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