SPANISH SOCCER | LIGA | ROUND 29 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Soccer - Football action continued today with four games of Round 29 of Liga scheduled. Here are the final results ( scores ) & all the goalscorers.




Valladolid hosted Osasuna & lost 1 - 3 to a more determined & effective visiting outfit. Osasuna are fighting for their Liga future & thus are very dangerous if not "finished off" early. Valladolid went ahead first via an own goal from

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IF MOURINHO GOES TO CHELSEA WILL HE TAKE CRISTIANO RONALDO ?

All the news is coming out of England. The daily newspapers - "Sunday Express", "Daily Mirror"...etc - place Real Madrid Coach José Mourinho back at the English Premier League Club Chelsea FC next season. The trip to London last week by Mourinho heightened the speculation,  & the comment by the Portuguese Coach that he is committed to Real Madrid 100% until the end of the season ..."end of the

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SPANISH SOCCER | SECOND DIVISION LEADING GOALSCORERS

No better time as now to give some focus to the Spanish Football 2º Division. While the Spanish League gets all the spotlight the "Silver Division" is just as exciting. Today I´ll give the current leading goalscorers in the 2º Division. There have been 32 Rounds celebrated to date & there is still 10 more Rounds left before the end of the season.While at Club level Elche looks almost certain to

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LIONEL MESSI | SPANISH SOCCER GOALS RECORD - "LA VUELTA PERFECTA"

FC Barcelona Argentine ace Lionel Messi keeps breaking records. Yesterday with his 73rd min goal against Celta in Liga, the 4 time FIFA Golden Ball winner became the first player in Spanish Football - Soccer history to score a goal against all the Clubs in the First Division. That is, Messi has scored a goal in 19 straight Liga games.





Barcelona based Sports paper "Sport" has made this

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SPANISH SOCCER | LIGA | ROUND 29 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football was back in action after the International games break with Round 29 of Liga. Four matches scheduled today with the following game final scores & goalscorers.







Madrid Club Rayo Vallecano hosted Malaga FC & lost 1 - 3 in an entertaining game of Football. The locals played well but failed to take their opportunities, something the visitors managed to do well when given half

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REAL MADRID SHUTS DEAL FOR GARETH BALE ?

While Real Madrid Coach Jose Mourinho was spending a few days in London this week, many speculated that he was shutting a deal with Chelsea FC to return as Coach next season.However other sources had reported that Mourinho was doing something else. He was preparing the next season & in particular tying down the signing of Tottenham Hotspurs 24 year old Welsh star Gareth Bale.

Mourinho was in

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MANCHESTER UNITED RETURNS TO TEMPT FC BARCELONA THIAGO ?

FC Barcelona young midfielder Thiago Alcantara needs more playing time. This is the general agreement within the players inner circle if the talented Spanish International is going to make himself a space within the Spanish National Football Team for the 2014 World Cup competition in Brazil.This is Thiago´s grand ambition to play for Spain in Brazil next year where he shares "nationality" with

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ATLETICO DE MADRID MAKES MOVE ON VALLADOLID EBERT

The Spanish Sports paper "Marca" caught off guard Atletico de Madrid Football Director Jose Luis Camimero in a secret lunch meeting with Valladolid German player Patrick Ebert. This has sent out a string of rumours that Atletico has the Valladolid player on its list of signing for next season. One can take the speculation as serious as both met in a "middle ground" restaurant halfway between the

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REAL MADRID FOLLOWING JUVENTUS ARTURO VIDAL ?

If in the below post I gave you the very latest on the Real Madrid signing rumours for next season, now I add another name that is doing the rounds. As I said Football is in constant flux & in permanent conflict with diverse interests between Clubs, agents, coaches, intermediaries & players all positioning themselves in the lucrative transfer market.

This time the news comes out of Italy &

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REAL MADRID SIGNING NEWS | CURRENT FOUR CANDIDATES - EXITS

The major European Football Clubs are making their moves & planning the upcoming 2013-2014 season. Real Madrid CF is one of them & rumours - as expected - are fast flying around on a daily basis. The associated names 6 possible next season candidates are long, but today I would like to home-in on four candidates. Just four names that are sounding on a regular basis, persistently, come from

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RUSSIAN CLUB ANZHI OFFERS 10M€ / SEASON TO GOALIE VICTOR VALDES

The great performance by Spanish International & FC Barcelona goalkeeper last Tuesday night against France has shown everyone that Victor Valdes is in a select group of elite goalies in World Football. 

