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