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Wednesday, 29 April 2015

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,

Tuesday, 28 April 2015

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

Sunday, 26 April 2015

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

Saturday, 25 April 2015

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

Friday, 24 April 2015

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

Thursday, 23 April 2015

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

Wednesday, 22 April 2015

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

Tuesday, 21 April 2015

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

Sunday, 19 April 2015

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

Saturday, 18 April 2015

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

Thursday, 16 April 2015

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

Wednesday, 15 April 2015

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

Tuesday, 14 April 2015

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

Monday, 13 April 2015

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

Sunday, 12 April 2015

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

Saturday, 11 April 2015

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

Thursday, 9 April 2015

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

Wednesday, 8 April 2015

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

Tuesday, 7 April 2015

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