The Barça player has announced to his Club that he does not desire to continue & wants to experiment new Football sensations elsewhere. FC Barcelona is making an "offensive" to change the mind of

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FC BARCELONA | QUICKEST GOAL IN THE JUNIOR LEVELS | VIDEO

The junior levels of Spanish Football Club FC Barcelona has a World Football reputation of "creating" many gifted Football players. Their "Football School" known as "La Masia" ( The Home ) has a long list of current players in action ( Valdes, Pepe Reina, Messi, Iniesta, Xavi, Puyol, Pique, Busquets, Jordi Alba, Thiago, Bojan, Tello, Cesc Fabregas, Nolito, Goivani, Montoya, Beltran...the list is

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ATLETICO DE MADRID WORKING TO RECOVER WOLFSBURG DIEGO RIBAS

It was mentioned here last week, Spanish Football Club Atletico de Madrid was working to recover Brazilian midfielder & German Club Wolfsburg player Diego Ribas. The Brazilian left an impressive memory last season at the Club while on-loan from Wolfsburg with his class & play making that helped take the Club onto the Europa League title.

Current Coach Diego Simeone has asked specifically that

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FC BARCELONA WILL SIGN DORTMUND DEFENDER HUMMELS

It was mentioned here weeks back when the rumour came out of the Barcelona based Spanish Sports press. Today Football daily "AS" affirms that Borussia Dortmund Central Defender Matt Hummels will be soon a new player for FC Barcelona. The news itself has been picked up by German press "Bild" which comments that negotiations are advanced only needing the signatures of the parties at the end of the

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FRANCE 0 SPAIN 1 | FINAL SCORE GROUP I WORLD CUP 2014 QUALIFIER

Objective achieved. The current World & European Champions Spain managed the three points to take the top spot of Group I from France. The final result in tonight's World Cup 2014 qualifier was 0 - 1 in favour of the Spanish Football National Team in a worked, difficult but deserved victory.Two distinct style with Spain true to its ball possession philosophy & France with tight defending

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SPAIN NEW ALL RED UNIFORM AGAINST FRANCE

Thought it maybe of interest to the readers. The Spanish National Football Team will try out a "new look" uniform against France tonight in their Group I World Cup 2014 Qualifier. Well its not exactly new, the novelty is that Spain will dress with red shorts - a first in its History - which will give Spain an all Red aspect. Below is a picture of how Spain will look tonight in Paris




Strong

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SPAIN 3 RUSSIA 1 | U-21 INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY

The Spanish National U-21 Football Team managed to turn around their International Friendly warm-up game against Russia winning 3 - 1. This was the last "dress rehearsal" for Spain before the upcoming European U-21 Championships in June.A very competitive Russian team gave a great workout for the Spaniards that sway the balance their way in the second half with goals from Muniain & Thiago.

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SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM USA JUNE FRIENDLY GAMES DATES

This is
news for the Spanish Football Sports readers from the United States.
The Spanish National Team will play two warm-up International Friendly matches
in the US before travelling
off to Brazil
for the FIFA Confederations Cup tournament. The first game will be against Haiti in the City of Miami on the 6th of June. The second match
will be in New York City against Northern Ireland
the 11th of

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REAL MADRID | SERGIO AGUERO NUMBER ONE SIGNING OBJECTIVE ?

Sergio Aguero is eclipsing what was before a "done deal" with Falcao. According to Spanish Sports news daily "AS", Argentine & Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero is the number one objective for Real Madrid next season.




Sergio Aguero, as said before in previous posts, desires to leave England more for personal reasons than professional. The separation with is wife who has not adapted to the

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SFS FLASHBACKS | SPAIN 1 FRANCE 1 | VIDEO

Here is a Spanish Football Flashback to the first Group I game played in Madrid between Spain & France 5 months ago. The match ended in a 1 - 1 draw with goal from Sergio Ramos , a missed penalty from Cesc Fabregas & a mistake in the midfield by Spanish defender Juan Fran that allowed a French counter-attack that Giroud converted to equalize for France in the end of the match.






The

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FRANCE vs SPAIN | POSSIBLE STARTING 11 TEAM LINE UPS

Important match for the Spanish National Football Team next Tuesday against France. The current European & World Champions need to win & get the three points to take the Top position of Group I. The first placed Nation gets a direct ticket for the 2014 World Cup competition in Brazil, while second placed has to play a "knock-out" tie with other second Group placed European Nations. This last

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SPAIN NATIONAL TEAM | ARBELOA - PIQUE OPEN UP CLUB WOUNDS AGAINST FINLAND ?

It is the national Sport in Spain - not Football | Soccer - to forget the past & the achievements quickly & criticise the failures in the present. The draw 1 - 1 by Spain with Finland has been received as a defeat by some observers & of course has unleashed the wagging tongues of criticism.My intention is not to participate, but will inform on stories coming out today that highlight the

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SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM PHOTO 2013

Found this picture of the Spanish National Football Team that started yesterday against Finland in their Group I World Cup 2014 qualifier. Posted thinking that it may delight the  readers & fans around the World.



