accelarated

REAL MADRID 2011 | THE WATERPOLO TEAM ?

The Real Madrid Waterpolo Squad? No,  the Club hasn´t a water sports division, not yet at least. This picture was uploaded by REAL MADRID Spanish Football player ARBELOA to his Twiter account. Coach José Mourinho planned a relaxed afternoon of training at the UCLA pools for a Waterpolo game, that by the looks of things was more fun & a team building exercise.



Some of the known players visible

ATLETICO DE MADRID MATCHED WITH STROMSGODSET OF NORWAY | PRE - EUROPA LEAGUE QUALIFIER

Spanish Football & Atletico de Madrid has a starting date with the new Football - Soccer season & the Europa League pre-qualifiers after the draw was held this afternoon at UEFA headquarters in Nyon (Switzerland). Atletico will meet Norway Club Stromsgodset in the third round of the pre - qualifying phase. The first away date is the 28th of July at Madrid with the return the 4th of August at

CESC FABRAGAS - FC BARCELONA | LOVE IS BLIND

This SPANISH FOOTBALL transfer story is beginning to stink. Its a "love story" that has hit the wall of reality with full heart wrenching consequences. FC Barcelona player Xavi Hernandez mentioned it the other day ..."Cesc is suffering", reminding me of Romeo yelling his heart out for Juliette.

The negotiations between ARSENAL & FC BARCELONA for Spanish Football International CESC FABREGAS are

REAL MADRID 2011 - NEYMAR | AN UPDATE

Spanish Football Sports has received several e-mails today from readers, especially from the Asian region, asking what's the current situation between Brazilian young 19 year old sensation NEYMAR & REAL MADRID. Good question, the situation is full of gossip although the consensus from the Spanish Sports media is that the deal is almost done. 



Neymar (efe)

A couple of days back I posted here

SERGIO AGUERO | SPANISH FOOTBALL ´S SHAKESPEARIAN TRAGEDY

spain football
SPANISH FOOTBALL has its own Shakespearian play underway with two stories full of drama, changing destiny, backstabbing, betrayal, rumour, lies & human suffering. One is Cesc Fabregas & his endevour to leave Arsenal & get to FC Barcelona, the other which is todays post,  SERGIO AGUERO & his desire to leave ATLETICO DE MADRID for rival REAL MADRID.

One day someone may decide to

SPANISH FOOTBALL | REAL MADRID Nº 6 IN FORBES TOP 50 MOST VALUABLE TEAM LIST

SPANISH FOOTBALL is dominated by REAL MADRID. At least in the economic & financial league according to the prestigious Financial magazine Forbes . The American source published its "TOP 50 World Most Valuable Teams" List for 2011. Although the list highlights Teams from all types of Sports around the globe, a Football Club dominates the list at Number 1, that is English Football Club MANCHESTER

FC BARCELONA | ALEXIS SANCHEZ OK - CESC FABREGAS STILL WATING

FC Barcelona
The news hit hard last night & is doing the rounds across the Spanish Sports newspapers this morning. The signing by FC BARCELONA of Chilean 23 year old International & UDINESE player ALEXIS SANCHEZ is imminent with a full announcement in hours.



Alexis Sanchez

The final transfer number dances from source to source but the most talked about figure is around 43M€ with Italian Club

REAL MADRID PRE - SEASON 2011 SUMMER WORLD TOUR

Real Madrid 2011
SPANISH FOOTBALL Club REAL MADRID started on Monday ( yesterday ) their pre-season & flew off immediately to Los Angeles (USA) to begin their training sessions . Four players stayed back in Madrid that indicate the Coach Jose Mourinho does not count with them for 2011-2012; Pedro Leon, Sergio Canales (also with U-20 Spain duties), Drenthe & Lass Diarra.

