TRANSFER RUMOURS | JAVI MARTINEZ ON THE BAYERN MUNICH AGENDA?

Rumours are hot on the transfer front as expected at this height of the off-season & with the Euro competition in full flight. One here locally is the news out of Germany that BAYERN MUNICH has its eyes on ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO & Spanish International midfielder JAVI MARTINEZ.The fact that a European giant has Javi Martinez in mind is not new nor is it surprising, so has Real Madrid & FC Barcelona

SPAIN LEADS CURRENT EURO 2012 STATISTICS

SPAIN will meet FRANCE in one of the upcoming quarter-finals after the latter lost 2 - 0 to Sweden & finished second on the Group D table. Spain has never won France in an official match ( Yes in Friendly Internationals) which is an interesting statistic.



Spain Euro 2012

Staying with statistics, found these numbers on the SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM current performances to date in this

EURO 2012 | CROATIA 0 - SPAIN 1 | SPAIN TOP SPOT OF GROUP C

SPAIN has finished on top of  Group C after narrowly defeating CROATIA 0 - 1 in a result that in itself eliminates Croatia & allows Italy through on second spot after the Italians won 2 - 0 Ireland.The SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM will now play with the second placed of Group D that will be settled tomorrow & that could be either France or England.



Spain Football Team photo


The above photo is the

SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM | 5 PLAYERS ON YELLOW CARDS

The SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM plays another important match tomorrow against CROATIA in the last Group C match. A win will give Spain top spot & a draw will also qualify them, however a loss could be a disaster. This last scenario is a real possibility as the Croatian National team has shown already that they do have the potential to go a long way in this tournament, Spain should however get

VALLADOLID BACK TO THE SPANISH FIRST DIVISION.

VALLADOLID has defeated Madrid Club ALCORCON 1 - 1 in the return match giving the former a 2 -1 aggregate that takes them into the Spanish Football 1º Division - LA LIGA. They join Deportivo A Coruña & Celta de Vigo in the promotion. 



Valladolid - Alcorcon


Alcorcon opened the scoring tonight in the 47th min via FERNANDO SALES that allowed their dream to continue as they drew the aggregate

SPANISH BASKETBALL | BARCELONA WINS TITLE 73 - REAL MADRID 69 ( 3 - 2 SERIES)

FC BARCELONA has won the final series 3 - 2 REAL MADRID to win back to back SPANISH BASKETBALL (LIGA) titles after scoring 73 - 69 , thus becoming the 2012 Champions. An excellent series of high quality Basketball that was taken right down to the wire.



Fran Vazquez


The winning differences came down to details & in this particular match to a much better Barcelona defence & rebound taking

SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM | STEADY AS SHE GOES - PLEASE

It is amazing how perspectives & attitudes can change in days. The SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM was under a dark cloud after drawing 1-1 against Italy in their Group C opener & harshly criticised ( myself included ) for the strategic "experiment" of a "false forward" by Coach Del Bosque.

After the Spanish Football Teams second Group match against Ireland & with a  4- 0 victory, SPAIN returns as odds on 

TRANSFER RUMOURS | LIVERPOOL OFFERS 9M€ FOR BARÇA TELLO ?

While most of the local press has its headlines occupied with the SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM after their Euro 4-0 victory over Ireland, the following piece sneaks into the Sports news content & from England

According to English newspaper, "Daily Mail", Premier League Club LIVERPOOL has its eye on one of FC BARCELONA "revelations" of last season, CRISTIAN TELLO.



Cristian Tello


So much so, that it

SPAIN 4 IRELAND 0 | EURO 2012 GROUP C RESULT

The magic word is WIN. With a final 4 - 0 result & victory over IRELAND the SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM washed clear from everyones mind the "cold" start against Italy last Sunday. Now the defending European Champions sit on top of Group C along with Croatia with shared points & they are scheduled to meet next Monday.The Spanish Coach Del Bosque decided to skip "experiments" this time & started with a

EURO 2012 | SPAIN - IRELAND | POSSIBLE STARTING 11 LINE-UP

The SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM is back in action tonight with its second EURO 2012 Group C match against the Republic of Ireland. Important game as a win will help settle the defending European Champions after starting "cold" ( & lucky some add ) with a 1 - 1 draw against Italy last Sunday. Also the Spanish National Coach Vicente Del Bosque received a barrage of criticism for his starting 11 against

TRANSFER RUMOURS | THE FC BARCELONA EXIT LIST?

SPANISH SPORTS daily "Sport" publish that new FC BARCELONA Coach Tito Vilanova  is profiling & planning the 2012 - 2013 squad & below are the apparent names that Vilanova counts with:

Valdes, Pinto, Pique, Cesc, Puyol, Xavi, Villa, Iniesta, Alexis, Messi, Thiago, Mascherano, Busquets, Pedro, Cuenca & Cristian Tello 



Transfer candidates

However there are also names the apparently are

SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM | THE FALSE FORWARD IDEA

The SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM Selector & Coach Vicente del Bosque is being "hit" from all sides with harsh criticism from fans, followers, insiders, media & every Spanish Tom, Dick & Harry who watched the Italy Group C opener & has an opinion. The man is obviously on the defensive today & attempting to rationalise the reason he decided to leave the Spanish starting 11 without a true forward, a Number

RAFAEL NADAL WINS HIS 7TH FRENCH OPEN | PLUS MAKES HISTORY

This post is old news almost 6 hours later. Impossible to post on time as I was earning a living at my employment & blogging is not my function during working hours. However a post that definitely needs to go up independently of the time as it is a Historical event for Spanish Tennis & for Spanish Sports.Spaniard Tennis ace RAFAEL NADAL won a record straight 7th FRENCH OPEN title this afternoon 6

EURO 2012 | SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM PHOTO AGAINST ITALY

For all the Spanish Football Sports readers & visitors here is the team photo of the SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM starting 11 today in the Euro 2012 Group C opener against Italy that finished in a 1 -1 draw. 



Spain 11 vs Italy Euro 2012


Spanish National Football Team:-top left-right: Casillas, Xabi Alonso, Sergio Ramos, Busquets & Pique
bottom left-right: Silva, Iniesta, Cesc, Xavi, Arbeloa & Alba

EURO 2012 | SPAIN 1 ITALY 1 GROUP C | EXPERIMENT FAILURE

The SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM & the defending European Champions began its attempt to make Football History ( winning Euro-World Cup - Euro) against ITALY in the opener of Group C. The final result was a 1 - 1 draw that will taste bitter for Spain as they had chances to win towards the end & nearly get the "calming" 3 points. 



Cesc - De Rossi


Looking now with hindsight ( very easy I know ) the

EURO 2012 | SPAIN STARTING 11 LINE-UP AGAINST ITALY

Neither Fernando Torres, Negredo or Llorente has been finally designated the SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM main forward position. That task has been given to CESC FABRAGAS who will play as a "false forward" much as with FC Barcelona under Guardiola.
Spanish Football Team selector Del Bosque has let known the starting 11 against ITALY in the EURO 2012 Group C opener & the announcement of Cesc has caught

EURO 2012 | POSSIBLE SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM STARTING LINEUP

The SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM begins this afternoon their defence of its European Nations Cup title won back in 2008 against an historically awkward ITALY in their EURO 2012 Group C game. The Spaniards are not "buying" the apparent Italian Camp issues of game fixing & are going into this game with respect & caution.As the case will all Football competitions that has  Group phases the first victory is

MARIO GOTZE ON THE REAL MADRID SIGNING LIST ?

Don´t be surprised if you watch a Germany game this Euro 2012 & in the crowd the TV catches REAL MADRID Coach Jose Mourinho watching closely. Yes Ozil & Khedira will be on show but the player he really wants to watch is 20 year old BORUSSIA DORTMUND player MARIO GOTZE.



Mario Gotze


The rumour has it that Gotze is a target for Real Madrid for season 2012- 2013. Nothing new as the Spanish

FC BARCELONA MAKES FIRST MOVES ON ADRIAN ?

The rumour has been buzzing for months. FC BARCELONA has been following closely the evolution of ATLETICO DE MADRID forward ADRIAN LOPEZ , & yesterday the Club apparently made an initial move. According to "Sport" two Barça heavyweights, Toni Freixa y Carles Rexach,  had lunch yesterday with the Spanish International´s  agent & representative.This is commonly called a first contact, testing the

FOOTBALL | IS SPAIN THE GREATEST TEAM EVER ?

The "Wall Street Journal" asks the question, from an American point of view:


Spanish Football Team


Your answer please.

SPANISH FOOTBALL | COACH MANOLO PRECIADO LEAVES ALL EMPTY WITH DEATH

Spain & Spanish Football took their morning coffee with a spirit shaking news flash. Ex Footballer & ex Coach  MANOLO PRECIADO died of a heart-attack at the age of 54 years. The man was to be announced the new Coach of Villareal tomorrow.



Manolo Preciado


Preciado was unknown out of Spain, but locally the man was loved by all & from all sides of the fence. Beloved as a Football player for

FIFA WORLD RANKINGS JUNE 2012 | SPAIN Nº1

FIFA has released the June 2012 WORLD RANKINGs. SPAIN remains the Nº1 Football Nation, while Uruguay lands into Nº2 position, Portugal has a sharp drop & Japan makes a big jump in rankings. 



Fifa Rankings June 2012

EURO 2012 | SPAIN - GROUP C TEAMS

Spanish Sports daily "Sport" has made up these very interesting info-diagrams based on the teams that share Group C in which the SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM finds itself for this EURO 2012.The European Nations Championship kicks-off on Friday & Spain has its first Group match against the always difficult Italy. The below diagrams give some facts in Spanish, but easily figured out if you don't 

TRANSFER RUMOUR | LAHM A REAL OBJECTIVE ?

Spanish TV "La Sexta" has revealed that one of the big desired signings of REAL MADRID & their Coach José Mourinho is German International & BAYERN MUNICH right-back PHILIPP LAHM. The big obstacle is the said price that Bayern Munich places on their 30 year old Captain, 35M€.



Lahm

Real Madrid are in the market looking for possible reinforcements for next season & a substitute for Arbeloa &

BAD TIMING | THE XAVI INTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS BARÇA - REAL MADRID / SPANISH TEAM SPLIT

"We applauded them (Real Madrid ) when they won, this is just Sport after all. We have been very respectful with them (Real Madrid ) at all times, even when they won the Spanish League, when they won the Spanish Cup in Mestalla ... We were very respectful with them. However, I noticed & feel that it was not the case when we won and they lost. It's a very personal feeling I have", said the FC

IFFHS WORLD CUP RANKINGS JUNE | 4 SPANISH FOOTBALL CLUBS TOP 10

The FIFA backed "International Federation of Football History & Statistics" ( IFFHS ) has handed in this months World Club Rankings with 4 Spanish Football Clubs in the Top 10. 

FC Barcelona remains on Top while Real Madrid drops to third as Chilean Club Universidad takes the Nº 2 spot. Atletico de Madrid jumps into 4th place while Bilbao falls a place into 9th position. 




At.Madrid


Here

PRE EURO 2012 WARM-UP RESULT | SPAIN 1 CHINA 0

The SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL Team concluded its last warm-up phase of International games before travelling to Poland & to their base-camp to prepare for their first Group C match against Italy next Sunday in the EURO 2012 competition. SPAIN managed to win tonight in Seville a sticky CHINA 1 - 0 with a goal that came towards the end of the match after several failed scoring attempts.



David

SPANISH FOOTBALL | CELTA DE VIGO RETURNS TO LA LIGA

After 5 years CELTA DE VIGO joins follow "Galicia Region" Club Deportivo A Coruña in the Spanish 1º Division - LA LIGA - after securing mathematically the second classification place with direct promotion. Celta de Vigo just needed a draw result ( 1 point ) against Cordoba & their game finished in a 0 - 0 result which lead to an explosion of joy & celebrations in the city of Vigo.



Celta de

ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO | BIELSA OK FOR ANOTHER YEAR

The wait is finally over. ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO & Coach MARCELO BIELSA have agreed to extend their contractual relationship until June 30th of 2013. The Argentine Coach was keeping in suspense these days all the members & fans of the Basque Club & has finally decided to continue for one more season at  "San Mamés".



Marcelo Bielsa


In his first year, Marcelo Bielsa lead the team to the Final of

ATLETICO DE MADRID WINS U - 17 WORLD CLUBS TITLE

ATLETICO DE MADRID has defeated FC BARCELONA 2 - 1 in the Final of the U-17 WORLD CLUBS CHAMPIONSHIPS being played in Madrid. The goals came early with Atletico scoring in the 10th via ARONA & in the 46th min via SAINZ. Barça then managed to grab one back in the 60th via MUNIR but Atletico held out to win the 8th edition of this prestigious U- 17 tournament.



At Madrid - FC Barcelona 


The

SPANISH FOOTBALL TRANSFER RUMOURS | ALBA CLOSE TO BARÇA

The positions between VALENCIA CF & FC BARCELONA are very close in reference to the Valencia & Spanish International left-back JORDI ALBA. The rumours that Barça had Alba in mind as the "substitute" for Eric Abidal have been sounding for months & contacts have been continuous between Clubs & player.



