MARCUS REUS | REAL MADRID HAS COMPETITION

The FIFA imposed prohibition of signing players until 2016 - ractified by the CAS - on FC Barcelona has eliminated a serious competitor from the Marcus Reus signing race. The Borussia Dortmund & German International is the hottest property on the Football Market that everyone wants, including Spanish Club Real Madrid. With FC Barcelona totally out of the picture, Real Madrid has it a "little"

WORLD SOCCER | CRISTIANO RONALDO WINS BEST PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2014

The Soccer Magazine "World Soccer" has Awarded Real Madrid player Cristiano Ronaldo their "Best Football Player of the Year 2014". CR7 was voted by 100 journalists & other World Soccer experts, ahead of Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer & FC Barcelona forward Lionel Messi.

Traditionally, the winner of the "World Soccer" Player of the Year coincides with the soon to be announced France

VALENCIA CF SIGNS MIDFIELDER ENZO PEREZ

Valencia CF has reached an agreement with Portuguese Football Club Benfica for the transfer of Argentine International player Enzo Perez. The agreement is obviously conditioned by the corresponding medical exam - which should be OK - & this procedure should sealed the signing on January 2nd 2015.




It is expected that the player will arrive sometime today at Valencia. Valencia CF already showed

FERNANDO TORRES GOES ON LOAN TO ATLETICO DE MADRID

Back from the Xmas break & the big news is that Fernando Torres has returned to the Club that put him on the World Football stage, Atletico de Madrid. The return of the "prodigal son" has been made official by the Spanish Football Club. 





Complicate negotiation between three Clubs & another player involved, Atletico de Madrid Italian winger Cerci. In the end the mutual interests of all

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM SPANISH FOOTBALL SPORTS

Taking some days off from posting & grabbing some Christmas time with the family. 





I wish all the regular readers of Spanish Football Sports - & visitors -  a very Merry Christmas. Enjoy this special time of the year with your loved ones. 

Will be back real soon! Cheers.

THE MANCHESTER UNITED INTEREST FOR GARETH BALE

The news travelling out of England that Manchester United is willing to make a 150M€ offer for Real Madrid & Welsh international Gareth Bale apparently has truth according to local media sources.




However, the Premier League Club has two big obstacle:


the 1,270 M€ contract release clause, seeing that Real Madrid does not wish to sell,
the "NO" from the player who is reported to be happy at

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 16 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

The remaining four games - & last for 2014 - of the Spanish Football Liga Round 16 were played with the following final results & goalscorers.




Villarreal are "on fire" notching up another win & jumping into 5th place of the Liga table with eyes firmly on Champions League positions. Villarreal won 3 - 0 Deportivo A Coruña, a team in the opposite extreme with a horrific season so far. The goals

REAL MADRID 2 SAN LORENZO 0 | WINS 2014 FIFA WORLD CLUBS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Spanish Football Club REAL MADRID finishes their incredible year with another Title, the FIFA World Clubs Champions 2014, after defeating Argentine Club San Lorenzo 2 - 0 in tonights Final.





Fairly comfortable game for Real Madrid with San Lorenzo showing very little Football & more their attempts at "physical distraction". Their input was the amount of fouls committed & their at times "

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 16 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

Last Spanish Football Liga weekend for 2014 with Round 16 games scheduled & before the Christmas break. Following are all the final results along with the goalscorers.




Celta de Vigo started the season well but have lost steam in a worrying manner. Another loss 0 - 1 to Almeria yesterday - Friday Night game - with a victory for new Coach Juan Ignacio Martinez (JIM). The winner came in the 16th

SPANISH CUP - COPA DEL REY THURSDAY GAMES RESULTS

The last four remaining Spanish Cup - Copa del Rey 2º leg games were played tonight with the following final results & goalscorers.




Atletico de Madrid drew 2 - 2 with L´Hospitalet going into the next stage of the Kings Cup after having done the hard work in the 1º leg winning 0 - 3. Small attendance with At. Madrid giving a run to the players that aren't getting the minutes. 

