SPANISH FOOTBALL SPORTS BLOG WISHES A HAPPY 2011 TO EVERYONE

To all the readers & visitors of Spanish Football Sports Blog, thank you for your support during 2010. My views, manners & ways may not serve & be in accord with everyone but at least I try to keep many people in far away shores & who can´t read Spanish up to date with all the Big Spanish Football & Sports news.

Will keep the stories coming in during 2011 & with your support it will be better. I

SPAIN | 2010 THE BIGGEST HISTORICAL YEAR IN SPANISH SPORTS

2010 has been a spectacular year for SPANISH SPORTS. There has been many moments with great & grand victories in team & individual competitions. For Spanish Football Sports Blog there has been three magical moments that comes immediately to mind: in Football the FIFA World Cup victory & World Championship in South Africa, in Tennis Rafael Nadal with his 3 Grand Slam victories (French, Wimbledon &

ACB SPANISH BASKETBALL | REGAL BARCELONA 95 - REAL MADRID 75

Big night of ACB SPANISH BASKETBALL action with REAL MADRID travelling to BARCELONA for the big Spanish Basketball Derby. Real Madrid went into this game as ACB Table leader & full of confidence to attempt to win in a traditional doom stadium & thus find revenge for past defeats.

The end result was a FC (REGAL) BARCELONA demolition job with a 95 - 75 win over Real Madrid that puts Barça sharing

ATLETICO DE MADRID PRESENTS NEW SIGNING ELIAS

Thought our Brazilian readers & global ATLETICO DE MADRID fans may be interested in seeing the new signing ELIAS MENDES from Corinthians with the Atletico shirt on. Although the players is already training with the squad the Club presented their new midfielder to the national media this afternoon. 



Elias presented as Atletico player
One wonders if Elias has a sense of humour when he commented

REAL MADRID | DANI PAREJO TO RETURN NEXT SEASON

DANI PAREJO was literally born, raised & educated at REAL MADRID. A young promise that has risen through all the junior sides of the Spanish National Team the player simply had too many "A" Internationals ahead of him at Madrid. The solution was to transfer the young man to GETAFE with a first buy-back option, to allow their promise to continue playing & gaining experience in the Spanish League.

SPANISH TENNIS | RAFAEL NADAL NAMED SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR BY "L´EQUIPE"

Spanish Sports has had an incredible 2010 & now the individual Spanish Sportsman involved in the various disciplines are being recognized for their efforts. French media network "L´Equipe" ( web, magazine & TV ) has named 24 year old Spanish Tennis player RAFAEL NADAL "Champion of Champions" - "Best Sportsman of the Year" - for 2010. This is in recognition for his three Tennis Grand Slam

FC BARCELONA WINS THE XV FOOTBALL 7 - U/12 - INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT

FC Barcelona Champions U -12


FC BARCELONA proclaimed itself Champions of the XV Football 7 International Youth Tournament (12 year olds) after defeating REAL MADRID CF in the FINAL & in the penalty shoot-out. The Tournament was played in the Canary Islands & grouped the finest Youth Clubs from Spain & Europe.




Real Madrid U-12 Runners Up


Real Madrid played better during the 40 mins (two

REAL MADRID - INTER MILAN | KAKA IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE

Did not wish to get into this but the persistent rumours have made it that I would like to inform the global REAL MADRID fans that KAKA is NOT going anywhere fast. Yes, there has been news from Italy that INTER MILAN wanted the Brazilian on loan for the rest of the season & even a transfer was mentioned at some point by some Italian media source. Yes, the rumours are that Inter was sending "spies

VIDEO | BENJAMIN AGUERO MARADONA SHOWS HE HAS FOOTBALL IN HIS DNA

Seeing we are in the Christmas festive season. Here is a human story that is related to Spanish Football & Atletico de Madrid. Argentine star SERGIO AGUERO has placed on his official web site a video of his son BENJAMIN AGUERO MARADONA in action. 



Benjamin with dad Sergio Aguero
As you can see clearly in the video young Benjamin has the DNA of grandfather DIEGO MARADONA & his dads from the

UNITED STATES SPORTS ACADEMY NAMES DAVID VILLA SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR

Interesting news from the United States where the US Sports Academy has awarded FC BARCELONA forward & Spanish International DAVID VILLA the "Best Sportsman in the World" for 2010, tipping in second place Spanish Tennis ace RAFAEL NADAL



David Villa
The votes came in via the webs of NBC Sports & USA Today which prized the performance of David Villa during this years World Cup with his goals &

SPANISH FOOTBALL | WINTER TRANSFER MARKET 2011

Back posting after a brief Christmas Break were I hope that you have had some wonderful days of relax, family warmth & lots of presents. The Spanish Football scene is relatively quiet as the Spanish League is enjoying their Xmas Break with news being generated by the rumours of new incorporations as of January 2011 



Affeley presented as new Barça player

The winter “Transfer Market” kicks in

SPANISH CUP 2010 - 2011 | WEDNESDAY NIGHT GAMES RESULTS | BIG SCORES HAT-TRICKS FROM BENZEMA CRISTIANO RONALDO ULLOA

Big night of SPANISH CUP action with the remaining five games scheduled with goals galore, multiple hat-tricks & a grand way for Spanish Soccer to go on its Xmas break. Here are quick summaries of the games, the results & the scorers.



Benzema hat-trick man

REAL MADRID won 8 -  0 LEVANTE to assure its pass to the next stage of the Spanish Cup & calm the waters at the Club after a tense couple

MALAGA FC | BAYERN MUNICH DEFENDER MARTIN DEMICHELIS ON LOAN UNTIL JUNE 2011

Having a look today through Spanish Sports daily "AS" I was taken back to see that BAYERN MUNICH & Argentine International defender MARTIN DEMICHELIS will be a MALAGA player after Christmas. The 30 year old come as a LOAN until the end of June 2011 & then Malaga has a 3M€ option to keep the defender with a buy if they choose to exercise the option.



Demichelis for Bayern Munich

The player is

SPANISH CUP 2010 - 2011 | TUESDAY NIGHT GAMES RESULTS | FC BARCELONA AT BILBAO VALENCIA CF VILLAREAL DEPOR CORDOBA

SPANISH CUP action tonight with three matches that all gave the same result. Here is a quick summary of the away leg games, the results & scorers.



Mata hits the wood-work


VALENCIA held out an "unrecognizable" VILLAREAL & threw everything at them in attack but only managed to finish with a 0 - 0 draw result. Valencia was the better team & even hit the "wood-work" apart from  "suffocating" the

REAL MADRID CF | MOURINHO vs VALDANO | THE AFTER SHOCKS OF A 5 - 0 DEFEAT AT BARCELONA

Hi guys. I realize that the apparent big story in SPANISH FOOTBALL is the José Mourinho Press Confrenece outburst last Sunday & that you maybe expecting a comment on this Blog. 


The Real Madrid Coach slammed the Club for not "defending" the team & himself against what he sees as blatant bias from the Spanish referees & Football Authorities. He stated that he doesn´t feel backed by the Club

SPANISH FOOTBALL | 2010 - 2011 SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA | ROUND 16 | MONDAY NIGHT RESULT | RACING 0 HERCULES 0

The Spanish League concluded Round 16 & 2010 with the Monday night game between RACING DE SANTANDER & HERCULES FC with a final result of 0 - 0. Not much to add here except two sides relatively conservative with a balanced spread of chances that both didn´t take adavantage of & take the full 3 points. In fact, the draw was the just result.



Racing - Hercules conclude the Spanish League
for 2010.

VILLAREAL FC 2010 CHRISTMAS VIDEO

Did you know that Santa Claus was a VILLAREAL FC fan? The Father of Christmas also knows how to play a mean lounge Football.

This is a VIDEO whipped up by Villareal FC to wish everyone a Merry Christman with Rossi ( Pizzaman), Cazorla, Capdevila, Diego Lopez & Gonzalo.

SPANISH HANDBALL | CIUDAD REAL 34 FC BARCELONA 31 | ASOBAL CUP 2010 FINAL

I agree SPANISH HANDBALL doesn´t get the exposure it should, I am the first to criticise, but Football is so big & dominates so much the local scene that this happens. Plus the blog is a personal "hobby" with limited time in my hands & unfortunately for Handball fans I have to sway to what the majority wish to read. But Spanish has the strongest League & most of the Best Players in Europe

SPANISH FOOTBALL | 2010 - 2011 SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA | ROUND 16 | SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL & Round 16 Spanish League - La Liga action continued tonight with four intense games. Here is the habitual quick review of all four encounters with the results & the scorers.



Big game from Tiago tonight for Atletico

ATLETICO DE MADRID visited MALAGA & managed to get away with a 0 - 3 victory. A night of strategy & dead ball situtations which Atletico managed to exploit to the

LA LIGA - SPANISH LEAGUE - SPANISH FOOTBALL 2010 - 2011 | ROUND 16 | SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football celebrated five Spanish League - La Liga matches tonight as part of the Round 16 schedule with plenty of goals & action. Here is a quick snap-shot view of the games played, results & scorers.



Nilmar back scoring

VILLAREAL shook off their surprise defeat last week to Getafe & got back into the winning groove with a comfortable 3 - 1 victory over MALORCA. It was CAZORLA who got

THE REAL MADRID CHRISTMAS PRESENT | KAKÁ

Kaka running today with group at
Real Madrid training.

KAKÁ is the Christmas present that Santa Claus has brought to REAL MADRID CF. The Brazilian is back training with the team & running. The training is light & no risks will be taken as the Club & the Brazilian star wish to come back in 100% conditions. If things keep going as scheduled Kaká will be able to sit on the Real Madrid bench end

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - EUROPA LEAGUE 2010-2011 DRAW | 5 SPANISH CLUBS Know their NEXT RIVAL

The last 16 Top European Clubs know their next opponent & their next match in the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE. The competition enters the "knock-out" stage & the draw has paired some very interesting clashes that begin with the away leg the 15-16 Feb 2011.