SPAIN LINE-UP TEAM PHOTO vs Finland March 2013

Line up:
Top: Arbeloa, Sergio Ramos, Busquets, Pique & Valdes
Bottom: Silva, Cesc Fabregas, Andres Iniesta, David Villa, Cazorla &

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WORLD CUP QUALIFIER GROUP I RESULT | SPAIN 1 FINLAND 1

Spain ended their Group I 2014 Brazil World Cup qualifying match tonight in a 1 - 1 draw result against Finland. Not the result expected nor was it wanted as Group rival France defeated Georgia 3 - 1 & go top spot of the Group with 10 points , 2 more over Spain with 8 points. This puts unwanted pressure on Spain & into a must win situation when they meet France next Tuesday in Paris. 




The

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ATLETICO DE MADRID TEAM PHOTO 2013

There are more teams in Spanish Football than Real Madrid & FC Barcelona, & much more fans of other Liga Clubs spread around the World. In an attempt to try & please "the alternatives" I have found this great ATLETICO DE MADRID TEAM PHOTO 2013. If you are like myself an Atletico de Madrid fan & follower I think you will enjoy having this picture for your collection & even as a PC screen shot.

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WORLD CUP 2014 | SPAIN vs FINLAND | POSSIBLE STARTING 11 TEAM LINE-UP FOR SPAIN

Tomorrow the Spanish National Football Team plays the first of two important 2014 Brazil World Cup Group I qualifiers. Their opponents will be Finland & they both will play in the Northern city of Gijon where the Spanish squad was greeted tonight by 17.000 local fans who watched the training session.




Spanish National Selector & Coach Vicente Del Bosque has already said publicly that FC

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EURO U-21 FRIENDLY | SPAIN 5 NORWAY 2

The U-21 European Championships are just two months away. National U-21 teams are playing friendly matches & one of those celebrated tonight was Spain vs Norway. The final result went to Spain with a strong & convincing victory 5 - 2 over Norway. 

Excellent testing for the Spaniards which started on the wrong foot due to a defensive mistake that opened the scoring for Norway in the 1st min. But

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REAL MADRID EYES YAYA TOURE IF HE LEAVES MANCHESTER CITY

Manchester City powerful Ivory Coast International midfielder Yaya Toure is not happy at his Club. The news coming out of England via the local press is that Manchester City has not offered a renewed & "bettered contract" which has "disturb" & disappointed Toure.

Dimitri Selçuk, the players representative has said publicly that Yaya wants out, & wants out at the end of this season. The exception

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ATLETICO DE MADRID | MARTINEZ - DZEKO - YILMAZ

All news points that Spanish Football Club Atletico de Madrid has basically accepted & is preparing for the possible exit of its star forward Falcao at the end of this season. All rumours ( or indicators) suggest that English Premier League Club Chelsea FC is currently in the box seat. 

With this horizon, Atletico de Madrid is already combing the market for a worthy substitute & replacement. The

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IFFHS PRIZES FC BARCELONA | MESSI | INIESTA | BEST IN 2012

The FIFA backed International Federation of Football Statistics & History (IFFHS) has added more trophies for the collection for Spanish Football Club FC Barcelona & its players with the following prizes:

FC Barcelona was awarded "Best Football Club 2012"
Lionel Messi the "Best Goalscorer 2012", second year running
Andres Iniesta the "Best Player maker in World Football", taking over from

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ATLETICO DE MADRID THINKING AGAIN ABOUT DIEGO RIBAS

According to Spanish Sports daily
"Marca" Atletico de Madrid is rethinking about recovering Brazilian
midfielder & German Club Wolfsburg player Diego Ribas for next season. It is also written
that Coach Simeone has specifically asked for the return of the Brazilian & this has
made it a priority in the offices of the Club. Apparently talks are underway.



The former Atletico number 22, who was on

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SECRET MEETING IN MADRID FOR FALCAO | AT MADRID - CHELSEA FC

If yesterday I posted that Manchester City forward Sergio Aguero was "closer" to Real Madrid for next season, today I post that Atletico de Madrid forward Falcao seems closer to Chelsea FC.

According to a Spanish late night Football TV programme, there was a "secret" meeting in Madrid between Miguel Angel Gil, Atletico owner, Jorge Mendes, Falcao representative & Peter Kenyon in name of Chelsea

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TRANSFER NEWS | REAL MADRID - SERGIO AGUERO INSISTENT SPECULATION

Months back if you had to place a bet on Real Madrid CF signing a new forward for season 2013 - 2014 the name Radamel Falcao from Atletico de Madrid was odds-on favourite. The punters then went further to say that the Colombian International had a pre-agreement with Real Madrid & that it was a near shut case.
The last couple of weeks however, Manchester City Argentine International Sergio Aguero

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TOP 20 WORLD FOOTBALL - SOCCER - EARNERS 2013

Football magazine "France Football" has released their list of Top World Football Players earnings for 2013. The notable surprise is that David Beckham currently at French Club Paris St Germain over takes FC Barcelona star Lionel Messi in the Nº1 position. The French magazine complies salaries ( fixed & extras ) plus publicity/marketing earnings to calculate the figure. What calls my attention (

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THE REAL REASONS GUARDIOLA LEFT FC BARCELONA

Eurosport
has published on their online edition the “real” reasons why the now Bayern Munich Coach Josep Guardiola left his position at FC Barcelona. Nothing new for many observers but
more evidence to the suspicions of which some maybe surprising. Here is the list
of the main motives.