Jordi Alba

Valencia is said to be asking for 15M€ while FC Barcelona only is offering 12€, as

REAL MADRID PRE-SEASON US TOUR

The United States is one of the main sources of web traffic for Spanish Football Sports & I receive plenty of emails from American readers & "football friends" asking about Spanish Football. With this in mind I thought I post up the REAL MADRID pre-season US Tour & the scheduled exhibition matches that are being negotiated to take place. Hopefully you live in one of the cities mentioned & will

MESSI vs. CRISTIANO RONALDO | 2012 STATS

Found this interesting "infograph" on the website of our friends at "Visual.ly" Tought that this may interest all the global readers & that you may find value with all the stats. Interesting the comparision between the two Football players that currently dominate the Sport & Spanish Football: LIONEL MESSI & CRISTIANO RONALDO

REAL MADRID EYES BILBAO JAVI MARTINEZ

ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO player JAVIER MARTINEZ has become the object of desire for REAL MADRID Coach Jose Mourinho. According to Spanish radio 'Onda Cero', Real Madrid has contacted with Athletic to negotiate the transfer of the player who has a buyout clause of 40M€. Real Madrid aims to reduce that amount & has offered 30M€, that's the limit set by José Mourinho for the signing of any player.

REAL MADRID | HIGUAIN TO STAY ?

Yes, no, yes, no...staying, going, staying, going... I personally am getting tired as I also suppose some REAL MADRID fans are as well. The very latest on the GONZALO HIGUAIN saga is that, acccording to one of his reps Norberto Recasens, the player is staying at the Spanish Football Club.



Gonzalo Higuian


Following from the above comments, Recasans says that the player is very happy & looks

EURO 2012 | SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM PHOTO - SQUAD

The SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM took time out today from training in Madrid for the upcoming EURO 2012 competition to take the traditional team photo ( courtesy of RFEF ) with all the players that make up the squad.



Spanish National Football Team Euro 2012


Here are all the names from top left - row by row - & to the end:
Javi Martinez, Busquets, Reina, Casillas, Valdes, Pique, Albiol, Navas, Mata,

EURO 2012 | SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM | THREE OPTIONS UPFRONT

The SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM Selector & Coach Vicente Del Bosque has finally decided on the three Centre Fowards for the EURO 2012 competition:

ALVARO NEGREDO ( Sevilla FC)
FERNANDO TORRES ( Chelsea FC)
FERNANDO LLORENTE ( At. Bilbao)

Three players with distinct characteristics that will give the Spanish Forward-line variation, alternatives & differing options depending on the opponent, match

SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM EURO 2012 SHIRT NUMBERS

The "Spanish Football Federation" has made official the team shirts with the corresponding numbers that each member of the SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM will wear during the upcoming EURO 2012 tournament.




Spanish Football Team


Some novelties, like Pedro,  who takes over the number 7 of the absent David Villa, with newcomer Juanfran taking the No 5 shirt from the injuried Carles Puyol.

SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM | RAMOS - PIQUE "THE ODD COUPLE"

Today SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL Coach Vicente Del Bosque talked about something that is well known in Spanish Football circles. That the probable two Central Defenders, SERGIO RAMOS & GERARD PIQUE, do not get along off the field.Del Bosque said "...Pique & Ramos do have their differences, but there will not be any problems, they will have to get along".




Ramos - Pique

We do not doubt the

SPAIN 4 SOUTH KOREA 1 | INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY RESULT

The SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM played an International Friendly against SOUTH KOREA tonight winning 4 - 1. The match is part of the pre-Euro 2012 preparation schedule & the last for the players that will be giving way to the called up FC Barcelona & At. Bilbao players which will incorporate themselves to the "Spanish Camp" tomorrow.The starting 11 was:Reina; Arbeloa, Albiol, Ramos, Monreal; Xabi

REAL MADRID TRANSFERS | ALTINTOP TO GALATASARAY

Current 29 year old REAL MADRID player HAMIT ALTINTOP has commented to Turkish press that next season he will playing with GALATASARAY , although it is not official between Clubs.  This obviously indicates that the Turkish International will be one of the first to move out & leave the Spanish Football Club. 



Altintop

The player came to Real Madrid last season free of transfer from Bayern

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LIGA - 2012-2013 DATES

The 2012-2013 Spanish League - Liga - season will start the weekend of the 18th & 19th of August 2012, according to today's agreement by the Heads of the 1º st & 2º nd Division Spanish Football Professionals (LFP). The season will come to an end on Saturday June the 1st 2013 for La Liga.

With this schedule the only day on a Wednesday will be Round 37 - May the 29 st, 2013 - & that will be except

ATLETICO DE MADRID HAS AGREEMENT WITH EMRE BELOZOGLU

SPANISH FOOTBALL Club ATLETICO DE MADRID has announced that they have come to an agreement to sign 31 year old Turkish International & FENERBAHE midfielder EMRE BELOZOGLU. 



Emre Belozoglu

The player has agreed to sign for the next two years with Atletico. Emre is obvious entering the twilight of his career after playing in Italy & England, but offers Atletico contrasted experience in the

SPANISH TRANSFER NEWS | GUARDADO SIGNS FOR VALENCIA CF

The Mexican International helped return DEPORTIVO A CORUÑA back into the Spanish Football 1º st Division, that is something admirable,  as talented ANDRES GUARDADO decided to stick out the season in a lower catagory. The player has been prized with the signing for next season to a new Club, none other than VALENCIA CF.



Guardado

The Mexican will play Champions League next season & signs for

SPANISH U-19 FOOTBALL TEAM | SPAIN 2 BELGIUM 1

SPANISH FOOTBALL U-19 TEAM has defended BELGIUM 2 - 1 & thus finish on top of their Group to go straight into the up coming EUROPEAN U-19 CHAMPIONSHIPS to be held in Estonia between the 3 rd & 15 th of July.



Gerard Deulofeu


Match details ( line-ups & goalscorers)Spain 2: 13-Kepa Arrizabalaga, 2-Iván López, 3-Jonathan Castro, 4-Jonás Ramalho, 5- Pablo Insua , 6-José Campaña(c) (67´Jesús

ATLETICO DE MADRID SIGNS CRISTIAN RODRIGUEZ OF OPORTO

SPANISH FOOTBALL Club ATLETICO DE MADRID has announced via its Web that the Club has signed 26 year old Uruguayan International & OPORTO forward/winger CRISTIANO RODRIGUEZ.



Cristian Rodriguez


The player comes with an Italian passport & what is more important , free of transfer fee as his contract with Oporto ends this season. Rodriguez will sign a contract for the next four seasons after his

SPANISH FOOTBALL | DEPORTIVO A CORUÑA RETURNS TO LA LIGA

Three Spanish 2º Division Football Clubs will win a place in LA LIGA ( Spanish 1º Division ) for next season . The first two placed on the classification table go in automatically while 3rd to 6th placed Clubs participate in a "play-off" for the last remaining place.



Deportivo celebrate


This afternoon the goals from RIKI ( 40th min ) & XISCO ( 70th min) gave DEPORTIVO A CORUÑA a 2 - 1

SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM LIST | FINAL 23 PLAYERS FOR EURO 2012

SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM Coach & Selector Vicente Del Bosque has handed in his final list of 23 players that will make up the 2012 EUROPEAN NATIONS CUP squad.

The National Selector had to make some harsh & difficult decisions as he incorporated the absent FC Barcelona & Athletic Club Bilbao Internationals which obviously could only come into the squad with departures. Some of the

TRANSFER RUMOURS | REAL MADRID LOOKS AT LUCAS MOURA

REAL MADRID CF Coach Jose Mourinho was spotted tonight watching the Denmark - Brazil match played in Hamburg (Germany). That is, he flew from Turkey to watch specifically this game, or his player Marcelo. This would be the obvious reason, but others have interpreted this for another Brazilian player that is said to interest Real Madrid.



Jose Mourinho


Neymar is old news as it all points that

EURO 2012 WARM-UP | SPAIN 2 SERBIA 0

The SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM began its warm-up games before starting its Euro 2012 campaign with a 2 - 0 victory over SERBIA.

The Spanish starting line-up looked unfamiliar as the FC Barcelona & Athletic Bilbao players were missing due to their participation in yesterdays Spanish Cup Final. The line-up today was:
Casillas; Juanfran, Ramos, Albiol, Alba; Bruno, Xabi Alonso, Navas, Cazorla;

FC BARCELONA | THE END OF THE SUCCESS CYCLE ?

The image of today is the one below of FC BARCELONA with the SPANISH CUP ( Copa del Rey ) Trophy after defeating Athletic Club Bilbao 0 - 3 in the 2012 Final.



FC Barcelona 2012


However, perhaps the more emotional & longer standing image is of now ex-Coach JOSEP GUARDIOLA.



Guardiola


Last nights game was his last as Barça Coach & in the best fashion the man leaves with another title. An 

SPANISH CUP FINAL RESULT | AT BILBAO 0 FC BARCELONA 3

FC BARCELONA has won this seasons SPANISH CUP FINAL ( Copa Del Rey ) with a 0 - 3 result over ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO. FC Barcelona Coach Josep Guardiola leaves the Club in the very best manner possible with another title under his belt & adding more to his legend status at the Club.Excellent atmosphere tonight which bought the 2011-2012 Spanish Football season to an end.



Pedro

FC Barcelona

U-19 | SPAIN 2 ITALY 1

The Spanish National U-19 Football Team is a game away from securing its qualification for the next U-19 European Championships after defeating Armenia 2 - 1 earlier in the week & today 2 - 1 over Italy.

The Spaniards suffred in this game & had to make a comeback to pull back two goals ( Campaña 71 st min & Jese Rodriguez in the 83rd min).


Comeback victory over Italy


The "Euro XI Elite"

SPANISH CUP FINAL | ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO - FC BARCELONA | THE DAY BEFORE

The city of Madrid is about to be visited by 1000s of ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO & FC BARCELONA followers as both are to play the Final of the SPANISH CUP ( Copa del Rey ) tomorrow at the "Vicente Calderon Stadium" (Home of Atletico de Madrid).



At.Bilbao - FC Barcelona.


A huge game to officially close the Spanish Football season with plenty of angles & stories in play:


At.Bilbao looks to

SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM | EXCESS OF FORWARDS

The SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM Selector Vicente del Bosque has a dilemma, a glorious problem that most National squads would enjoy having , an excess of top class forwards. Del Bosque only wishes to take 3 forwards that will be finally named in the upcoming final definite EURO 2012 list. Apart, the announcement by DAVID VILLA that he has failed to get to his playing peak physically after

LIONEL MESSI | EUROPEAN GOLDEN BOOT 2011- 2012

LIONEL MESSI of FC BARCELONA with his 50 Spanish League goals not only creates an all-time Liga & European record but also wins this seasons EUROPEAN GOLDEN BOOT AWARD. The second placed is Real Madrid player ( last years winner) CRISTIANO RONALDO with also impressive & records numbers of 46 goals ( 92 pts ).




Lionel Messi



TOP 10 European Golden Boot Award places season 2011-2012:
1. Lionel

REAL MADRID | MOURINHO - HIGUAIN NEWS

REAL MADRID CF Coach JOSE MOURINHO grabs today's Spanish Football Sports papers headlines even in the off-season. The Portuguese Coach has renewed his contract with Real Madrid another two more years, that is,  until 2016.The Liga title has lifted his spirits & he sees a real chance to consolidate his squad & again go after next seasons LIGA title & the cherished Champions League title so

SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM PHOTO

The SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL squad began training today in Madrid without the Athletic Club Bilbao & FC Barcelona Internationals which play the Final of the Spanish Cup this Friday.
The National team selector Del Bosque called up today Chelsea Fc players Juan Mata & Fernando Torres to join the squad as it prepares for upcoming International warm-up games against Serbia, Korea & China before the

RAFAEL NADAL WINS HIS SIXTH ROMA MASTERS 1000 TITLE

Playing on a Monday at 12.00 makes it difficult for the working folk ( myself included ) to watch a great Final of Tennis. That was the case for the ROMA MASTERS 1000 Mens Final between NOVAK DJOKOVIC & Spaniard RAFAEL NADAL as it was delayed from Sunday due to the bad weather.



Rafael Nadal wins his sixth Roma Masters 1000


Spanish Sports & Tennis got a great boost with the news that Nadal

ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO SPANISH CUP VIDEO

"All together. Go for the Cup". That is the name - "war cry" - of ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO in this video that the Club has just posted up on all the social media channels.The motive is to warm-up the Bilbao followers & build up the atmosphere for this Fridays SPANISH CUP FINAL ( Copa del Rey Final ) against FC BARCELONA at the Vicente Calderon Stadium in Madrid. 

Nice touch from the Club to subtitle

FERNANDO TORRES INTERVIEW | NOT COMFORTABLE AT CHELSEA FC

Spanish Football player & CHELSEA FC newly crowned European Champion FERNANDO TORRES has given a very interesting interview to Spanish Sports daily "AS" that will hit the stands in the morning. The paper has already given extracts of the interview were Torres talks about his "horror" year & the immediate future.



Fernando Torres

The interview is fresh after winning with his Club their first

TRANSFER RUMOURS | MANCHESTER CITY TALKS TO FERNANDO LLORENTE ?