The three Spanish Football Teams have a "relative" easier draw than the other Clubs, with the exception of FC Barcelona who will meet a difficult

XAVI HERNANDEZ - JOSE MOURINHO - SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM PRIZED BY "WORLD SOCCER" BEST OF 2010

Spanish Interenational & FC BARCELONA midfielder XAVI HERNANDEZ has been chosen by Soccer online Magazine "World Soccer" as the "World Player of the Year". He is joined by REAL MADRID Coach JOSE MOURINHO as the "Manager of The Year" & the SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM  as the "Team of the Year"



Xavi Hernandez
Here are the final standings:

World Player of the Year
% of votes
1 Xavi (

EUROPA LEAGUE 2010 - 2011 GROUP H RESULT | GETAFE 1 YOUNG BOYS 0

SPANISH FOOTBALL Team GETAFE had already said goodbye to the EUROPA LEAGUE before tonights Group H match against YOUNG BOYS. The Madrid Club utilized the game to give a run to four youngsters from the B team & the result was impressive with a 1 - 0 victory. The goal came in the 14th min via ADRIAN SARDINERO & the win at least smooth somewhat the disappointing exit from Europe for Getafe.

Getafe

EUROPA LEAGUE 2010 - 2011 GROUP B RESULT | BAYERN LEVERKUSEN 1 ATLETICO DE MADRID 1 | ATLETICO SAY GOODBYE TO EUROPE

A miracle was needed if ATLETICO DE MADRID was to continue in this seasons EUROPA LEAGUE. The current Champions needed to win at BAYERN LEVERKUSEN & have Greek team Aris Salonika draw or lose their clash against Rosenborg. In the end the Group B Bayern Leverkusen game with Atletico de Madrid finished in a 1 - 1 draw, while Aris Salonika defeated Rosenborg 2 - 0 thus knocking out the Spanish Club.

REAL MADRID TENSIONS 2010 | THE QUANTUM PHYSICS OF WINNING - "THE IRON LAW" OF FOOTBALL

We mentioned here that the 5 – 0 defeat of REAL MADRID at the hands of FC BARCELONA would have lasting “after-shocks” & lingering effects. Not only was the loss a setback classification wise, but a heavy blow on the Clubs moral & psychological levels, along with the coming to the surface of some in-house tensions that have been the talk of the press the last few days.


The Club has some

EUROPA LEAGUE 2010 - 2011 GROUP RESULTS | BRUGAS 1 VILLAREAL 2 SEVILLA FC 2 BORRUSIA DORTMUND 2

Two Spanish Clubs participated tonight in their respective EUROPA LEAGUE Groups with good news coming out of both. Here is a quick summary of the games, the results & the goal scorers.



Rossi scores for Villareal 

Belgium Club BRUGAS lost their Group D match against VILLAREAL 1 - 2. The Spanish Club with this victory finishes Top of the Group & assures its place in next Fridays UEFA draw for

VIDEO | ZINEDINE ZIDANE SKILLS | OLYMPIAKOS 2 ALL STARS 2

REAL MADRID CF Presidential Advisor, Ambassador & First Team  "Consultant"  ZINEDINE ZIDANE was in action last night alongside with ex Real Madrid team-mate RONALDO (side-lined) to play a fund-raiser against Greek team OLYMPIAKOS. The "All Star" Team raised funds against Hunger & finished 2 - 2 against the local side.

Here is a video piece of Zidane & his super skills. He did say he retired too

FIFA RANKING 2010 | SPAIN "TEAM OF THE YEAR" | 3RD YEAR IN A ROW

FIFA has handed in its final World Team Rankings for 2010 with SPAIN still Nº1 & finishing 2010 with the “National Football Team of the Year” title. That´s not the news, the highlight is that this honour goes to Spain for the third year running.



Spanish National Football Team 2010
Here are the Top 20 National Teams for 2010 according to FIFA:

1. Spain 1887 Pts
2. Holland 1723
3. Germany 1485

IKER CASILLAS - DIEGO FORLAN RECEIVE THEIR WORLD CUP 2010 AWARDS WITH MULLER

Spanish National Football Team International & Goalkeeper IKER CASILLAS was today awarded the “Golden Glove Award” as the “Best Goalkeeper in the World” after his impressive & decisive 2010 World Cup performance. At the same ceremony Uruguayian International Forward DIEGO FORLAN received his “Best Player of the World Cup 2010 Tournament” & German International THOMAS MULLER received his “Golden

VIDEO | THE 150 GOALS BY LIONEL MESSI FOR FC BARCELONA

A “YouTube” user from Argentina with the nik “youtuveXD3” has set up his channel & has posted so far only 3 videos. Two of those are part 1 & 2 of LIONEL MESSI scoring all his 150 goals for FC BARECLONA so far with the exception of last week. Here are both those videos for you.


If you have 30 minutes (difficult) you can see all the goals. Excellent goals most of them & a real good indicator of

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SPANISH LEAGUE - LIGA 2010 - 2011 | ROUND 15 | MONDAY GAME RESULT | VALENCIA 3 OSASUNA 3

One of the best games of Round 15 occurred tonight with the last scheduled match of the Spanish League - La Liga down between VALENCIA CF - OSASUNA with a total of 6 goals seen & a superb match to watch.


Stankevius scores for Valencia

The first half was all Valencia CF who started strong dominating affairs & opening the score line in the 24th min by SOLDADO from a Mata pass. Things were

VIDEO | FC BARCELONA 5 REAL SOCIEDAD 0 | LESSON: THE ART OF FOOTBALL

Please use this video to teach future Football-Soccer players the "art of the game". The match was yesterdays FC Barcelona 5 Real Sociedad 0. The commentator is close - if he has not already - to cuming...& I understand him perfectly. It´s possibly the highest level of Football-Soccer at this moment in the World & perhaps in History. Call the kids...



If "YouTube" takes this off, they don´t

ATLETICO DE MADRID | SIMAO LEAVES FOR BESIKTAS IN 2011 WINTER TRANSFER MARKET

Turkish Club BESIKTAS have announce & made official via their Web the Winter Market Transfer of ATLETICO DE MADRID player SIMAO. The charismatic midfielder finishes contract & Atletico wished to make some cash before Simao became a free agent at of the 1st of January. The economic details have not been made available & the Portuguese player will join ex Real Madrid player Guti & Coach Schuster.

VIDEO | CRISTIANO RONALDO FREE KICK GOAL AGAINST ZARAGOZA REACHES 105 KM/HR

Here is the VIDEO of the CRISTIANO RONALDO direct free-kick goal that put REAL MADRID two goals ahead against ZARAGOZA last night.

Spanish press has estimated the speed of the ball, a rapid 105 Km/ Hr. No wonder Zaragoza keeper Franco did not move, few would have & for what purpose. 

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SPANISH LEAGUE - LIGA 2010 - 2011 | ROUND 15 | SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL Sunday Round 15 action with six games , & as Saturday, with some surprise results that keeps the Spanish League - La Liga bubbling with anticipation & talk. Here is a brief run down of events with the results & the scorers.



At. Bilbao stops the Espanyol run of wins

Playing a match at ATHLETIC DE BILBAO is always a difficult affair as the "Lions" roar with the support of their

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SPANISH LEAGUE - LIGA 2010 -2011 | ROUND 15 | SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

Saturday night Round 15 Spanish League - La Liga action with three games & some eye lifting surprises. Here is a brief summary of the games, results & the scorers.



Almeria "knock out" Sevilla FC

Big surprise result at Sevilla with the local team going down 1 - 3 to lower table survivor  ALMERIA. SEVILLA FC confirmed their "downward spiral" as tonights match was one of their worst to date.

FC BARCELONA HISTORICAL - RECORD BREAKING SPONSORSHIP DEAL | WHERE DO I PLACE UNICEF NOW?

Not much "great impact" news today in reference to SPANISH FOOTBALL to transfer onto you, except with the news of Spanish Sports being "rocked" by the presumed "doping ring" with well known Athletic Sportsman being apparently involved with trafficking & doping. While an important issue & a news generator  I don´t wish to get into details here as I follow the "presume innocent until proven guilty"

REAL MADRID CF ALSO HAS YOUTH TEAMS & PROGRAMME

REAL MADRID has reacted to the comments & criticisms that they have left aside their youth teams & programme. The announcements that this years FIFA Golden Ball 2010 candidates are all FC Barcelona players – Iniesta, Xavi & Messi – of which all three were nourished in the Barça youth teams (La Masia) has lead to comments that puts in doubt Real Madrid capacity to breed new talent. Long missed are

SPANISH FOOTBALL SPORTS BLOG SURPASSES 1.500.000 UNIQUE VISITS

SPANISH FOOTBALL SPORTS BLOG has surpassed the 1.500.000 unique visitors. The readership stats show that it is popular in the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, Africa & bigger than big in Asia: THANK YOU!!!


I would never have imagined this "hobby" would get so far. There are people who dislike the blog - naturally, would not expect anything else - but the majority show their

FOOTBALL FINANCE | FC BARCELONA TO ACCEPT RECORD UNIFORM SPONSORSHIP DEAL

Money makes the World go around & in this case the Football World. FC Barcelona President was advised by his economic team that the Club was sacrificing 25M€ approx. per year for not accepting sponsorship on their uniform. The current “UNICEF” is a goodwill act that doesn’t report any cash inflow to the Club.