Guardiola
has an excellent relationship with ex Barça President Joan Laporta. The current
Directive under

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REAL MADRID | THEIR "ACHILLES HEEL" THIS SEASON

SpanishSports daily "AS" put in an interesting article today that highlights
the "Achilles heel" of Real Madrid this season: the set plays. They
give make interesting comments & give figures that ram home the point.



“We are
concerned about the goals from set pieces" comments Pepe. "In Europe these mistakes will be costly "says Club Directive Emilio
Butragueño."Our mistakes are due to lack of

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REAL MADRID | XABI ALONSO ANNOUNCES TO CLUB HE WILL NOT RENEW CONTRACT

Spanish Football media ( radio & TV ) has let known what some observers were thinking, that Spanish International & Real Madrid midfielder Xabi Alonso will not be renewing his contract with Real Madrid. The player will be committing himself until June 30th of 2014 date which puts end to his current contract. 

Alonso has notified the Club & the Club will be assisting him in a organic departure as

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SPANISH TENNIS | RAFAEL NADAL WINS INDIAN WELLS MASTERS 1000

Spanish Sportsman & greatest Spanish Tennis Player in History Rafael Nadal has gained his third Masters 1000 Indian Wells title after defeating Argentine ace Juan Martin Del Potro 6-4, 3 - 6, 6 - 4. The Spaniard in gaining this title jumps up the World Ranking to the N º 4 position after 7 months out recovering from a near career ending problem with his knees.




See-saw stuff with both players

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SPANISH FOOTBALL | LIGA | ROUND 28 SUNDAY GAMES RESULT

Spanish Football today celebrated five matches of Round 28 of Liga. Here is a brief summary of events, the final scores - results - & all the goalscorers.




Malaga FC was still celebrating their Champions League quarter-final berth & was defeated 0 - 2 by RCD Espanyol. The mind wasn't fully tuned as the opposition goals came from lack of concentration & mistakes. The first goal to Espanyol came

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SPANISH FOOTBALL | "EL PICHICHI"

The maximum Spanish Football - Liga - goalscorer each season is awarded the "Pichichi". A title invented & given by the Spanish Sports daily "Marca" since 1952-53. The Spanish Sports daily honoured a Spanish Football leyend & authentic goalscoring "machine" by calling their prize "Pichichi". But who is "Pichichi"?




Rafael Moreno Aranzadi "Pichichi"

Born: Bilbao (Bizkaia) , 23-05-1892
Death:

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SPANISH FOOTBALL | LIGA | ROUND 28 SATURDAY MATCH RESULTS

Spanish Football today-night with Round 28 of Liga . One match was played yesterday & four were scheduled today. Here are all the final scores & all the goalscorers.




Last night the Galicia regional derby was played between Deportivo A Coruña last on the table & second last placed Celta de Vigo. Apart from the fierce rivalry between both Clubs each needed the three points to attempt to get

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THE 10 MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS IN WORLD FOOTBALL

Our friends at "Transfermarket" have written an interesting article on what they consider the "10 most valuable players in World Football". But what is the meaning of value? I have looked up a few sites of reference & there are numerous definitions that cover every facet of life ( political, cultural, religious...economic). For such a simple 5 letter word we find a varying amount of

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FC BARCELONA | ALEXIS SANCHEZ AGREES WITH INTER MILAN ?

FC Barcelona & Chilean International forward Alexis Sanchez has been appearing in Sports papers not for his goals but for intense rumours that places the player elsewhere from Barça next season. The Clubs mentioned have been Napoles & lately with stronger force Juventus.However, from Italy come the news via "La Gazzetta dello Sport", that Inter Milan may be the definite destination. It is written

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LIST OF SPANISH FOOTBALL ALL-TIME GOALSCORER

Most of us follow closely the Spanish Football  goalscorers tally. I for one check out weekly how the "Pichichi" classifications are going & its clear that for this season FC Barcelona astro Lionel Messi is the run away leader with currently 39 goals, a tally the he will increase from here till the end of the season. His nearest rival is Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid with 26 goals.But what

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SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM LIST FOR FINLAND - FRANCE

Spanish National Football Team Coach & Selector Vicente Del Bosque has handed in this mid-day his list of 24 Football Players that will make up the Spanish Football Team for the upcoming World Cup Group qualifiers against Finland & France. 

