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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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