With the Barça balance sheet “dry” on the left side, Barcelona has decided to accept

ITALIAN SPORTS PAPER GIVES SPANISH COACH VICENTE DEL BOSQUE 2010 FIFA "BEST COACH" AWARD

Italian Sports daily “La Gazzetta dello Sport” picked beforehand & rightly the three candidates of the FIFA Golden Ball (Iniesta, Xavi & Messi) announcing that Wesley Sneijder would be left out. They have even published that due to “inside” information the winner of the 2010 FIFA Golden Ball would be Andres Iniesta.


Today the same Italian Sports paper publishes via their “inside” informer that

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2010 - 2011 | THE LAST 16 TEAMS

Champions League is now down to the last 16 teams & UEFA will celebrate the team match - up draw at Lyon (France) the 17th of December. The procedure is fairly simple: Top Group Clubs in one bowl & second Group placed teams in the other, with Clubs from the same country avoiding each other, ie neither Real Madrid nor Barça can play against Valencia CF



For the three Spanish Clubs (Real Madrid,

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP G 2010 - 2011 RESULT | REAL MADRID 4 AUXERRE 0 | BENZEMA HAT-TRICK

The last Spanish Club with CHAMPIONS LEAGUE duties tonight was REAL MADRID hosting French team AUXERRE in their Group G match. The Spanish side lined up an "alternative team" to give some of the substitutes a run while Xabi & Ramos served suspensions  & Casillas, Ozil, Di Maria & Khedira had a rest. The opening 11 were:

Dudek; Arbeloa, Albiol, Carvalho, Marcelo; Lass, Granero, Diarra; Pedro León

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP C D RESULTS | MANCHESTER UNITED 1 VALENCIA CF 1 - FC BARCELONA 2 RUBIN KAZIN 0

Two Spanish Clubs participated in their respective Champions League Group matches with relative good results. Both teams assured their presence in the next phase of the competition & will be in the draw on the 17th of December at Lyon (France) to match up the teams for the knock-out home & away legs/stages.



Pablo Hernandez scores


VALENCIA CF was looking for a victory in their Group C match

REAL MADRID 2010 | HIGUAIN TO AVOID SURGERY ON HIS BACK

Good news for the REAL MADRID Club, their many fans & for GONZALO HIGUAIN. The Argentine International will avoid surgery on his back & will recovery from a disc hernia with a more "conservative" treatment. After visiting medical specialists it has been decided that surgery can be discarded & thus reduce radically the recovery time. Higuain has began treatment & could be out of action as long as

FERNANDO TORRES A FATHER AGAIN - NAME OF SON IS LEO | 2010

Spanish Football International & Liverpool FC player FERNANDO TORRES is again Father. His wife Olalla gave birth to a healthy boy during the Liverpool Premier League match against Aston Villa.


The name of the new "Torres" is LEO. Torres already has a daughter named Nora which came into the "World" a year & half ago.



The Torres Family

From Spanish Football Sports Blog a huge congratulations

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SPANISH LEAGUE - LIGA 2010 -2011 | ROUND 14 | DEPORTIVO 1 HERCULES 0

The last match of Round 14 of the Spanish League - La Liga Football was played tonight between DEPORTIVO - HERCULES. A very tactical game which looked more like a chess match with each side moving & countering their set pieces in a dsiciplined fashion. The Goalkeepers were both busy tonight & their interventions were important.

However, it was a Deportivo strategic piece that gave them the

FIFA GOLDEN BALL 2010 | ANDRES INIESTA XAVI HERNANDEZ LIONEL MESSI THE THREE CANDIDATES

Now its official. FIFA has announced today the three candidates for the 2010 FIFA Golden Ball Award. All three currently play for FC BARCELONA, Andres Iniesta - Xavi Hernandez - Lionel Messi - with the winner to be announced on the 10th of Janaury 2011 in Zurich. 



Messi, Iniesta & Xavi


The big surprise was the non-inclusion of Inter Milan player Wesley Sneijder whos place was taken by Messi.

VIDEO | ELIAS - NEW ATLETICO DE MADRID SIGNING

Brazilian & Corinthians 25 year old midfielder ELIAS is headed to Atletico de Madrid & will arrive in the "Winter Market" this Juanuary 2011. Here is a taste of what the man can do & hoping he can transfer it to Atletico:

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SPANISH LEAGUE - LIGA 2010 -2011 | ROUND 14 | SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

Big Sunday of Spanish Football with six games played of Round 14 in the Spanish League - La Liga. Here are all the results, a brief summary & the scorers.



Luis Garcia scores the winner for Espanyol

RCD ESPANYOL keep up their winning run & stay undefeated at home after winning 1 - 0 REAL SPORTING DE GIJON. It was a "controversial" match as a clear penalty to Gijon was not called. Espanyol

WINTER TRANSFER MARKET 2011 | ATLETICO DE MADRID CLOSE TO SIGNING CORINTHIANS MIDFIELDER ELIAS

According to Spanish Sports paper "AS", ATLETICO DE MADRID is on the verge of signing 25 year old Brazilian & CORINTHIANS midfielder ELIAS MENDES TRINIDADE for a price of around 7M€. The player has Portugueses Club Benfica asking & interested as well but it seems that the player will end up in Atletico as of this January 2011.



Elias for Corinthians
Corinthians is fighting with Fluminense for

ITALIAN PRESS GIVES FC BARCELONA PLAYER ANDRES INIESTA THE FIFA GOLDEN BALL 2010

Last Friday I posted ( see below ) news from Barcelona Sports paper "Mundo Deportivo" that mentioned that FC Barcelona midfielder XAVI HERNANDEZ would be the winner of the 2010 FIFA Golden Ball Award according to a survey done to 75 Football personalities. The second place was for team-mates Andres Iniesta & third place for Lionel Messi. The interesting news was that Inter Milan player Wesley

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SPANISH LEAGUE - LIGA 2010 -2011 | ROUND 14 | SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

The SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA celebrated three games tonight as part of Round 14. Here are all the results, a brief summary of each match & the scorers.



Out of place Atletico de Madrid

ATLETICO DE MADRID have entered a worrying downward spiral that saw them visit LEVANTE & lose 2 - 0. Something is not right at Atletico & proof is that they did not get to the opposition goal until the 46th min

SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM PHOTO 2010

Here is the very latest SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM photo. Found it surfing the Web & thought many of the readers may wish to add it to their collection of images. 



Spain National Team 2010

L to R Top: Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Busquets, Pique, Capdevila & Xavi Alonso
L to R Bottom: Silva, Iniesta, Villa, Xavi Hernandez & Puyol

REAL MADRID | KAKA RUNNING & ON TRACK FOR 2011 RECOVERY

Good news & a great image below for Real Madrid fans & all World Football followers. Brazilian midfielder KAKA began running today at the Real Madrid training session as he takes his recovery onto the "next" level. Kaka had his knee operated last August & has been following very closely & with care his special therapy programme to which the specialist have given the "green light" to begin running

SPANISH PAPER PREDICTS XAVI HERNANDEZ WINNER OF FIFA GOLDEN BALL AWARD 2010

Barcelona based Sports Daily “Mundo Deportivo” has elaborated their own survey on which players are the favourites for this year FIFA Golden Ball Award 2010. According to the paper they have interviewed 75 World Football personalities; active players, international Coaches & retired prestigious players, to give an orientation of how things will go before FIFA announces officially the 3

EUROPA LEAGUE 2010 - 2011 GROUP MATCHES | VILLAREAL WINS SEVILLA FC LOSE

Mixed night for Spanish Teams playing their EUROPA LEAGUE group matches with a win & a loss. Here is a brief summary with the results & the scorers of the Villareal & Sevilla FC games.



Rossi : photo courtesy of marca.com

VILLAREAL took their great Spanish League form into their European Group D  participation with another solid performance defeating Croatian Club DYNAMO ZAGREB 3 - 0.

EUROPA LEAGUE 2010 - 2011 GROUP B H MATCHES | RESULTS | ATLETICO DE MADRID 2 ARIS SALONIKA 3 OB ODENSE 1 GETAFE 1

Not a good night for SPANISH FOOTBALL in the two games played of the EUROPA LEAGUE Group matches. Here are the results & the scorers from the already mentioned games.



Short lived joy for Aguero who scored.

ATLETICO DE MADRID hosted Greek side ARIS SALONIKA & needed a win to secure the second Group B spot to move on in the competition. Instead they lost 2 - 3 & have complicated seriously

REAL MADRID 2010 | HIGUAIN INJURY, RONALDO INJURY, RED CARD SUSPENSIONS, UEFA FINES... | BAD WEEK

How Football can change the course of Clubs & the life of persons is already well known. REAL MADRID is understanding the saying that goes “…when it rains it pours” as today was confirmed that Argentine forward GONZALO HIGUAIN has a back hernia that may put him out of action 3 months. The player was tested this morning & the injury was confirmed & now it has to be decided if he undergoes

FOOTBALL - SOCCER LESSONS | FC BARCELONA "EL CLASICO" | THE 2º GOAL XAVI HERNANDEZ | VIDEO

The Monday night Spanish League - Liga Round 13 match, otherwise known as "El Clasico", between FC BARCELONA & REAL MADRID  (5 - 0) is still causing news & analysis. This time from a more technical angle from Football lovers & professionals whom have enough material to study & show students the "Art" of playing Football: touch Football.

FC Barcelona has implanted a style that has become World

SPAIN FOOTBALL U-17 | U-19 | PRE - EUROPEAN GROUP DRAW RESULTS

Believe it or not there is more to Spanish Football after the 5-0 victory of Barça over Real Madrid in the Spanish League last night. The sport continues with more & bigger games & tournaments to play.


