MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM SPANISH FOOTBALL SPORTS BLOG

Just a quick post to wish you a Merry Christmas. Enjoy the holidays & stay safe. Back next week.

ATLETICO DE MADRID CLOSE TO SHUTTING AUGUSTO FERNANDEZ

The "Winter Transfer Market" opens the 1st of January 2016 & Clubs are already making moves. Spanish Football club Atletico de Madrid has made it a priority to sign Celta de Vigo & Argentinian Augusto Fernandez.




Negotiations are advanced with Argentinian club Velez owning 50% of the players rights, while Celta asks for around 6M€ in transfer fee. Atletico de Madrid Coach Simeone has asked the

SPANISH FOOTBALL | ROUND 16 LIGA SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football action this afternoon with the remaining Round 16 Liga games in play. Here are all the corresponding final results along with all the goalscorers.




Real Madrid won fellow city of Madrid Club Rayo Vallecano 10 - 2. Somewhat misleading scoreline as Rayo Vallecano was leading 1 - 2 &had Real Madrid on the ropes, when the visitors lost 2 men to red cards (Tito in the 15th min &

FC BARCELONA WORLD CLUBS CHAMPIONS 2015

FC Barcelona crowned themselves FIFA Clubs World Champions after defeating Argentinian Club River Plate 0 - 3 in Tokyo. It´s the 5th mayor Football title for Barça for 2015 culminating a fabulous end of year




River Plate were aggressive & basically lasted 30 mins before Barça scored & took over. Goals came in the following order: 

Messi 36th min, 0 - 1
Suarez 49th min, 0 - 2
Suarez 69th min,

SPANISH FOOTBALL | LA LIGA ROUND 16 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football Round 16 of La Liga today with four scheduled matches. Here are all the corresponding final results along with the goalscorers.




Valencia CF hosted Madrid Club Getafe & managed a 2 - 2 draw. Valencia did not impress showing signs of ongoing mistakes which nearly cost them the victory. Getafe was unlucky not to have taken the 3 points.
Goals in this order:

Sarabia 9th min, 0 -

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LAST 16 TEAMS MATCH-UPS

UEFA Champions League draw for the last 16 teams. Real Madrid fairly happy with Roma, FC Barcelona hosts Arsenal & Atletico de Madrid meets PSV. At this stage all the teams are dangerous & surprises are on the cards.




Dates 16 Feb - 9 Mar
Dates 17 Feb - 8 Mar
Dates 23 Feb - 16 Mar
Dates 24 Feb - 15 Mar

SPANISH FOOTBALL | LA LIGA ROUND 15 SUNDAY RESULTS

Spanish Football action today with the remaining 4 games of Round 15 of La Liga scheduled. Here are all the final results along with the goalscorers.




Madrid Club Rayo Vallecano lost to Malaga FC 1 - 2. Both Clubs need desperately points, but the loss of Rayo sends them momentarily into the bottom end of the Liga ladder. Rayo started well scoring first through Javi Guerra in the 5th min, but

LA LIGA ROUND 15 | SPANISH FOOTBALL SATURDAY RESULTS

Spanish Football Round 15 Liga action today with the following final results & all the following goalscorers.




Round 15 of La Liga kicked off with the Friday night game between Madrid Club Getafe & Real Sociedad. The final result a just 1 - 1 draw with Getafe goalkeeper Guite pulling off a match saving act for his team. The opener came through Getafe player Sarabia in the 42nd min & the

EURO 2016 | SPAIN GROUP D

UEFA celebrated today the Group draw for the upcoming European Nations Championships to be held next year in France. Spain as head of serie, & defending Champion, has been matched up with Czech Republic, Turkey & Croatia in Group D.

The rest of match ups are below, in Spanish & easily understandable.




The Championship starts the 10th of June with the France - Romania game. Spain starts the

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL RESULTS | SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAMS

UEFA Champions League action continued tonight with the last two remaining Spanish Football Clubs down with Group duties. Here are all the corresponding final results along with the goalscorers.




FC Barcelona travelled to Germany to play Bayern Leverkusen, the latter needing a win to contemplate moving into the next stage of Champions. Barça had top spot secured & gave a chance to start

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE |SPANISH FOOTBALL CLUBS RESULTS

Champions League action tonight with three Spanish Football Clubs down for their Group games, in same cases, top spot of the Group in play. Here are all the corresponding final results along with all the goalscorers.




Real Madrid hosted Malmo in their Group A clash. Real Madrid won 8 - 0 & secured themselves the top spot of their Group. Real Madrid found themselves as a team & their Football

REAL MADRID - ATLETICO DE MADRID TRANSFER RUMOURS

What was Cezary Kucharski the representative of Bayern Munich & Polish International Striker Lewandowski doing at the Real Madrid - Getafe match last Saturday? According to Spanish Sports press, the player representative was invited personally by Real Madrid President Florentino Perez, & the talk is, to discuss his client Lewandowski. 

The player has contract with Bayern Munich until 2019 & the

SPANISH FOOTBALL | LIGA ROUND 14 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football & Round 14 of Liga continued today with the remaining scheduled matches. Here are all the corresponding final results & the goalscorers.




Important victory & 3 points for Real Sociedad over Eibar 2 -1. Intense Basque Region derby with Real Sociedad grabbing the win in the last moments. Man of the match was local hero Agirretxe who scored the winner in the 89th min. Before he

REAL MADRID | MARK NORRIS CLUB TRIALS

Here is a name to note & follow in coming years. MARK NORRIS, from Northern Ireland & only 11 years old. The youngster actually plays Football for Linfield FC & already has caught the attention of Spanish Football giant Real Madrid.





Real Madrid has invited young Mark Norris to Madrid to undergo trials with them. The Spanish Club has been following Mark since he attended a Summer Camp in

SPANISH FOOTBALL | LIGA ROUND 14 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football action today with Round 14 Liga scheduled matches. Here are all the corresponding final results along with the goalscorers.




Real Madrid hosted fellow city of Madrid Club Getafe & won 4 - 1. The crowd was still sensitive about the elimination of Real Madrid from the Spanish Cup & gave a ANGRY whistling reception to President Perez & Coach Benitez. 

However, the quick 4th min

REAL MADRID ELIMINATED FROM SPANISH CUP

The Spanish Arbitrary Tribunal for National Football has decided to eliminate Real Madrid from the Spanish Cup for lining-up & starting with a team that included a player that was sanctioned, that is, the player in question had accumulated yellow cards from the previous participation in the Spanish Club when at Villarreal last season. 

The player is Denis Cheryshev, he claims no one communicated

NOMINEES MESSI, RONALDO & ... NEYMAR??? FIFA GOLDEN BALL 2015

FIFA & France Football have released the three final nominees for the 2015 Golden Ball Award. Once again Spanish Football is well represented with all three names playing in Spanish Football Clubs : 2 in FC Barcelona & the other in Real Madrid.




That Lionel Messi & Cristiano Ronalo appear on the final nominee list is no surprise, in fact I can guarantee that the 2015 Golden Ball winner will be

LA LIGA | SPANISH FOOTBALL ROUND 13 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football with Round 13 of La Liga continued today with the remaining 4 games played. Here are all the corresponding final results & the goalscorers.




Madrid club Getafe hosted Villarreal & surprisely won well 2 - 0. The goals for Getafe came through Lafita in the 20th min & Alvaro Vazquez in the 50th min. Important 3 points for Getafe & a confidence booster.




Real Madrid travelled

LA LIGA | SPANISH FOOTBALL ROUND 13 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football action today with La Liga Round 13 scheduled matches. Here are all the corresponding final results along with all the goalscorers.




Round 13 kicked-off with the Friday night game between Levante & Real Betis. The final result was a 0 - 1 win to Betis with the 3rd min goal from Ruben Castro. Levante was unlucky & hit the woodwork twice, one a tremendous miss by the Levante

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE | SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM RESULTS

Three Spanish Football Clubs had their turn tonight in Champions League with Group games. Here are the corresponding final results along with all the goalscorers.




Shakhtar D. hosted a wounded Real Madrid for their Group A match. The final result 3 - 4 with Real Madrid collapsing in defence after being 0 - 4. It all happened in the 78th min when a penalty was awarded & converted by Teixeira.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE | SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAMS RESULTS

UEFA Champions League Football tonight with two Spanish Football Clubs in Group action. Here are the final results from their corresponding matches along with  all the goalscorers.




FC Barcelona hosted AC Roma for their Group E game & won 6 - 1. Barça is unstoppable at this moment, without or now with Lionel Messi. AC Roma could have stayed home as they were steamed rolled by FC Barcelona &

UEFA 40 NOMINEES FOR CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TEAM XI 2015

UEFA has made public its list of 40 players nominated for the Champions League Team XI 2015. The Spanish Liga has the most players - 16/40 - of which 4 are Spanish Nationals : Sergio Ramos, Gerard Pique, Andres Iniesta & Alvaro Morata.

The final Team XI will be decided by votes acummulated by website.




List of 40 nominees for UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TEAM XI

GOALKEEPERS:

Joe Hart (Manchester

REAL MADRID | CRISIS - ONCE AGAIN

Real Madrid was run over last Saturday by FC Barcelona 0 - 4 in "El Clasico" & as expected its the end of the World for the former. The backlash has been so intense that President Florentino Perez has had to come out this afternoon in a press conference to back his Coach Rafael Benitez who has been hammered. The nasty rumour is that the dressing room has no faith in their Coach & desire that

SPANISH FOOTBALL | LA LIGA ROUND 12 SUNDAY GAME RESULTS

Spanish Football continued with Round 12 of Liga today - Sunday -  with the following final results & goalscorers.




Real Sporting de Gijon put in a shocker of a game to lose 0 - 3 to Levante. The goals for Levante came from Deyverson with two - 1st & 43rd min - & Zou in the 26th min. Vital win for Levante which needs points as it sits at the bottom end of the table.




Eibar visited

SPANISH FOOTBALL - CLASICO | ROUND 12 SATURDAY GAMES RESULT

Spanish Football with Round 12 Saturday games which included the "World stopping" Clasico between Real Madrid - FC Barcelona of which more below. Here are all of today's final results along with all the goalscorers.




Real Sociedad sacked their Coach Moyes for Eusebio & today won 2 - 0 Sevilla FC. The match was decided by two tremendous defensive mistakes from Sevilla defender Krychowiak. Both

LINE-UPS | REAL MADRID - FC BARCELONA | EL CLASICO

Most, if not all, Spanish Sports papers have on their front cover today this afternoon Liga Round 12 game "El Clasico", match between Real Madrid - FC Barcelona (kick off 18.15 local time). One of the big matches in World Soccer with the field full of the Best Football Players on the Planet & the first "punch-to-punch" encounter this season between Spains (& World) biggest Football Clubs

AT MADRID TARGETS GAITAN BENFICA PLAYER

Argentinian International & Benfica player Nico Gaitan has been a rumour to hit Spanish Football from sometime. Spanish Club Atletico de Madrid is the most interested in gaining the services of the midfielder, having tried last summer to get him over. 

According to Spanish Sports radio, Atletico de Madrid has once again put future plans on the table with Gaitan being a key element. Current Coach

REAL MADRID SPIES MIDFIELDER LUCAS LIMA

While the main talk is in reference to next Saturday Super Liga game between Real Madrid & FC Barcelona, & whether the injured big names from both sides (Benzema, Ramos, Messi, Busquets etc) will make it, the other talk is the possible interest from Real Madrid for a Brazilian midfielder.




According to local Sports press Real Madrid sent over to the Brazil - Peru match scouts to spy on 25 year

REAL MADRID | JAMES RODRIGUEZ WANTS A PAY RISE

There is a rumour doing the Spanish Football & Sports media circus that English Premier League Club Manchester United has asked about Real Madrid Colombian forward James Rodriguez. Concretely the players representative Jorge Mendes was said to have been approached & directly asked how the player feels these days at Real Madrid.

The rumours that James Rodriguez is not "tight" with his Coach

SPAIN 2 ENGLAND 0 | FRIENDLY INTERNATIONAL RESULT

Spain defeated England 2 - 0 in tonight's International Friendly game in the city of Alicante. Both teams were "undermanned" with some regular names missing, in the case of Spain, the likes of Sergio Ramos, Juan Fran & David Silva to name a few. 




Spain dominated the ball most of the game while England attempted to use their speed down the flanks with Sterling & company looking to catch the

SPAIN 5 - GEORGIA 0 | EURO U21 RESULT

Spain U-21 Team defeated Georgia 5 - 0 this afternoon in their Group 6 qualifier for the upcoming Euro u21 Championships in Poland.




The Group looks the following manner with Croatia currently leading, remembering that the Country that finishes on top goes directly into the Finals. Spain had to win today to have a chance & will play Croatia next Tuesday were a victory will give them top spot.