MANCHESTER CITY representatives have been said to have met up with the brother of ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO & Spanish International forward FERNANDO LLORENTE , "Chus" who is also the players rep. The meeting was to express the clear interest of the English Premier League Champions to get the player over to England. That was back 27th of Abril & since then Real Madrid , FC Barcelona & others have

REAL MADRID TRANSFER RUMOURS | SERGIO AGUERO - RAMIRES

The rumour comes out of England & precisely from the daily newspaper "Sunday Mirror". The source is want it is but the rumour is not new at all especially here in Spain when it comes to Argentine International forward SERGIO AGUERO.



Sergio Aguero


The interest of REAL MADRID for the MANCHESTER CITY forward comes from the past as they failed - or backed out - to sign the Argentine last season

ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO TEAM PHOTO 2012

Spanish Football Club ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO has captivated Spanish & European Football observers alike this season with their Football under the hands of Argentine Coach Bielsa. The Club has found a mix of experience & youth that now plays touch Football over the long kick up-front method. The team lost the Europa League Final to Spanish Club Atletico de Madrid but has a chance to win a title in

PARIS ST GERMAIN TO OFFER 25M€ FOR KAKA

The man is currently enjoying his holidays in Brazil. REAL MADRID CF player KAKA has said that he wishes  to remain at the Spanish Club & thinks he still has plenty to give at Real Madrid.



Kaká

However, French Club PARIS SAINT GERMAIN thinks that Kaká can definitely give plenty of Football to their Club & has an offer for the player to entice the Brazilian over to Paris. Apart from the fact

ATLETICO DE MADRID TEAM PHOTO 2012 | EUROPA LEAGUE FINAL

The last few days I have posted up this seasons team photos of Real Madrid & FC Barcelona. Today I managed to find the team photo of the ATLETICO DE MADRID starting 11 that won the EUROPA LEAGUE 2012 a week ago.Hopefully the many overseas Atletico fans will enjoy this historical pic. 



Atletico de Madrid 2012 Europa League Final


Top: L to R: Courtois, Luis Felipe, Mario, Gaby, Miranda & Godin

THE SPANISH SUPER CUP 2013 IN CHINA ?

Firstly,  a big hello to all the Chinese Spanish Football Sports readers. Secondly, you maybe in good luck as Chinese Sports Authority Li Yingchuan has let known in a public act that they are in close negotiations with the Spanish Football Authorities to play the Spanish Super Cup Final in Pekin in 2013. 



Puyol with Spanish SuperCup


This means the winner of the Spanish League Championship

SPANISH FOOTBALL TRANSFER RUMOURS | YAYA TOURE - REAL MADRID FLIRTING?

I actually enjoy this period of the end of the Football season & summer time. Apart from the warmer weather & longer sunny days, the numerous Football transfer rumours that one wakes up to everyday. 



Toure


The latest Spanish Football transfer rumour is the apparent interest ( denied by the Club involved ) shown by MANCHESTER CITY midfielder & ex FC Barcelona player YAYA TOURE towards REAL

THE INTERNET READERS BEST 11 SPANISH LIGA PLAYERS FOR 2011-2012

More than 73.000 people voted on Spanish Sports online channel "marca.com" for what they believed to be the "Best 11 Players" of the Spanish Football League season 2011-2012.



Marca - Best 11 season 2011-2012


As you can see the list is dominanted by Real Madrid & FC Barcelona players, with the exceptions being Javi Martinez (At.Bilbao) & Falcao (At.Madrid). A list that does not depart to much

DIDIER DROGBA OFFERS HIS SERVICES TO FC BARCELONA ?

According to Spanish Sports paper "Sport", based in Barcelona, the representative François Gallardo (a FIFA agent) of CHELSEA FC forward DIDIER DROGBA has offered the player to FC BARCELONA for next season.



Drogba


The 35 year old Ivory Coast International desires to finish off his career in a top level Club & the Spanish League - LA LIGA motivates the player. Drogba is said to realize that a

FRIENDLY GAME | KUWAIT 0 REAL MADRID 2

With the SPANISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE title in one pocket REAL MADRID travelled to the Middle-East to fill the other pocket with 3M€ with a "Friendly-Exhibition" game against the KUWAIT National Football Team.



CR7

The Spanish Club took 22 players & all 22 played during the 90th mins with 2 distinct line-ups in each half. It was during the first 45 mins that the goals arrived under DI MARIA in the

FC BARCELONA TEAM PHOTO 2012

The other day I posted up on this blog a team picture of Real Madrid for all the global readers & fans. I thought that it would be appreciated seeing the Club had just managed to win the Spanish League title. Thinking as always on all the Spanish Football Sports Blog readers & the various Clubs they may follow, in this case, the FC BARCELONA readers,  I looked around for a team photo that was

SPANISH FOOTBALL NATIONAL TEAM LIST FOR UPCOMING EURO 2012 WARM-UPS

SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM Selector & Coach Vicente del Bosque has handed in his "second last" list of 21 players to make up the Spanish National Team for the upcoming Friendly Internationales between SERBIA (26th of May) & SOUTH KOREA (30th of May) to be played in Switzerland. Both are warm-up games for the upcoming EUROPEAN NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIPS.

The Spanish National selector has left out

TRANSFER RUMOUR | TORRES PLUS 15M€ SWAP OFFER FOR FALCAO?

Rumours & more rumours. Here is the lastest from local Madrid TV station "TeleMadrid". CHELSEA FC has offered 15M€ plus their current Spanish forward FERNANDO TORRES in exchange for ATLETICO DE MADRID Colombian International FALCAO. 



Torres with his kids

Falcao is currently hot property & one of the most wanted Football players in European Football. The Atletico de Madrid players has finished

SPANISH FOOTBALL ROUND 38 FINAL RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL & LA LIGA came to an end for season 2011-2012 with mixed emotions of joy for the winners & for the survivors, while sadness crossed over those Clubs which were relegated into the Spanish 2º Division for next season.

The main ending points of the season are that REAL MADRID won the Spanish League with runners-up FC Barcelona. The two other Clubs in Champions League positions are

TRANSFER RUMOURS | IVANOVIC ON REAL MADRID LIST ?

REAL MADRID & their Coach Jose Mourinho are already thinking about the next season. One of the positions that needs to be reinforced is the right back where Alvaro Arbeloa is the only specialist in the current squad.

Spanish sports paper "Marca" publish that current CHELSEA FC Serbian defender BRANISLAV IVANOVIC is the preferred candidate at this moment. The Serbian International has the extra

FC BARCELONA - GARETH BALE HAVE AGREEMENT ?

The rumours that FC BARCELONA "fancies" TOTTENHAM HOPSPURS Welsh International GARETH BALE is not new at all. In fact, Chelsea FC & Manchester City also are throwing "kisses" to the left back in order to entice the player over to their Clubs. 



Gareth Bale

What is new is today's report from Spanish TV - local "Marca" Football program - that FC Barcelona has beaten other pretenders & has come

ATLETICO DE MADRID CELEBRATES EUROPA LEAGUE IN MADRID

Madrid is having plenty of Football street celebrations of late with ATLETICO DE MADRID doing their EUROPA LEAGUE CHAMPIONS homage to the city & all their fans this afternoon-evening. Real Madrid had their glory moment last week, today Atletico de Madrid did their visiting to local authorities, the traditional bus ride & claiming of the "Neptune God Water-Fountain" with Club colours.




Some

EUROPA LEAGUE 2011-2012 | ATLETICO DE MADRID CHAMPIONS

The winner tonight was SPANISH FOOTBALL. The only sad event is that unfortunately there can only be one winner, in this case,  ATLETICO DE MADRID which proclaimed themselves EUROPA LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 2011 - 2012 after defeating fellow Spanish Club ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO 3 - 0. Atletico managed to win the Europa League Cup again with the last time being back in 2010.



Falcao


Atletico de Madrid

CARLES PUYOL WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY MISS EURO 2012

As the SPANISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE season comes to a close the upcoming EURO 2012 Championship beings taking over the spotlight. The SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM goes in as defending European Champions & FIFA World Champions & thus are considered "hot favourites".However today we all received some bad news as FC BARCELONA & Spanish International defender CARLES PUYOL announced that he will be

REAL MADRID TEAM PHOTO SEASON 2011 - 2012

Found this pic that I thought may interest all the global Football readers & especially REAL MADRID followers. It´s one of the very latest team photos of the SPANISH LEAGUE Champions for season 2011-2012.


Team photo: Real Madrid CF season 2011-2012

Top L to R: Pepe, Ramos, Xabi Alonso, Khedira, Benzema & Cristiano Ronaldo.
Bottom L to R: Casillas, Di Maria, Marcelo, Arbeloa & OzilThis line-up

MESSI 50 GOALS ON COURSE FOR EL PICHICHI

With just one Round left to go of the current SPANISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE season there is a clear run away candidate to win the "El Pichichi" Award - Top Spanish League goal scorer - & in doing so the European Golden Boot Award.With is 4 goals yesterday against RCD Espanyol, FC Barcelona player LIONEL MESSI takes his personal LIGA tally to 50 GOALS, this is an historic record smashing figure for

REAL MADRID CELEBRATE LIGA TITLE IN MADRID

As the old saying goes, "...long time between drinks", or in the REAL MADRID CF case Spanish League titles. The last time Real Madrid won LA LIGA it was back in season 2007 - 2008 & all the unreleased built up "tension" exploded with joy today in the city of Madrid when the players celebrated the title with the city, the fans & they did the traditional offering of the Club colours to the "Diosa -

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LIGA - WEDNESDAY MID-WEEK RESULTS | REAL MADRID SPANISH CHAMPIONS

SPANISH FOOTBALL tonight with the rest of the 7 games scheduled in the mid-week fixture played. The news is that REAL MADRID CF won its match & mathematically proclaimed themselves CHAMPIONS for season 2011-2012 of the SPANISH LEAGUE. Its their 32 LIGA title & they won it with 2 Rounds still left of the season.



Real Madrid celebrate the Liga title


Here are all the final results of tonight's 

IFFHS | FC BARCELONA BEST FOOTBALL CLUB IN THE WORLD

The FIFA backed IFFHS ( International Federation of  Football History & Statistics ) has released its periodical list of the "Best Football Clubs in World Soccer". FC BARCELONA continues in the top spot as "The Best Football Club in the World" with a record 44 times in that position since the IFFHS began releasing this type of report. Close behind in second place is REAL MADRID CF, plus two more

TRANSFER RUMOURS | THE MOURINHO LIST

Spanish online daily news-web elconfidencial.com , via its Sports section, talks today about possible REAL MADRID CF signings for next season. The web puts down 4 names that are sounding & is similiar to a Christmas present list but this time written by Coach Mourinho.Bear in mind that in the World of Football the Christmans season is in August not during December, & Coach Mourinho has apparently

SPANISH FOOTBALL - MID WEEK LIGA TUESDAY FINAL RESULTS

Three matches scheduled today as part of the mid-week fixture allocated to LA LIGA in order to catch up with missed rounds due to the players strike at the start of the Spanish Football season last year. Officially this round is numbered 20 which may cause some confusion to the punters. Here are all the final scores & goalscorers.



Getafe-Racing


RACING DE SANTANDER was already sentenced to

SPANISH FOOTBALL TOP GOAL SCORERS | THE RACE IS ON

The SPANISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE may have already a title winner if REAL MADRID wins Athletic Club Bilbao tomorrow, or if Barcelona lose against Malaga FC in their game. But there is another title - on an individual level - that is totally up for grabs with still 3 Rounds left of the competition. The race for the Spanish League Top Goal scorer - "El Pichichi" - is a two man race between CRISTIANO

FC BARCELONA | TRANSFER RUMOURS 2012-2013

FC BARCELONA, along with the other big Clubs, are also thinking about next season & naturally rumours are hot as players, representatives & business interests position themselves to negotiate.


Jordi Alba




The only name that is much more than a rumour & looks almost close, is Valencia CF & Spanish International defender JORDI ALBA. The player grew up at Camp Barça before finding a new

SPANISH FOOTBALL TRANSFER RUMOURS | ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC AT REAL MADRID ?

Its rumour time folks in Spanish Football & in reference to this post, REAL MADRID CF. With Coach Mourinho announcing that he is staying for next season, the rumours are building as the Club begins planning for next season.Already there is a "black list" of 7 names that many say will be leaving the Club at the end of the season for a "new Football home" next season. The voiced names are:

Sahin

SPANISH FOOTBALL | MATCH FIXING IN LA LIGA ?

Sports betting is a multi-million dollar business. Betting on Football results, goals & what not drives thousands of punters into a betting frenzy every weekend in order to make a quick buck, pound or euro. It seems SPANISH FOOTBALL is not immune to the "side-effects" of a business which operates on the thin line between good & evil. 






Sad to read today that Spanish late-night Sports radio

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LEAGUE - ROUND 36 SUNDAY GAMES RESULT

SPANISH FOOTBALL continued this Sunday with Round 36 & five games of LA LIGA. Here are all the final results & goal scorers as things get "heated" in the Euro table positions & especially in the relegation zone.