This afternoon the pre-European u-17 & u-19 Groups were drawn ay the UEFA Headquaters & teams were allocated with the following results for the Spanish National Teams.


In the u-17 category

VIDEOS | CRISTIANO RONALDO GUARDIOLA | SERGIO RAMOS RED CARD INCIDENTS | FC BARCELONA 5 - REAL MADRID 0 2010

The "shock-wave tremors" continue 12 horas after yesterdays “earthquake” in Barcelona (Camp Nou) after FC BARCELONA won 5 – 0 REAL MADRID in the “Clasico”,the first of season 2010 – 2011. The game was tense, very hard played & with emotions strong with two clear incidents that stand out from the game. Many readers have emailed requesting a post with the VIDEOs of the incidents & I have found

FC BARCELONA TEAM PHOTO 2010 | EL CLASICO | STARTING 11

Here is the FC BARCELONA starting 11 line-up that faced REAL MADRID tonight in "El Clasico" & won 5 - 0. I suspect that many Barça fans who read Spanish Football Sports would appreciate the team photo for their records. Tonight´s victory marks the 5th straight victory over Real Madrid.



FC Barcelona Team Photo - vs Real Madrid 29th Nov 2010

















L to R top: Abidal, Pedro,Busquets,

VIDEO GOAL HIGHLIGHTS "EL CLASICO" FC BARCELONA 5 – REAL MADRID 0 | 29th Nov 2010

The VIDEO of “El Clasico” FC BARCELONA 5 – REAL MADRID 0.29th of November 2010 – Camp Nou (Barcelona)



The video could be taken off due to rights issues. Please excuse if this happens. Full summary with images on the below post!

EL CLASICO Nov 29th 2010 RESULT FC BARCELONA 5 - REAL MADRID 0 | FC BARCELONA "SLAUGHTER" REAL MADRID WITH DEVASTATING TOTAL FOOTBALL

The long await match between the two big Spanish Clubs has concluded with a demolition job done by FC BARCELONA over REAL MADRID with an incredible 5 - 0 result that puts Barça to the top of the SPANISH LEAGUE classification table.  It was intense, rough & violent at times which mixed it with some sublime Football performed by the home side. 

Tonight we saw two philosophies of Football

EL CLASICO 29th NOV 2010 | FC BARCELONA - REAL MADRID | HIGUAIN FALLS ( OR NOT ) & STARTING 11 SPECULATIONS | MIND GAMES

The very latest news may now throw dirt over the post below. All day REAL MADRID has been filtering that GONZALO HIGUAIN had been left out due to a lingering back problem to which he hasn´t  recovered in time to play tonights "Clasico" against FC BARCELONA. In fact, media had announced earlier that Mourinho had announced in his tactical meeting with his players this afternoon that Karim Benzema

EL CLASICO 29th NOV 2010 | FC BARCELONA - REAL MADRID | HIGUAIN FALLS & STARTING 11 SPECULATIONS

The latest news just in from Barcelona is that REAL MADRID forward GONZALO HIGUAIN has not recovered in time for the big FC BARCELONA clash tonight. According to Spanish Sports daily "Marca" the Argentine has been ruled out for "EL CLASICO" & thus opens up speculation on who will take his place. The natural tendency is to think that Frenchman Karim Benzema will come in, however there are other

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SPANISH LEAGUE - LIGA 2010 - 2011 | ROUND 13 | SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

Busy afternoon of Spanish Football with six games of Round 13 played as part of the Spanish League - La Liga. Here are the results & the scorers of this afternoon-evening Soccer action.



Trezeguet scored for Hercules

HERCULES got back into a winning groove with a 3-1 victory over LEVANTE. The scorers for the home team were VALDES (twice - 39th m & 67th m) with a great match & TREZEGUET (62nd m

TENNIS 2010 | ROGER FEDERER DEFEATS RAFAEL NADAL FOR HIS FIFTH MASTERS

It just could not be, Spanish Tennis World Nº1 & ace RAFAEL NADAL was defeated by ROGER FEDERER 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 in a very convincing victory for the now five time MASTER of MASTERS. 



Rafael Nadal laments a miss shot

It was the first time in his career that Nadal had reached the ATP MASTERS Final (London) & his chance were good beforehand after majestically defeating Andy Murray in the

REAL MADRID 2010 | JOSE MOURINHO CONFIRMS THE SAME STARTING 11 FOR FC BARCELONA | EL CLASICO

The atmosphere is building as SPANISH FOOTBALL showcases tomorrow night the first of its two big season clashes of the Spanish League - La Liga, the locally known "El Clasico" between FC BARCELONA - REAL MADRID. The Madrid  Club has celebrated its last training session before flying off to the city of Barcelona tonight & Coach José Mourinho has just celebrated a packed "Press Conference" that has

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SPANISH LEAGUE - LIGA 2010 - 2011 | ROUND 13 | SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

The Spanish League - La Liga celebrated three games tonight as part of Round 13 with plenty of goals to keep the spirits warm during a very cold Saturday in Spain. Here is a brief summary of results & scorers.



Manu del Moral scores a penalty for Getafe

An extraordinary match with comeback included with SEVILLA FC going down 1 -3 to Madrid Club GETAFE. The home side had things relatively under

VIDEO | HOW AMERICAN TV PROMOTES EL CLASICO - FC BARECLONA vs. REAL MADRID

This is how American TV Sports Channel ESPN promotes the big Spanish League - Liga Round 13 clash next Monday between FC BARCELONA - REAL MADRID, locally termed "El Clasico":



Not bad at all except ( my opinion) the too obvious stereotype use of the Spanish dance  "Flamenco". However I won´t be too harsh on them as we here would have used a giant Hot Dog or a Hamburger to promote the Superbowl.

SPAIN -PORTUGAL - IBERIAN FIFA WORLD CUP 2018 BID

SPANISH FOOTBALL SPORTS BLOG supports the
IBERIAN 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP BID

SPANISH FOOTBALL | EL CLASICO 2010 | FC BARCELONA - REAL MADRID CF | PRE MATCH OBSERVATIONS

The Spanish League - La Liga moves into Round 13 tomorrow & there is one game that is eclipsing all the rest, the long awaited FC BARCELONA vs REAL MADRID match commonly known in Spanish Soccer as "El Clasico". Barça has won the last 4 clashes & has dominated Spanish Football the last couple of years. Real Madrid has invested huge sums of money on adquiring  the best players on the market along

FIFA - FIFPRO NAME 10 SPANIARDS IN LIST OF 55 NOMINATED FOR 2010 WORLD XI

The 50,000 Football professionals that make up the FIFPro (World Players Union) along with World governing Football body FIFA have handed in their list of 55 players nominated for the "2010 FIFA FIFPro World XI”. The official announcement of the players that will make up the World Team will be held the 10th of January 2011 alongside the naming of the winning of the “FIFA Golden Ball 2010”.

2010 -2011 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP C - D RESULTS | VALENCIA 6 - BURSASPOR 1 | PANATHINAIKOS 0 - FC BARCELONA 3

Two Spanish teams participated & finished well in their respective Group C & D CHAMPIONS LEAGUE matches with both winning well & assuring their place in the next stages. 



Juan Mata opens Valencia scoreline

VALENCIA CF steam-rolled BURSASPOR 6 -1 in their Group C game with Valencia CF assuring its place in the next stages of the Champions League independently of it last Group match against

RED CARDS XABI ALONSO - SERGIO RAMOS VIDEO | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE AJAX REAL MADRID 2010

By the massive email request , here is a Video of both Red Cards given to Xabi Alonso & Sergio Ramos yesterday in the Real Madrid - Ajax Champions League match:


Latest is that UEFA will investigate if they were looked for on purpose.

What do you think? Mourinho , Sergio Ramos & Xabi Alonso say that they were unnecessary from the referee. Iker Casillas says he just gave some orders.

As written

ATLETICO DE MADRID EYES SCHALKE 04 MIDFIELDER IVAN RAKITIC

Spanish Sports newpaper daily “AS” highlights today that ATLETICO DE MADRID has a firm eye on 22 year old SCHALKE 04 midfielder IVAN RAKITIC. The Spanish Club has been following the youngster & has the player in its 2011 – 2012 season plans.



Ivan Rakitic

The key here is that the player becomes free at the end of the season – 30th of June 2011– thus allowing Atletico to avoid making an

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP G 2010 - 2011 RESULT AJAX OF AMSTERDAM 0 - REAL MADRID 4

REAL MADRID defeated 0 - 4 AJAX OF AMSTERDAM in their Group G CHAMPIONS LEAGUE return leg game. This assures the Spanish Club the top Group position & thus enables them to avoid the "Big Guns" in the next stage after the mini-leagues.

Real Madrid rested habitual players like Khedira, Carvalho & Huguain who did´nt travel & gave Benzema, Leon, Lass & Arbeloa a chance to start from minute zero. The

SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM COACH VOTES FOR MESSI, RONALDO, SCHWEINSTEIGER FOR 2010 FIFA GOLDEN BALL

Hi punters! I thought you may find interesting to know the three votes given by Spanish National Football Team Selector & Coach Vicente Del Bosque for the 2010 FIFA Golden Ball Award. As you may already know, a Selector cannot vote for a player of his same country, thus Del Bosque had to pick from outside the Spanish Football Team



Spain Football Team Coach Vicente Del Bosque

His three votes

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SPANISH LEAGUE - LIGA 2010 - 2011 | ROUND 12 | GETAFE 1 REAL ZARAGOZA 1

Spanish Football - Liga action tonight with the last scheduled match of Round 12 down between two Clubs that needed desperately a victory. One team had a debut Coach & the other with a direct "threat" of being axed if his team lost tonight. In the end destiny was kind as both shared the points in a draw result.