Said this what it also

SPANISH FOOTBALL FLASHBACK | SPAIN WINS THE FIFA 2010 WORLD CUP A YEAR AGO

Spanish Football
Today is exactly 1 year ago when SPANISH FOOTBALL reached its highest level in World Football & Sports history, recognition, prestige & winning its first ever FIFA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. The SPAIN FOOTBALL NATIONAL TEAM defeated 1 - 0 HOLLAND in the FIFA WORLD CUP Final in SOUTH AFRICA thanks to the ANDRES INIESTA extra-time (116 min) goal the 11th of June 2010.

Spain today via all

FORMULA 1 | FERNANDO ALONSO WINS 2011 BRITISH GRAN PRIX

Great day for SPANISH SPORTS with the victory of Spanish two time F1 World Champion FERNANDO ALONSO adding the 2011 British F1 GP title at Silverstone. Long time since the driver got back in the top of the podium as the Spaniard got his first win of the season & finally managed to break the domination of current World Champ Vettel & the Red Bull cars.



Fernando Alonso

Awkward race with all

REAL MADRID - NEYMAR | IT IS ONLY A QUESTION OF WHEN

spain football
SPANISH FOOTBALL will soon receive SANTOS Brazilian International & promise NEYMAR via his incorporation into the REAL MADRID squad. The agreement with player is solid & practically shut with an agreement to receive 5M€ per season (net) for the next 6 years. The rumours that FC Barcelona was also in the picture lost weight quickly because the Spanish Football Champs do not have

SPANISH HANDBALL | CIUDAD REAL BECOMES BALONMANO ATLETICO DE MADRID

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SPANISH SPORTS mantains alive one of the best teams in the sport of HANDBALL,  in Spain & in all Europe,  thanks to an agreement that saves CIUDAD REAL Handball Team. The current Spanish Cup champions, the 5 time ASOBAL Winners, World Club Champions twice, three times European Champions ...etc & etc, has been saved by economic bankruptcy & from disappearing totally from the

REAL MADRID 2011 | NEYMAR CLOSE - MOURINHO HAPPY - AGUERO FURTHER

Real Madrid
SPANISH FOOTBALL SPORTS paper "Marca" run a front cover story today that basically says that the REAL MADRID Football Manager & Coach José Mourinho, who is back at work, has expressed to Club President Florentino Perez that he is satisfied & happy with the all the new signings.




Marca cover

In fact, according to the Sports paper, Mourinho believes that squad has been compensated, 

SPANISH FOOTBALL CLUB MALAGA FC TARGETS WESLEY SNEIJDER ?

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Spanish Football Club MALAGA is turning out to be the big spender this summer in terms of signings putting the usual big buyers like Real Madrid , FC Barcelona, Atletico de Madrid, Valencia CF ...etc on a second & third level. Malaga was bought last season by Arab Sheik & multi - millionaire Abdullah Al Thani who saw initially how his newly acquired Club went through some terrible

REAL MADRID 2011 | ZINEDINE ZIDANE NEW FOOTBALL DIRECTOR OF THE A-TEAM

Real Madrid 
One of World Football greats, ex Cannes, Bordeaux, Juventus & REAL MADRID player, Frenchman ZINEDINE ZIDANE made the public announcement today that he will be the new FOOTBALL DIRECTOR of the REAL MADRID first team as off next Monday. The Frenchman was up till now personal advisor to Club President Florentino Perez & will now add to his responsibilities the Football "matters" of the

VALENCIA CF SIGNS PABLO PIATTI FROM ALMERIA | PRESENTS GOALIE ALVES

spanish soccer valencia
Football Club ALMERIA, recently relegated to the Spanish 2º Division League, has announced today that they have transferred Argentine Forward PABLO PIATTI to Liga Club VALENCIA CF. Valencia pays approximately 7.5M€ for a fine class player that they will have for the next 5 years. 