There are 24 players named with notable absences in Carles Puyol, Fernando Torres & Javi Martinez. The novelty is the call up of Manchester United & Spanish

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SPANISH FOOTBALL CLUBS | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUARTER-FINAL DRAW

UEFA held this noon the Champions League draw for the quater-finals with the following match ups:




Although all the Clubs at this stage are powerful there are some Clubs that wished not to meet each other so early. The final match-ups show Real Madrid against Galatasaray which is "relatively" accessible, while FC Barcelona has perhaps harder work with Paris St Germain & Malaga FC will have to

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REAL MADRID | FALCAO OR AGUERO, THAT IS THE QUESTION

Hamlet, the
Shakespearean character of the play with the same name, wrestled with his
existential dilemma & asked, “to be or not to be that is the question”. This
has profound philosophical ramifications but the question is universal, reality
advances via choices & decisions affect the future. In Football decisions , elections & options have ripple effects in the Clubs future.







Spanish

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EUROPA LEAGUE RESULT | RUBIN KAZAN 2 LEVANTE 0

Russian Club Rubin Kazan has knocked out another Spanish Football Club from the Europa League competition. After eliminating Atletico de Madrid, the Russians have defeated Levante 2 - 0 in extra-time to finish off the dream Euro run of the latter & they in turn get themselves into the quarter-finals.




The Spanish side missed the influential forward Martins who was recently sold to USA Club

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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SCORE | MALAGA FC 2 PORTO 0

Historical night & result for Spanish Football Club Malaga FC after defeating Portuguese Club Porto 2 - 0 in the 2º leg Champions League game. The Spaniards managed to turn around an adverse 1 - 0 away result at Porto & win on aggregate 2- 1.Malaga FC will be in the last 8 European Clubs UEFA draw on Friday to know who will be their next opponents in the quarter-final phase of Champions League.

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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE | POSSIBLE STARTING 11 LINE-UPS MALAGA - PORTO

With all the excitement last night & the celebrations that another Spanish Football Club had qualified for the Champions League quarter-finals phase ( FC Barcelona ) most forget that tonight there is another great match scheduled. Spanish Football Club Malaga FC could join Real Madrid & FC Barcelona if they can turn around a 0 - 1 1º leg aggregate disadvantage at their home ground "La Rosaleda".

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TOTTENHAM HOTSPURS WILL GO FOR REAL MADRID GONZALO HIGUAIN

English newspaper sources, in this case "The Guardian", write that English Premier League Club Tottenham Hotspurs has Real Madrid Argentine forward Gonzalo Higuian on their list of next season priority reinforcements. This is not new, as last season Tottemham was in apparent conversations with Real Madrid & the player with the latter deciding that he wished to give it another go at Madrid &

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FC BARCELONA TEAM PHOTO 2013 | vs AC MILAN

Managed to get this picture from a contact. Its the FC BARCELONA Team photo of tonights 2º leg match against AC Milan in Champions League. This starting 11 will go into the history books along with other Barça sides that have turned around adverse conditions. Tonight Barça transformed an awkward 0 - 2 away loss to Milan into a 4 - 0 victory at home to take the tie with a 4 - 2 aggregate & thus

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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RESULT | FC BARCELONA 4 AC MILAN 0

The turn around happened & in a big way as FC Barcelona defeated convincingly AC Milan to continue onto the quarter - final phase of the Champions League. The final score ( result ) was 4 - 0 to the Spanish Football Club that gave them the tie with a 4 - 2 aggregate in their favour.The Italians made the same mistake most Clubs make when they come to "Camp Nou", defend & speculate with

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SPANISH FOOTBALL | LIGA | ROUND 27 MONDAY NIGHT GAME RESULT

The last scheduled match of Round 27 of Liga was played tonight with Real Zaragoza drawing 0 - 0 with Granada. Both are in deep trouble dangerous "living off" the relegation zone of the Spanish Football League classification table. This results does no good to either of the teams & both will be disappointed.






The game was a dead bore however with nothing really to say except a moment of

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SFS FLASHBACKS | FC BARCELONA AC MILAN 2004 RONALDINHO WINNER

Here is a Spanish Football Sports Flashback, or should I say Champions League Flashback.Situation Oct - Nov 2004, FC Barcelona had lost at AC Milan 1 - 0 in the Champions League Group match at "San Siro". Two weeks later they met again at the "Camp Nou" in Barcelona. Shevchenko had scored for Milan in the 17th min & Eto´o drew in the 37th min for Barcelona. Then in the 88th min this happened: 

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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE | FC BARCELONA POSSIBLE STARTING 11 LINE-UP AGAINST AC MILAN

Spanish
Football observers are betting on Valdés, Alves, Puyol, Piqué, Jordi Alba, Busquets, Xavi,
Iniesta, Pedro & Messi. But Spanish Sports daily "Marca" add the
following statement...these are just 10 but who will be the 11th player to make up
the FC Barcelona starting 11 line-up against AC Milan this Tuesday in the 2º
leg of Champions League at "Camp Nou".



