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