New Valencia CF player PIATTI

Another winner in this operation is Argentine Club

SPANISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE 2011 - 2012 SCHEDULE-CALENDAR

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Full SPANISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE Schedule/Calendar ( image ) for season 2011 - 2012. Click the image to get a  larger size that should satisfy most requests coming in via e-mail of punters wishing to get all the matches at a glance. Its in Spanish,  but its all very intuitive to figure out & to follow. Up to Round 19 is the first cycle that repeats from Round 20 to Round 38 with home

FC BARCELONA SIGNS YOUNG PROMISE KIKO FEMENIA FROM HERCULES

SPANISH FOOTBALL has a new name to its long list of future young up & coming Football stars, KIKO FEMENIA, 20 year old Spain International just signed by FC BARCELONA from Club HERCULES. Many will not know the name or the player but the "kid" has already played 33 matches for Hercules that has been recently relegated to the 2º Division after playing in all last season in La Liga. 



New FC

SPANISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE SEASON 2011 - 2012 SCHEDULE | REAL MADRID - FC BARCELONA GAMES DATES 2011-2012

Spanish Sports
The SPANISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE celebrated the teams match-up schedule/draw today for LA LIGA ( all games from Round 1 until Round 38) season 2011 - 2012. Here is a summary of the important dates & the dates down for the "Clasico" - Real Madrid vs FC Barcelona matches.




Real Madrid - FC Barcelona


Spanish Super Cup
Real Madrid - FC Barcelona
1º leg - 14 August 2011 - 23.00 Hrs
2º

REAL MADRID 2011 - 2012 | REARMING THE TEAM

spanish football
Spanish Football Sports newspaper "Marca" publish an interesting article that highlights the way REAL MADRID is "rearming" itself for season 2011 - 2012. The Club has already signed Callejón (RCD Espanyol), Varane (Lens), Coentrao (Benfica), Sahin (Borrusia) & Altintop (Bayern). There are two names still in the air as possible further signings like Neymar (Santos) & /or Sergio

REAL MADRID SIGNS FABIO COENTRAO FOR 30M€ (20€)

News circulating locally & awaiting an final official announcement from REAL MADRID indicates that 23 year old Portuguese International & BENFICA player FABIO COENTRAO will be signed at any moment. In fact,  media announce total agreement from all parts as the player passed the obligatory medical exam this morning. Benefica has also informed the Portuguese Stock Exchange that they have an

REAL MADRID 2011 | MOURINHO THINKING IN MAKING TEAM CAPTAIN AN ON-FIELD PLAYER ?

Real Madrid
Spanish Football Sports paper "Marca" publish today an interesting article that should interest REAL MADRID fans & no doubt people within the Clubs dressing-room. According to the Sports paper Real Madrid Coach Jose Mourinho is planning to make a strategic decison for next season by allocating the "Captains armband" away from current Captain goalkeeper IKER CASILLAS onto an on-field

JUVENTUS RAISES ITS OFFER TO 40M€ FOR ATLETICO DE MADRID SERGIO AGUERO

spanish football
Italian Club JUVENTUS really puts their money where their mouth is, something admirable in the rumour & gossip Football World. The Italian Football Club announced weeks back that ATLETICO DE MADRID Argentine forward SERGIO AGUERO was their "Top Priority" for the new upcoming season & they are not taking a NO for an answer. According to Italian Sports paper "La Gazzetta dello

TENNIS | RAFAEL NADAL LOSES TO DJOKOVIC IN THE WIMBLEDON 2011 FINAL

Tennis
Spanish Sportsman & Tennis ace RAFAEL NADAL was defeated this afternoon in the Final of WIMBLEDON 2011 by Serbian & new World Tennis Nº 1 ranked player NOVAK DJOKOVIC 6 - 4, 6 - 1, 1- 6 , 6- 3. Djokovic wins his first ever Wimbledon Tournament & defeats Nadal for the 5th straight time in a final. The Serb is having a superb season which kicked off with the Australian Open & has basically

SPANISH SPORTS | SPANIARDS WIN ALL THREE CATEGORIES IN ITALIAN MOTO GRAN PRIX

spanish sports
SPANISH SPORT lived  spectacular moments in Italy today in the ITALIAN MOTO Gran Prix with Spaniards winning in all three categories. The races were as expected emotional & with exciting comebacks in 125 cc & MotoGp that will be remembered this season.




