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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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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