Mandzukic

BEST GOALKEEPERS FOR 2014

UK paper "Daily Mail" has published their list of "The Best Goalkeepers for 2014". Bayern Munich Neuer tops the list, but Spanish International & Manchester United goalie David De Gea flys the Spanish flag high in the Nº 2 spot. Iker Casillas is ranked 7th while the other Real Madrid goalkeeper Keylor Navas is Nº 10. 

A sightly "Premier League biased" ranking, with Joe Hart of Man City perhaps

COPA DEL REY - SPANISH CUP WEDNESDAY GAMES FINAL RESULTS

Spanish Cup - Copa del Rey 2º leg return matches continued tonight with the following final results & goalscorers.




Eibar lost 1 - 2 to Madrid Club Getafe & was eliminated from the Spanish Kings Cup. The goals fell in this order:

Vigaray 22nd min, 0 - 1
Diego Castro 34th min, 0 - 2
Piovaccari (penalty) 55th min, 1 - 2


Getafe go through.




RCD Espanyol won 1 - 0 Alaves with the 64th min

SPANISH CUP - COPA DEL REY TUESDAY GAMES FINAL RESULTS

While the World Soccer audience had their eyes on the TV watching Spanish Football Club Real Madrid win 0 - 4 Cruz Azul in the FIFA World Clubs semis, in Spain four return 2º leg games were being played of the Spanish Cup - Copa del Rey. Here are tonights final results with the goalscorers. 




Celta de Vigo eliminated 2º Division Club Las Palmas winning 3 - 1. The goals fell in this order:

REAL MADRID WINS 0 - 4 CRUZ AZUL IN FIFA WORLD CLUBS SEMI-FINAL

Real Madrid defeated Mexican Club Cruz Azul 0 - 4 in the first semi-final of the FIFA World Clubs Championships being held on Morocco. The Spanish Football Club goes into the final next Saturday against the winner of the other semi-final between San Lorenzo & Auckland to be played tomorrow.




Real Madrid had a fairly comfortable match except for a penalty that fortunately Iker Casillas stopped

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAWS | SPANISH FOOTBALL CLUBS

UEFA drew the match-ups of the last 16 Clubs in Champions League this midday with the following results for the three Spanish Football Clubs involved:



Manchester City - FC Barcelona
Schalke 04 - Real Madrid
Bayern Leverkusen - Atletico de Madrid


These are the playing dates:

17/18 - 24/25 February 2015
10/11 - 17/18 March 2015


All three Spanish Clubs were Group leaders so they won the

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 15 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

Four games of Spanish Football Liga scheduled today of Round 15. Here are the final results along with all the goalscorers.




Exciting clash between RCD Espanyol & Granada with the home team winning at the end with a 2 - 1 final result. Espanyol got themselves ahead first through Caicedo in the 33rd min, to then see Granada equalize through El-Arabi in the 60th min. But Stuani was to be the

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 15 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football Liga Round 15 continued today with four scheduled games. Following are all of the final results, along with todays goalscorers.




FC Barcelona travelled to Madrid to play Getafe. The final result was a 0 - 0 draw which opens up a 4 point gap with Liga leaders Real Madrid. Getafe also put in their bit making the game difficult & awkward for the visitors frustrating them as time

ALMERIA 1 - REAL MADRID 4 | ROUND 15 SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA RESULT

Spanish Football Liga Round 15 kicked off tonight with Almeria hosting Real Madrid. The latter plays on a Friday due to their participation next Week in the "FIFA World Clubs Championships" currently happening in Morocco.




The final result was a 1 - 4 win for Real Madrid in their last Liga match for 2014. The victory by Real Madrid gives them their 20th straight victory, thus pushing the

FERNANDO TORRES BACK TO ATLETICO DE MADRID ?