The media source observes that

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SPANISH FOOTBALL | LIGA | ROUND 27 SUNDAY MATCHES RESULTS

Spanish Football continued today with four matches scheduled of Round 27 of Liga. Following is a brief summary of match events, all the final results with all the goalscorers.







Athletic Club Bilbao hosted Valencia CF & managed a much needed 1 - 0 victory . Bilbao was lucky, Valencia missed goals that still now they must be thinking how they missed them on their trip back to Valencia,

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ATLETICO DE MADRID FOLLOWING ANDRE CARRILLO OF SPORTING LISBON

Sporting Lisbon Peruvian winger-striker Andre Carrillo has been observed the past weeks by Spanish Football Club Atletico de Madrid. The 21 year old has pace & excellent ball control which calls the attention at Atletico. 

The news breaks out of his homeland media & also comes from his representative Elio Casareto who confirmed the "spying". The representative adds that they know of the Atletico

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REAL MADRID PREPARING A 130M€ PACKAGE FOR GARETH BALE ?

I "threatened" to again post about Tottenham Hotspurs Welsh International Gareth Bale. Every week we receive locally more news & speculations concerning the young player & his possible immediate future.According to English paper "Mirror" which has been picked up locally, Spanish Football giant Real Madrid is preparing a 130M€ package to offer player & Club to get Bale over for next season. 

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LIONEL MESSI | ANOTHER WORLD FOOTBALL RECORD

Last night FC Barcelona Argentine star Lionel Messi was
called into action in the second half of the teams match against Deportivo A
Coruña of “Liga” to put some spark into the Barça game. Leading 1 – 0 with an
earlier goal from team-mate Alexis, Barcelona
was struggling to “knock-out” Deportivo who was putting up a admirable fight. 



Lionel Messi had to once again “rescue” his side late in the

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SPANISH FOOTBALL | LIGA | ROUND 27 SATURDAY RESULTS

Spanish Football action today with games played in Round 27 of La Liga. Here is a brief summary of events, final results & the goalscorers.




Real Betis played on Friday night their wet-trenched match against Osasuna to win 2 - 1. Intense encounter under difficult climatic conditions Betis got ahead first with a Molina goal in the 19th min. Osasuna reacted & in doing so missed various chances

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COULD FERNANDO TORRES RETURN TO ATLETICO DE MADRID ?

Spanish International & Chelsea FC forward Fernando Torres is simply not playing up to the expectations that motivated Chelsea owner Abramovich to put up 57M€ on January 2011 to sign from Liverpool FC. According to the English Press - "Express" - the Premier League Club is willing to listen to offers & sell the Spanish Football Player at a loss if needed. The price could be as low as 17M€

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FC BARCELONA HAS 90 % NEYMAR | WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER 10 %

The smoke signals & messages have lifted a few levels in the last 10 days in reference to Brazilian Football Star & Santos player Neymar. Everything indicates that the youngster will be landing in European Football soon. What is unknown is when but the Club sounding more & moreis FC Barcelona, although others have tried & some still are wishing.

While the player himself has said the if a move to

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SFS FLASHBACKS | 1992 SPANISH CUP FINAL VIDEO

Today the venue & date of the Spanish Cup ( Copa del Rey ) Final between Real Madrid & Atletico de Madrid was announced: Friday 17 th of May, city of Madrid at the "Santiago Bernabeu".
This is a good reason to post a Spanish Football Sports Flashback to remember & watch on video the last time Real Madrid & Atletico de Madrid played a Spanish Cup Final at the same Satdium back in 1992.

In that

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SPANISH CUP | COPA DEL REY FINAL - 17 MAY 21.30 SANTIAGO BERNABEU

The Spanish Football Federation has announced & made official the date & stadium of the 2013 Spanish Cup ( Copa del Rey ) Final. It will be Friday 17th of May at 21.30 at the "Santiago Bernabeu Stadium". 

Both Real Madrid CF & Atletico de Madrid had to give in with their desires. Real Madrid wanted to celebrate the Final at the "Camp Nou Stadium (Barcelona) or at (Mestalla) Valencia . Real

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EUROPA LEAGUE RESULT | LEVANTE 0 RUBIN KAZAN 0

The last Spanish Football representative in the Europa League competition Levente hosted the team that knocked out Atletico de Madrid, Russian Club Rubin Kazan. The match ended in a 0 - 0 draw after an intense match that had its best & most emotional moments in the 2º half , especially the last 30 minutes.



Basically even for both teams when in the 52 nd min Kazan player Ansaldi received a red

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FC BARCELONA | TOP DEFENSIVE PRIORITY LIVERPOOL AGGER ?