Real Zaragoza scores against Getafe

GETAFE drew 1 - 1 against REAL ZARAGOZA with

SPANISH FOOTBALL | IKER CASILLAS NEXT "GOLDEN GLOVE" WINNER

Spanish Football International, Captain & REAL MADRID Goalkeeper IKER CASILLAS will be the next “Golden Glove” Award winner – prize given to the “Best Goalkeeper in the World”,  coincing with the best performance in the years World Cup. Although the official presentation will be done on the 10th of January 2011 at Zurich when the “FIFA Golden Ball Award” will also be handed,  along with other

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SPANISH LEAGUE - LIGA 2010 -2011 | ROUND 12 | SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

"Spanish League - La Liga" Round 12 Football action continued this Sunday with six 6 games scheduled. Here are the final results & scorers.



Espanyol scores against Hercules

RCD ESPANYOL are having a fantastic start to the 2010 - 2011 season notching up another victory this time 3 - 0 against HERCULES. Two things to note a) the fantastic game by Espanyol goalie Kameni & b) the red card to

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SPANISH LEAGUE - LIGA 2010 -2011 | ROUND 12 | SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

Great Saturday night of Spanish Football with three great games as part of Round 12 of the Spanish League - La Liga that brought on a "ton" of goals. 



Rossi celebrates the equalizer

While the Spanish League is turning out to be a two horse race between Real Madrid - FC Barcelona, the two nearest contenders, VILLAREAL & VALENCIA CF,  played & finished with a 1 - 1 draw result. ADURIZ put

ATLETICO MADRID REACTS TO MANCHESTER UNITED "OFFER" FOR DAVID DE GEA

ATLETICO DE MADRID Directives, fans & Spanish Football experts all agree that 19 year old Goalkeeper DAVID DE GEA is destined to be a World class player & Spain´s next goalie after Casillas gives way. In fact, De Gea is already a vital piece of the Spanish U-21 Squad.



David De Gea

Readers may be surprised to learn that the current salary of David De Gea at Atletico de Madrid is “only” 400.000

DEIGO MARADONA VISITS REAL MADRID - JOSE MOURINHO

Very little real news of note in the Spanish Football area today. However as a general news piece that may be of interest to all World Soccer fans Argentine leyend DIEGO ARMANDO MARADONA visited this afternoon REAL MADRID during their afternoon training session.



Maradona chats with Mourinho

The ex-Argentina National Team Coach meet up with the players & then had a long chat with Coach

SPANISH CUP 2010 - 2011 | LAST 16 TEAMS DRAW

The SPANISH CUP last 16 teams draw has been celebrated today with the following match ups:
1. Valencia - Villarreal
2. Barcelona - Athletic Club
3. Córdoba - Deportivo
4. Betis - Getafe
5. Almería - Mallorca
6. Sevilla - Málaga
7. Real Madrid - Levante
8. Atlético de Madrid – Espanyol



FC Barcelona - At Bilbao

The first leg will be the 22nd of December with the return 2º leg the 5th of January

ATLETICO DE MADRID TALKING WITH MANCHESTER UNITED OVER DAVID DE GEA ?

This is not the first or the second post that I put up commenting the interest that English Club MANCHESTER UNITED has for young U-21 Spanish International & ATLETICO DE MADRID goalkeeper DAVID DE GEA.



Atletico de Madrid Goalkeeper
David De Gea

According to the English paper “The Times” both mentioned Clubs have begun talking & studying possibilities of a transfer deal. In fact, the paper

PORTUGAL 4 - SPAIN 0 INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY 2010 RESULT

PORTUGAL has given a real Football lesson to the current FIFA World Champions SPAIN with a 4 - 0 victory in tonights Friendly International played at Lisbon. In fact it could have been 5 - 0 had the below Cristiano Ronaldo goal been allowed instead of being given offside because the referee thought that Nani headed the ball outside.



Ronaldo disallowed - goal.

SPAIN debuted with a new uniform

FIFA WORLD RANKING NOVEMBER 2010 | SPAIN STAYS Nº1

FIFA has released it monthly World Football National Team rankings. The SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM & current World Champions stay Nº1 & open up a points gap with 2º placed Holland.

Below is the Top 10 list:



Spanish Team Captain Iker Casillas
with 2010 World Cup
1. Spain 1.920 Pts
2. Holland 1.718
3. Brazil 1.493
4. Germany 1.489
5. Argentina 1.353
6. England 1.250
7. Uruguay 1.174
8.

FIFA GOLDEN BALL 2010 | XAVI HERNANDEZ ANDRES INIESTA APPARENT HOT FAVOURITES

There seems to be two firm favourites for this years “FIFA Goleen Ball” 2010. According to Barcelona based Sports daily “Sport” (couldn’t be any other ) two FC BARCELONA players XAVI HERNANDEZ & ANDRES INIESTA will be “fighting” it out. Apparently, the votes have been already done & shut between the World Press journalists with “France Football” “sources” hinting that Iniesta has the advantage.

THE BATTLE OF MOLINON | SPORTING GIJON vs REAL MADRID | 2010

Spanish Football Sports thought its readers who like to see this video shown this afternoon on Spanish TV "Cuarto" that captured the intensity of the Real Sporting de Gijon vs Real Madrid game last Sunday which Real Madrid won 0 -1. Here you can clearly see the hostile atmosphere - & at times real hate - spewed out by the local crowd & the fury of the Sporting Gijon players towards the visitors.

REAL MADRID | KAKA ON RIGHT TRACK FOR RECOVERY | EXPECTED BACK JANUARY 2011

You maybe wondering how Brazilian star KAKA is going after his knee operation & with his recovery program. Yesterday an important meeting was held between Kaka, Real Madrid medical team & the Belgium knee specialist Dr. Marc Martens ( who operated Kaka on the 5th of August ) to evaluate his progress & his comeback.



Kaka hard at work with recovery

The meeting lasted three hours with

SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM 2010 | NEW UNIFORM | LLORENTE XABI ALONSO DAVID VILLA

Guys,  I thought that perhaps you may want to see some pictures - thanks to Spanish Sports daily "AS" - of Spanish Football Internationals posing with the new SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM uniform presented today to media. Here are Fernando Llorente, Xabi Alonso & David Villa doing their part as models. My stats indicate that readers are keen to pick up on photos of Spanish Football Players & this may give

SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM 2010 | PRESENT NEW LOOK SHIRT / UNIFORM

So you just spent 90€ on the latest SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM shirt with the little star? Guess what, there is now a NEW version of the uniform that the SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM will debut with against Portugal next Wednesday. 

Today Spanish Football Players did a Press Conference to show media the new uniform with a new design, "World Champions" badge & neck stitching. So you can now race off

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SPANISH LEAGUE - LIGA 2010 -2011 | ROUND 11 | SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL celebrated Round 11 Sunday action as part of the SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA schedule for season 2010-2011. Games with low scores but that were very intense with last minute victories. Here is a summary of the results & scorers.



Malaga - Levante

MALAGA managed a hard earned 1 - 0 victory over LEVANTE to stop their recent bad results. Levante was unlucky to have gone away with a

F1 2010 | FERNANDO ALONSO FINISHES SUB - WORLD CHAMPION

Firstly, congratulations to SEBASTIAN VETTEL for winning the Abu Dhabi F1 Gran Prix & in doing so becoming the F1 2010 WORLD CHAMPION. The German becomes the youngest driver in F1 History to do so. Secondly, congratultions to Spanish two time World Champion FERNANDO ALONSO who finished sub - Champion just 4 points behind Vettel. The work & the season done with Ferrari has been extraordinary &

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SPANISH LEAGUE - LIGA 2010 -2011 | ROUND 11 | SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL action tonight with three matches of Round 11 corresponding to the Spanish League - La Liga competition.  



Fernando Llorente scores the winner

ATHLETIC DE BILBAO won thanks to the solitary goal by FERNANDO LLORENTE in the 10th min. However, it was a real battle for the Basque Club tonight as they hung on after failing a penalty before the mentioned goal & going down to 9 men

VIDEO - FC BARCELONA OFFICIAL PHOTO SESSION FOR SEASON 2010 - 2011

FC BARCELONA TV filmed the FC BARCELONA TEAM official photo session for season 2010 -2011. I thought that the Barça fans from around the World that read Spanish Football Sports Blog may appreciate a look & know that this video is available. Enjoy!

FC BARCELONA PLAYER CARLES PUYOL REACHES 500 GAMES

FC BARCELONA player CARLES PUYOL , alias "Captain Invincible" or "El Tiburón" (The Shark), celebrates his 500 th game for the only Club in his Sporting career. From here, I wish the Spanish International & Football player a "Happy Match" & may he play more games.



Carles Puyol lifts 2010 
Joan Gamper Trophy

FC BARCELONA HAS AGREEMENT FOR IBRAHIM AFELLAY FOR JANUARY 2011

According to news just in to Spanish Sports daily "Marca",  via its online channel, FC BARCELONA has come to an agreement with PSV EINDHOVEN for the transfer of 24 year old midfielder IBRAHIM AFELLAY. The Dutchman will arrive in Juanuary 2011 during the "Winter Transfer Market" opening window. The player finishes contract this season & would have become a "free agent" as of the 1ºst of January

SPAIN - PORTUGAL 17th NOVEMBER FRIENDLY INTERNATIONAL | LIST OF 23 SPANISH PLAYERS

SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM Selector & Coach Vicente del Bosque has given this morning his list of Spanish Football Players that make up the squad that will play Portugal next Wednesday the 17th of November in an International Friendly as part of the joint “Iberian” candidacy to host the 2018 World Cup.