WHAT IS HAPPENNING WITH CRISTIANO RONALDO | REAL MADRID

The loss yesterday by Real Madrid away to Sevilla FC is a Football event that is always possible in high level competition & when the opposition team simply played better. What has made the "alarm bells" sound at Real Madrid is the form of star Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo. The forward is not himself, looks unmotivated & out of place. There is not doubt that Ronaldo is trying his best to

LA LIGA | SPANISH FOOTBALL ROUND 11 SUNDAY RESULTS

Spanish Football action with four matches scheduled of Round 11 La Liga. Here are all the final results along with all of today's goalscorers.




Athletic Club Bilbao played midday their match against RCD Espanyol with a 2 - 1 victory result. Young Athletic forward Williams scored first & in the 7th min with a beautifully executed goal. The match was even thereafter & Espanyol managed the

LA LIGA | SPANISH FOOTBALL ROUND 11 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football with Round 11 Liga matches scheduled with the following final results & with the following goalscorers.




The Round 11 opener was the Friday night game between Las Palmas & Real Sociedad which ended in a 2 - 0 victory for the home side. The goals came from Viera in the 27th min & Araujo in the 50th min. 

Real Sociedad put in a boring & "ugly" performance & Coach Moyes is

SPAIN LIST OF PLAYERS | ENGLAND - BELGIUM FRIENDLY GAMES

Spanish National Football Team Selector & Coach Vicente de Bosque handed in his list of players for the upcoming Friendly international matches. The first the 13th of November in Alicante (Spain) against England, while the second Friendly will be at Brussels against Belgium on the 17th November. 

Both will be top matches & great "sparring teams" for the preparation for next years Euro

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE | SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAMS RESULT WEDNESDAY

UEFA Champions League Football tonight with two Spanish Clubs down for Group match duties. Here are all the final results of the Spanish Football Clubs along with the goalscorers.




FC Barcelona hosted Bate Borisov for the Group E match & won 3 - 0. The win keeps Barça leader of their Group & well on course to qualify as top team. The goals came from Neymar who converted a penalty in the 32 nd

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE | SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM RESULTS TUESDAY

UEFA Champion League back in full swing with three Spanish Football Clubs scheduled for Group game duties. Here are all the final results of the Spanish Clubs along with the goalscorers.




Real Madrid hosted Paris St Germain to battle out which of the two would lead Group A. The final result a 1 - 0 win for Real Madrid who played badly overall & which PSG let slip through ineffective finishing.

LA LIGA | SPANISH FOOTBALL ROUND 10 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football continued today with the remaining Round 10 Liga matches. Here are the final results along with all of today's goalscorers.




Eibar hosted Madrid Club Rayo Vallecano & deservedly won 1 - 0. The locals could have scored more goals but lacked that "final touch", plus they hit the bar. The goalscorer for Eibar was the opposition player Llorente in the 20th min with his own goal. 

LA LIGA | SPANISH FOOTBALL ROUND 10 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football today with Round 10 as part of LA LIGA. Here are all the final results along with all the goalscorers.




Round 10 of La Liga kicked off with the Friday night game between Deportivo A Coruña & Atletico de Madrid a match which ended in a 1 - 1 draw result. The encounter was largely dominated by the visitors which went ahead in the 33rd min through Thiago, however a tremendous

ATLETICO DE MADRID TEAM PHOTO 2015-2016

Like myself, there are Atletico de Madrid fans amongst the readership. Today the Spanish Football Club did their season 2015 - 2016 official Club photo. Thought that perhaps it may cheer up the fans to have this pic.






Staying with Atletico de Madrid, latest news snippets is that French Club Paris St Germain is following very closely striker Antoine Griezmann, while the Spanish Club is

SPANISH FOOTBALL | CLUBS LEAD UEFA RANKING

The Spanish Liga (through the accumulative points) leads the UEFA Club Rankings with three Spanish Football Clubs in the Top 5. 

Real Madrid is the Nº1 ranked Club by UEFA with 148.828 points, with FC Barcelona in third place & Atletico de Madrid ranked 5th.




The other Spanish Clubs are:

13. Valencia CF 87.828 points
19. Sevilla FC 75.328 
26. Athletic Club Bilbao 58.828 
43. Malaga FC

LA LIGA ROUND 9 | SPANISH FOOTBALL

Took some quality time with the family in the countryside this weekend which hampered my Spanish Football Liga Round 9 viewing. However managed to catch two of tonights big matches which I´ll give the final results & the goalscorers.

For all the Round 9 results you can check our right-hand side widget which is very complete.





FC Barcelona hosted Eibar & won 3 - 1 to give them 3 points & put

FINAL RESULTS WEDNESDAY CHAMPIONS LEAGUE | SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAMS

Three Spanish Football Clubs had Champions League Group game duties, with the following final results & goalscorers.




Paris St Germain hosted Real Madrid for their Group A match. Good moment for PSG to try & defeat Real Madrid which went to Paris without a handful of injured stars. However, the French did not really convinced at all & while Real Madrid tried in their part they failed to turn

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RESULTS | FC BARCELONA | VALENCIA CF

UEFA Champions League action tonight with two Spanish Football Clubs scheduled for Group duties. Here are all the final results along with the goalscorers.




Bate Borisov hosted FC Barcelona for their Group E match which ended in a final 0 - 2 result. A relatively boring game when compared to the other European games tonight with Barça having near total ball domination while Bate defended &

FIFA GOLDEN BALL 2015 LIST 23 PALYER CANDIDATES

FIFA with France Football has handed in the 23 players names that are candidates for the 2015 Golden Ball. Also handed in the list of 10 names for the FIFA Best Coach.  The list will be reduced at the end of the year to just three players with Lionel Messi the hot favourite to take his 5th Golden Ball. 

Below is the full list of both.




The 23 FIFA Golden Ball 2015 Candidates - (List in

REAL MADRID - FC BARCELONA SATURDAY 21 NOVEMBER 6.15 PM

This piece of Spanish Football news may interest readers around the World. The much looked forward to Real Madrid vs FC Barcelona game, also known as "El Clasico", has been announced today. Take note, Round 12 of La Liga Saturday the 21st of November 2015 at 18.15 (6.15pm) Spanish Time.




This game will be played in the "Santiago Bernabeu Stadium" in Madrid. For those travelers scheduled to be

SPANISH FOOTBALL | LA LIGA ROUND 8 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football action continued today with four games of Round 8 La Liga scheduled. Here are all the final results along with all the goalscorers.




Villarreal had the opportunity to jump on the top of La Liga classification table today but lost 1 - 2 to Celta de Vigo. The latter which is having a great season so far sits currently in second place with 18 points sharing with Real Madrid (1st)

LA LIGA | SPANISH FOOTBALL ROUND 8 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

Today Spanish Football resumed after the International games break with Round 8 of La Liga. Here are all the final results along with all the goalscorers.




Real Madrid hosted Levante & won 3 - 0. A misleading final score because one of the best players for Real Madrid was again Keylor Navas. The Costa Rican goalie made some vital saves to keep out the visitors, one of special note stopping

REAL MADRID LOOKING FOR A LEFT-BACK

Real Madrid is apparently thinking about signing a left-back. The injuries to lateral defenders Danilo & Carvajal, along with the departure of Coentrao has Real Madrid concerned about a possible injury to Marcelo. Obviously, the Club wishes to be covered & assured that in an emergency they can recover from any loss.  




The apparent target, according to local Spanish Sports press, is 22 year

SPAIN B-TEAM | THE FUTURE

Check the picture of the starting 11 for the Spanish National Football Team yesterday against the Ukraine in their Group C euro 2016 qualifier. At first a lot of "unfamiliar faces" & what some local observers have said, the "Spain B Team".

However we may actually be looking at the future, the Spanish Footaball Team of tomorrow, or at least 60-75%. The only name missing that I would add is Javi

SPAIN WINS 0 - 1 UKRAINE | EURO 2016 RESULT

Spain travelled to the Ukraine to play their Group C qualifier for the upcoming Euro 2016 in France. Spain has already secured the Group top spot & thus has a direct ticket, while the Ukraine needed to win tonight to get a chance at the second spot & thus get into the play-offs between the other 2º placed teams in the other Groups.



With this situation Spanish Coach Del Bosque put on the

SPAIN 4 LUXEMBOURG 0 | EURO 2016 GROUP C RESULT

Spain played Luxembourg in their Group C Euro 2016 qualifier & won 4 - 0. The victory assures the top spot of the Group for Spain & its ticket for next years European Championship in France.




Spain began the night with the following 11 :
Casillas; Juanfran, Pique, Bartra, Jordi Alba; Busquets, Cesc, Cazorla; Silva (Mata), Pedro (Nolito) & Morata (Alcacer), 
with Luxembourg taking on an

VALENCIA CF | HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO ADVERTISE ON A FOOTBALL CLUB SHIRT?

Have you ever wondered how much money it takes to get yourself, or your brand, on the front of a major Football Club? I suppose it depends on the notoriety of the Soccer Club in question, but this post will given us some insights. 




Spanish Football Club Valencia CF is offering  advertising space on the front of their shirt. That is, there looking for a sponsor & their price is 10,000,000 M€.

REAL MADRID FOLLOWING PJANIC OF AC ROMA ?

The news locally from some Spanish Sports papers is the Spanish Football Club Real Madrid sent some observers over to Italy to "spy" on AC Roma midfielder Pjanic. Apparently they are not the only Soccer Club keeping an eye on the Roma player, another Spanish Club Atletico de Madrid is said to be watching very closely - there was a rumoured interest last summer - along with some English Premier 

SPANISH FOOTBALL | LIGA ROUND 7 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football in full flight today with four Liga Round 7 games scheduled. Here are all the final results with all the goalscorers.




Madrid Club Rayo Vallecano hosted Real Betis & lost 0 - 2. Not an accurate picture of things with Rayo playing well & creating numerous goal occasions but failing to penetrate a solid Betis defence.  Betis on the other-hand took their opportunities with

SPANISH FOOTBALL | LA LIGA ROUND 7 SATURDAY MATCH RESULTS

La Liga celebrates Round 7 games with an intense schedule of Spanish Football today before next weeks International games break. Here are all the final results along with the goalscorers.




La Liga Round 7 kicked off Friday night with the Celta de Vigo & Getafe match. The final result was a 0 - 0 draw with chances going to both sides with the posts & the goalkeepers working overtime.

SPAIN FOOTABLL TEAM LIST FOR UPCOMING EURO 2016 GROUP QUALIFIERS

Spanish National Football Selector & Coach Vicent Del Bosque handed in this afternoon the list of players that will represent Spain in the upcoming EURO 2016 Group qualifiers against Luxembourg (Logroño, 9th of Oct.) & the Ukraine (Kiev, 12th of October). The novelties are the return of Thiago, Iñigo Martinez, Bruno & Morata.




The full list of players:

Goalkeepers:

Iker Casillas (Oporto/POR)

59 CANDIDATES FOR FIFA GOLDEN BALL AWARD 2015

Spanish Football Clubs FC Barcelona & Real Madrid, with 7 players each, have the most candidates for this years FIFA-France Football Golden Ball Award. The winner will be announced the 11th of January 2016 in Zurich Switzerland. The current favourite is Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona. 



Can Messi win his 5th Golden Ball ?


The 59 Candidates for the FIFA Golden Ball 2015:

GERMANY: Kroos (Real

SPANISH FOOTBALL | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WEDNESDAY GROUPS RESULTS

UEFA Champions League Group matches continued tonight with three Spanish Football Clubs in action. Here are the final results & all the goalscorers.




Real Madrid travelled to Sweden for their Group A match against Malmo. The Spanish Club started with the following 11:

Keylor Navas; Carvajal, Varane, Nacho, Arbeloa; Toni Kroos, Casemiro; Kovacic, Benzema, Isco; & Cristiano Ronaldo, 

Coach

SPANISH FOOTBALL | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TUESDAY GROUP GAMES RESULTS

UEFA Champions League games scheduled tonight with two Spanish Football Club down for Group duties. Here are the final results & all the goalscorers.




FC Barcelona hosted German Club Bayern Leverkusen in their Group E game. The final result was a 2 - 1 local win after the German started strong & put Barça under difficulties, to later see how Bayern Leverkusen missed chances & fizzed out to

SPANISH FOOTBALL | LA LIGA ROUND 6 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Liga continued today with the remaining four Spanish Football matches scheduled. Here are the final results & all the goalscorers.




Real Sporting de Gijon hosted Real Betis & lost their match 1 - 2. Gijon have yet to win a match at home & perhaps the inexperience of Liga & their young players may be a factor when put under pressure.