Jorge Lorenzo wins Italian MotoGp

Spanish rider & the current MOTOGP World Champion JORGE LORENZO managed to pull back a 2

DEPORTIVO vs ATLETICO DE MADRID FOR U- 21 EURO CHAMP ADRIAN

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English paper sources like the "Daily Mirror" publish that ASTON VILLA is preparing to "swoop" down on Spanish Football International ADRIAN ,  recently proclaimed the U-21 European  "Golden Boot" & Euro U-21 Champ. The youngster is in limbo at the moment while his Club Deportivo A Coruña recently relegated to 2º Division are in a legal battle with ATLETICO DE MADRID over a

REAL MADRID TRANSFER GOSSIP | CHELSEA FC WANTS COENTRAO - PEPE

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A " visual surf" through the local Spanish Football Sports press this morning brings out this story that originally hit the headlines last Friday & today gets a more detailed analysis. According to Portugues Sports paper "Record" BENFICA defender COENTRAO had a heavy verbal debate with his Coach & stormed off the training session last Thursday. This has been interpreted as an act

SPANISH FOOTBALL FLASHBACK | THE MIGHTY ATHLETIC DE BILBAO TEAM SEASON 1983 - 84 | SPANISH LEAGUE - CUP WINNERS

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Great reception from the REAL SOCIEDAD fans to the post here on the the Clubs 1980 - 1981 Spanish Football League title. The "Basque Region" domination of Spanish Football would continue seasons later but this time with rival ATHLETIC DE BILBAO winning the Spanish League title in season 1982 - 83 & again in season 1983-84 their last with the added glory of also winning the

ATLETICO DE MADRID OFFERS 30M€ TO VILLAREAL FOR ROSSI - DIEGO LOPEZ

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Seems like ATLETICO DE MADRID is finally accepting the inevitable, that their star forward   Sergio Aguero will be leaving the Club. Things are not all bad, if an alternative Club comes along & pays 45M€ imagine what "goodies" you can buy in the transfer market to cover the absense.



Villareal player Rossi

Atletico are apparently working on how to best invest a possible

FC BARCELONA - CESC FABREGAS | AN NEVER ENDING STORY

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Watching a popular late night SPANISH FOOTBALL TV programme the other night one of the journalists invited said: ..."the Cesc Fabregas operation isn´t so shut case as it seems". In fact, the journo went further & said ..."It is all taking longer than expected to shut the transfer of Cesc to Barcelona".

Food for thought, especially as one reads a few headlines in todays

FC BARCELONA | FULHAM OFFERS 8M€ FROM JEFFREN

Some Spanish Football media observers claim one of the reasons that Chilean Alexis Sanchez is not yet a Barça player is because young JEFFREN refused to be part of the signing package operation that would have taken him to Italian Club Udinense. The U-21 Spanish International player does have alternative offers & especially from England.



FC Barcelona player Jeffren : photo Paco Lago

The last

ARSENAL MEETS REAL MADRID ABOUT BENZEMA | SO WHAT?

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Another SPANISH FOOTBALL lazy summer day lack of news story coiming out of England, thats being picked up by some online blogs & finally has landed in Spanish Sports online editions.

The latest "tickle" is the reported meeting between ARSENAL FC officials & REAL MADRID over the possibility of landing KARIM BENZEMA over to London. In fact the news was first reported as a

A QUIET DAY FOR SPANISH FOOTBALL | ANDRES INIESTA

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When SPANISH FOOTBALL goes into summer slow mode, the whole industry that is dragged by it also suffers. The media see how their newspapers sell less & TV Sports shows even that the time to go on holidays. The real creativity over the summer-break in Sports media departments is to figure out what the hell to publish or talk about the following day to get people