Karim Benzema 



REAL MADRID shock-off their mid-week Champions semis loss to Bayern Munich & concentrated on LA LIGA with an important 3 - 0 win over SEVILLA FC. The victory gives

SPANISH TENNIS | NADAL WINS CONDE GODO 2012

Spanish World Nº2 ranked Tennis player RAFAEL NADAL added another title to his long list when he defeated fellow Spaniard DAVID FERRER 7-6 7-5 in the Final of the Conde Godo tournament in Barcelona. It was the 7th consecutive title for Nadal on his favourite surface, clay, which adds more weight to his legendary status on the mentioned surface. Nadal nothced his 34th victory on clay, 6 behind

TRANSFER RUMOURS | REAL MADRID CONSIDERS LUCAS BIGLIA

The transfer rumours heat up every year around this time as the season comes to an end & the Clubs plan the following season. In the REAL MADRID case there are rumours that many will leave to find a new club: Kaka ( PSG ) , Higuain ( PSG, Chelsea , Inter, Milan ), Albiol... & Lass Diarra. This last has been spotted in Turkey talking to the big Clubs. 




Lucas Biglia

According to local Spanish

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LIGA - ROUND 36 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL action with 5 games of Round 36 celebrated this Saturday. Here is a brief round-up of games, with the final results & all the scorers.




Kone for Levante


LEVANTE won GRANADA 3 - 0 & keeps the flame alive of finishing in Champions League table positions. The battle for the coveted position places is up for grabs along with Valencia CF, Malaga FC, At.Bilbao & At.Madrid. Today

GUARDIOLA SET TO LEAVE FC BARCELONA ?

Hot rumour coming out of Spanish Sports media tonight is that FC BARCELONA Coach JOSEP GUARDIOLA will announce his departure at the end of the season. REPEAT, it is only a rumour, but a hot one at that hitting the "airwaves"



Pep Guardiola


The Coach wishes to communicate his decision to his players tomorrow & then will give a Press Conference to drop "the bomb". The man is mentally exhausted

ALL SPANISH EUROPA LEAGUE FINAL

Two Spanish Football Clubs will meet in the upcoming Final of the EUROPA LEAGUE after the two semi-final games celebrated tonight. Here is a brief summary of events, the final scores & all the scorers.



Falcao

ATLETICO DE MADRID defeated in the 2 º leg semi 0 - 1 ( 2 - 5 agg ) VALENCIA CF away with a solitary goal from ADRIAN in the 60th min.Valencia was dominate in the first half & had

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE | REAL MADRID KNOCKED OUT BY BAYERN IN PENALTY-SHOOT OUT

Intense match that went into extra-time, down to the wire & was settled in a penalty shoot-out. REAL MADRID CF was knocked out of the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE tournament 2 - 2 ( penalty shoot out 3-5 ) by BAYERN MUNICH that moves on to play the Final in their home stadium against Chelsea FC & which they are now hot favourites



Cristiano Ronaldo


Bitter-end for Spanish Football in Champions with FC

FC BARCELONA 2 CHELSEA FC 2 | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2 º LEG SEMI RESULT

FC BARCELONA has been knocked out of the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE tournament after English Club CHELSEA FC managed a 2 - 2 final result ( 2-3agg ) in the 2º leg semi final match. It was a victory against the grain & with all the Chelsea FC players singing ( metaphorical) the Pink Floyd track ..."all in all we´re just another brick in the wall. Defensive wall that was higher when Chelsea FC Captain Terry

MONDAY NIGHT SPANISH FOOTBALL ROUND 35 GAME RESULT

Round 35 of the SPANISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE concluded tonight with the Monday Night Game between OSASUNA & MALAGA FC that ended in a 1 - 1 draw. Lost opportunity for both Clubs to jump table positions as Osasuna aims for Europa League positions & Malaga to get off Valencia CF the prized 3º rd place.



Osasuna - Malaga FC

Osasuna opened the scoring in the 53rd min via NINO but Malaga FC midfielder

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LEAGUE ROUND 35 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL continued today /tonight with Round 35 & with 5 games scheduled of LA LIGA. While the Spanish League title winner may have been settled, or at least made clearer after yesterdays Real Madrid victory over FC Barcelona, the action continues for the Euro table places & especially around the relegation zone. Lets look at all the final results & all the goal scorers. 



Granada

SPANISH TENNIS | NADAL DEFEATS DJOKOVIC IN MONTE CARLO FINAL

Great news this afternoon for Spanish Sports & Tennis with the victory of RAFAEL NADAL over NOVAK DJOKOVIC in the Final of the Monte Carlo MASTERS 1000 tournament. Not only did Nadal defeat the World Nº1 ranked Tennis player Djokovick 6-3 6-1, but it was the Spaniards 8th consecutive Monte Carlos title which set a new World Record in Tennis being the first to win the same tournament 8 times in a

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA ROUND 35 SATURDAY NIGHT - CLASICO - GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL tonight with four matches scheduled in Round 35 of LA LIGA & the "clasico" taking all the headlines & all the World Football attention as the Spanish League was basically up for grabs. Here are all the final results & scorers.



Khedira scores for Real Madrid

FC BARCELONA suffered their first home ground defeat,  & barring late surprises, kissed this seasons Spanish League

THE OTHER CLASICO | MESSI vs CRISTIANO RONALDO

Saturday 21 st of Abril 2012, Round 35 of the SPANISH LEAGUE at the "Camp Nou" Stadium in the city of Barcelona. Another "clasico" between the home Club FC BARCELONA, currently second on the LIGA table with 81 points & the current table leader REAL MADRID with 85 points.



Camp Nou

Big match commencing at 20.00 Spanish local time which could well settle the season 2011-2012 LIGA title,

EUROPA LEAGUE SEMI FINAL 1st LEG FINAL RESULTS

EUROPA LEAGUE semi final 1º leg matches tonight with three SPANISH FOOTBALL teams involved along with a Portuguese Club. Here are the final results & all the goalscorers.



Adrian
ATLETICO DE MADRID defeated in spectacular fashion VALENCIA CF 4 - 2 to allow them a foot into the finals door with Valencia still alive due to their two away goals. One finds it bewildering to understand how a team

FOOTBALL FINANCE | REAL MADRID - FC BARCELONA TOP RICH CLUBS IN WORLD FOOTBALL

Prestigious American Financial magazine "Forbes" has released its list of the "Worlds Richest Football Clubs". Taking into account the main accounting factors like income ( all sources, from TV, merchandising, spectators...etc), costs & current debt the "bottom line" balance sheets puts English Club MANCHESTER UNITED in the Nº1 spot. The British pound exchange rates may have helped give the Club

CHELSEA FC 1 FC BARCELONA 0 | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI 1º LEG RESULT

FC BARCELONA lost 1 - 0 away at Stamford Bridge London, home to English Football Club CHELSEA FC in the first leg of the semi final of CHAMPIONS LEAGUE. A night in which luck did not follow Barça as they dominated the match but lost due to missed chances & to a more effective Chelsea FC.



Alexis

In fact Chelsea FC did relatively little, but what they did do they did it well. Defend &

BAYERN MUNICH 2 REAL MADRID 1 | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI RESULT 1º LEG

BAYERN MUNICH won the 1º leg semi final away clash against REAL MADRID 2 - 1 of the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE in an exciting game of Football. Always a difficult affair for Real Madrid, or any visiting team, to play Bayern on their home turf with their "vibrating" home crowd which supported their team brilliantly all the game. 

Although the Germans grab the victory & an important psychological edge, the

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LIGA ROUND 34 MONDAY NIGHT RESULT | GETAFE 5 SEVILLA FC 1

While most of the local Spanish Sports daily s filled their spaces with pre-Champions League semis content about Real Madrid & Barça, tonight the last game of Round 34 of the Spanish Football League was played. An excellent match & great spectacle as GETAFE made a magnificent comeback to defeated SEVILLA FC 5 -1. 



Negredo for Sevilla FC

Sevilla started well & got ahead when NEGREDO scored a

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LEAGUE ROUND 34 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL & Round 34 of LA LIGA continued today with seven matches scheduled. Here are all the final results & all the scorers.



Espanyol - Valencia CF

RCD ESPANYOL defeated convincingly VALENCIA CF 4 - 0 & puts the latter third position on the Liga table in a delicate situation. Valencia still hold the prized third place thanks to the fact the Malaga could only manage a draw in their

SPANISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE - LA LIGA - ROUND 34 SATURDAY RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL action this Saturday with two games of LA LIGA Round 34 scheduled with the following final scores & goal scorers.



Real Madrid - Sporting

First placed REAL MADRID hosted last placed REAL SPORTING DE GIJON in a must win match for the home side. After 90 minutes Real Madrid managed a 3 - 1 victory that sets them up for the "clasico" against FC Barcelona next week & puts the

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA - CURRENT TOP GOALSCORERS

Spanish Football Sports Blog had a widget that gave up-to-date statistics on the current situation with the "Leading Goalscorers" & their actual goal tally. That widget went down the toilet when the source stopped actualizing the information, thus it made no sense to keep it up.


However I am conscious of the fact that the regular readers & the visitors from around the globe are looking to see

SPANISH FOOTBALL MID-WEEK ROUND 33 THURSDAY NIGHT RESULTS

Round 33 of the SPANISH LEAGUE finished tonight with three games played & with the following final results & scorers.



Negredo for Sevilla FC

SEVILLA FC still aspires to get into European table positions & took a big step towards that objective after defeating REAL ZARAGOZA 3 - 0. The result puts Zaragoza again into relegation "hot waters" & time is running out.


The goals came via FAZIO with

SPANISH FOOTBALL MID-WEEK ROUND 33 WEDNESDAY NIGHT RESULTS

Mid-week SPANISH FOOTBALL action tonight with four games of Round 33 played. Here are all the final results & all the scorers.



Granada

GRANADA drew 2 - 2 with ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO in an exciting match of Football that had action right till the end. Granada started on fire with goals from ROMERO in the 2nd min & a second via GEIJO in the 74th min. Before however, Granada lost Romero to a red

SPANISH FOOTBALL - MID WEEK - ROUND 33 TUESDAY NIGHT RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL mid-week action with Round 33 rolling with three games played tonight. The Round continues with more matches tomorrow & on Thursday. Here are all the final results & all the scorers.



Alexis

FC BARCELONA defeated relatively easy GETAFE 4 - 0 & go to sleep tonight just 1 point behind current leaders Real Madrid which plays tomorrow in the "Madrid Derby" against Atletico. The

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LIGA ROUND 32 MONDAY NIGHT RESULT | MALAGA FC GRABS THIRD PLACE

Last match - Monday Night game - of Round 32 of the SPANISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE played tonight between MALAGA FC & RACING DE SANTANDER. The final result was a very convincing 3 - 0 victory to the home side that puts them into 3rd place of the classification table, that is, Champions League position.



Isco scores for Malaga FC

The intentions of Malaga came clear & early when Maresca hit the post in

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LEAGUE ROUND 32 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL continued with Round 32 of LA LIGA today / tonight with four games scheduled. Here are all the scorers & the final results.



Kone scores for Levante

LEVANTE again showed why they are up there in the classification table & in Euro places with a 2 - 0 victory over ATLETICO DE MADRID. Atletico also showed what is becoming an unfortunate "tradition", that is , losing everytime

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA ROUND 32 SATURDAY NIGHT GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL tonight with 5 matches of Round 32 of the Spanish League played with the following final results & scorers.



Miku scores for Getafe

GETAFE deserved its 2 - 0 victory over REAL SPORTING DE GIJON with goals coming from MIKU in the 22nd min & DIEGO CASTRO in the 47th min. The news however is with the losing team that is last on the classification table & looks destined to fall

SPANISH FOOTBALL | CURRENTLY THE BEST IN THE WORLD

Its the most common & recurring question in World Football year after year: which is the "Best Football League in the World"?

According to the official authority on the matter, the FIFA backed IFFHS ( International Federation of Football History & Statistics),  the English Premier League is the "Best" so far this Century ( statistics of the last 12 years ) , with LA LIGA closing the gap & being

EUROPA LEAGUE FINAL RESULTS | ALL THREE SPANISH FOOTBALL CLUBS INTO SEMIS

Fabulous night of EUROPA LEAGUE games,  & for SPANISH FOOTBALL, with all three Spanish Football Clubs qualifying for the semi-finals. Here are the final results & all the scorers.



Adrian scores for Atletico

HANNOVER 96 hosted ATLETICO DE MADRID with the latter taking a slim 2 -1 1º leg advantage. The final result  was 1 - 2 ( 2 - 4 agg ) for the Spanish team which qualifies for the semi-final

REAL MADRID 5 APOEL 2 | REAL MADRID INTO CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMIS

REAL MADRID CF cruised into the semi finals of CHAMPIONS LEAGUE after defeating tonight 5 - 2 APOEL (8-2 agg). The Spanish Football Club will meet German team Bayern Munich in a top level semis clash not to be missed. 



Kaka scores for Real Madrid

Real Madrid gave Benzema, Xabi Alonso, Ozil a rest & started with Varane, Altintop, Sahin & Granero. The first half was all Real Madrid, an

REAL MADRID | RIP JOSE MARIA ZARRAGA

SPANISH FOOTBALL & in particular REAL MADRID CF lost yesterday at the age of 81 years of age JOSE MARIA ZARRAGA. 