Sporting de Gijon got off well with a 16th min goal

SPANISH FOOTBALL | LA LIGA ROUND 6 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football Liga action today with some top Round 6 matches scheduled which included the important Liga teams. Here are all the final results along with all the goalscorers.




Valencia CF & Granada opened Round 6 of La Liga with the Friday night match. Valencia managed a 1 - 0 final result victory over Granada & in the process gave some much needed oxygen to their Coach Nuno who is being

SPANISH FOOTBALL | LA LIGA ROUND 5 WEDNESDAY GAMES RESULTS

Six Spanish Football matches tonight as Round 5 of La Liga continues with the following final results & goalscorers.




Celta de Vigo pulled off the surprise "running over" FC Barcelona & winning 4 - 1. Celta had been giving signs of danger in past games with some excellent Football & tonight they again pulled off a smooth - brilliant - performance. 

Barcelona had Pique back to help the defence

SPANISH FOOTBALL | LA LIGA ROUND 5 TUESDAY GAMES RESULTS

Mid-week Spanish Football action with three days of Round 5 Liga matches scheduled. Tonight three games with the following final results & goalscorers.




Atletico de Madrid hosted fellow city Club Getafe to win 2 - 0. Atletico got off to a flying start with a goal from inform French forward Antoine Griezmann in the 4th min. However, the locals slowly fizzed out as Getafe began to take the upper

SPAIN EUROPEAN BASKETBALL CHAMPION 2015

The "Golden Generation (1999)" of Spanish Basketball have put Spanish Sports back on top after proclaiming this evening the 2015 European Basketball Championship title. Spain defeated Lithuania 80 - 63 in a controlled Final from the Spaniards point of view.

Few gave Spain hopes of going so far after 2 defeats in their difficult Group, which included Serbia & Italy, however the team went from

SPANISH FOOTBALL | LA LIGA ROUND 4 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

La Liga continued today with five more Round 4 Spanish Football matches. Here are all the final results along with today's goalscorers.







Sevilla FC lost 1 - 2 to Celta de Vigo which played an impressive match, especially the 1º half, to keep their good Liga start on track while Sevilla lurk at the bottom of the lIGA table. Signs of frustration from the local supporters who whistled their

SPANISH FOOTBALL | LA LIGA ROUND 4 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

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




Round 4 of La Liga kicked off with the Friday night match between Madrid Club Getafe & Malaga FC. The final result was 1 - 0 to Getafe after a 1st min goal from Scepovic. Malaga FC attempted thereafter to make amends but has problems upfront finishing off the created

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WEDNESDAY GAMES | SPANISH TEAMS RESULTS

UEFA Champions League continued tonight with two Spanish Football Clubs, FC Barcelona & Valencia CF down for their Group games. Here are the final results along with the goalscorers.




AC Roma hosted FC Barcelona for their Group E match with a final result a 1 - 1 draw. A game with clear strategies from both teams, Barça possession & touch Football while Roma waited with 10 men in their own

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TUESDAY RESULTS | SPANISH FOOTBALL CLUBS

Three Spanish Football Clubs had UEFA Champions League Group duty tonight: Real Madrid CF, At. Madrid & Sevilla FC. Here are all the final results along with all the goalscorers.




Real Madrid hosted Shakhtar Donetsk in their Group A match & won 4 - 0. An entertaining match that saw a good Shakhtar touching well the ball & keeping possession making Real Madrid work hard. Although Real Madrid -

REAL MADRID FIRST CHINESE SIGNING | LIN LIANGMING

A short post that may interest all our Chinese Football followers. The first ever Chinese Football player signed by Spanish Football Club Real Madrid, Lin Liangming, made his playing debut today.

The youngster who plays in the youth categories of  Real Madrid (Juvenil A) had field time agaisnt Badajoz Club "Flechas Negras". Proud moment for Lin,  & who knows the next big Chinese Football star

LA LIGA | SPANISH FOOTBALL ROUND 3 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football continued today with 4 more LIGA games of Round 3. Here are all the final results & all the goalscorers.




Granada hosted Villarreal & were convincingly defeated by the visitors 1 - 3. Villarreal have organized a competent group of talented & experienced players & look very good at this early stage of the competition. The goals for Villarreal came through Trigueros (48th min),

LA LIGA | SPANISH FOOTBALL ROUND 3 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football action this weekend with Liga Round 3 in full force. Today 4 matches scheduled with the following final results along with all the goalscorers.




Levante hosted Sevilla FC in the Friday night Round 3 opener with a final 1 - 1 draw. The opening goal came through N´Zonzi in the 11th min for Sevilla FC with a long range shot, which was later equalized in the 57th min by Camarasa

REAL MADRID CF AWARDED BY THE IFFHS FOR 2014

The top "brass" of the FIFA backed "International Federation of Football History & Statistics" (IFFHS) made a visit today to Real Madrid CF during training to hand some Awards. 

Real Madrid received the "Best Football Team for 2014" after winning 4 titles: UEFA SuperCup, Champions League, Spanish Cup & World Clubs , gaining 381 points. Sergio Ramos as Club Captain received this particular IFFHS

MACEDONIA 0 SPAIN 1 | EURO 2016 GROUP C RESULT

Spain travelled to meet last placed on Group C Macedonia to finish with a 0 - 1 victory that cost the current European Champions. Thanks to an early (perhaps accidental) goal Spain managed the three points but showed little more as Macedonia placed a defensive wall which neutralized thereafter all the Spanish attempts.

The starting 11 Spanish Football Team tonight:

De Gea; Carvajal, Pique,

SPAIN 2 SLOVAKIA 0 | EURO 2016 GROUP C RESULT

Spain has defeated Slovakia 2 - 0 tonight in their Group C Euro 2016 qualifier. Important result for Spain as they regain the top spot of Group C with goal advantage over Slovakia. If Spain manages to win the remainder of their games  they should qualify directly into the Euro 2016 Finals next year in France.

The starting 11 line-up for Spain was the following:

Iker Casillas; Juanfran, Pique,

REAL MADRID SQUAD MOST VALUABLE IN WORLD SOCCER

Spanish Football Club Real Madrid is currently the most valuable team in the World (players wise). If we analyse the current market value of their players - data obtained from website "Transfermarkt" (online reference in the assessment of footballers), Real Madrid has managed to revalue their squad in 30 million euros this year. 




Real Madrid has jumped from 685,8 million € to a number closer

EURO U-21 | ESTONIA 0 SPAIN 2

The Spanish National U-21 Football squad began its road towards the Euro 2017 finals defeating 0 - 2 Estonia in their Group 6 match. The current European U-21 Champions had to work hard & contain their frustration & stress due the pressure applied by Estonia to win tonight. The Spaniards shot 18 times at goal but only converted twice - one a penalty - due to the defensive set up of the home team.

REAL MADRD | THE DAVID DE GEA TRANSFER MIX-UP

The Spanish (& World) Football media are still baffled & some laughing at the David De Gea - Keylar Navas transfer mix up or "fu*k ups". The reality is that today with the "Transfer Market" shut, Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea is still a United player because Real Madrid failed to send the "transfer documents" to the Spanish Liga HQ (LFP) before the midnight deadline. 




Here begins

REAL MADRID SHUTS DE GEA - NAVAS TO MANCHESTER UNITED

With only hours available before the "Transfer Market" shuts at midnight, Spanish Football Club Real Madrid is close to shutting a transfer deal with Manchester United for their Spanish International goalkeeper David De Gea. 

Latest from local media is that a deal has been struck between Clubs with some details still to be tied. The transfer price is speculated to be around 30M€, while current

LA LIGA | SUNDAY ROUND 2 GAMES FINAL RESULTS

Spanish Liga Round 2 continued today with the scheduled Sunday matches. Here are all the final results along with all the goalscorers.




Relative surprise result at Eibar which defeated Athletic Club Bilbao 2 - 0. Excellent effort from the home team which went ahead early when Bilbao defender Laporte fouled Enrich in the goal square. The consequent penalty was transformed by Berjon in the 33rd

LA LIGA | SPANISH FOOTBALL | ROUND 2 SATURDAY MATCH RESULTS

Spanish Football action this weekend with Round 2 of La Liga matches. Here are all the Saturday games final results along with all the goalscorers.




The Round 2 opener was the Friday Night match between Villarreal & RCD Espanyol. The final result & the 3 points went to the home side 3 - 1 with a 2º half comeback with new signing Roberto Soldado starring.

Espanyol got ahead first with an early

SPAIN LIST FOR UPCOMING EURO 2016 QUALIFIERS

Spanish National Football Team Selector & Coach Vicente del Bosque handed in his list of 23 players for the upcoming Euro 2016 Group qualifiers. Spain plays in the Spanish city of Oviedo Slovakia the 5th of September, to then travel to play Macedonia on the 8th of September.

Vital match against Slovakia where Spain is currently second in the Group behind them & needs a victory to take the top

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP TEAMS MATCH-UPS 2015-2016

The Champions League Groups for season 2015-2016 have been drawn with the following results for the five Spanish Football Clubs competing:









Group A: Real Madrid with Paris St Germain, Shakhtar & Malmo,

Group C: Atletico de Madrid with Benfica, Galatasaray & Astana,

Group D: Sevilla FC with Juventus FC, Manchester City FC & Borussia Monchengladbach,

Group E: FC Barcelona with Bayern

FERNANDO LLORENTE TO SEVILLA FC

After weeks of speculation, Spanish & Juventus FC forward Fernando Llorente returns to Spanish Football. Spanish press has announced that Sevilla FC will be the new home of Llorente for the next three seasons after a 10M€ transfer deal (other sources say that his transfer is at zero cost ) with the Italian Club according to Italian media. The terms of payment is delaying the official Club

VALENCIA CF QUALIFIES FOR UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2015 - 2016

Important night & final result for Spanish Football Club Valencia CF which suffered against Monaco to get themselves qualified for the UEFA Champions League season 2015 - 2016. The final result tonight of the 2º leg return match was 2 - 1 for Monaco but Valencia CF qualified & won the tie with a 3 - 4 aggregate.




The only goal for Valencia CF came early in the 4th min when Alvaro Negredo

REAL MADRID TRANSFERS UPDATE

Hi guys, been out this weekend with the family so I have not given a summary post of Round 1 of La Liga. You can however catch up with the widget on the right hand side of the blog: matches, scoreline, scores & ladder positions.

Now back, here is a post on the current Real Madrid signing & transfers situation.

Karim Benzema has posted  today a message on his Social Media accounts to leave it

AT MADRID OFFICIAL SHIRT NUMBERS LIST SEASON 2015-2016

Spanish Liga season starts this weekend & Atletico de Madrid has its full list of shirt-players numbers for season 2015-2016. Barring late signing surprises it reflects the full squad. 

If your an Atletico de Madrid follower & was waiting to confirm the season number of your favourite player, here you have so you can race off & purchase your shirt.




OFFICIAL SHIRT NUMBERS FOR ATLETICO DE

SPANISH FOOTBALL | LA LIGA CALENDAR - FIXTURE SEASON 2015 - 2016

Yesterday two modifications to the Spanish Football Liga calendar - round fixture for 2015 - 2016 were announced. The season gets shorten by a week so that the Spain National Football Team can prepare better for the upcoming Euro 2016 in France, thanks to the fact that a Round has been scheduled in the Christmas period. 

La Liga will have matches scheduled the 30th & 31st of December 2015, an 

FC BARCELONA WINGER PEDRO ABOUT TO SIGN FOR CHELSEA FC

Looks as if  Spanish International & FC Barcelona winger PEDRO Rodriguez has decided to practice his trade in the English Premier League. Straight after Manchester United apparently withdrew their interest, Chelsea FC quickly stepped in & voice theirs. 




Current news is that Pedro is now in London shutting a deal with Chelsea FC & undergoing the obligatory medical exam. News sources speculated

ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO WINS SPANISH SUPER CUP 2015

Spanish Football Club Athletic Club Bilbao won the Spanish SuperCup after drawing 1 - 1 with FC Barcelona tonight, while finishing the home & away tie with a 5 - 1 aggregate result. The last main title Bilbao won was way back in 1984 & tonight the Club & the Basque Region city are celebrating.




FC Barcelona attempted from the beginning to turn things around looking for early goals & thus try

SERGIO RAMOS RENEWS WITH REAL MADRID UNTIL 2020

All the huff & puff between Real Madrid & defender Sergio Ramos formally ended this afternoon when the Spanish Football Club rolled out the red carpet to officially announce to media the contract renovation of Ramos.

Captain Sergio Ramos renews with Real Madrid until 2020 with a season salary of between 9 - 10M€ (some say 9M€ & anothers 10M€). The Real Madrid Captain played his cards in a long &

REAL MADRID TO SIGN KOVACIC ?