Spain Football Team - 2010 World Champions

















Coach Del Bosque calls up

SPANISH CUP 2010 - 2011 THURSDAY 2ºLEG ( LAST 32 TEAMS) MATCHES RESULTS

The last four games of the SPANISH CUP 2º leg have been played tonight with the following results & scorers.



Usua scores for Mallorca

The first leg ended MALLORCA - SPORTING GIJON 3 - 1. The return match at Gijon gave a 2 -2 draw with Mallorca eliminating Sporting from the Spanish Cup. USUA scored twice for Mallorca in the 10th & 15th min & for Sporting BILIC ( penalty ) in the 25th min &

MONDAY 29th of NOV DATE SET FOR EL CLASICO 2010 | FC BARCELONA - REAL MADRID CF

The political pressures - especially from Catalonia - has finally contributed to set & move the date that "El Clasico" , FC BARCELONA vs REAL MADRID, match will be played. The big Spanish Football event has been set for MONDAY 29th of NOVEMBER at 21.00 HRS.



FC Barcelona - Real Madrid

The reason is that Catalonia holds its Autonomous Parliament Elections on Sunday the 28th Nov. The local

SPANISH CUP 2010 - 2011 WEDNESDAY 2ºLEG ( LAST 32 TEAMS) MATCH RESULTS

Full SPANISH CUP 2º leg Wednesday night results


Team highlighted in black through to next roun of the Spanish Cup
( ) - 1º leg result



Bojan & the Barça boys do the job
FC Barcelona 5 - Ceuta 0
(2-0) 1-0, min.2: Nolito. 2-0, min.7: Milito. 2-1, min.35: Guzmán. 3-1, min.50: Pedro. 4-1, min.65: Bojan. 5-1, min.67: Messi. 

Real Madrid 5 - Murcia 1
(0-0) 1-0, m.3: Granero. 2-0, m.44: Higuaín. 3

CAN THIS BE TRUE - ATLETICO DE MADRID OFFERS REAL MADRID DIEGO FORLAN FOR 18M€?

For those who went to pick up the Spanish Sports daily “Marca” this morning they may have been surprised to read,  that according to the paper, ATLETICO DE MADRID has Uruguayan forward DIEGO FORLAN on sale & for the upcoming “Winter Market” next January 2011. That’s not the big surprise, the eye lifter is that the daily says that his Club has offered the player to REAL MADRID! But there is more

SPANISH CUP 2010 - 2011 TUESDAY 2ºLEG MATCH RESULTS | CORDOBA KNOCK OUT RACING - ESPANYOL ELIMINATES VALLADOLID

SPANISH CUP return leg action tonight with two games , with the bulk tomorrow & the remaining on Thursday.

The first leg finished with lower Division Club Cordoba 2 - Racing 0. RACING DE SANTANDER needed to put in a grand match as CORDOBA  had a strong away goal advantage. The home team put its mind to work & managed two goals via BOLADO in the 25th min & KENNEDY in the 72th min that equalized

2011 U 21 EURO FINALS | SPAIN DRAWN WITH ENGLAND, UKRAINE CZECH REP.

The Groups draw for the upcoming u-21 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS next year in Denmark has matched the SPANISH NATIONAL TEAM with England, Ukraine & Czech Republic.


In the other Group the four teams are Denmark, Iceland, Switzerland & Byelorussia.



Sergio Canales - u-21 Spanish International

The u-21 Euro Championship will take place from the 11th of June until the 25th & only the first 3 places

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SPANISH LEAGUE - LIGA | ROUND 10 | MONDAY GAME RESULT | SEVILLA FC 2 VALENCIA CF 0

Last scheduled match played tonight as part of Round 10 of the Spanish League - La Liga, with two "a priori" contenders head to head to give us the Monday  Spanish Soccer fix. 


Alvaro Negredo
SEVILLA FC hosted VALENCIA CF & the former won 2 - 0 to take the air out off Valencia who promised a lot at the start of the season. But the match was heavily influenced & marred when in the 25th min

CRISTIANO RONALDO BACK PASS - "ESPALDINHA" PISSES OFF ATLETICO DE MADRID PLAYERS

Brazilian Ronaldinho did it in 2006 & it was magic:



Zlatan Ibrahimovic pulled it off in season 2009-2010 & it was a touch of class:



Cristiano Ronaldo did it last night in the Real Madrid - Atletico de Madrid derby & was heavily criticised by Atletico de Madrid players who thought that with 2-0 score line in favour & with two minutes left in the game that this type of "showing -off" was a

REAL MADRID 2010 | THE SECOND COMING OF RICARDO CARVALHO

Ten Spanish League - Liga matches & a few Champions League are enough for me to say that I WAS WRONG. When REAL MADRID signed 32 year old defender RICARDO CARVALHO from Chelsea FC  I thought that a younger ( Spanish ) player would have been a better investment - WRONG. The facts are the we have witnessed a totally "rejuvenated" player who has become - along with his defending partner Pepe - the 

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SPANISH LEAGUE - LIGA 2010 -2011 | ROUND 10 | SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

Fabulous night - for thoses whos team won - of Spanish Football with eight top games in Round 10 of the Spanish League - Liga. In there we had the Madrid "Derby" & lots of goals in the other games.



Carvalho scores Real Madrid´s 1ºst goal

REAL MADRID defeated 2 - 0 ATLETICO DE MADRID in the big & controversial Madrid "Derby" to retain top spot of the Spanish League ladder. Once again the 11

MOTO GP 2010 | SPANISH WORLD CHAMPIONS IN ALL THREE CATAGORIES

Dream day for Spanish Sports & Motobikes as young 17 year old Spanish rider MARC MARQUEZ proclaimed himself 125 cc World Champion 2010. Marquez finished 4th in todays Valencia (Spain) race & securing the points necessary as he needed to finish in the top 8 places.



2010 World Champion 125cc - Marc Marquez

In Moto 2 , World Champion Toni Elias fell & in GP World Champion Jorge Lorenzo won in

THE MADRID DERBY 2010 - 2011 | 11 YEARS WITHOUT A VICTORY FOR ATLETICO DE MADRID

The big highlight tonight in Round 10 of the Spanish League - La Liga is its last scheduled Sunday match at 21.00 hrs local Spanish time: the REAL MADRID vs ATLETICO DE MADRID clash.


This "Derby" has a greater significance for Atletico than Real because the latter places more importance playing against its historical arch rivel Barça & because they come into tonight´s match undefeated & current

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SPANISH LEAGUE - LIGA | ROUND 10 | SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL only celebrated two games tonight of Round 10 of the Spanish League - Liga. An usual "vibe" as we have been accustomed to more matches for a Saturday night.



Joseba Llorente scores for Real Sociedad

REAL SOCIEDAD won 1 - 0 RACING DE SANTANDER thanks to the early goal by JOSEBA LLORENTE in the 7th min. The Basque Club now lifts itself provisionally into European positions on

FOOTBALL FINANCE | THE CASH GENERATING POWERS OF THE SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM

Spain Football Team lifts 2010 World Cup











Interesting - a bit dated - article in "Futebol Finance" about the revenue generating powers of the SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM. The figures were pre- FIFA World Cup Champions status, so we can suppose that the figures are currently higher now that they are Nº1. Here is a summary 
17 contracts signed (includes Brand, Full Team & Individual

FC BARCELONA PLAYER XAVI HERNANDEZ HAS NO INTENTION OF LEAVING THE SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM

FC Barcelona & Spanish Football Team midfielder XAVI HERNANDEZ has come out publicly to squash recent rumours that he was considering leaving the National Team due to his troubled ankles & the need to reduce his current games rate.



Xavi Hernandez
Translated:
"I wish to play the Poland & Ukraine Euro 2012 & if possible the World Cup 2014 in Brazil". He also added that he was available for the

2010 - 2011 EUROPA LEAGUE GROUP MATCH RESULTS | SPANISH TEAMS

Four Spanish teams played their respective 2010 - 2011 EUROPA LEAGUE Group matches tonight with more pluses than minuses. Here is a brief summary of results & scorers.



Tiago scores the winner for At.Madrid

ATLETICO DE MADRID managed a giant step forward after defeating ROSENBORG 1-2. However, the Spaniards were lucky & the Nordic Club deserved much more for their great effort. The first goal

FC BARCELONA | THE "ARCHILLES HEELS" OF XAVI HERNANDEZ

FC BARCELONA is on "stand-by" as its most important player XAVI HERNANDEZ is suffering a chronic ankle problem that is lowering his performance & forcing the midfielder to rest. Barça is suffering in its play from the absence of the FIFA-France Football 2010 Golden Ball candidate & favourite is worried as we all are with him.

So delicate & serious is the injury that it was rumoured earlier in

FIVE SPANISH PLAYERS IN TOP 30 U-21 LIST OF MOST VALUABLE

A Portuguese Football Finance Web has published their list of the Top 30 most valuable U21 Football players in the World. Five Spaniards figure in the top 30 list:  Bojan (FC Barcelona 6º) , De Gea (At Madrid 17º), Alvaro Dominguez (At.Madrid 20º), Ander Herrera (Zaragoza 21º) & Sergio Canales (Real Madrid 26º).




Bojan Krkic
Below is the full list:

Name / Place of Birth / Age / Club / Min

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP G 2010 - 2011 RESULT | AC MILAN 2 REAL MADRID 2

The CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Group G match between AC MILAN - REAL MADRID finished with a 2-2 draw result. However before I get into the details there is something that I which to leave clear forever in the cyber-space: the Football - Soccer Referee Howard Webb is a very bad Referee. Mr Webb highlighted his poor umpiring manners in the FIFA World Cup Final & tonight he showed his total incompetence with

REAL MADRID CF | WHO WILL SCORE THE 700TH GOAL IN EUROPEAN CUP - CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ?