Zarraga

Aparte from winning 6 Spanish League titles, 1 Intercontinental Cup & numerous more other titles, Zarraga was part of the mythical Real Madrid team that won 5 European Cups in a row ( 1955/56 - 1959/1960).

Tonight the Real Madrid players will wear an armband in memory of

FC BARCELONA 3 - AC MILAN 1 | BARÇA INTO CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMIS

FC BARCELONA goes, once again, into the semi finals of the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE competition after winning 3 - 1 AC MILAN in tonight's return leg quater-final.



Messi goal

FC Barcelona dominated 75% of the match with their habitual brand-mark touch-ball Football, while Milan played with a defensive set up looking for the counter-attack opportunity & Ibrahimovic upfront to hold the ball while the

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LIGA ROUND 31 MONDAY NIGHT RESULT

The last match of Round 31 of the SPANISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE was played tonight with SEVILLA FC defeating REAL MALLORCA 3 - 1



Negredo scores for Sevilla FC

Sevilla slowly seems to be getting back the form that they lost mid season & that surprisingly sent them to the lower area of the ladder & cost them the job of first Coach Marcelino. An unfamiliar "ladder zone" for the Club in these last

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LEAGUE ROUND 31 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL continued today-tonight with four matches of Round 31. Here are all the final scores of today's LA LIGA games & scorers.



Falcao for At Madrid

ATLETICO DE MADRID took the local derby 3 - 0 against GETAFE. Comfortable match for Atletico with a superb second half & the long awaited return from injury of Brazilian midfielder & onloan player Diego. The win puts Atletico just a

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA ROUND 31 SATURDAY NIGHT GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL tonight with five matches of LA LIGA at the Round 31 stage of the season. Here are all the final results & the scorers.



Sporting - Zaragoza

REAL SPORTING DE GIJON lost 1 - 2 to REAL ZARAGOZA & now are last on the Spanish League classification table with Zaragoza still in the relegation zone but with better chances of escaping the 2º Division "black hole".

Game typical of two

ATLETICO DE MADRID | 5 TH ON UEFA RANKING 2011-2012

SPANISH FOOTBALL Club ATLETICO DE MADRID is an irregular performing team in the local Spanish  League competition, in fact I would go further & say, a very frustrating team if your a follower. However, in European competition Atletico has been regular & has been achieving  a string of consecutive victories to which UEFA has the Club 5th Ranked for the 2011-2012 season with a 23,4 coefficient

LIONEL MESSI | THE IFFHS CURRENT TOP GOAL SCORER 2012

The FIFA backed "International Federation of Football History & Statistics" (IFFHS) has accounted all the goals scored in International Club, Continental competitions & World Club Championship games for 2012 so far & has FC BARCELONA forward LIONEL MESSI as the Nº1 Goalscorer with 9 goals.


The accounting factors are important as they explains why some big names are missing, here the local

EUROPA LEAGUE | SPANISH FOOTBALL CLUB 1º LEG RESULTS

Three SPANISH FOOTBALL Clubs had 1ºst leg EUROPA LEAGUE duties tonight that gave some excellent games, plenty of goals & lots thrills with some chills.



Fernando Llorente

SCHLEKE 04 lost to ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO 2 - 4 in a "cracker" of a match. The Germans lead by their "forever young" Spanish Captian RAUL were looking strong & on the verge of taking the match when they were overrun by Bilbao

AC MILAN 0 FC BARECLONA 0 | 1ºLEG CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Q/FINAL RESULT

Current European Football Champs & Spanish Football Club FC BARCELONA travelled to Italy to play AC MILAN in the 1º leg of the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE quater-final match. A game that was very entertaining, with notable changes in play dominance & unfortunate only because the game lacked a goal.  


The final result ended in a 0 - 0 draw, that should have been different & overflowing with goals had both

APOEL NICOSIA 0 REAL MADRID 3 | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Q/FINAL 1º LEG RESULT

SPANISH FOOTBALL Club REAL MADRID CF had CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 1º leg Quater-Final duties tonight away visiting APOEL NICOSIA. The final result was 0 - 3 to Real Madrid & it basically - barring a "miracle" - puts half a body into the semis for Mourinho & his men. 



Apoel - Real Madrid

The match was controlled relatively comfortably by Real Madrid as they looked to find the goal early. Sahin started

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LIGA ROUND 30 MONDAY NIGHT RESULT | GRANADA 0 SEVILLA FC 3

SPANISH FOOTBALL tonight with the Monday Night LIGA match as part of Round 30. Clash between GRANADA & SEVILLA FC with the latter taking the three points with the final result 0 - 3 . The victory for Sevilla lifts their aspirations to attempt to get into the Euro table positions, while the alarm-bells sound at Granada with "relegation zone" risk.



Manu Del Moral scores for Sevilla FC

Sevilla

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LEAGUE ROUND 30 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

Big day of SPANISH FOOTBALL with six matches scheduled in Round 30 of the SPANISH LEAGUE. Here are all the final results & scorers.



Zaragoza winner.

REAL ZARAGOZA won a vital match for themselves 1 - 0,  in the last moment,  against ATLETICO DE MADRID that takes the former off the last position of the Liga table. Atletico once again spoiled a "golden chance" to jump into Euro positions.

Both

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LEAGUE ROUND 30 RESULTS SATURDAY GAMES

SPANISH FOOTBALL celebrated three games tonight scheduled down in Round 30 of the Spanish League, with the following final results & scorers.



Alexis & Messi


REAL MALLORCA could not manage a positive result with FC BARCELONA down to 10 men from the 56th min & lost 0 - 2. Barcelona rightly deserved the three points as they controlled proceedings for most of the match.

The opener came from a

REAL MADRID CF TARGETS ARSENAL FORWARD VAN PERSIE ?

News vibrating out of England - again - has been picked up locally by Spanish Sports paper "AS", that ARSENAL Dutch forward ROBIN VAN PERSIE is a REAL MADRID target for next season. This is not the first "vibrator" impact reached locally as the forward has been splashed on local press during the past seasons, which FC Barcelona also sounding in the past. 



Van Persie

The 28 year old player

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA ROUND 29 THURSDAY NIGHT GAMES RESULTS

Last three matches of Round 29 of the SPANISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE played tonight with the following scorers & final results.



Jesus Navas

RACING DE SANTANDER continue in their bottom of the table "Football Hell" & were defeated 0 - 3 by SEVILLA FC which got back onto the rails. Sevilla FC basically dominated most of the match & had Captain JESUS NAVAS inspired. It was he who scored & opened up

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LEAGUE ROUND 29 RESULTS WEDNESDAY MID-WEEK GAMES

SPANISH FOOTBALL action continued tonight with five scheduled matches of Round 29. Big games with surprising results that will now be quickly summarized with final results & scorers.



Falcao for At.Madrid

ATLETICO DE MADRID managed a very important 2 - 1 victory over ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO that will give the Club a moral boost in their attempts to climb into Euro table positions. The first  half

SPANISH FOOTBALL MID-WEEK ROUND 29 TUESDAY NIGHT RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL begins its mid-week Round 29 LIGA schedule tonight with two games played. Here are the results & the scorers



Osasuna - Getafe


OSASUNA played out a 0 - 0 draw with GETAFE. The match was lacklustre affair. However there was a clear protagonist, Getafe goalie Miguel Angel Moya who made three unbelievable saves to gives his team a point. Man of the Match.



Xavi Hernandez

FC

IFFHS KEEPS FC BARCELONA AS BEST CLUB OF THE XXI CENTURY

Spanish Football Club FC BARCELONA continues to top the ranking of the "Best European club of the 21st Century" as compiled by the FIFA backed "International Federation of Football History and Statistics", the IFFHS.


After eleven years, the Spanish Club is ahead of Manchester United, while REAL MADRID CF  has progressed from eighth to fourth, & is just behind Arsenal which is in third place.

FC BARCELONA MAKES A FIRST PAYMENT OF 14,5M€ FOR NEYMAR ?

News out of Spanish Radio "Cadena SER" informs that FC BARCELONA has made a 1º st payment to SANTOS of 14.5M€ for their player NEYMAR. The Spanish Football Club apparently came to an agreement late last year with Santos for a figure of around 58-60M€ & with the incorporation of Neymar in 2014. The news also says there is an option of an earlier incorporation to the Barça discipline although many

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA ROUND 28 MONDAY NIGHT RESULT

LA LIGA continued with the last match of Round 28 with the now habitual Monday Night clash. RCD ESPANYOL hosted RACING DE SANTANDER with the latter losing 3 - 1 & which keeps the Club struggling in the relegation zone of the ladder.


The home side overcame an initial cold start after Racing got themselves ahead with a 12th min STUANI goal, but that was basically all by the visitors. From here

SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM | FIVE FORWARDS FOR TWO POSITIONS

Roberto Soldado ( Valencia CF ), David Villa ( FC Barcelona ), Fernando Llorente ( Athletic Club), Alvaro Negredo (Sevilla FC ) & Fernando Torres ( Chelsea FC) all have things in common. One, they are all "Centre Fowards", or Number Nines in the traditional Football position, & second, they are all competing for the prized two positions on the final List of Spanish National Football Team

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LEAGUE ROUND 28 RESULTS SUNDAY GAMES

SPANISH FOOTBALL & Round 28 of the Spanish League continued today with four matches scheduled. Here is a summary of the main talking points, along with the scorers & the final results.



Xavi Torres gets the winner

LEVANTE are not going to give up their opportunity to be in the "Champions League zone" of the classification table after winning VILLAREAL 1 - 0. The loss by Villareal cost the job

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LEAGUE ROUND 28 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH LEAGUE action with five matches scheduled this Saturday as part of Round 28. As habitual with "LA LIGA" there was plenty of action & goals. Here are all the final results.



Granada scores against Sporting Gijon

The GRANADA versus REAL SPORTING DE GIJON was a vital game for both as they hoover in & around the relegation zone of the ladder. The final result of 2 - 0 gives Granada some

FC BARCELONA | RIP BASORA

Black flag & sad day at "Camp Barça" with the passing away of FC BARCELONA legendary player of the 50s, Estanislao BASORA. The ex-Barça winger suffered a heart-attack some days back of which he did not manage to recover. The ex-player leaves Spanish Football orphan & his family at the age of 85 years.



Basora for FC Barcelona

Basora played for FC BARCELONA from 1946 until 1956 scoring 153

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - EUROPA LEAGUE QUARTER-SEMI DRAW MATCH-UPS

Today the Sports media has been taken over, Football wise, by the 2011-2012 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE & EUROPA LEAGUE quarter & semi final Club match-up draws. There was two Spanish Football Clubs in the Champions League team draw ceremony, while there was three Spanish Football Clubs for the Europa League match-ups.



Champions League draw: courtesy of "Marca"


REAL MADRID CF got the best option in the

EUROPA LEAGUE | SPANISH FOOTBALL CLUB 2º LEG FINAL RESULTS

Three SPANISH FOOTBALL Clubs had EUROPA LEAGUE duties tonight with their 2º leg return matches. Here is a brief summary, the final results & all the scorers.



Llorente scores for Bilbao

ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO won MANCHESTER UNITED 2 - 1 ( 5-3 on agg ) to knock out one of the greats of European Football & put in a magical night that will not be forgotten for years at Bilbao. It was the "coming of

REAL MADRID 4 CSKA MOSCOW 1 | REAL INTO THE CHAMPIONS QUARTER FINALS

REAL MADRID CF goes into next Fridays CHAMPIONS LEAGUE quarter-final draw after winning CSKA MOSCOW 4 - 1 ( 5- 2 aggregate) in the 2º leg match. 



Cristiano Ronaldo

The Russians initially set up their "standard" tight defence & awaited Real Madrid to practice their counter-attacking Football. It nearly paid off for them as they had two-three excellent chances to get ahead. However, Real Madrid

LIONEL MESSI - THE GOALKEEPER

Look, its a bird , its a plane ...its Super MESSI. This photo was taken by FC BARCELONA Captain Carles Puyol yesterday at training, & yes, it is NOT Victor Valdes.

The goalie in action is LIONEL MESSI who was "piss-farting-around" & having a laugh. Not bad indeed, not only can the man put in 5 goals in a single match but at training fly like Superman & stop almost certain training goals.

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA ROUND 27 MONDAY NIGHT RESULT | VILLAREAL 1 GETAFE 2

SPANISH FOOTBALL action tonight with the last match of Round 27 of the Spanish League in the now habitual "Monday Night Liga game".

Entertaining match worthy of a watch as it was intense by both sides, with plenty of chances & with goals. VILLAREAL lost 1 - 2 to GETAFE & in the process the former "return" dangerously close to the dreaded "relegation zone" of the ladder. 



Villareal - Getafe 

FC BARCELONA | GUARDIOLA WANTS GERARD PIQUE OUT ?

Spanish & Madrid regional TV , "Telemadrid", has added fuel to the ..."when will FC BARCELONA Coach Josep Guardiola renew his contract with Barça fire", claiming that one of the big reasons for the delay is defender GERARD PIQUE.

The TV, via its Sports programme, claims that Coach Guardiola does not wish to have the Barça & Spanish International defender continue next season at the Club (

SPANISH HANDBALL | ATLETICO DE MADRID SPANISH CUP WINNERS 2012

SPANISH HANDBALL action today with the Final of the SPANISH CUP ( Copa del Rey ) between two giants of European & Spanish Handball: ATLETICO DE MADRID ( formerly Cuidad Real) & BARCELONA. The title went to Atletico de Madrid 37 - 31 after doing the damage on Barcelona in the second half with pure firepower. That & an amazing goalkeeper in HOMBRADOS which stopped the Barcelona advances.