Apparently Spanish Football Club Real Madrid & Inter Milan have been negotiating in secret. So much so, had it not been for Italian Sports paper "Gazzetta dello Sport" we here in Spain would not have known about 21 year old Mateo Kovacic.




Real Madrid wishes to reinforce its midfield after Coach Benitez expressed internally his lack of confidence with currently players Illaramendi & Lucas. The

FC BARCELONA TEAM PHOTO SEASON 2015-2016

Will this be the main starting 11 line-up for FC Barcelona in season 2015 - 2016? Below is the recent FC Barcelona team photo:

Stegen, Mascherano, Ratikic, Busquets, Pique, Messi, Alves, Neymar, Iniesta, Suarez & Alba.




The only doubt still hanging is in the goalkeeping area. Will Coach Luis Enrique chose Stegen or Claudio Bravo? One for La Liga? Perhaps the other will play Spanish Cup &

VILLARREAL TO SIGN ROBERTO SOLDADO - BAKAMBU

Barring "strange events" Tottenham Hotspurs & Spanish forward Roberto Soldado will be new player for Spanish Club Villarreal. Tottenham striker Erik Lamela let the cat out of the bag when he said goodbye to team-mate Soldado via Twitter, which he latter had to eliminate. However, the truth is that Roberto Soldado is currently in Spain, Villarreal, to tie up loose ends & pass the obligatory

UEFA BEST PLAYER OF THE YEAR CANDIDATES - FULL LIST

UEFA has announced its list of three candidates who are down to be awarded the "UEFA Best Player of the Year season 2014-2015". The three are Messi (FC Barcelona), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) & Luis Suarez (FC Barcelona).  As you can see Spanish Football is well represented in the Top 3 & rest of list (see below).

UEFA will announce the winner the 27th of August in Monaco, a ceremony where 

FC BARCELONA UEFA SUPER CUP 2015 CHAMPIONS

Fantastic UEFA SuperCup Final with FC Barcelona winning 5 - 4 Sevilla FC in extra time. The hero of the night was Pedro, who did not start as expected but came on later to score the winner in the 115 th min. 

Pedro is speculated that he has his future elsewhere, at Manchester United which could pay his 30M€ contract release clause in coming days. It is said that Pedro is debating internally

UEFA EUROPEAN SUPERCUP | PRE-MATCH REVIEW - POSSIBLE STARTING 11 LINE-UPS

The 2015 - 2016 European Football season officially kicks off tonight at Tbilisi (Georgia) with the UEFA European SuperCup Final between Spanish Football Clubs FC Barcelona (Champions League winner) & Sevilla FC (Europa League winner).

Both teams have important players out - or under a cloud - coming into this match. For Barça Neymar was left home when diagnosed with a virus that will keep him

FC BARCELONA SHIRT NUMBERS SEASON 2015-2016

Thinking about buying the new FC Barcelona shirt but not too sure which number your favourite player will wear this new 2015 - 2016 season? Well the wait has ended after FC Barcelona has published the official list of shirt numbers for season 2015-2016.




Brazilian Dani Alves takes the vacant Nº 6 after Xavi Hernandez decided to retire & leave for Qatar. There maybe some new numbers popping up

SERGIO RAMOS | TOP OVERRATED FOOTBALL PLAYER

English paper "Daily Telegraph" has elaborated a list of the "Top 20 Over-rated Football Players" in World Soccer. In this list sitting at Nº 9 is Real Madrid & Spanish International defender Sergio Ramos. Not surprised to see Ramos as the Spaniard has rubbed up the wrong way British & especially Manchester United fans after "using" the latter as leverage to renew his contract with Real Madrid.

REAL MADRID - SERGIO RAMOS FIX DEAL UNTIL 2020

News coming out of Spanish Sports paper "Marca" advances that Real Madrid & Sergio Ramos have ironed out their differences & look like sealing an agreement that renews the defenders contract until 2020.

Was there any doubt? I posted here weeks back that the supposedly Manchester United offer would be used as leverage power in the negotiations. Ramos wanted 10M€ per season while Real Madrid only

RUSSIA 2018 | SPAIN IN GROUP G WITH ITALY | FIFA WORLD CUP

FIFA celebrated this evening the Group match-ups for the upcoming Russia 2018 World Cup. Spain has been matched with Italy, Albania, Isreal, Macedonia & Liechtenstein in Group G.






Full Group match-up in the European section: 



Group A- Luxemburg, Belarus,
Bulgaria, Sweden, France,
Holland

Group B- Andorra, Latonia, Feroe Is, Hungary, Switzerland,
Portugal

Group C- San Marino, Azerbaijan,

REAL MADRID PLAYERS SHIRT NUMBERS 2015-2016

Spanish Football Club Real Madrid published yesterday the shirt numbers for their players for the new & upcoming 2015 - 2016 season. Handy information if your a fan & are thinking in purchasing a Club shirt so you can now choose correctly your favourite player number. 

However, bear in mind that some players could exit before the end of the transfer period while new players could arrive.

FELIPE LUIS CLOSE TO RETURNING TO AT MADRID

News in this afternoon from Spanish Sports media indicate that Spanish Football Club Atletico de Madrid has come to an initial agreement with English Premier League Club Chelsea FC to sign-buy Brazilian International left-back Felipe Luis. 

The player returns to At Madrid after a short stint at Chelsea FC were he did not fully fit in with the plans of Coach Mournho. Meanwhile Atletico Coach

REAL MADRID MOST VALUABLE CLUB IN WORLD SPORTS 2015

The prestigious Financial Magazine "Forbes" has published today their list of "The World’s Top 10 Most Valuable Sports Teams of 2015". For third year straight Spanish Football Club Real Madrid tops the list with a value of US$ 3.26 Billion. Another Spanish Football Club FC Barcelona sits in fourth position with a value of US$ 3.16 Billion. Big Bucks!






Forbes 2015 Top 10 list:
2015 Rank Team

ATLETICO MADRID SHUTS JACKSON MARTINEZ DEAL WITH PORTO

It´s official, Spanish Football Club Atletico de Madrid has paid the 36,75M€ contract release clause to Porto to do with the services of Colombian International striker Jackson Martinez. The deal was shut 2 weeks ago but negotiations continued between Clubs because Porto wanted to include in the operation young Atletico Madrid midfielder Oliver. Finally the Spanish Club decided not to deal with

UEFA BEST PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2014-2015 LIST CANDIDATES

UEFA has handed in its list of candidates of "Best Players" season 2014-2015. No Spanish Nationals but four Spanish Liga based players in Lionel Messi, C. Ronaldo , Neymar & Luis Suarez. The jury will announce the winner on the 28th of August in Monaco along with the Champions League Groups draw.

Hot favourite is currently Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona.




UEFA Best Player candidates season 2014

SPANISH LIGA SEASON 2015 - 2016 CALENDAR

The match-ups of LA LIGA games from Round 1 to 38 for season 2015 - 2016 have been revealed today after the draw was celebrated at Liga HQ. You can see the full calendar of Liga games & Round with this link (Liga Season 2015 - 2016).




Spanish Liga starts off like this:

Round 1 - 22 & 23rd of August 2015
Sporting Gijon-Real Madrid, 
Athletic Club-FC Barcelona, 
Rayo-Valencia, 
Malaga-Sevilla,

REAL MADRID | IKER CASILLAS LEAVES FOR PORTO

News just coming in  announce that Real Madrid Goalkeeper & Captain Iker Casillas is on his way to Portuguese Club Porto after the player & his current club shut the deal. A bitter end after 25 years of service with 16 in the A-squad. The negotiation battle was hard with economic issues at the forefront & with end to end accusations from both sides that blemished the end of the career from Iker

ATLETICO DE MADRID SIGNS FERREIRA CARRASCO FROM AC MONACO

Spanish press announce that Atletico de Madrid & Monaco have come to an agreement to transfer 21 year old Belgium midfielder Ferreira Carrasco to the Spanish Football Club. The speculated transfer price coming out from France is around 20M€, while the player signs for the next 5 seasons. It is expected that both Clubs will officially announce the operation soon.




Ferreira has been chosen over

SPANISH FOOTBALL | NEW SIGNINGS 2015

Today a couple of important new signing presentations to media by Real Madrid & Atletico de Madrid. Both Clubs begin the new season with exits & arrivals; below are pictures of new players, plus players presented in the last days by other Spanish Football Liga Clubs. 




Real Madrid presented officially Brazilian International right-back Danilo from Porto to media at the "Santiago Bernabeu

FC BARCELONA ANNOUNCE ARDA TURAN SIGNING

While FC Barcelona awaits the result of their upcoming Presidential Club elections the "Intern Management Team" has announced the signing of Turkish International & Atletico de Madrid midfielder Arda Turan. The player signs for the next 5 seasons & costs Barça 34M€ plus 7M€ in variables in accordance with agreed objectives reached by club & player.




However there are a couple of catches:

Arda

FC BARCELONA TEAM 2015-2016 ?

Barring possible new signings (eg Pogba, plus others), FC Barcelona wants to have the following squad for the new season 2015-2016. The diagram comes from Spanish Sports paper "Mundo Deportivo".




The still unknown is Turk Arda Turan. Sports media announced the signing days back but apparently it is not a done deal as yet. Some speculate it will be closed soon while others comment the English

REAL MADRID TO TARGET FERNANDO LLORENTE ?

More interesting Spanish Football rumour & speculation doing the rounds. Spanish TV has announced tonight in its news section that Real Madrid new Coach Rafael Benitez has solicited Spanish International & Juventus FC forward Fernando Llorente. Apparently its a top priority for Benitez who wishes a tall & agile forward to compliment with Benzema upfront & give the team extra playing options.

FC BARCELONA SHUTS ARDA TURAN TRANSFER DEAL

The news has hit all the Spanish Sports media this afternoon, FC Barcelona & Atletico de Madrid have come to an agreement to transfer Turkish International midfielder Arda Turan to Barça. The midfielder had expressed his desire to leave Atletico & mentioned that he was negotiating with various Clubs. But this afternoon Barça & Atletico Directives shut the deal.




The transfer price is 35M€ plus

AT MADRID DEFENDER MIRANDA TO INTER MILAN

After months of speculation, Spanish Sports paper "Marca" confirms that Brazilian International & Atletico de Madrid Central Defender Miranda will be signed by Italian Club Inter Milan.




Miranda is currently in the city of Milan under going the regulatory medical examination before signing his new contract with Inter. The Brazilian was being followed by other Clubs, including Chelsea FC, but

REAL MADRID TRANSFER NEWS | BIGLIA - CASILLAS

News out from Italy, precisely from "La Gazzetta Dello Sport", publishes that Spanish Football Club Real Madrid has contacted (asked about) 29 year old Argentine & Lazio Central Defender Lucas Biglia. The player is sounding - along with others - as a possible substitute for Sergio Ramos in case the latter does not come to an agreement over his contract renewal with Real Madrid.

There is rumour

CARLOS BACCA GOES TO AC MILAN

Spanish Football & Sevilla FC will lose a fine forward. The representative of Colombian International Carlos Bacca has announced that Italian Club AC Milan has come to an agreement with Sevilla FC to transfer player for next season. The economic amount is said to be 30M€ with a 4 seasons contract for Bacca.




Interesting to find that Bacca has sacrificed playing in Champions League next season

ARDA TURAN | GET PAID MORE RUN LESS

Turkish International 28 year old midfielder Arda Turan has officially communicated to Atletico de Madrid Directives that he wishes to leave the Club. Reasons? Two:

Has offers that promises more money,
Runs too much at Atletico de Madrid.




What !...you may say looking at the 2º  reason, but this is what Spanish Sports paper "Marca" publish. Apparently Atletico Coach Simeone makes the Turk run

REAL MADRID | SERGIO RAMOS ALTERNATIVES

If you were to ask me if I see defender Sergio Ramos elsewhere next season that is not Real Madrid my answer is NO. As written below there is a solid arm wrestle going on between the player & Real Madrid to better players contract & economic conditions. Each is using their cards to get the upper-hand with half stories & even non-truths. 

Sergio Ramos has played a wild card that may have taken

SERGIO RAMOS | MAN UNITED | REAL MADRID TRIANGLE

Lots being said & written overseas (UK especially) & locally on the future of Real Madrid & Spanish International Sergio Ramos. The British press is saturated with news that the player is disgruntled with Madrid, that he has an offer on the table from Manchester United & that the defender may take it up. In fact, media sources indicate that Manchester United wishes to include Ramos in the David

ATLETICO DE MADRID TARGETS JACKSON MARTINEZ

Spanish Football Club Atletico de Madrid is very active these passed days with transfers & news breaks in local Sports media. With the departure of Croatian forward Mandzukic, news now appears that the Club has targeted Porto forward Jackson Martinez. 