News from
Spanish Football & Sports daily "AS" announces that FC Barcelona has Liverpool
FC defender Daniel Agger as its top priority signing for the defensive line for
next season. Barça wishes to "organically" find a young & top class defender to
replace the veteran 34 year old Carles Puyol.



The
Barcelona Captain also falls injured more often  these past two seasons as he "gets on" & the

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REAL MADRID | WILL IKER CASILLAS REGAIN HIS GOALKEEPING PLACE ?

Diego Lopez
is the current goalkeeper of Real Madrid CF. Born & raised in the "White
House" the keeper had to find our pastures to gaze ( ...Villareal, Malaga
FC ) in order to practice his profession. One of the reasons for his departure is due to the man that he
is now replacing Iker Casillas,  Spanish National Team & Real
Madrid Captain. 



The hand injury to the latter which required surgery

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ATLETICO DE MADRID | COURTOIS & PLAN B

Young Belgium goalkeeper Courtois has already won a place in the hearts of many Atletico de Madrid followers. The player is considered by everyone as a vital piece of the team & one cannot contemplate the future of Atletico without the goalkeeper. But the future of Courtois belongs to Chelsea FC the team that has his contract & has allowed to be on loan with the Spanish Football Club. 

Courtois

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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE | PSG 1 VALENCIA 1

Spanish Football Club Valencia CF travelled to Paris to attempt to turn around a 1 - 2 aggregate result from the 1º st leg against Paris St Germain in the UEFA Champions League. The final result of the 2 nd leg was a 1 - 1 draw which eliminates Valencia with a 3 - 2 aggregate in PSG favour. 




Valencia CF put in a top match & leaves with their heads high as they made PSG nervous  most of the

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FC BARCELONA ANNOUNCE PRE-SEASON ASIAN DATES

Great news I would imagine for all the Asian readers of Spanish Football Sport with the announcement by FC Barcelona that they will visit the Asian region in the pre-season. The month of August will have installed three friendly matches to delight the Asian Barça followers:

China ( 3 rd  of August )
Thailand ( 7 th of August )
Malaysia ( 10 th of August )

The teams that they will play against

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PRE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MATCH PSG - VALENCIA CF POSSIBLE STARTING 11 LINE-UPS

There is more UEFA Champions League tonight. Yesterdays colossal clash of Titans between Man Utd & Real Madrid perhaps made us forget it. Top game lined up as well as Spanish Football Club Valencia CF travel over to Paris St Germain to attempt a "small miracle".The Spaniards suffered a defeat at home 1 - 2 in the 1º leg of the home game & are behind the eight ball. Valencia have been vibing

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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE | MANCHESTER UNITED 1 REAL MADRID 2 | REAL WIN 3 - 2 ON AGGREGATE

Real Madrid has defeated 1 - 2 Manchester United at "Old Trafford" to go through to the Quarter-Final phase of the UEFA Champions League. Manchester United will not be happy at all with the 2 - 3 aggregate nor will they be satisfied with the referee decision of sending off with a red card Nani in the 55th min which shifted the balance of the match in favour of Real Madrid.The match was as

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SFS FLASHBACKS | MANCHESTER UTD 4 - REAL MADRID 3 | YEAR 2003

If
tonight´s Champions League 2º leg return match between Manchester United &
Real Madrid CF at "Old Trafford" looks anything like the 23rd of
April 2003 match between these two giants of World Football, we will be indeed blessed.

That night in 2003 World Football fans witnessed a game that still remains clear in the mind & is still talked about with footy mates as
Brazilian Ronaldo scored a "

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PRE-MATCH | MAN UTD REAL MADRID POSSIBLE LINE-UPS

More speculation on the possible starting 11 team line-ups tonight in Champions League between Manchester United & Real Madrid. This time around from a "surprising source", the Spanish Sports daily based in Barcelona "Sport".Here they bet that Pepe & Benzema will not play for Real Madrid. Things are not so clear & many suspect that Coach Jose Mourinho may have a card up his sleeve.

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SPANISH FOOTBALL | LIGA | ROUND 26 MONDAY NIGHT GAME RESULT

Last game of Round 26 played tonight of the Spanish Football League - La Liga. Match packed with goals as Sevilla FC crushed relegation zone Club Celta de Vigo 4 - 1. It was the night of forward Alvaro Negredo who scored a HAT-TRICK.




The visitors looked as they currently are, a Club erratic about to go back to the 2º Division. I certainly don´t wish it but their Football needs a lot of work

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CHELSEA FC PREPARING A MASSIVE OFFER FOR RADAMEL FALCAO ?

Yes, it´s another post about Colombian International & Atletico de Madrid striker Falcao. As mentioned before & repeated here again, the rumours about this player & his future next season are hot. This will not be the last post on Falcao either, we will be receiving plenty of more rumours & developing news in coming months.