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LEAGUE ROUND 27 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

Sunday & a big day of SPANISH FOOTBALL as 5 games were scheduled as part of Round 27 of  LA LIGA. Lets get straight into a brief run-down of the main events, the scorers & the final results.



Miranda scores for Atletico de Madrid

ATLETICO DE MADRID won 2 - 0 GRANADA. The winner put in a very lacklustre performance & were given a real shake by the visitors for most of the clash.  The visitors

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LEAGUE ROUND 27 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

Four SPANISH FOOTBALL matches scheduled today / tonight as part of Round 27 of the Spanish League. Lets get straight into the summary of the main events, final results & all the goal scorers.



Agirretxe scored twice
REAL SOCIEDAD won REAL ZARAGOZA 3 - 0 in 39 mins of complete match dominance that puts Zaragoza on the brink of the 2º Division. This loss for Zaragoza put out the little hope that

FOOTBALL FINANCE | REAL MADRID JOSE MOURINHO Nº1 MONEY EARNING COACH

Portuguese Football Website specialized in Football Finances, "Futebol Finance", has handed in it list of Top Money Earning Football Managers/ Coaches in World Football. REAL MADRID Coach JOSÉ MOURINHO tops the list with 10M€ per year, followed by FC BARCELONA Coach JOSEP GUARDIOLA with 7,5M€ per year. Lower down the list in Nº 16 position is MALAGA Coach MANUEL PELLEGRINI & Spanish National Team

EXCELLENT NIGHT - RESULTS FOR SPANISH FOOTBALL IN EUROPA LEAGUE

Excellent night of European & SPANISH FOOTBALL with EUROPA LEAGUE action throughout the continent & three Spanish Clubs in action with very positive results. Here is a brief run down of the 1º leg matches with Spanish participation, with scorers & the final results.



At.Madrid - Besiktas

ATLETICO DE MADRID defeated Turkish Club BESIKTAS 3 - 1 in a good game from the Spaniards that allowed the

FC BARCELONA 7 - BAYERN LEVERKUSEN 1 | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2º LEG MATCH RESULT

Historical night in the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2º leg return match between FC BARCELONA & German Club BAYERN LEVERKUSEN. The latter will be taking some aspirins on their way back home to get over a 7 - 1 thrashing which converts the final aggregate scoreline into a 10 - 2 .

Previous to this game the Leverkusen Coach Dutt had commented that he had the strategy to halt Barça which now has become

FIFA RANKING MARCH 2012 | SPAIN REMAINS Nº1

FIFA has released its monthly ranking of Football Nations for March. SPAIN remains on top as the Nº1 Football National Team followed by Holland which regains the second spot from Germany which falls to third. A total of 91 International matches (of which 70 were Friendly) were taken into account from last month to add (or subtracted) points from the National Teams.



Spanish National Team 2012

REAL MADRID 110 YEARS OF FOOTBALL | HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Regular readers will know that my heart in Football ( Soccer ) matters is with Atletico de Madrid. However, here there is no fanatical devotion with the only solid support being to Sports, all Spanish Football & the fans around the World. 

Many millions of those mentioned fans & daily readers of Spanish Football Sports Blog are supporters of Real Madrid. Today the 6th of March of 2012 SPANISH

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LIGA ROUND 26 MONDAY NIGHT RESULT | LEVANTE 3 REAL BETIS 1

Monday Night SPANISH FOOTBALL with the last game of Round 26 scheduled & played. Lets race briefly through events, all the scorers & the final result.



Levante - Real Betis


Match with lots of goals between LEVANTE & REAL BETIS with the home team winning 3 - 1 & thus maintaining themselves in the prized 4th place of the classification table which allows the Club to "dream" of Champions League

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LEAGUE ROUND 26 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL continued this Sunday with four matches scheduled as part of Round 26 of the Spanish League. Here is a brief summary of the events, along with the final results from each game & the respective scorers.



Real Zaragoza stay alive in La Liga

VILLAREAL lost away 2 - 1 to last placed REAL ZARAGOZA which has decided that they will not go down into the 2º Division without fighting to

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA ROUND 26 SATURDAY NIGHT GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL scheduled in 5 games tonight as part of Round 26 of "LA LIGA". Here are brief details of the events, all the final results & the scorers.



Michu for Rayo Vallecano

Madrid Club RAYO VALLECANO made a spectacular comeback to win 18th placed ( that is relegation zone ) RACING DE SANTANDER 4 - 2. Santander started well & looked on course for a comfortable win when they scored via

IFFHS | FC BARCELONA BEST CLUB IN THE WORLD FEBRUARY 2012

The FIFA backed "International Federation of Fooball History & Statistics" (IFFHS) has released it monthly ranking of "The Best Football Club in World Football" for Febuary 2012. The big gainer from the previous month is Argentine Football Club Velez Sarfield which has not lost a game during the month.


At the top of the list are Spanish Football Clubs FC BARCELONA at Nº1 - again - & second

REAL MADRID - MANCHESTER CITY TO SWAP HIGUAIN FOR AGUERO ?

According to local Spanish Sports paper "Marca",  & its front cover today, Manchester City & Argentine International SERGIO AGUERO is back on the agenda of REAL MADRID for next season. The fact is that "Kun" never left the agenda of the Spanish Football Club  because there may have been an "agreement" that the player go to England & thus "disarm" the then local "ATLETICO DE MADRID" bomb to return

SPAIN 5 VENEZUELA 0 | INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY RESULT

Night of International Football around the globe with a Friendly International played in the city of Malaga (Spain). The current European & FIFA World Champions SPAIN defeated VENEZUELA 5 - 0 in an entertaining match which was basically dominated by the locals & more after Venezuela defender ( & At Bilbao player ) Amorebieta was sent off with a red card in the 64th min.



Spain 2012 vs Venezuela

SPANISH FOOTBALL CURRENT LEADING GOAL SCORERS AFTER 25 ROUNDS | 2011-2012

After 25 Rounds of SPANISH FOOTBALL, I thought it maybe a good moment to inform all the readers on how the leading goal scorers are in both the Spanish 1º Division ( La Liga ) & the 2º Division. These numbers are of today & naturally will change next week to which the final season winners will not been known until the end of the season 2011-2012.


Said this, which is obvious, there is a clear

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LEAGUE ROUND 25 SUNDAY NIGHT GAMES RESULTS

Six games of the SPANISH LEAGUE today/tonight as part of Round 25 which kicked off yesterday with four games already played. Instense SPANISH FOOTBALL action with all the final results & scorers below.



Villareal - At.Bilbao


Midday clash between the improving VILLAREAL & ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO which finished in a 2 - 2 draw. An entertaining match which saw Villareal get ahead early via a SENNA

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA ROUND 25 SATURDAY NIGHT GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL tonight with four matches scheduled as part of Round 25 of the SPANISH LEAGUE. The big Clubs come into action tomorrow,  but that participating Clubs tonight gave us the usually high level of Football we are used to.



Racing - Sporting

RACING DE SANTANDER & REAL SPORTING DE GIJON are both in the relegation zone & are fighting to stay alive in the Spanish 1º st Division.

FC BARCELONA | SUENG-HO PAIK "THE KOREAN MESSI"

I made a post sometime back about young South Korean SEUNG-HO PAIK (17. 03.1997) who grabbed the attention of FC BARCEONA scouts in 2009 during a tournament at the "Penya Barcelonista de Sant Cugat/Escola de Futbol Hristo Stoichkov" (Stoichkov School of Football) with the U/14 Korean Team.



Paik

After apparently dazzling the Barça technical team, young Paik signed for FC BARCELONA in 2010 &

SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM | SELECTOR DEL BOSQUE HANDS IN LIST | TORRES DROPPED

The SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL Selector & Coach, Vicente del Bosque, handed in at midday the list of SPANISH FOOTBALL players to make up the squad that will play the International Friendly game against VENEZUELA the 29th of February at Malaga (Spain).

This list would not be so important, if it would not be the second last call up before the final expected list that will make up the squad the will

EUROPA LEAGUE | SPANISH FOOTBALL CLUB FINAL RESULTS

Three SPANISH FOOTBALL Clubs had return leg EUROPA LEAGUE matches to play tonight. Here is a quick run through events of what has been a good night, with the final results & all the scorers.



Muniain

ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO hosted LOKOMOTIV MOSCOW with an important away goal up their sleeve from the away leg. Moscow had two goals in their bag & needed only to score to get through. It was a nail

FC BARCELONA | WILL GUARDIOLA RENEW AS COACH ?

Have received a few emails from readers asking what is happen at FC BARCELONA & in particular with their Coach JOSEP GUARDIOLA. Firstly the only person that can answer this is Josep Guardiola, the rest is just supposition, rumour & invention. Secondly, although this is not an area that I am particularly well informed, I will write down the main points that has Barça on a limb & hanging in 

MANCHESTER CITY TARGETS REAL MADRID HIGUAIN?

There are rumours coming out of England that MANCHESTER CITY has its eyes firmly on REAL MADRID forward GONZALO HIGUAIN. These rumours are persistent & now Argentine & Manchester City out of grace player CARLOS TEVEZ comes into the equation.



Gonzalo Higuain


However, some local journos believe this could be a strategy by the representatives of Higuain to force, or let Real Madrid know, that a

CSKA MOSCOW 1 - REAL MADRID 1 | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE AWAY RESULT

It was always going to be a diificult away game for SPANISH FOOTBALL Club REAL MADRID at Moscow. Sub-zero temperature, artificial grass surface & a "rocky" CSKA MOSCOW that was not going to be allowed to be pushed around on home turf. The final result of this away CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ( last 16 ) match ended in a 1 - 1 result that although good for Real Madrid, leaves a sour & bitter taste on how the

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LIGA ROUND 24 MONDAY NIGHT RESULT | ZARAGOZA 0 REAL BETIS 2

SPANISH FOOTBALL tonight with the Monday Night game that concludes Round 24 of LA LIGA. 



Real Betis scores

REAL ZARAGOZA looked last week as if they had made a timid step forward in their difficult endeavour of attempt to avoid possible relegation. Tonight they took two steps backwards as they lost 0 - 2 at home to REAL BETIS. The star was RUBEN CASTRO who scored both goals for Betis, the

SPANISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE NUMBER TWO ACCORDING TO IFFHS

The FIFA backed "Internationational Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) has released another of its "Best of" lists. This time its the "Best Football (Soccer) Leagues in World Football" in what we have of this 21st Century. The English Premier League started strong this century & leads the classification, but has been caught by the Spanish Football League which is currently second

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA ROUND 24 SUNDAY NIGHT GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL today/tonight with the continuation of Round 24 with six matches played of the SPANISH LEAGUE. Here is a resume of events, scorers & the final results.



Granada back in winning groove

GRANADA made a comeback in devastating fashion to win 4 - 1 REAL SOCIEDAD. The visitors got ahead in the 10th min via GONZALEZ & Granada equalized immediately a minute later via LOPEZ. Both sides

SPANISH BASKETBALL | REAL MADRID DEFEATS BARCELONA IN SPANISH CUP FINAL

Big SPANISH BASKETBALL afternoon/evening with the SPANISH CUP ( Copa del Rey ) Final between FC BARCELONA & REAL MADRID. The final result of this "clasico" was BARCELONA  74 - REAL MADRID 91, thus giving the title to Real Madrid after waiting 19 years, as that was the last time they last lifted the Basketball Spanish Cup.



Real Madrid win Cup after 19 years.

Real Madrid dominated from the

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA ROUND 24 SATURDAY NIGHT GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL tonight with three games scheduled as part of Round 24 of the SPANISH LEAGUE. Here is a brief summary of the main events, with all the final results & all the scorers.



Getafe-Espanyol

An evenly fought out encounter between GETAFE & RCD ESPANYOL which had its most exciting action the last half hour of the match. During this period the opportunities appeared & Espanyol got

REAL MADRID FOLLOWING FEDERICO FERNANDEZ OF NAPOLES ?

Its rumour time again folks, & the end of this season is still months away. From Italy, we get the news locally that REAL MADRID is following closely 22 year old Argentine Central Defender for NAPOLES, FEDERICO FERNANDEZ. The Spanish Football Club has even put a price, 10M€ which will obviously now raise seeing it is Real Madrid showing the interest.



Ferderico Fernandez

If there is any truth

YOUNG LIONEL MESSI

This post is purely for the fans, especially the LIONEL MESSI followers, although it is also a bit of a curiosity piece. Below is the Catalonian Football Federation card , with the Barça stamp, of today's Nº1 Football player & FC BARCELONA star, LIONEL MESSI



Messi

I personally find curious the signature, its very young man in its forms. I bet its much more sophisticated as he has plenty of

SPANISH FOOTBALL | EUROPA LEAGUE RESULTS

Just got in, a nightmare day at the office, although I did see the matches. You will need to excuse me as this post will be super brief...family responsibilities :O)



LAZIO lost 1 - 3 to an very good ATLETICO DE MADRID, that did impress. The goals came via KLOSE who put Lazio ahead early in the 19th min, but Atletico took over the game via goals from  ADRIAN in the 25th min & FALCAO with two in

SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM | RED ALERT?