Apparently, the player has given his OK to the Spanish Club. Porto asks for around 35M€ as transfer price, but Atletico may put in one of

JUVENTUS FC SIGNS MARIO MANDZUKIC

News hitting the "stands" is that Spanish Club Atletico de Madrid & Italian Champions Juventus FC have shut the transfer operation of Croatian forward Mario Mandzukic. The transfer is around 18M€ minus what Atletico still owns Bayern Munich.




Mandzukic has not really fit in with the style of play of Atletico de Madrid Coach Simeone, plus the imminent expected arrival of Villarreal forward

PSG THIAGO MOTTA TALKING TO AT MADRID ?

Another surprising "off season" news piece. Paris St Germain midfielder Thiago Motta is currently in the city of Madrid & local media sources say that the player is meeting up with Spanish Football Club Atletico de Madrid to discuss a possible transfer operation. Surprising because the PSG midfielder has 32 years of age & is in the "twilight" of his career. 




Said this Coach Simeone puts a

REAL MADRID THINKING ABOUT MAURO ICARDI ?

Every morning you´re slapped on the face by Spanish Sports media with a new Football player interest. Obviously a sign that the Spanish Liga has ended & media need to serve some news to keep their audiences happy.




Latest comes from Italy, concretely "Sport Mediaset", assert that new Real Madrid Coach Rafael Benitez has made a petition to the Club to sign 22 year old Argentine & Inter Milan

SPANISH LIGA IDEAL XI TEAM SEASON 2014 - 2015

The writers - "Football Experts" - of "La Liga" website have handed in their list of players that make up the "Ideal XI Liga Team" - plus Coach - for season 2014-2015. No surprise to see that the majority of players that make up the list are from Liga Champions FC Barcelona (up to 6 players).

Best Coach was named Luis Enrique of FC Barcelona. 




The full list of the LIGA IDEAL 11 TEAM :

BELARUS 0 - SPAIN 1 | EURO 2016 GROUP MATCH RESULT

Spain visited Belarus in their Euro 2016 qualifier in a must win situation, as they needed to secure the 2º place of the Group & have a chance of grabbing the 1º spot off Slovakia in the all important September Group game between both. 

The objective was achieved with a worked 0 - 1 victory over Belarus that had its moments of "danger" for Spain especially in the 2º half. Spain suffers a long

REAL MADRID PLAYER INTERESTS 2015

The negotiations, as expected, are a bit tense between Real Madrid & Manchester United over the latter's Spanish International goalkeeper David De Gea. Apart from the transfer price that big concern at United is who will replace De Gea. The objective is now to find a replacement & shut a deal with the "candidate" & his Club before giving Real Madrid the OK.




There are very little real top

SPAIN 2 COSTA RICA 1 | INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY GAME

Spain hosted Costa Rica tonight in an International Friendly match that served as a "warm-up" for the upcoming & important Euro 2016 Group match against Belarus. Final result a 2 - 1 win for the Spanish National Football Team that could have been more had Costa Rica & Real Madrid goalkeeper Keylor Navas not made 4-5 spectacular saves. The Costa Rican goalie seemed to be sending a message out that

IKER CASILLAS TO LEAVE REAL MADRID

News has "exploded" out from Spanish state TV - TVE - that Real Madrid & Spanish International goalkeeper Iker Casillas has decided to look elsewhere next season, that is, he will leave the Club after 16 years in the elite & 25 years from starting in the youth sides. The player himself has not confirmed or denied yet the story but it has been picked up by all local papers & media as a main

UEFA IDEAL TEAM CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2014-2015

A group of UEFA experts have handed in their list of players that make up the "Ideal Team" for Champions League 2014 - 2015. This time around the "expert's" name 18 players instead of the habitual 11 players. The list is dominated by FC Barcelona players & there are 5 Spanish born players in the list including young Alvaro Morata who "exploded" in the semis & the final with decisive goals. There

THE MOST VALUABLE FOOTBALL PLAYER IS ...

Who is currently the most valuable Football player in World Football (Soccer)? Big question as calculating economic values is not an exact science & always leads to debate. However the "The Observatory of Football" located in Neuchâtel (Switzerland) has elaborated their list after taking into account factors like titles won, age, contract duration, career trajectory, position, individual awards

FC BARCELONA SIGNS SEVILLA FC DEFENDER ALEIX VIDAL

FC Barcelona made official today its new signing for next season. Barça gets on-board Aleix Vidal previously the Sevilla FC right-back & also recently called up Spanish International. Very good addition to the Catalan squad who is destined to replace Dani Alves who looks like possibly leaving Barça & perhaps going off to AC Milan. 




The 25 year old defender, Catalan by birth, signs for the

REAL BETIS & SPORTING DE GIJON PROMOTE DIRECTLY TO THE SPANISH LIGA

Last Round (42) played today of the Spanish 2º Division with two Clubs that go straight into Liga after today's final results (check widget on the side).  Real Betis & Real Sporting de Gijon (curiously both playing today with Betis losing 0 - 3 ) have been promoted directly into Liga. Great news personally, as the two teams I follow are Atletico de Madrid & Sporting de Gijon, the latter being a

FC BARCELONA WINS 1 - 3 JUVENTUS | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL 2015

FC Barcelona wins its 5th European Cup (4th Champions League) after defeating 1 - 3 Italian Club Juventus FC in tonight's Champions League Final 2015 in Berlin. Barça again makes History winning 3 titles in one season something that was last repeated with Coach Guardiola in 2009.

Below is a team photo of the starting 11 side that latter claimed the CL title:




FC Barcelona stamped their

POSSIBLE STARTING 11 LINE UPS JUVENTUS - FC BARCELONA

The big day is finally here, Saturday 6th of June,  the Champions League Final between Spanish Football Club FC Barcelona & Italian Football Club Juventus FC. While the majority of Football experts & observers see Barça as the favourites, the other talk around town is the speculated starting 11 team line-ups. Spanish Sports paper "Sport" puts forward their predictions with the following 

REAL MADRID | BENZEMA TESTING THE MAN UNITED WATERS

As written in the last post, the arrival of new Coach Rafael Benitez to Real Madrid complicates the upcoming season for French striker Karim Benzema. Benitez obviously believes in the talent & class of the player, but beforehand does not fit into his "tactical" set-up which is usually just one pure Striker up-front or two in a 4-4-2 system. In either variation it is Cristiano Ronaldo (the

RAFA BENITEZ & THE REAL MADRID FORWARD LINE

Real Madrid
new Coach Rafael Benitez is one day into his new job & he already has a
problem that needs to be solved & with certain diplomacy, a personal facet
that ex-players under his orders say is not one of his stronger points.



The issue
is the Real Madrid forward line, concretely its setup tactically on the field. Under
ex-Coach Ancelotti his preferred 4 - 3 - 3 system allowed him to

REAL MADRID OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCE BENITEZ AS NEW COACH

It´s official, Rafael Benitez was presented by Spanish Football Club Real Madrid as their new Coach to media. The Spaniard signs for 3 seasons with a salary of 7M€/year, raising the question, will he last the full 3 years?

Rafael Benitez was clearly emotional as he has achieved his all time dream, to return "home" to Real Madrid as the Clubs Coach. Let me remind you that Benitez is 100 % Real

FALCAO RETURNS TO SPANISH FOOTBALL | VALENCIA CF ?

English
Premier League Club Manchester United & Colombian International forward Radamel
Falcao interests Spanish Football Club Valencia CF. His current Club Manchester
United (where he is on loan from Monaco) will not make effective the
buying option, therefore Falcao has to return to his club of origin.






There are
several clubs that are following Falcao, but the desire of the Colombian

ATLETICO DE MADRID HUNTS FOR FORWARDS

As posted weeks back Villarreal 21 year old Argentinian Forward Luciano Vietto is a main target of Atletico de Madrid. Villarreal has set the price at 20M€ which is exactly is contract release clause & there is no negotiation. 




At. Madrid however has stiff competition, concretely from English Premier League Clubs Liverpool FC & Arsenal. Both are willing to pay the 20M€, thus the final

FC BARCELONA WINS 1 - 3 AT BILBAO IN THE SPANISH CUP-COPA DEL REY FINAL

FC Barcelona wins its second title this season after winning 1 - 3 Athletic Club Bilbao in the final of the Spanish Cup - Copa del Rey. Convincing performance with most of the "damage" done by Barça in the 1º half.

Packed "Camp Nou" with 95.000 crowd witnessing an inform FC Barcelona firing on all pistons & going into next weekends Champions League Final in Berlin against Juventus FC as

REAL MADRID PRE-SEASON CALENDAR | AUSTRALIA - CHINA

This piece may interest the Real Madrid fans especially in Australia & China. The Spanish Football Club will be travelling to these parts of the World pre-season. Below are some details & information:




Following the International & Summer break, the Real Madrid players will return to Madrid for their pre-season training on either July 10 or 11 before travelling in their Summer tour.

Australia

ATLETICO DE MADRID EYES CELTA DE VIGO NOLITO

Spanish International & Celta de Vigo forward "Nolito" is in the orbit of Atletico de Madrid according to local Spanish Sports press. The player has had an outstanding season with 13 goals & 13 assists & Atletico Coach Simeone sees Nolito as the perfect reinforcement for the left side of the attack.




Celta de Vigo asks for 14M€ as transfer fee while At Madrid offers 10M€, nothing surprising as

SEVILLA FC WINS EUROPA LEAGUE TITLE & GOES INTO CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Magical night for Spanish Football & for Sevilla FC winning the final of the Europa League 2 - 3 against Ukrainian Club Dnipro. Its back to back titles, their 4th UEFA Cup, a record in the competition, plus it gives Sevilla FC a direct ticket into the Champions League competition next season. 

With this, Spanish Football will have 4 Clubs directly in the opening draw of Champions, while Valencia

SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM LIST | BELARUS & COSTA RICA

Spanish National Football Team Selector & Coach Vicente del Bosque announced today the list of 24 players for the upcoming International Friendly match against Costa Rica (Leon, 11th of June) & the all important Euro 2016 Group qualifier against Belarus (Borisov 14th of June. 

The principal novelties are the names of two Sevilla FC players, goalkeeper Sergio Rico & midfielder Aleix Vidal.

REAL MADRID DISMISSES CARLO ANCELOTTI

Del Bosque, Queiroz, Camacho, García-Remón, Luxemburgo, López Caro, Pellegrini, Mourinho & now Carlo Ancelotti, are the 12 Coaches that have gone through the Club under the Real Madrid President Florentino Perez.

Tonight the Real Madrid President announced officially to a packed press conference what everyone expected, the "sacking" of Coach Ancelotti.




The expectations & the requirements

UEFA WEB EDITORS LA LIGA BEST XI 2014-2015

The editors of the UEFA website have voted their Best XI of La Liga season 2014-2015, with little surprises. 




Best XI season 2014-2015 of La liga voted by the UEFA Website editors:

Goalkeeper: Claudio Bravo (FC Barcelona)

Defenders: Dani Alves, Gerard Pique (FC Barcelona), Nico Otamendi & Gaya (Valencia CF).

Midfielder: Parejo (Valencia CF), James Rodríguez (Real Madrid) & Krychowiak (

REAL MADRID | SERGIO AGUERO BACK ON THE AGENDA ?

With the Spanish Football season over, we enter the period of transfer rumour & speculation which is always exciting & of course, keeps selling Sports papers. As past experience has shown us repeatedly news is to be taken with scepticism initially as players, managers, Clubs & media leak information - true or false - to position themselves & their interests.




Spanish Club Real Madrid jumps out

HIGHEST GOAL SCORER - BEST GOALKEEPER LA LIGA 2014-2015

With the Spanish Football & La Liga season concluded we have the final list of the "Highest Goalscorer" ("El Pichichi") & the "Best Goalkeeper" ("El Zamora") for season 2014 - 2015. 

Once again Real Madrid CF forward Cristiano Ronaldo outperforms himself to claim the Liga top goal scorer with an "out of this World" figure of 48 goals. This is a regular feat for the Portuguese who reached the

SPANISH FOOTBALL | LA LIGA ROUND 38 FINAL RESULTS

Spanish Football & La Liga finishes its season 2014 - 2015 with today's Round 38 games. Following are all the final results & all the goalscorers, plus we have the following Clubs that go to Europe & relegate:

Clubs straight to Champions League: FC Barcelona (Champion), Real Madrid & Atletico de Madrid,
Club for Champions League Preliminaries : Valencia CF
Clubs to Europa League : Sevilla FC,

SPANISH FOOTBALL GOODBYES, NEWS & RUMOURS

Big day today for Spanish Football with important events & plenty of rumours flying around the local Soccer circles. Here is a summary of the main events in one place (post).