Here is some trivia that has come to my attention in reference to REAL MADRID CF & European Football (Champions League) participation. The Spanish Club is just 1º goal away from reaching 700 goals scored in the European Cup (Champions League) competition. They are the highest scoring team in its history with currently 699 goals, with the second far behind being Bayern Munich with 453 goals,

Guardiola Ståle Solbakken | VIDEO

Can you lip read what Stolbakken is shouting at Guardiola ?



Video courtesy of  "MedioDerecho7"

GUARDIOLA TASSLES WITH STOLBAKKEN AFTER THE FC COPENHAGUE 1 FC BARCELONA 1 DRAW

As mentioned in the below post the FC Copenhague - FC Barcelona Group D match was a heated affair & very physical. It was hot before it started,  with the Barça goalkeeper Pinto two game sanction handed down by UEFA after Copenhague Manager Stolbakken claimed that the Camp Nou incident ( Pinto whistled when the Copenhague attacker was heading to goal to act out an offside that wasn´t) was rude &

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP C D RESULTS | VALENCIA CF 3 GLASGOW RANGERS 0 | FC COPENHAGUE 1 FC BARCELONA 1

Two Spanish Clubs had their night of CHAMPIONS LEAGUE with Group C & D action. Valencia CF played hosts to Scottish team Rangers & FC Bareclona travelled to Denmark for their game. Here are the results & scorers of the mentioned European Football clashes.



Roberto Soldado scores for Valencia CF

VALENCIA CF defeated GLASGOW RANGERS 3-0 in their Group C match to put the Spanish team closer to

REAL MADRID | LASS DIARRA IN DEMAND IN THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE

REAL MADRID Coach Jose Mourinho has left out midfielder LASS DIARRA from the squad that travels to Milan for their Champions League match tomorrow against AC Milan. This is a trend that is repeating itself & may be sending signals to other teams that Diarra isn’t a priority for Real Madrid.



Real Madrid midfielder Lass Diarra


According to Spanish Sports newspaper “As”, English Premier League

SPANISH FOOTBALL - 2º DIVISION | REAL BETIS 4 - RAYO VALLECANO 0 | VIDEO

I have thought that perhaps readers would like to know about some Spanish Football 2º Division News. This weekend the two current Top teams REAL BETIS & Madrid based RAYO VALLECANO meet with Betis winning 4 - 0 to escape further at the top of the ladder.

Here is a VIDEO of all four goals:

Javi Fuego (own goal) 14'; Beñat 49'; Rubén Castro 55'; Emaná (pen) 85'.

FC BARCELONA INTERESTED IN TOTTENHAM PLAYER GARETH BALE

It comes “straight from the horses’ mouth”. FC BARCELONA Football Director Andoni Zubizarreta has confirmed to Barcelona radio that the Club is definitely interested ( the Football qualities) in Welsh & TOTTENHAM HOPSPURS 21 year old player GARETH BALE.


The FC Barcelona directive left it clear that although he likes the player there have not been any talks with anyone in reference to his

EL CLASICO 2010 | FC BARCELONA - REAL MADRID CF | 28 NOV - 21.00 HRS LOOKS LIKE THE SOLUTION

I can finally - 90% - answer the question from SFS readers of which date & time the FC BARCELONA - REAL MADRID CF match - "El Clasico" - will be played. The various options have been studied & the Monday option looks like it will not happen. Saturday is the day of "political reflexion" before the Catalonia Parliament elections & no political promotion or insinuation is permitted by law. Thus

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SPANISH LEAGUE - LIGA 2010 -2011 | ROUND 9 MONDAY RESULT | MALLORCA 2 LEVANTE 1

Back at home after a tremendous traffic jam to get into the city. With this relief I post the result of the last match played tonight of Round 9 of the Spanish Football League.



Stuani scores for Levante
REAL MALLORCA defeated LEVANTE with patience & ball control 2-1 after the visitors got ahead relatively early in the 25th min via STUANI.



Pereira equalizes for Mallorca

Mallorca recovered

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SPANISH LEAGUE 2010 - 2011 ROUND 9 SUNDAY RESULTS

Back at the now "infamous" outback bar-cafe in the middle of the Spanish country side with the only "Wi - Fi" connection in miles. Already asked for a coffee which gives me the "limited" right to connect my PC & at least post the Round 9 Sunday games results of the Spanish League - Liga.



At.Madrid - Almeria
ATLETICO DE MADRID 1 ( Aguero ) - ALMERIA 1 (Piatti). Atletico allowed the visitors

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SPANISH LEAGUE 2010 - 2011 ROUND 9 SATURDAY RESULTS | RONALDO vs MESSI

I am currently out of town on a long weekend break & have managed to find a “Wi-fi” zone in a beat-out track bar- cafe. I have asked for a good strong cafe while I post a bit about Spanish Football & the fantastic three matches played yesterday of Round 9.
In a quick summary fashion, here are the results & scorers:
REAL ZARAGOZA 1 (Lazaro) – VALENCIA CF 1 (Lazaro own goal)
HERCULES 1 ( Trezeguet

FC BARCELONA 2010 | IBRAHIM AFELLAY - JAVIER PASTORE SOUNDING

The 24 year old PSV EINDHOVEN attacking midfielder IBRAHIM AFELLAY is sounding more & more as a possible “2011 Winter Transfer Market” operation with direction Spain. Earlier the player was sounding as a possible Atletico de Madrid signing, but Spanish giant FC BARCELONA has entered the picture in a very serious manner. The Dutch player finishes contract this year & will be a free agent as of

ENZO ZIDANE | LIKE FATHER LIKE SON ?

Remember this player? 


Recognize the player in the dark out?


Apart that both wear ( wore ) the REAL MADRID CF uniform, they share DNA. The youngster is called ENZO ZIDANE ( born France, mother Spanish origin), is 15 years old & is causing a mini tug of war between the French Football Federation & the Spanish Football Federation. The son of French Football legend ZINEDINE ZIDANE is on the

2010 - 2011 SPANISH CUP RESULTS - 1º LEG THURSDAY MATCHES

The last three games of the 1º leg of the SPANISH CUP season 2010 -2011 ( the last 32 teams stage) concluded tonight with the following results & scorers


Gurpegui for At Bilbao

Second Division Club ( & last years Real Madrid killers ) ALCORCON lost 0 - 1 to ATHLETIC DE BILBAO thanks to the 54th min goal scored by defender GURPEGUI. Bilbao go into the 2ºleg with a valuable away goal.

OSASUNA

FC BARCELONA - REAL MADRID CF "EL CLASICO" 2010 - 2011 | WHICH DATE ? DON´T KNOW - YET!

I am getting plenty of emails from SFS readers asking me for the date of the FC Barcelona – Real Madrid “Clasico”: the first of the two big games in the Spanish Football – League season. In theory, it’s the weekend of the 27th of November & this 2010 – 2011 season the first game is at “Camp Nou”, the home ground of FC Barcelona.



Ronaldo - Messi will meet in this years "Clasico"

However there

REAL MADRID PHOTO | SEASON 2010 - 2011 | IDEAL STARTING 11

Everytime  I check the blog stats, I see that the search for ( & download ) the REAL MADRID PHOTO is amongst the most popular. I am amazed at the amount of visits that are received from around the World in search of the latest image of the Spanish Soccer Team.


To keep the hungry fans happy, I have found this very latest picture of the REAL MADRID TEAM PHOTO season 2010 - 2011. The special

2010 - 2011 SPANISH CUP RESULTS 1º LEG WEDNESDAY MATCHES

A huge night of SPANISH CUP action with 11 games scheduled & still three games are down for tomorrow night before this 1º leg gets finished. Some interesting results, as with the characteristics of this competition, there have been some surprises. Here is a quick summary of the Wednesday night Spanish Cup results along with the goalscorers.



Sevilla FC celebrate a goal against Real Union

2010 - 2011 SPANISH CUP 1º LEG TUESDAY RESULTS | REAL MURCIA 0 REAL MADRID 0 | CEUTA 0 FC BARCELONA 2

The "big" Spanish League Teams began their particular attempt at winning the 2010-2011 SPANISH CUP with the start of the 1º leg games of the last 32 teams stage. Two matches tonight were played,  with the bulk happening tomorrow & three on Thursday night that gives the Spanish fans plenty of Football this week.



Benzema against Real Murcia - Spanish Cup

REAL MADRID travelled to REAL MURCIA (

FIFA - FRANCE FOOTBALL WORLD PLAYER 2010 | 7 SPANISH PLAYERS IN FINAL 23 CANDIDATES LIST

FIFA , along with "new" partners FRANCE FOOTBALL MAGAZINE, have handed in their final list of 23 World Football Players who are candidates for this years 2010 FIFA - FRANCE FOOTBALL World Player Award. The winner will be announced th 10th of January 2011 & there are 7 Spanish National Football Team players on the list of 23 given today.


The seven Spanish candidates are Andres Iniesta, Xavi,

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SPANISH LEAGUE - LIGA 2010 -2011 | ROUND 8 | SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL via its SPANISH LEAGUE - LIGA - celebrated 6 games tonight of Round 8 with plenty of action, excitement & goals. Tomorrow the last game of the Round will be played between Real Sociedad & Deportivo.



Boateng scores for Getafe

GETAFE poured on the magic onto an "unknown" & outplayed REAL SPORTING DE GIJON with a 3 - 0 victory. BOATENG opened the scoring in the 8th min, followed

INDOOR SOCCER | SPAIN DEFEATS BRAZIL 2 -1 TO WIN GRAND PRIX CUP 2010

SPAIN defeated BRAZIL 2 - 1 in the Final of the INDOOR SOCCER INTERNATIONAL GRAND PRIX tournament celebrated in the city of Anapolis in Brazil. The goals for Spain came thanks to RAFA USIN & ORTIZ, with FERNANDINHO scoring for Barzil.



