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