The greatest FC Barcelona & Spanish International midfielder in modern history Xavi Hernandez officially announced this afternoon this goodbye from Barça. In his press conference the player announced his exit, his new

REAL MADRID | 2º CLUB THAT MOST SPENDS ON SALARY PAYMENTS

Moving slightly off Football, but still keeping in touch in an economic manner, an interesting piece of news has appeared today on players salaries. According to "sportingintelligence" Spanish Football club Real Madrid is the 2º Club (all Sports) that spends most on players salary. The other Spanish Football Club on the Top 12 list is FC Barcelona in 4th place. 

Said this the highest Club (

REAL MADRID - JURGEN KLOPP HAVE A PRE AGREEMENT ?

News coming out of Germany assures that Jürgen Klopp will be the new coach of Real Madrid & will replace Carlo Ancelotti for next season. According to the information disseminated by "Radio Deutschland", the still Borussia Dortmund Coach has apparently reached an agreement with the Spanish Football Club. Timid news came out last week locally that a Real Madrid directive flew to Germany to meet in

REAL MADRID - DE GEA | MUSICAL CHAIRS

Manchester United Manager Van Gaal made the comment: De Gea is Spanish, a Spanish International, his Spanish parents have to fly out from Spain nearly every week, his girlfriend is Spanish & Real Madrid is a huge Spanish Football Club. The goalkeeper is very keen to return to Spain & Real Madrid has made him an offer. 

David De Gea has on his table a contract renewal proposal from Manchester Utd

REAL MADRID EUROPEAN BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS

It has
taken 20 years for Spanish Basketball Club Real Madrid to proclaim themselves
European Champions. They did this tonight in the Final Four Final winning 78 -
59 Greek Club Olympiakos. Tonight’s victory was even sweeter for the Spaniards as it
"erased" their previous three finals where they failed to win.



The Spanish
Club neutralized Olympiakos most dangerous player Spanoulis & managed

SPANISH FOOTBALL | LA LIGA ROUND 37 RESULTS

Big day of Spanish Football with Round 37 (second last) of La Liga with all games played simultaneously, a Champion mathematically proclaimed while the bottom of the ladder turns into a fierce battle to avoid the relegation with one last Round left to dispute next week. Here are all the final results along with the goalscorers.




Atletico de Madrid hosted FC Barcelona & lost 0 - 1 giving the

REAL MADRID | SPECULATION ON EXITS & ARRIVALS

With Real Madrid blank this season (barring a small Liga miracle) without any titles the question is, now what? The "enemies" of the Spanish Club have come out of the woodwork & from under the carpet to put their "two cents" worth into the debate. A debate that circles around the figure of current Coach Ancelotti, some players not up to the level & even Cristiano Ronaldo, yes everyone is getting

SEVILLA FC QUALIFIES FOR EUROPA LEAGUE FINAL 2015

Spanish Football puts another Club into a European Football Final after Sevilla FC won 0 - 2 away at Fiorentina tonight & eliminating the Italians from the Europa League competition with a 0 - 5 aggregate scoreline. The current Europa League Champions will travel to Warsaw next month to attempt to win back to back titles & if so, win a place in Champions League next season. 

Sevilla FC joins FC

REAL MADRID 1 JUVENTUS 1 | JUVE INTO THE FINAL ON 2 - 3 AGGREGATE

Real Madrid held the UEFA Champions League Final Ticket up until the 57th min when Juventus managed to equalize & change things in their favour to later eliminate Real Madrid in tonights 2º leg semi-final match. The final 1 - 1 result gave the Italian the semi-final tie with an overall 2 - 3 aggregate total putting them up next month against FC Barcelona in the Berlin Final.




Real Madrid

POSSIBLE STARTING LINEUPS REAL MADRID - JUVENTUS FC

Which Club will join FC Barcelona in the upcoming UEFA Champions League Final in Berlin next month? This question will be decided tonight when Spanish Football Club Real Madrid hosts Italian club Juventus in the 2º leg return match of the Champions League semi-final. 

The Italian have the advantage bringing in a 2 - 1 result from the 1º leg game, & a away goal to their favour tonight could put

BAYERN MUNICH 3 FC BARCELONA 2 | BARÇA THROUGH TO FINAL WITH 5-3 AGGREGATE

Spanish Football Club FC Barcelona eliminated German Club Bayern Munich tonight after taking the semi-final home & away tie 5 - 3 on overall aggregate. The actual final score of tonight's 2º leg match was a 3 - 2 victory for Bayern Munich a just score & fair reward for a proud showing of Football from their part.




The endeavour to attempt to turn around this semi final from the Bayern point of

BAYERN MUNICH - FC BARCELONA | POSSIBLE STARTING 11 LINE-UPS

FC Barcelona takes a magnificent 3 goals in their pocket over to Germany to play Bayern Munich in the 2º leg semi final of the UEFA Champions League tonight. With this advantage Barça is a game away of getting into the Berlin Final. However, Bayern Munich have faith that they can turn around the tie, thus making this game a "must see".




The possible starting 11 line-ups for both teams look

SPANISH NATIONAL FEMALE SQUAD | CANADA 2015 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Female Spanish National Team Selector & Coach Ignacio Quereda has handed in the final of 23 players to represent Spain in the World Championships in Canada next month.




Goalkeepers: Ainhoa Tirapu (Athletic de Bilbao); Lola Gallardo (Atlético de Madrid) & Sandra Paños (Levante)

Defenders: Ruth García (Barcelona), Celia Jiménez (Alabama), Melanie Serrano (Barcelona), Marta Torrejón (Barcelona)

FIFA RANKING | SPAIN 10TH PLACE

FIFA released this months World Ranking in Football-Soccer. As expected current World Champions Germany retain the top spot with 1,687pts with Argentina close second with 1,494pts. Surprisingly Spain remains in the Top 10 with 10th place with 1,132pts, taking into account some less than average performances in last official & friendly matches.




World Top 10 Ranking by FIFA:

.1) Germany 1.687

SEVILLA FC 3 FIORENTINA 0 | EUROPA LEAGUE 1º LEG SEMI RESULT

Spanish Football Club & remaining representative Sevilla FC took a huge leap towards the Warsaw Final of the Europa League defeating Italian Club Fiorentina 3 - 0 in tonights 1º leg semi-final clash.




Excellent & overall consistent performance from Sevilla FC which was very efficient finishing off much better the opportunities they created of goal over their opponents. The Italians created

FC BARCELONA 3 BAYERN MUNICH 0 | 1º ST LEG SEMI CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

The 2nd UEFA Champions League 1º leg semi-final match concluded with FC Barcelona defeating 3 - 0 Bayern Munich. A marvellous game of intense & tactical Football that needed the brilliance of Lionel Messi to break the "gridlock". 




Both teams should be congratulated, Barcelona for the win & Bayern Munich for their brave attitude attempting to play offensive Football while tactical firm

JUVENTUS 2 REAL MADRID 1 | 1º LEG SEMI CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

The Italian Club Juventus FC takes the 1º leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-final against the Spanish Football Club Real Madrid with a final 2-1 result. Veteran observers may explain that Juventus laid Real Madrid a trap & the latter took the bait...

As anticipated difficult stadium for Real Madrid against a more intense & determined Juventus spurred on by their devoted fans. Real Madrid was

JUVENTUS - REAL MADRID | POSSIBLE STARTING 11 TEAM LINE-UPS

First of the two UEFA Champions League 1º leg semi-final clashes tonight between Italian Club Juventus & Real Madrid. In my opinion & dangerous game for Real Madrid as the Italians have just proclaimed themselves "Serie A" Champions & come into the late part of the season in great form.

Real Madrid on the other hand have Modric & Benzema out with injury, Cristiano Ronaldo with some apparent back

LA LIGA | SPANISH FOOTBALL ROUND 35 GAMES FINAL RESULTS

Hi guys, excuse me this weekend for the poor Liga round-up post. Took the opportunity of this long weekend holiday to get out of town & travel to a non-wifi region to relax. Therefore was disconnected from TV & Internet.

However will give you this quick summary of all the Round 35 Liga matches & final results along with the goalscorers.




Cordoba 0 - FC Barcelona 8 (Ratikic, Pique, Neymar (

LA LIGA | ROUND 34 WEDNESDAY NIGHT GAMES FINAL RESULTS

Spanish Football Liga continued tonight with 5 scheduled games of Round 34. Here are all the final results along with the goalscorers.




Real Madrid defeated in "trouble" (relegation candidate) Almeria securing the 3 points & holding the second Liga position just 2 points behind current leaders FC Barcelona.  The final result was 3 - 0 but the team looked sloppy & they needed to work to win,

LA LIGA | ROUND 34 TUESDAY GAMES FINAL RESULTS

Mid-week Spanish Football action with three games scheduled tonight of La Liga. Here are all the final results along with the goalscorers.




FC Barcelona hosted Madrid Club Getafe & steamrolled them. One way Football traffic with a couple "surprise" chances from the visitors. The final result was FC Barcelona 6 - Getafe 0 gaining another 3 ladder points maintaining them in top ladder position.

JAVIER "CHICHARITO" HERNANDEZ | EVERYONE WILL HAVE THEIR FAME

It was the pop-culture artist Andy Warhol who claimed... "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes", making this claim in the context of our mass media & hyperconnected society. Well Football has smiled in the last week on Real Madrid on loan Mexican forward Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez catapulting him from obscurity to front page media stardom where 15 mins is relative.

The

ENGLISH PREMIER BEST 11 PFA AWARDS | 2 SPANIARDS ON LIST

The "Professional Footballers Association" (PFA) of the English Premier League announced their “Best XI Team” for season 2014 – 2015. Congratulations to the two Spanish International players who have be named & included: David De Gea (Manchester United) & Diego Costa (Chelsea FC). See the full list of players in the diagram below:




It is a great honour for them both, especially Costa in his

LA LIGA | ROUND 33 SUNDAY GAMES FINAL RESULTS

La Liga continued today with Round 33 scheduled matches. Here are all the final results along with all the goalscorers.




Malaga FC hosted Deportivo A Coruña & the end final result of a 1 - 1 draw doesnt do much for each. Malaga was lucking for the 3 points to give them some chance of the Euro ladder positions, while Deportivo needs desperately points to get out off the relegation zone. The

LA LIGA | ROUND 33 SATURDAY GAMES FINAL RESULTS

Spanish Liga Football tonight with matches scheduled of Round 33. Here are all the final results along with all the goalscorers.




Last placed on La Liga ladder Cordoba hosted Athletic Club Bilbao in the Friday night round 33 opener. The final result was another "nail to the coffin" for Cordoba losing 0 - 1 to Ath Bilbao. Sloppy match from Bilbao with Elche having their chances of scoring, but

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - EUROPA LEAGUE SEMI FINAL DRAW - MATCH UPS

The draw for the UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE & EUROPA LEAGUE semi-finals match-ups was celebrated in UEFA H/Q in Nyon with the following results.




The semi-finals for UEFA Champions League are

FC Barcelona - Bayern Munich : first leg 5/6 May, second leg 12/13 May
Juventus FC - Real Madrid CF : first leg 5/6 May, second leg 12/13 May


On paper Barça got the stiff stick being matched with Bayern

ZENIT 2 SEVILLA FC 2 (SEVILLA FC WINS 4 - 3 AGG) | EUROPA LEAGUE

Near scare in St Petersburg (Russia) for Sevilla FC in the Europa League 2º leg return match against Zenit. But the Spanish Football Club managed to get itself together & steer themselves into the semi-finals after eliminating the Russian tonight on a 4 - 3 overall aggregate. 




Sevilla Fc took to Russia a 2 - 1 result in their favour from the 1º leg game. The Spanish team could not have

REAL MADRID 1 ATLETICO MADRID 0 | REAL MADRID THROUGH TO SEMI-FINALS

Real Madrid managed in extremis to qualify for the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League after defeating Atletico de Madrid 1 - 0 (1-0 aggregate). Hard game of Football with extreme intensity, solid positioning on the tactical front & towards the end controversy after Atletico was left with 10 men. The added blemish was perhaps the last 10 minutes when Atletico put on the physical play that

POSSIBLE TEAM LINE UPS REAL MADRID - AT MADRID | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE qUARTER FINAL

The 1º st leg UEFA Champions League quarter - final finished 0 - 0. Tonight Real Madrid hosts city rival Atletico de Madrid in the 2º leg return match with everything still open. Mayor game for both sides, Real Madrid has not the Liga title assured & Champions League is the only current viable title left for them in this season. While Atletico de Madrid sits fighting for third spot on the Liga

FC BARCELONA 2 PSG 0 | BARÇA INTO SEMIS WITH 5-1 AGG Q/FINAL WIN

Spanish Football Club FC Barcelona defeated 2 - 0 Paris St Germain tonight in their 2º leg UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE return quarter-final match, thus eliminating PSG with a total aggregate score-result of 5 - 1. Its the 8th time in the last 10 years that Barça reaches the semi-final stage of the European competition & they look optimum. 