All quiet - relatively speaking - on the SPANISH FOOTBALL front. Perhaps this has motivated Spanish Sports daily "Marca" to put the following "RED ALERT" warning on their front cover today.

Although the European Football Nations Cups is still months away, there seems to be some concern that the low form & string of injuries to "key players" of the SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM may "weaken" the

BAYERN LEVERKUSEN 1 FC BARCELONA 3 | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 1º LEG Q/FINAL RESULT

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE action was back after a break with Spanish representative FC BARCELONA travelling to BAYERN LEVERKUSEN for the 1º leg last 16 teams match. The final result was a 1 - 3 victory for Barcelona which "virtually" puts them into the quarter-final with the exception of a surprise result (possible) at "Camp Nou" in the 2º leg return match in two weeks.



Alexis

My perception was the

REAL SOCIEDAD 2 SEVILLA 0 | SPANISH FOOTBALL - LEAGUE ROUND 23 MONDAY NIGHT GAME RESULT

SPANISH FOOTBALL action tonight with the Round 23 Monday Night Liga game.

REAL SOCIEDAD defeated SEVILLA FC 2 - 0 with new Sevilla FC Coach Michel not being able to hit the correct buttons to get back the early season good Football of his new side. The novelty from Michel was the line-up of veteran goalkeeper PALOP which was interpreted as a sign of bring back some of the experienced  "old

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA ROUND 23 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL continued this Sunday with six games of Round 23 scheduled in LA LIGA. Lets get straight into the round-up of the matches, the final results & all the scorers.



Espanyol - Zaragoza

RCD ESPANYOL lost surprisingly to bottom placed Club REAL ZARAGOZA 0 - 2. It was the first away victory for Zaragoza this season which is desperately attempting to string together some good games &

INDOOR SOCCER - FOOTBALL 2012 EURO FINAL | SPAIN 3 - RUSSIA 1

Great night for SPANISH SPORTS & FOOTBALL as SPAIN proclaimed themselves the 2012 EUROPEAN INDOOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS after defeated 3 - 1 RUSSIA in the Final tonight.



Spain Indoor Football Team: Euro Champs 2012


SPAIN keeps dominating this Sport in its Indoor category & gets its sixth European Title tonight.



Spain vs Russia : 2012 Euro Final

Russia got ahead via a 34th min goal by PULA,

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LIGA ROUND 23 SATURDAY NIGHT GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL tonight with three games of Round 23 scheduled of LA LIGA. Great matches, surprises & big news that I will get into now. Here is a brief summary of the events, final results & scorers.



Diego flys against Racing

RACING DE SANTANDER hosted ATLETICO DE MADRID & will be happy to have managed a 0 - 0 result. Atletico will be disappointed as they let go another chance to jump into

FOOTBALL FINANCE | REAL MADRID - FC BARCELONA TOP INCOME EARNERS IN WORLD FOOTBALL

The prestigious International Consulting firm Deloitte has released its yearly study of the World Football Clubs with highest income generation for season 2010-2011. For the third year running both REAL MADRID CF & FC BARCELONA lead the list of top income generating Clubs. The tendency is that FC Barcelona has experienced a jump in income that has to do with their "winning ways", Global brand

REAL MADRID FOCUSES ON VAN PERSIE ?

Truth? Hype? The players representative pulling strings? Or just all Bullshit? The beauty behind Football & Spanish Sports paper "Marca" is that all four possibilities can exist &/or co-exist?

That REAL MADRID & FC Barcelona (also mentioned) are following, plus the latter thinking in signing next season the Dutch forward is not at all new. The last couple of seasons VAN PERSIE has sounded - &

SPANISH CUP 2º LEG SEMI FINAL RESULT | FC BARCELONA 2 VALENCIA CF 0

SPANISH CUP ( Copa del Rey ) action tonight with the semi final 2º leg match. FC BARCELONA greeted VALENCIA CF (without forward Soldado, a last moment discard) with a 1 -1 "advantage" from the 1º leg, & ended up adding to it winning tonight 2 - 0 ( 3 - 1 agg ). Thus the victory puts Barça into the Final of the Spanish Cup were they will meet Athletic Club Bilbao.



Cesc Fabregas a happy man

SPANISH CUP 2ND LEG SEMI FINAL MATCH RESULT | AT BILBAO 6 MIRANDES 2

ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO are in the final of the SPANISH CUP ( Copa del Rey ) after defeating 6 - 2 the  2º B Division Club MIRANDES ( 8-3 agg). The dream run for Mirandes hit the wall at the "San Mames Stadium" in the 2º leg return semi - final match after a fabulous & unforgettable run. Congratulations guys, thanks for the Football & courage displayed.



At.Bilbao scores

Athletic dominated most

TRIBUTE TO FRENCH SPORTS MEDIA

This goes to all the European brothers, especially to the French media LÉquipe , the populist "Le Monde" & Canal + TV France... France has´nt won anything significant in years.

Please don´t use our Sportsmen & teams...Alberto Contador , Rafael Nadal, the Spanish National Football Team etc & etc...to justify your poor Sports achievements. Absolutely pathetic all the French papers comments, French

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LIGA ROUND 22 MONDAY NIGHT RESULT

SPANISH FOOTBALL action tonight with the conclusion of Round 22 of LA LIGA with the Monday Night match between GRANADA & MALAGA FC.



Granada - Malaga


GRANADA managed to lift a couple of gears in the second half to take this game 2 - 1 against a very inconsistent MALAGA FC. The Malaga defender Demichelis - again - received a red card to leave his side at a disadvantage in the 83rd min mark.

IFFHS TOP COACH LIST | VICENTE DEL BOSQUE TOP SPANIARD

The FIFA backed "International Federation of Football History & Statistics" (IFFHS) has released its Top 10 list of World Football Coaches & Managers,  with Scotsman & Manchester United Coach/Manager Sir Alex Ferguson as the Top placed (Nº 1) so far this 21st Century. Ferguson leads by just 1 point Arsenal Coach/Manager Arsene Wenger with Real Madrid Coach Jose Mourinho in 3rd place.

The Top

SPANISH SPORTS | ALBERTO CONTADOR GETS HARSH PUNISHMENT FROM TAS

Sad & frustrating day for SPANISH SPORTS , Spanish Cycling & for World Nº1 cycle-rider ALBERTO CONTADOR after the "Court of Arbritration for Sport" (TAS) gave in their sentence of a 2 year penalty today. But if that was harsh they also retired his 2010 Tour de France & 2011 Giro de Italia title.

But there is more, Alberto Contador can begin riding again the 6th of August 2012, that means he will

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA ROUND 22 SUNDAY NIGHT GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL continued today/tonight with Round 22 with four games scheduled of the SPANISH LEAGUE. Here are the final results & the scorers.



Carmelo scores for Sporting

REAL SPORTING DE GIJON had a new Coach & managed to draw 1 - 1 against OSASUNA. The locals started well & scored in the 31 st min, but then missed various occasions in the second half that made the team pay later when

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA ROUND 22 SATURDAY NIGHT GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL tonight under very cold conditions, as in most Western Europe, with 5 matches scheduled as part of Round 22 of LA LIGA. Here are all the final results along with the goal scorers.



Levante - Racing


LEVANTE drew 1 - 1 with RACING DE SANTANDER in an interesting game of Football that saw the latter more determined to grab the points. Levante has lost the initial season impulse

SPANISH FOOTBALL | FROM IMPORTER TO EXPORTER

Another young SPANISH FOOTBALL pearl leaves for foreign shores to build upon his talents & hopefully begin a solid Football career. This time English Premier League Club MANCHESTER CITY has paid 3M€ to REAL MADRID for POZO . The U-17 Spanish International is in England but cannot play due to the fact that he is only 15 years old & needs to wait until he reaches 16 years according to English FA

SPANISH CUP 1º LEG SEMI - FINAL RESULT | VALENCIA CF 1 FC BARCELONA 1

SPANISH FOOTBALL tonight with the 1º leg semi-final match of the SPANISH CUP ( Copa del Rey ) between VALENCIA CF & FC BARCELONA. Here is a brief summary of the main events, the scorers & the final result.



Pinto touches ball outside the box


VALENCIA CF finished the match with a 1 - 1 draw against FC BARCELONA. The main controversy was the "handball" by Barça goalie Pinto in the early part of

JUVENTUS EYES HIGUAIN &/OR BENZEMA FOR NEXT SEASON

News from Italy, concretely from "Tuttosports" & picked up locally via Spanish Sports daily "As", mentions that JUVENTUS has REAL MADRID forward GONZALO HIGUAIN as mximum signing objective for next season. But there is more, in case it all gets difficult , Juventus has a Plan- B , that is,  KARIM BENZEMA.



Gonzalo Higuain

Both have been for sometime on the Italian Clubs list of players to 

SPANISH CUP 1º LEG SEMI FINAL RESULT | MIRANDES 1 - ATHLETIC BILBAO 2

SPANISH CUP 1º leg semi final match between 2º Division B Club MIRANDES & Liga Club ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO. Simple explanation & summary, the "downgrading" of the "dream ticket" for Mirandes. FERNANDO LLORENTE scored twice for a 1 - 2 away result for Bilbao, with late Mirandes goal.



Fernando Llorente

Please do not get me wrong, Mirandes were brave & put in a good performance, they should be

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LEAGUE ROUND 21 MONDAY NIGHT RESULT

SPANISH FOOTBALL action tonight with the Monday Night,  & the last scheduled Round 21,  match of LA LIGA. 



Godin scores for  At.Madrid

The home stadium of "El Reyno" for OSASUNA is a fort, a stronghold, that has seen many Clubs pass a hard time & had to exercise some hard work to get something positive from the visit. It was not any different for ATLETICO DE MADRID tonight which managed a

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LEAGUE ROUND 21 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL continued today with five top games in Round 21 of the SPANISH LEAGUE. Here is a brief summary of the matches, with all the scorers & with the final results.



Martins for Granada


REAL BETIS lost 1 - 2 to GRANADA with the latter having their new Coach Abel debut with victory. The fact was that it was a competitive match fought out between two Clubs from Southern Spain with

SPANISH SPORTS | RAFAEL NADAL LOSES AUSTRALIAN TENNIS FINAL & SPAIN LOSSES IN HANDBALL

Serbian World Nº1 Tennis player NOVAK DJOKOVIC starts the 2012 Tennis season as he finished last,  winning the 2012 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 & 7-5 Spanish player & World Nº 2 RAFAEL NADAL is a historical match that lasted nearly 6 hours.





Rafael Nadal

The Spaniard started well to take the first set, but Djokavic reacted over-powering Nadal with his serve & stroke shots to take the

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LIGA ROUND 21 SATURDAY NIGHT GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL action tonigt with four matches of Round 21 played of the SPANISH LEAGUE. Here is a run down of all the main events, scorers & the final scores.



Fernando Llorente 


Madrid Club RAYO VALLECANO played a good match but lost 2 - 3 to ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO with an inspired FERNANDO LLORENTE on the field who scored a HAT-TRICK for Bilbao ( 15th , 22nd & 67th min). The goals for the

MOURINHO TO REFEREE TEIXEIRA : SPANISH FOOTBALL QUOTES OF THE WEEK

Slow day relativelty speaking for SPANISH FOOTBALL , although tomorrow things will certainly pick up as La Liga gets into action with both Barça & Real Madrid playing their respective games.

However, thought I let all the readers know what REAL MADRID Coach MOURINHO told - straight at his face - the Spanish Cup 2º leg quarter-final referee TEIXEIRA after the 2 - 2 result which knocked out Real

LEVANTE 0 - VALENCIA CF 3 | SPANISH CUP 2ND LEG QUARTER FINAL RESULT

SPANISH FOOTBALL tonight with the last scheduled 2º leg quarter-final match of the SPANISH CUP (Copa del Rey). Here is a brief rundown of the scorers & final result.



Aduriz for Valencia CF


LEVANTE hosted VALENCIA CF which visited with a 1 - 4 advantage from the 1º leg match. In fact, the tie was fairly safe for Valencia which gave some rest to some key players. Levante maintained a slim hope

SPANISH CUP 2ND LEG QUARTER FINAL MATCH RESULTS - WEDNESDAY NIGHT

SPANISH FOOTBALL action with two 2º leg SPANISH CUP ( Copa del Rey ) quarter-finals clashes tonight with the following final results & scorers.



Mallorca-Bilbao

REAL MALLORCA hosted ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO with a 0 - 2 deficit from the 1º leg encounter. The home team was vibed up to attempt to turn around the result but failed to do so as the "Basque" Club defended well & played it cool to keep

SPANISH CUP RESULT | MIRANDES 2 ESPANYOL 1

SPANISH CUP ( Copa de Rey ) action tonight with the return match between 2º B Division Club MIRANDES & Liga Club RCD ESPANYOL. The latter won in the 1º st leg 3-2 & this match was totally up for grabs. After an exciting game of Football the final 2 - 1 result served to qualify Mirandes ( 4-4 agg, away goal advantage) into the Spanish Cup semi-finals & keep the SPANISH FOOTBALL "fairytale" story

REAL MADRID | WHAT´S UP WITH NURIN SAHIN ?