Interesting piece of news coming out of Spanish Sports press concerning Atletico de Madrid & the soon to open "Winter Transfer Season". According to Sports paper "AS" the Spanish Football Club has 3 names on the table: Fernando Torres, Shaqiri & Podolski. Atletico de Madrid is thinking of signing a forward to complement Mandzukic & give the Croatian some needed rest with so many games scheduled

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WEDNESDAY GAMES RESULTS

UEFA Champions League Group match action continued tonight with the last two Spanish Football representatives on show. Here are the final results with all the goalscorers.






FC Barcelona hosted Paris St Germain for their Group F match. Plenty in play, the top spot of the Group, pride & "revenge" for Barça who lost the Paris encounter. The final result was 3 - 1 to FC Barcelona in an

UEFA CHMPIONS LEAGUE TUESDAY GROUP GAMES RESULTS

UEFA Champions League Group matches tonight with two Spanish Football Clubs down for action. Here are the final results from both games along with the goalscorers.




Very intense & fought out game at Juventus with their Group A match against Atletico de Madrid. The Italians needed to win or draw in case Olympiakos won their match against Malmo, while Atletico wanted to win to secure the top

TOP 100 PLAYERS IN WORLD FOOTBALL 2014 | FOUR FOUR TWO MAGAZINE

The prestigious UK Football Magazine "Four Four Two" has given its list of the "Top 100 Players in World Soccer". The top 4 names are:

Nº1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid CF)
Nº2 Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich)
Nº3 Manuel Neur (Bayern Munich)
Nº4 Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona)

The winner of this particular Top 100 usually goes on to win the FIFA - France Football Golden Ball. Cristiano Ronaldo is 

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 14 MONDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football Liga action tonight with the last two scheduled matches of Round 14. Here are the final results with all the goalscorers. 




Eibar was in 2º Division last season & is currently making a great campaign in Liga this season. Today Eibar defeated 5 - 2 Almeria, the goals came in the following order:

Piovaccari 3rd min, 1 - 0
Berjon 21st min, 2 - 0
Albentosa 31st min, 3 - 0
Soriano

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 14 SUNDAY GAMES RESULT

Spanish Football Liga continued today - Sunday - with 4 games scheduled of Round 14. Here are all the final results along with all the goalscorers.




Madrid Club Rayo Vallecano lost 0 - 1 to Sevilla FC. One of their many defensive mistakes lead to the winner in the 8th min. A mix-up between a Rayo defender & goalkeeper allowed Bacca to score. Rayo looked for the equalizer in the latter part of

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 14 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football Liga action today with 4 games scheduled of Round 14. Here are all the final results along with all the goalscorers.




Elche hosted Atletico de Madrid & lost 0 - 2. The visitors were relatively untroubled with a comfortable match. The first goal came from a Arda pass - possibly off-side - that defender Gimenez fired home. A spectacular goal from the youngster who is taking his

SPANISH CUP - COPA DEL REY - WEDNESDAY GAMES FINAL RESULTS

Spanish Cup - Copa de Rey - games continued tonight with 5 matches scheduled. Here are all the final results along with all the goalscorers.




Sevilla FC played their 2º leg tie with Second Division Club Sabadell & won 5 - 1, taking the overall aggregate to 11-2.

The visitors got ahead first through a penalty that Collantes scored in the 21st min, from here it was a Sevilla Show with goals

SPANISH CUP - COPA DEL REY - TUESDAY GAMES FINAL RESULTS

Spanish Cup - Copa del Rey - action this week (over the next days) with 6 games tonight played. Here are the final results & the goalscorers.




Real Madrid defeated 2º Division B team Cornella 5 - 0 eliminating the later from the Kings Cup. No surprise, & the final aggregate score finished 9 - 1 to Real Madrid´s favour. 

Real Madrid gave their "reserves" a run & some youngsters from the B team

FIFA FRANCE FOOTBALL GOLDEN BALL 2014 FINAL THREE CANDIDATES

FIFA - France Football has announced the final three candidates for the 2014 Golden Ball Award. No surprises to most Football observers & followers:

Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
Lionel Messi (Argentina)
Manuel Neuer (Germany)


I personally would not have included Lionel Messi, but his last few performances has put him back into the frontline.




In fact, the winner will be assured to be