Above is a team photo of the FC Barcelona starting 11

HECTOR MORENO CHOICE IS ARSENAL FC

According to local Spanish Sports press RCD Espanyol Mexican defender Hector Moreno will be heading off to the English Premier League next season. There are two English Football Clubs competing for the services of Hector Moreno, Tottenham Hotspurs & Arsenal FC.  




The Mexican player has made up is mind & has chosen Arsenal FC as his next destination & Club. Arsenal has been following the

LA LIGA | ROUND 32 SUNDAY GAMES FINAL RESULTS

Four games of Round 32 of the Spanish Liga played today with the following final results & goalscorers.




Madrid Club Rayo Vallecano made a huge step forward to their endeavour of assuring their place in Liga next season defeating Almeria 2 - 0. All the opposite with Almeria which is just out of the relegation zone on goal difference with Deportivo.

The goals for Rayo came through Amaya in the

CRISTIANO RONALDO | 5 SEASONS STRAIGHT HITTING THE 50 GOALS MARK

Like him or dislike him, there are cold facts that transcend human emotions. While the debate echoes continuously if Portuguese Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo is or not the "Best Football-Soccer Player in the World",  yesterday he reached another spectacular milestone that differentiates from the rest.




His 93rd min goal against Malaga FC in La Liga yesterday tallied his 50th goal this

LA LIGA | ROUND 32 SATURDAY GAMES FINAL RESULTS

La Liga was back in action with all the big Spanish Football Clubs scheduled today in Round 32. Here are all the final results along with all the goalscorers.




Levante played RCD Espanyol in the Friday night Round 32 kick off match. The final result a valuable 2 - 2 draw for Levante & a step back for Espanyol in their attempts to climb into the Euro positions of the Liga ladder. The goals came

SEVILLA FC 2 ZENIT 1 | FINAL RESULT EUROPA LEAGUE 1º LEG Q/FINAL GAME

Europa League 1º leg quater-final action tonight with with current Champions Spanish Football Club Sevilla FC hosting Russian Club Zenit. The final result 2 - 1 to Sevilla FC making a huge comeback in the second half after Zenit went ahead first in the 1º half of the game.




Entertaining, intense & a very tactical match that we saw tonight. The Russians were solid & very concentrated in the

PSG 1 FC BARCELONA 3 | FINAL RESULT CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 1º LEG Q-FINAL

Spanish Football Club FC Barcelona travelled to Paris for their UEFA Champions League 1º leg  quarter-final match against Paris St Germain & come back home with a comfortable advantage for the return leg game. The final result was 1 - 3 in favour of Barcelona with most of the damage being done by the Spaniards in the second half.




Strange game at times with favourable swings to both sides &

PSG - FC BARCELONA | POSSIBLE STARTING 11 TEAM LINE-UPS | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

UEFA Champions League action continues tonight with the other Spanish Football representative FC Barcelona on show tonight. Barça travel to Paris to play their 1º leg Quarter-final match against Paris St Germain.




As habitual pre-match there is plenty of talk on what will be the starting 11 line-ups of both teams. Spanish Sports paper "Mundo Deportivo" put forward a diagram (above) where they

AT MADRID 0 REAL MADRID 0 | FINAL RESULT CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 1º LEG Q-FINAL

The UEFA Champions League 1º leg quarter-final - & city of Madrid derby - between Atletico de Madrid & Real Madrid ended in a 0 - 0 final result. Bit of a anti-climax perhaps but lets not forget that it is a 2º leg affair, that is 120 mins of Football. In hindsight it is a just result as Real Madrid dominated the first half & Atletico de Madrid the second half.  




Intense 90 mins with plenty

AT MADRID - REAL MADRID | POSSIBLE STARTING LINE-UPS | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

It is a replay of the last UEFA Champions League Final in Lisbon, Spanish Football Clubs Atletico de Madrid & city rival Real Madrid play tonight the 1º leg of the Champions League quarter-finals. 

Apart from last years Final where Real Madrid scored via Sergio Ramos in the last second to force extra-time & later win 4 - 1, Atletico de Madrid has not lost to Real Madrid this season & one can say

VALENCIA CF 3 LEVANTE 0 | LA LIGA ROUND 31 MATCH RESULT

Last scheduled match of Round 31 & of La Liga between Valencia CF & Levante in the Valencia Regional derby. The final result went 3 - 0 to Valencia CF which reduces to just 1º point the gap with third placed Atletico de Madrid on the Spanish Liga classification table. Competitive battle happening for the third position place as its a direct ticket for Champions League next season & Sevilla FC

LA LIGA | SPANISH FOOTBALL | ROUND 31 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football continued today with 4 games of Round 31 - La Liga - scheduled. Here are the final results along with all the goalscorers.




Madrid Club Getafe managed to comeback & draw their game with Villarreal 1 - 1. Villarreal went ahead first through Uche who transformed a penalty in the 51st min, to which Getafe managed to equalize in the 63rd min through Diego Castro. The bad news of

LA LIGA | ROUND 31 SATURDAY GAMES FINAL RESULTS

Spanish Football continues again this week with Round 31 of Liga with 5 top matches scheduled. Here are all the final results along with the goalscorers.





Real Madrid hosted Eibar with the former resting Casillas, Carvajal & Benzema, while Kroos & James were out on card suspension & Bale out injured. This allowed Arbeloa, Illarramendi, Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez, Jesé & goalie Navas a

LA LIGA | ROUND 30 THURSDAY GAMES FINAL RESULTS

The last three scheduled Round 30 Spanish Football Liga games were played tonight. Here are the final results along with all the goalscorers.




Athletic Club Bilbao hosted Valencia CF in a match that ended in a 1 - 1 draw result. The "real" winners however were Atletico de  Madrid which consolidates the 3rd place on the Liga table with a 3 point gap & Sevilla FC which is currently 5th & just 1

LA LIGA | ROUND 30 WEDNESDAY NIGHT GAMES RESULTS

La Liga continued tonight with four matches scheduled of Round 30. Here are all the final results along with all the goalscorers.




FC Barcelona with Neymar & Pique resting on the bench hosted bottom of the ladder placed Almeria now Coached by ex-Barça player Sergi . The baptism for Sergi was not good as he takes on a team with difficulties & hoovering relegation. 

Said this Almeria held off

ATLETICO DE MADRID TIES YOURI TIELEMANS OF ANDERLETCH

News in & published by Spanish Sports paper "AS" communicates the Atletico de Madrid has apparently tied 17 year old midfielder Youri Tielemans from Anderletch. The youngster ends his current contract in 2016 & although Clubs have not made any official statement, the foundations of a solid transfer agreement has been laid. 




The terms of the new contract with Atletico are unknown. Atletico de

LA LIGA | ROUND 30 TUESDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football action mid-week with Round 30 kicking off tonight with three Liga games, with the rest spread over the next couple of days. Here are tonights final results along with all the goalscorers.




Atletico de Madrid hosted Real Sociedad with the home side needing a win to keep the third place of the Liga ladder under control. They did just that winning 2 - 0 in relative comfortable

RAYO FORWARD ALBERTO BUENO SIGNS FOR PORTO

Spanish Football player Alberto Bueno may not be a "media star" as Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo but the Rayo Vallecano forward took the front page today of Portuguese paper "O Jogo". The news announcement is that Porto signs Alberto Bueno for the next four seasons.




The current Rayo Vallecano player is the leading Spanish goalscorer in Liga with 16 goals after Round 30, ahead of bigger names

OFFICIAL - REAL MADRID SIGNS DANILO FROM PORTO

As speculated & written here, Spanish Football Club Real Madrid has announced that they have officially signed 23 year old Porto & Brazilian right-back Danilo. The operation has cost 31,5M€ & the player signs for the next 6 years. The Brazilian will incorporate himself with Real Madrid after this season & being the pre-season summer training with his new Club.




Danilo has been with Porto for

HOLLAND 2 SPAIN 0 | INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY MATCH RESULT

The Spain National Football Team continues to drown in doubts as they lost 2 - 0 in Amsterdam to Holland in tonights International Friendly match. The media built it as the "revenge" game for Spain after losing in the last World Cup in a disastrous fashion. However, the truth is that Spanish Coach Del Bosque started with a B-side:

De Gea; Carvajal, Albiol, Pique, Bernat: Mario Suarez, Cazorla,

FASTEST FOOTBALL PLAYER IN THE WORLD | GARETH BALE

Intersting piece from Mexico that may answer the popular question, which Football-Soccer Player is currently the fastest in the World? The reply comes from a study done by Mexican Soccer Club "Pachuca" with has been endorsed & backed by the World Football governing body "FIFA".

Real Madrid & Welsh International Gareth Bale is the fastest player in World Football with a ball at his feet with 36,9

ATLETICO DE MADRID CLOSING IN ON OZAN TUFAN

News today locally mentions that Spanish Football Club Atletico de Madrid sent two emissaries over to Amsterdam for the Holland - Turkey game. Their objective was to meet up with players representative of young Turkish Football sensation 20 year old Ozan Tufan. Second time they meet as the Spanish Club has been following Tufan for sometime. 




In Turkey the youngster is in big demand, 

SPAIN 1 UKRAINE 0 | EURO 2016 GROUP C MATCH RESULT

Spain hosted the Ukraine for there must win Group C qualifying match for the Euro 2016 competition in France. Both Nations came into this game with 9 points each, behind Group leader Slovenia with 12 points (now 15 after defeating Luxemburg tonight). A loss tonight by Spain would have made their qualification for France 2016 almost out of their reach, Spain managed the objective winning 1 - 0.

SPAIN 2 NORWAY 0 | U-21 INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY

European U-21 Football Friendly International played tonight between Spain & Norway with the final result going 2 - 0 to Spain. 

Match dominated by Spain from start to finish with long possession Soccer & plenty of shots at goals by the local team. The two goals scored occurred in the 1º st half through Munir in the 16th min & Deulofeu in the 18th min, with this last putting in an exceptional

HIGHEST PAID FOOTBALL PLAYERS IN THE WORLD | LIONEL MESSI

You may ask yourself, who is the Worlds Best paid Soccer player? French Soccer magazine "France Football" has answered the question releasing the list of the Top 20 Best paid Football Players in the World. They take into account the income received from Club salaries, rights & publicity. 

FC Barcelona Argentine star Lionel Messi tops the list - Nº1 - again this year with 65M€, eleven million

ATLETICO MADRID LOOKS TO REINFORCE DEFENCE & MIDFIELD

Atletico de Madrid has extended the contract of their charismatic Coach Simeone, it will be announced officially today. With this piece in place, the Spanish Football Club begins thinking about the future & possible signings to maintain the squad competitive for all competitions.

Although no one will officially acknowledge that Atletico is scouting the market, there are currently two areas that

CURRENT LEADING GOALSCORERS - GOALKEEPERS | LA LIGA AFTER ROUND 28

This week the Spanish Liga takes a break for upcoming EurO 2016 & International Friendly matches. Good moment to see how the table stands for the current Leading Goalscorer - "El Pichichi" & the Leading Goalkeeper - "El Zamora".

In the goalscoring section FC Barcelona player Lionel Messi has made an extraordinary effort to overtake rival Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid. The race for the "

LA LIGA | SPANISH FOOTBALL ROUND 28 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

La Liga with Round 28 of Spanish Football continued today with matches that included the big FC Barcelona - Real Madrid "clasico". Here are all the final results along with all the goalscorers.




Deportivo de Coruña hosted RCD Espanyol in a relatively boring match of Football that ended in a 0 - 0 draw. What is worth mentioning are the numerous goal chances missed by both sides. 




Sevilla FC

LA LIGA | SPANISH FOOTBALL ROUND 28 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

La Liga this weekend with Round 28 Spanish Football matches scheduled & with the following final results & goalscorers.




La Liga kicked off with the Friday night game between Elche & Valencia CF. The game went the way of the visitors comfortably winning 0 - 4. The goals fell in the following order:

Gomes 43rd min, 0 - 1
Paco Alcacer 56th min, 0 - 2
Roco (own goal) 70th min, 0 - 3
Otamendi

SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM LIST 24 PLAYERS FOR UKRAINE - HOLLAND GAMES

Spanish Football Team Selector & Coach Vicente Del Bosque has handed in this afternoon the list of 24 players that make up the Spanish National Football Team squad for upcoming two International matches. Spain plays next Friday 27th of March Ukraine in Seville in the Euro 2016 Group game, while on Tuesday the 31st of March they travel to Amsterdam to play Holland in an International Friendly.  