REAL MADRID is the talk of the Spanish Football scene for all the wrong reasons. You may think being 5 points in front of their rival in the LIGA calssification table & up there in Champions would be motive for some good vibes, however it is not the case. There is an apparent dressing room split between Coach Mourinho & some "heavyweight Spanish players", a inside "rat" that filters news to media

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LEAGUE ROUND 1 MONDAY NIGHT GAME RESULT

Last game tonight of Round 1 of the SPANISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE with the following result & scorers. Both VILLAREAL & REAL SPORTING DE GIJON needed the points to keep contemplating  surviving this season  at the top level. However, only one got away with the objetive as Villareal won 3 - 0 Gijon.




The goal scorers were MARCOS RUBEN in the 56th min, BORJA VALERO in the 58th min & BRUNO in the 90th

RUMOUR | JOSE MOURINHO TO LEAVE REAL MADRID END OF SEASON

A high rating & daily late night SPANISH FOOTBALL programme dropped the bomb live on air. At around 02.00 ( very late night ) a regular - staff journalist in middle of a debate on JOSE MOURINHO & the supposed crisis within his dressing room with some players, received a call & was informed by an "unknown source" the news.

Jose Mourinho has it decided that he will LEAVE Real Madrid at the end of

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LEAGUE ROUND 1 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL this afternoon-night with the continuation of Round 1 ( the retake of the "players strike" at the start of the season) with five matches scheduled. Here is a brief summary of all the main events, the final results & the goal scorers.



Osasuna-Valencia CF

OSASUNA drew 1 - 1 against VALENCIA CF in a very rough & aggressive match at Pamplona. The atmosphere was heated on the

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LEAGUE ROUND 1 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL & its LIGA went back in time,  in a sort of matter,  as this weekend Round 1 was celebrated & four match were scheduled. Remember that the Spanish Football season did not kick - off due to a players strike? Well today part of that missed Round was celebrated.

Here is a brief summary with the final results & scorers of tonight's games.



Casquero - Getafe

RACING DE SANTANDER

FC BARCELONA NEW UNIFORM DESIGN 2012-2013

If the "news filtration" out by Spanish Sports Barcelona based paper "Sport" is correct, FC BARCELONA fans should begin saving their money for the new uniform that will be official next season: 2012-2013.


Below is an image/s of the new design/s that signals that if you just forked out 90€-110€ for the current uniform, you will be shortly "old school".



Proposed & approved 2012-2013 uniform

SPANISH CUP 1º LEG QUARTER FINAL RESULT | VALENCIA CF 3 - LEVANTE 1

The last scheduled SPANISH CUP ( Copa del Rey ) 1º leg quarter-final match was played tonight in a regional derby between Liga Football Clubs VALENCIA CF - LEVANTE. An entertaining match which gave some great goals , plays & intensity that finished 4 - 1.



Valencia - Levante


Valencia started more plugged-in than the visitors with rapid counter-attacks that gave their fruit in the 24th min

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

A "status-quo" result. REAL MADRID watched & were finally out played by FC BARCELONA to lose the 1º leg of the SPANISH CUP quarter-final at the "Santiago Bernabeu Stadium" with a 1 - 2 result. Healthy & optimistic score for Barça which will host the return 2º leg game next week in their home "fort".


Real Madrid surprised (shocked) everyone with their initial line-up starting with Altiltop (

AT BILBAO 2 - MALLORCA 1 | SPANISH CUP QUARTER FINAL 1 º LEG RESULTS

While the Football World stands still & fixed to the Internet, Tv or a Radio with the 1º leg Spanish Cup match between Real Madrid & FC Barcelona, most forget that before & just finished was another SPANISH CUP ( Copa del Rey ) 1º leg match Quarter Final clash between ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO & MALLORCA. The final result was a 2 - 0 win for the "Lions" that puts them in the driving seat for the

PRE- MATCH SPANISH CUP | POSSIBLE REAL MADRID - FC BARCELONA LINE-UPS

Its on again, the clash of the Football Titans, this time the 1º leg of the SPANISH CUP ( Copa del Rey ). At 22.00 hrs (10.00pm)  Spanish local time REAL MADRID plays FC BARCELONA at the "Santiago Bernabeu" Stadium.

Although the "atmosphere" is less tense than previous ocassion it is certainly the talk of the town & of the Football World. Most of the talks are centered on the opening line-ups &

LAST MONTHS OF KAKA AT REAL MADRID?

News coming out of Italy is that French Club PARIS ST GERMAIN & REAL MADRID player & midfielder KAKA may have come to an agreement for the latter to catch a plane from Madrid to Paris for next season. The news comes from the Italian paper "La Gazzetta dello Sports" & concludes that the final step needed is an agreement between Clubs. The paper goes on further to say that Real Madrid President

SEVILLA FC SIGNS BABÁ

Papa Babacar Diawara (alias BABÁ ) has been signed in this "Transfer Winter Market" by Spanish Football Club SEVILLA FC from the Portugueses Football League. The player signs over from the "SuperLiga" & Club MARITIMO DE FUNCHAL & has scored 10 goals this season which has caught the eye of Sevilla FC.


Babá signs for the next 5 seasons at 3M€ & joins the two other Sevilla signings, José Antonio

SPANISH CUP 1º LEG QUARTER FINAL RESULT | RCD ESPANYOL 3 - MIRANDES 2

The Quarter Final phase of the SPANISH CUP ( Copa del Rey ) kicked of tonight with the 1ºst leg match between LIGA Club RCD ESPANYOL & the "Cinderalla of the tournament" Club from the Spanish 2º B Division MIRANDES. 


The match was a "beauty" with Espanyol having to lift itself up & comeback to put in a marvellous last 15 mins to win 3 - 2. 



Penalty not called to Mirandes

The theoretical 

SPANISH HANDBALL | EURO OPENER : FRANCE 26 - SPAIN 29

The Sport of HANDBALL does not get the space that it deserves here, I am aware of this but as a "one man blogging band" I have to go with the more popular of Sports, being that Football (Soccer), its simple demand.  Said this I take the opportunity to give coverage tonight when something big happens & in this case a victory by SPAIN in the opener of the European Handball Championships.



Spain -

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LEAGUE ROUND 19 RESULTS SUNDAY GAMES

SPANISH FOOTBALL today-tonight with the remaining five matches of Round 19 ( the season half-way mark) of the SPANISH LEAGUE. Here are all the final results & the scorers.



Falcao. Atletico de Madrid

ATLETICO DE MADRID finally managed to get back on the winning path with a 3 - 0 victory over VILLAREAL at home. New Atletico Coach Simeone has driving home the importance of pressure Football &

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LEAGUE ROUND 19 RESULTS SATURDAY NIGHT GAMES

SPANISH FOOTBALL action tonight with five games scheduled of Round 19 ( half-way through the LA LIGA season) with the following final results & scorers.




Rayo Vallecano 

GRANADA lost 1 - 2 to Madrid Club RAYO VALLECANO. The latter breathe easier with the three points but suffered towards the end as Granada attempted to salvage the situation.  Rayo was dominate the first 60 minutes with goals

SPANISH CUP 2ND LEG MATCHES RESULTS - THURSDAY NIGHT

The last two matches of the 2º leg of the SPANISH CUP ( Copa del Rey ) were played tonight with little surprises as the "big names" managed to finish off the job. 



At.Bilbao

ALBACETE went to the ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO "lions den" with a 1 - 0 goal 1º st leg advantage. That quickly ended after Bilbao won 4 - 0 the 2º leg game & in doing so the tie ( 4- 1 on agg ). The goals came from SUSAETA in

IFFHS NAMES FC BARCELONA BEST CLUB IN THE WORLD 2011

The FIFA backed "International Federation of Football History & Statistics" (IFFHS) has reconfirmed want everyone already knew, that SPANISH FOOTBALL Club FC BARCELONA is the "Best Football Team in the World" for 2011. It´s the third time ( 2007, 2009 & 2011) that Barça gets this outstanding recognition form the IFHHS.

Another Spanish Football Club needs to be mentioned as it was second placed,

SPANISH CUP RESULTS | 2ND LEG MATCHES WEDNESDAY NIGHT

Heroics & comebacks tonight with 2º leg SPANISH CUP ( Copa del Rey ) action. Exciting Spanish Football with plenty of emotion & goals to keep the fans biting their nails. Here is a summary of events & the final results, along with the scorers



Levente

LEVENTE had lost to Madrid 2º Division team ALCORCON in the first leg 1-2. Tonight the home team managed to put forward their LIGA authority &

SPANISH FOOTBALL THE BEST BY THE IFFHS

The FIFA backed "International Federation of Football Statistics & History" (IFFHS) has endorsed SPANISH FOOTBALL as having the "Best League in the World". The organization has released its yearly Top 10 list with Spanish Football holding the top spot.

Surprising to see Brazil so high, while traditionally strong Leagues like the Italian & German are relatively low placed.



La Liga 

Here is

SPANISH CUP 2ND LEG MATCHES RESULTS - TUESDAY NIGHT

Three top matches played tonight of the SPANISH CUP ( Copa del Rey ) with the 2º leg return clashes. Here is a summary of the events, the final results & all the scorers



Castro free kick goal

This was a top match - & unexplained - between REAL MALLORCA & REAL SOCIEDAD. The latter travelled to Mallorca with a 2- 0 goal 1º leg advantage & saw this game end for them with a 6 - 1 final score

FIFA 2011 "IDEAL 11 TEAM"

SPANISH FOOTBALL was recognized by FIFA yesterday in more ways than one for 2011. Here is the official list of the "IDEAL 11 TEAM" for 2011.



FIFA World XI


FC BARCELONA has 5 players ( Alves, Pique, Xavi, Iniesta & Messi) with REAL MADRID having 4 players chosen ( Casillas, Ramos, Xabi Alonso & Cristiano Ronaldo). The other two players are from Manchester United ( Vidic & Rooney).


Attempt

FIFA GOLDEN BALL 2011 WINNER LIONEL MESSI | GUARDIOLA BEST COACH

FIFA handed tonight the 2011 GOLDEN BALL ( BALON D´OR) AWARD - the Best Player in World Football - to FC BARCELONA player LIONEL MESSI. Its his third straight Golden Ball & puts the 24 year old Argentine in the elite class of 3 x winners like Platini, Van Basten & Cruyff. 


The second place was given to REAL MADRID player CRISTIANO RONALDO & third to FC BARCELONA player XAVI HERNANDEZ.

FIFA

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA ROUND 18 SUNDAY MATCH RESULTS

LA LIGA continued tonight with Round 18 SPANISH FOOTBALL action scheduled. Here is a brief summary of match events, scorers & the final results.



Getafe-At.Bilbao


GETAFE drew 0 - 0 with ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO. The latter have gone to Getafe now eight times & have gone back home without a victory. This particular match was a bit boring although both sides hit the post respectively in the 2º half

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LIGA ROUND 18 SATURDAY NIGHT RESULTS

Sorry for this very late round-up ( summary ) of yesterdays SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA Round 18 Saturday games. I was out of town & was not able to post anything until now. Said this, here is a very quick summary of the results & scorers.


REAL SOCIEDAD 0 - OSASUNA 0


LEVANTE 0 - REAL MALLORCA 0

MALAGA 0 - ATLETICO DE MADRID 0 . Atletico with new Coach Simeone at least avoided a loss with

IFFHS NAMES GUARDIOLA BEST COACH 2011

SPANISH & FC BARCELONA Coach JOSEP GUARDIOLA has been named by the FIFA backed "International Football Federation of History & Statistics" (IFFHS) as the "Best Coach in World Football". Its the second straight year that the Catalan gets this prestigious recognition & with a healthy margin over second placed José Mourinho of Real Madrid.



Josep Guardiola
Here is the list of "Best Coach 2011" as

SPANISH CUP RESULTS 2012 | 1º LEG WEDNESDAY NIGHT RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL action tonight with two matches of the SPANISH CUP - "Copa del Rey" - 1º st leg last 16 team stage. Here are the final results & the scorers.



Real Sociedad score against Mallorca

REAL SOCIEDAD defeated REAL MALLORCA 2 - 0 & have the tie well in hand. A deserved victory with goals from ARANBURU in the 17th min & AGIRRETXE in the 55th min. Not much to add as it was all very

IFFHS NAMES IKER CASILLAS BEST GOALKEEPER

The FIFA back "International Football Federation of History & Statistics" ( IFFHS ) has released its calculations & list for the "Best Goalkeeper in World Football". REAL MADRID CF & Spanish International IKER CASILLAS has been chosen & thus gains his 4th recognition from the IFHHS. On the list FC BARCELONA goalie VICTOR VALDES comes in 3rd placed.


Earlier in the week, the same Football

SPANISH CUP RESULTS 2012 | 1º LEG TUESDAY NIGHT RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL back in serious action for 2012 with four SPANISH CUP 1º st leg matches played tonight. Seems the Xmas break has not been good for some Clubs as they were lacking spark & concentration, perhaps due to the extra calories, & some paid for it. Here is a quick summary of events, final results & scorers.



Iraola for Bilbao


ALBACETE kept ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO 0 - 0 , with Bilbao