Here is the latest that comes out of England, concretely the paper "

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MANCHESTER UTD - REAL MADRID | MONEY - POSSIBLE STARTING 11 LINE-UPS

Tomorrow
night at "Old Trafford" & against Manchester United SpanishFootball giant Real Madrid CF plays much more than to remain alive in this
seasons Champions League, the Club plays for its prestige & for an economic
bonanza. 



A Football Club with the dimensions of Real Madrid & their huge salary obligations to attract
& keep the Best players in the World needs Champions League participation

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IFFHS WORLD CLUB RANKINGS | FC BARCELONA FALLS TO FOURTH

The FIFA backed "International Federation of Football History & Statistics" (IFFHS) has released  its monthly "World Clubs Rankings". The news is that Spanish Football Club FC Barcelona drops from Top spot to fourth position in the classification table. The defeats at the hands of AC Milan in Champions League  & the elimination of the Spanish Cup by Real Madrid are the reasons for the fall.

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SPANISH FOOTBALL | LEAGUE | ROUND 26 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football continued today with four matches of Round 26 of La Liga scheduled. A relative dry afternoon in terms of goals one must add before continuing. Here are the final scores & the goalscorers.




If there is a team that needs desperately points that is Real Mallorca which is hanging in the dangerous relegation zone of the ladder. This midday the team managed a worked 1 - 2 victory in

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FC BARCELONA DEFENSIVE NUMBERS FALL BACK TO 1962 FIGURES

The
post-match reactions are still strong after yesterdays "Clasico" with
the 2 - 1 victory by Real Madrid over FC Barcelona. Apart from the over zealous
reaction of Barça keeper Victor Valdes with referee Perez Lasa over an uncalled
“penalty” in the last moments of the match, observers & commentators are analyzing
the drop in form of Barcelona
& there possible reasons.



The first
is the

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ATLETICO DE MADRID TO SIGN MALAGA MIDFIELDER TOULALAN

Insistent & persistent rumours that Spanish radio has given as confirmation last night. Malaga FC 29 year old French midfielder Jeremy Toulalan seems to be heading next season to Atletico de Madrid.




The versatile player is not only a midfielder but can play as a defender, something similar to Argentine Mascherano at FC Barcelona. Apart from these attributes the player scores goals which makes

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SPANISH SPORTS | TENNIS | RAFAEL NADAL WINS MEXICAN OPEN

Best Sporting news read this morning. Spanish Tennis ace Rafael Nadal won the Mexican Open in Acapulco in stunning fashion & continues on with his recovery. The Spanish Champion won fellow Spaniard David Ferrer 6 - 0 , 6 - 2 in 65 minutes. Rafael Nadal said that it was his best game in a very long-time, I add that it was also a relief to experience that his knees are holding up well & the he is

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SPANISH FOOTBALL - LIGA | ROUND 26 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

The big Real Madrid & FC Barcelona match this afternoon has dominated Spanish Football & Round 26 of La Liga, but there have been other games played. Here are all the final scores & the goalscorers.




Madrid Club Getafe played Real Zaragoza on Friday night. The home team won 2 - 0 & put a nail into the Zaragoza coffin. This does not mean that the Club is doomed to relegate but they are firmly

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REAL MADRID 2 - FC BARCELONA 1 | SPANISH FOOTBALL ROUND 26 RESULT

Another top game of Football between the two Spanish Football giants Real Madrid & FC Barcelona. Once again final score & the honours went to Real Madrid which won 2 - 1 FC Barcelona & under controversial circumstances with an angry & tense finish that had Barcelona claiming a penalty on Adriano by Sergio Ramos. The outrage was such that Barça goalie went over to referee Perez Lasa to recriminate

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REAL MADRID - FC BARCELONA | POSSIBLE STARTING 11 LINE-UPS

Today at 16.00 hours Round 26 of the Spanish Football League - La Liga - gives us another "Clasico": Real Madrid vs FC Barcelona. The kick-off time gives it a greater dimension in terms of World-wide TV audience as the Asian region gets the match at prime-time something not usual as normally its early morning. The draw back is that it looks as if it could de a "decaffeinated" "Clasico" due to the

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VIDEO | ATLETICO DE MADRID CELEBRATE SPANISH CUP SEMI WIN ON TRAIN

This is how the Atletico de Madrid players celebrated their victory in the semi-final of the Spanish Cup over Sevilla FC. This puts them into the final against Real Madrid in the May final.

The video was filmed by Diego Costa on the high-speed train back to Madrid. 






To all the Atletico de Madrid fans around the World...aupa Atleti!

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MANCHESTER CITY - LIVERPOOL SHOW INTEREST FOR BARÇA ALEXIS SANCHEZ

FC Barcelona Chilean International Alexis Sanchez does not play as he would wish but gets more mayor headlines elsewhere & not for his season contribution to his team. The forward is being linked to Italian Club Juventus which wants to offer the player an alternative to Barcelona were his participation is not being the best or "appreciated".




However according to English paper "Mirror", new "

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