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE | ATLETICO-REAL MADRID | PSG-BARÇA | QUARTER FINALS 2015

The Club match ups for the upcoming UEFA Champions League Quater-Finals were drawn this midday at the UEFA HQ in Nyon (France). The below graph gives the results:




ATLETICO DE MADRID hosts city rival REAL MADRID for the 1º leg away clash: 14/4, while
FC BARCELONA travels to PARIS ST. GERMAIN: 15/4.

The Quarter-final playing dates are:
1º leg 14 th & 15 th of April 
2º leg 21 st & 22 nd of

SEVILLA 2 VILLARREAL 1 (5-2 AGG) | EUROPA LEAGUE RESULT

Sevilla FC eliminated tonight the other remaining Spanish Football club in Europa League Villarreal. Sevilla won the 1º leg game 1 - 3 & tonight managed to win again 2 - 1 thus moving to the next stage of the European competition with a 5 - 2 aggregate.




Heavy rain at Sevilla which made many fans stay home & watch the game on TV. The 1º st half was fairly even, with all the goals occurred in

EL CLASICO | POSSIBLE FC BARCELONA STARTING 11 LINE-UP

With Champions League obligations successfully acquired last night eliminating Manchester City, Spanish Football Club & current Liga leaders FC Barcelona turn all their full attention to next Sundays "Clasico". The Liga match against Real Madrid could well decide which of these two giants of World Soccer will take this seasons Spanish League title.




Two days ago I posted here the possible

FC BARCELONA 1 MANCHESTER CITY 0 | BARÇA ELIMINATES CITY

FC Barcelona defeated 1 - 0 Manchester City in tonights 2º leg return encounter winning the tie 3 - 1 on aggregate & eliminating the English club from the UEFA Champions League tournament. Once again Manchester City falls way short of expectations in European Football, while FC Barcelona again goes into the Quarter-final stage. 




Barça was relatively comfortable most of the game except for the

AT MADRID 3 BAYERN LEVERKUSEN 2 (AFTER PENALTIES) | ATLETICO ELIMINATES LEVERKUSEN

It went down to the wire, right into extra-time & into the dreaded penalty shoot-out. After more than 120 mins of intense Football, see-saw penalty misses, Spanish Altletico de Madrid turned around the tie & won the penalty knock-out to qualify over Bayern Leverkusen for the Quarter-Finals of the UEFA Champions League. 




Atletico Madrid managed to score "the vital" goal to even the tie in the

EL CLASICO | POSSIBLE REAL MADRID STARTING 11 LINE-UP

The upcoming FC Barcelona & Real Madrid Round 28 Liga match - "el Clasico" - next Sunday could well determine which of these two Club will be this seasons Spanish Football League Champion. Currently Barça has a slim 1 point lead over second placed Real Madrid, the winner would not only open up their lead but received a huge moral boost that should take them riding home for the rest of the season.

CRISTIANO RONALDO THINKING OF RETURNING TO MANCHESTER UNITED?

Something
is not right with Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo. Since receiving the FIFA
Golden Ball in January the Portuguese forward has entered an observable "slump"
with his play, & with his goal scoring rate dropping dramatically
(dramatically in his extraordinary case) which has lead to all sorts of
speculation.



The initial
back alley talk was that his break-up with model Irina Shayk

LA LIGA | SPANISH FOOTBALL ROUND 27 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

Round 27 of La Liga - Spanish Football - continued today with the following matches, final results & goalscorers.




Almeria hosted Villarreal & at least managed to halt the progression of the visitors in Liga with the final 0 - 0 draw result. Both teams ended the match with 10 men & neutralized each other tactically. Almeria are the most disappointed as they need the points to stay away from

LA LIGA | SPANISH FOOTBALL ROUND 27 SATURDAY GAMES FINAL RESULTS

La Liga celebrated Round 27 Spanish Football action with the following games, final results & goalscorers.




Valencia CF played Deportivo A Coruña in the Friday Night match & won 2 - 0. Not an easy game for Valencia which only managed to open the can with a penalty that Parejo converted in the 60th min. Later in the 71st min Paco Alcacer scored the sealer. Another 3 points in the bag for

VILLARREAL 1 SEVILLA FC 3 | EUROPA LEAGUE RESULT

Europa League 1º leg matches played tonight with the only two Spanish Football Clubs left in the competition meeting each other. The final result went to the visitors SEVILLA FC winning 1 - 3 the home team VILLARREAL & taking away for the 2º leg clash two important away goals that obviously puts them in the "drivers seat" to advance to the next stage.




Villarreal were caught "cold" at the

FIFA RANKING | SPAIN FALLS OUT OF THE TOP 10

FIFA released today its monthly list - ranking of top Football Nations with the news that Spain falls out of the Top 10 to sit in the 11th place.  The current FIFA World Champions Germany sit in the Nº1 spot with 1,770 pts, followed by Argentina & Colombia in third place.

FIFA Rankings TOP 20 - released 12th of March:

1 Germany 1770 pts
2 Argentina 1577
3 Colombia 1499
4 Belgium 1471
5

DANI ALVES SIGNS WITH PARIS ST GERMAIN

Spanish radio has advanced the news that Brazilian International & FC Barcelona right-back Dani Alves has signed with Paris St Germain. The defender ends contract this season with Barça & the latter has not wished to renew the player.




The Brazilian was free to negotiate his future without Barça & travelled to Paris after the Sunday Liga match against Rayo Vallecano to sign his contract. The

REAL MADRID - 3 SCHALKE 04 - 4 | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL RESULT

Real Madrid qualified for the Quarter-Final stage of the UEFA Champions League after winning the tie 5 - 4 on aggregate, BUT losing tonights game 3 - 4. The two away goals scored at Germany became vital & the factor that keeps Real Madrid in the competition even though their performance tonight was a real shocker, one to forget.




Real Madrid was on the verge of disaster & faced the real risk

REAL MADRID | WHY THE SLUMP?

As expected
the Spanish Sports media has turned its attention on Real Madrid, the motive?
Why has the former leader of La Liga given way to its rival FC Barcelona with a
string of bad performances that include a draw & a loss last weekend
against At.Bilbao. The current Champions League & World Clubs Champions
Real Madrid has gone from its impressive 2014 season to a horrible 2015. Why this slump

LA LIGA | SPANISH FOOTBALL ROUND 26 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

La Liga has a new leader after todays four Round 26 scheduled matches. Here are all the final results along with all the goalscorers.




FC Barcelona defeated Madrid Club Rayo Vallecano 6 - 1 & in doing so takes the Top Spot of  La Liga table with a 1 point advantage over second placed Real Madrid. This same match also allowed Lionel Messi to score another HAT-TRICK & in doing so equals

LA LIGA | SPANISH FOOTBALL ROUND 26 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

La Liga celebrated Round 26 with the following games, with a surprise results that puts the competition on fire. Here are all the final results along with the goalscorers.




Levante & Eibar kicked off Round 26 with their Friday Night game. The home team continue with their winning ways defeating the visitors 2 - 1. The match was relatively even until Eibar got ahead first through Saul in the

CRISTIANO RONALDO RICHEST FOOTBALL PLAYER IN THE WORLD

Portuguese & Real Madrid player Cristiano Ronaldo is the richest Football player on the planet. his estimated personal wealth is 210,000,000 €, mostly thanks to juicy publicity contracts with Toyota, Herbalife, Armani, KFC, Emirates, Banco Espiritu Santo & Samsung, apart from his long relationship with Nike. However, there is more, cash-flows from fashion, leisure (nightclub-"Seven") & real

DAVID DE GEA THE CHOSEN ONE BY REAL MADRID

It is fairly unanimous, current Manchester United Spanish International goalkeeper David De Gea is destined to be the substitute of Iker Casillas at Real Madrid & the Spanish National Team. The speculation is constant & if the river sounds...




The representative of David De Gea is none other than Portuguese Jorge Mendes, which has an ace up his sleeve. His player ends contract in 2016, thus if

SEVILLA FC THINKS IN FERNANDO LLORENTE IF BACCA LEAVES

This news piece from Italian media, concretely "TuttoSport" is interesting. According to the cited news source, Spanish Football club Sevilla FC is thinking in Spanish & Juventus FC forward Fernando Llorente as a substitute for Carlos Bacca.




The big European Clubs are knocking on the door of Sevilla FC asking about Bacca & expressing their interest in acquiring the services of the Colombian.

ATLETICO DE MADRID TARGETS PSG CAVANI

News out of France lets us in on a possible interest from Atletico de Madrid for Paris St Germain Uruguayan forward Cavani. The French source "L'Equipe" goes further & writes that the signing of Cavani is a prerequisite of current Atletico Coach Simeone for him to renew his contract with the Club.  




The French source also writes that it was fellow Uruguayan National Team collegue & Atletico

PORTO PUTS 30M€ PRICE ON DANILO FOR REAL MADRID

A while back it was mentioned here that the big Spanish Football Clubs were following Porto 23 year old Brazilian right back Danilo . Today we jump from speculation & into the news published by Spanish Sports paper "AS" that Real Madrid has "pole position" after the player expressed his willingness to make the jump over to La Liga.




This affirmation by the player has apparently lead Porto to

REAL MADRID & LIVERPOOL FC SHARE SOME COMMON INTERESTS

Luciano Vietto is exploding this season in Spanish Football. The 21 year old Argentine forward with Villarreal is scoring goals & has become an important piece in his teams set-up. The youngsters 2º half performance against Real Madrid last Sunday caught the eye of Club Directives, so much so, that the players agent Jorge Cysterpiller has gone public saying that Real Madrid likes his player.

REAL MADRID | SOME HUMOUR FROM BARCELONA

Some innocent humour out of the city of Barcelona going viral, precisely from their Sports paper "Mundo Deportivo", after the Liga slip yesterday by Real Madrid drawing 1 - 1 with Villarreal (also lovely called "The Yellow Submarine").




The cartoon says it all, the mentioned result allows FC Barcelona to close the points gap on the Liga table to just two points. The upcoming "clasico" - FC

PEDRO LOOKS MORE OUT THAN IN AT FC BARCELONA

Speculation concerning the future of Spanish International & FC Barcelona winger Pedro have been ongoing & today are back in the Sports media. Local papers are picking up the vibes from British press that states that Manchester United & Chelsea have shown interest & are considering targeting the winger for next season




The player has fallen into a secondary role at Barça with in the

LA LIGA - SPANISH FOOTBALL - ROUND 25 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

La Liga continued today with 4 top matches of Round 25. Here are all the final results along with the goalscorers.




Valencia CF maintains its sights in the Champions League ladder positions with a 2 - 0 win over Real Sociedad in todays midday game. Valencia Argentina forward Piatti was the protagonist scoring his teams two goals: 55th & 58th min.




Eibar hosted Athletic Club Bilbao in their

LA LIGA - SPANISH FOOTBALL ROUND 25 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

Round 25 of LA LIGA with 4 scheduled matches today with the following final results & goalscorers.




RCD Espanyol played Cordoba in the Round 25 Friday night opener. The only goal came through Abraham in the 42nd min which gave Espanyol the 1 - 0 victory. Cordoba continue with their nightmare season & will be struggling of what is left of the season to avoid relegation.




Granada hosted FC

VILLARREAL - SEVILLA FC | EUROPA LEAGUE DRAW

UEFA has drawn the match ups for the last 16 Clubs left in the Europa League competition. Call it fate, destiny, karma or just straight bad luck, the two remaining Spanish Football Clubs, Sevilla FC & Villarreal have been matched. Below is a infograph of all the matched teams:




The 1º leg game will be the 12th of March at Villarreal, while the return 2º leg at Sevilla FC on the 19th of March.

EUROPA LEAGUE RESULTS | SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAMS

UEFA Europa League Football 2º leg return matches tonight with three Spanish Soccer Clubs in action. Here are the final results, goalscorers & the teams that go through to the next stage.




Villarreal travelled to Salzburg for their 2º leg match with a goal advantage from the 1º leg game result of 2 - 1 at Villarreal. Tonght the Spanish Club managed to win 1 - 3 eliminating Salzburg from the

BAYERN LEVERKUSEN 1 ATLETICO MADRID 0 | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RESULT

UEFA Champions League continued tonight with Spanish Football Club Atletico de Madrid playing away German Club Bayern Leverkusen. A bad night for the Spaniards who lost starters Siquiera & Saul in the first half, then went down to 10 men when Tiago was sent off (2 x yellow cards) in the 75th min to end the night losing 1 - 0. 




The good news however is that the 2º leg return game will be the 

MANCHESTER CITY 1 FC BARCELONA 2 | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RESULT

UEFA Champions League Football was back with Spanish Soccer Club FC Barcelona in action tonight away from home to Manchester City for their 1º leg game. The final result ended favourably for Barça winning 1 - 2. 




Disappointing performance from the English Club, in my opinion, which managed to "fix things" somewhat in the second half pulling back a goal after being totally overrun by FC