Spain in action against Brazil 

This tournament has been organized by the Brazilian Indoor Soccer Federation since 2004 & it has alwyas been won by the local

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SPANISH LEAGUE - LIGA | ROUND 8 | SATURDAY GAMES RESULT | VIDEO REAL MADRID 6-1 RONALDO (4 GOALS)

Hi Guys , back from my business trip & I can finally begin updating SFS Blog readers. Here is a brief post on yesterdays three games played of the SPANISH LEAGUE - LIGA - Round 8. SPANISH FOOTBALL was given a treat last night with plenty of goals & some wonderful Football from the already known stars.

The first game was REAL ZARAGOZA against FC BARCELONA with the latter winning 0 - 2 thanks to

SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM RECEIVES THE 2010 PRINCIPE DE ASTURIAS PRIZE FOR SPORT

The SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM was yesterday awarded the prestigious "Principe de Asturias Prize" for Sporting acievement 2010, for their outstanding effort in winning the FIFA 2010 World Cup. But more than this the prize was given for the teams demonstration of creating a unique playing style admired by the Football World & above all , human values like honour, dedication, lead by example, team

EUROPA LEAGUE 2010 - 2011 | ATLETICO DE MADRID 3 - ROSENBORG 0 | VIDEO OF GOALS

Here is the VIDEO highlight of yesterdays EUROPA LEAGUE Group B match between ATLETICO DE MADRID - ROSENBORG. Video shows goal from Godin & the mini-revolution caused by SERGIO AGUERO who scored the second after only 2 mins on the ground, plus his assistence for the third by DIEGO COSTA.



We hope the the video will not be take-on off, if so excuse us.

EUROPA LEAGUE 2010 - 2011 GROUP MATCHES | RELATIVELY GOOD NIGHT FOR SPANISH TEAMS

Busy night for all four SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAMS as they played their EUROPA LEAGUE Group qualifying matches with overall general joy for the Spanish fans. I personally wasn´t able to witness all four matches but managed to keep the pulse of most via TV, radio & a Twitter account, therefore excuse me if some summaries are brief & to the main detail.



Sergio Aguero scores the 2º goal for Atletico

SPANISH GOALKEEPERS CASILLAS - ZUBIZARRETA IN TOP 10 IFFHS LAST 25 YEARS BEST LIST

The FIFA backed International Federation of Football History & Statistics ( IFFHS ) has released their Top 10 list of the "Best Goalkeepers" in the last 25 years. There are two Spanish players on that list with current Spanish National Football Team Captain & Real Madrid goalkeeper IKER CASILLAS in 4ºth place, while ex FC Barcelona & Valencia CF player ZUBIZARRETA is in 7th place.



Iker

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP C - D RESULTS | RANGERS 1 VALENCIA CF 1 | FC BARCELONA 2 COPENHAGUE FC 0

Two Spanish Football Clubs played their Group CHAMPIONS LEAGUE matches tonight, with one away at Scotland & the other here in Spain. 



Rangers Edu scores against Valencia CF

VALENCIA CF travelled to meet GLASGOW RANGERS to play their 3 round Group C clash at Ibrox Park. As expected it was a difficult & rough turf to play Football at but they managed to pull a 1 - 1 draw with some luck on their

FIFA WORLD RANKINGS OCTOBER 2010 - SPAIN REMAINS Nº1

FIFA will release its monthly WORLD NATIONAL TEAMS RANKING publicly next November the 17th where SPAIN retains for another month its Nº1 spot. Up to 156 matches were taken into account for the month of October (80 Internationals & 76 Friendly matches), which takes the number up to 641 matches for the year so far in the table calculations.
Here is the Top 10 October 2010 list:

1. Spain

HUMOR - VIDEO | VAN PERSIE THE BOY HITS THE POST

Put a Football heroe, kids & a TV camara together & you get what happens to this poor boy. He literally hits the post - with his head. Arsenal & Dutch International Star Van Persie was obviously affected. 



This video simply goes beyond Spanish Football as it is universal :O)

REAL MADRID 2 AC MILAN 0 | RESULT GROUP G CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2010 - 2011

REAL MADRID CF practically ensured its qualification onto the next stage of the 2010 - 2011 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE after they defeated 2 - 0 AC MILAN in their Group G match,  thus making it three straight wins to secure top spot of the group ladder with 9 points. The result was just as Real Madrid could have scored three - four more clear goals had luck gone their way. 



Cristiano Ronaldo scores

FC BARCELONA 2010 | NOLITO - ANOTHER BARÇA SCHOOL PROMISE

FC Barcelona is not only famous for being a huge World Football Club, but also for its youth programme (“La Masia”) & the string of young talented Football players that the Club turns out yearly. The examples are many like Puyol, Valdes, Pique, Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Pedro, Bojan, Jeffran, Thiago, Cesc Fabregas etc. who are already World stars or have made the jump to the Barça 1ºst team squad.

VIDEO | THE 6 NEW REAL MADRID SIGNINGS FOR SEASON 2010 - 2011

REAL MADRID CF via its "Real Madrid TV Channel" ( thanks for the video) did a special report on the Clubs six new signings for season 2010 - 2011: Sergio Canales, Di Maria, Pedro Leon, Khedira, Ozil & Carvalho. They all speak about their sensations, BUT & unfortunately neither YouTube has the translation button enabled nor is there sub-titles. I ask for forgiveness for this lack of foresight by

REAL MADRID CF | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2010 - 2011 GROUP G | STARTING 11 LINE-UP AGAINST AC MILAN

REAL MADRID CF faces its first real big season 2010 - 2011 challenge & exam when they meet Italian giants AC Milan today (Tuesday) in their Group G Champions League qualifying match. This match will be a good test to see if Coach Mourinho is progressing with his work to put together a "new look" & younger Real Madrid Team to levels in which they can really hope to aspire & become Spanish League &

SPANISH FOOTBALL - SOCCER | SPANISH LEAGUE - LIGA - 2010 2011 | ROUND 7 MONDAY NIGHT GAME RESULT

SPANISH FOOTBALL action tonight with the last game of the SPANISH LEAGUE - LIGA - Round 7 being played with HERCULES CF hosting VILLAREAL in what turned out to be a rough & tough affair with three red cards.



Trezeguet scores before being sent off

It was a see -saw match all night with chances at both ends. Hercules started well & managed to score first via VALDEZ in the 26th min from a well

DIEGO CASTRO BACK HEEL GOAL VIDEO | SPORTING GIJON SEVILLA FC ROUND 7 SPANISH LEAGUE - LIGA

Here is one of the great goals scored yesterday in Round 7 of the SPANISH LEAGUE - LIGA - by DIEGO CASTRO for REAL SPORTING DE GIJON. A fabulous "back-heel" goal that notched up the teams second in their 2-0 victory over Sevilla FC.

Below is the Video:

SPECTACULAR WINNING GOAL BY DAVID SILVA FOR MANCHESTER CITY AGAINST BLACKPOOL | 2010 VIDEO

Great to see Spanish International & MANCHESTER CITY midfielder DAVID SILVA be protagonist in the 2 - 3 victory over Blackpool in the English Premier League. In fact, Silva came on as substitute in the 65 th min & ended up scoring the winner in World Class fashion & with a must see to believe goal.



David Silva scores against Blackpool 
Here is the video of the spectacular goal. This is a

SPANISH FOOTBALL - SOCCER | SPANISH LEAGUE - LIGA | ROUND 7 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL continued today with more Round 7 action of the SPANISH LEAGUE - LIGA with some relative low scoring but intense games.


Fernando Llorente scored against Real Zaragoza

ATHLETIC DE BILBAO put REAL ZARAGOZA deeper into their particular "crisis" & cemented them another week in the last place of the Spanish Liga table after losing 2-1.

Bilbao dominated the match outright doing

REAL MADRID | IKER CASILLAS ENTERS TOP 10 ALL TIME PLAYING LIST

Here is an interesting fact concerning REAL MADRID & their Spanish International goalkeeper IKER CASILLAS. The 29 year old is not only considered to be currently the “Best Goalkeeper in the World” but has entered the Top 10 all time historical list of names with most games played at Real Madrid. If things keep going as they are currently, Iker Casillas could overtake 8th placed name Pirri this

SPANISH FOOTBALL - SOCCER | SPANISH LEAGUE - LIGA - ROUND 7 | SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL - SOCCER action tonigth with three great games as part of Round 7 of the SPANISH LEAGUE - LIGA competition.



Atletico de Madrid celebrate a goal

ATLETICO DE MADRID made itself a promise before the game to dedicate the match - & attempt a victory - to honour the late Atletico defensive leyend ARTECHE who passed away this week. The locals didn´t let the fans down & won GETAFE 2

MESUT OZIL | HAPPY 22nd BIRTHDAY

REAL MADRID CF & German International midfieder MESUT OZIL celebrates his 22 Birthday on this Friday the  15th of October. From here we wish you a happy day.



Ozil

FOOTBALL STATISTICS | SPANISH PROFESSORS RESEARCH PENALTY SHOOT-OUT VICTORY PROBABILITIES

Spanish London School of Economics professor Ignacio Palacios-Huerta assures that the team that goes first in a penalty shoot-out has a higher probability of winning the rival. According to a study done with follow Spanish professor José Apesteguia of the University Pompeu Fabra of Barcelona there is a 21% more chance of being victorious.



David Villa scores a penalty for Spain 

THE TENSE LUIS FABIANO - SEVILLA FC REALTIONSHIP

"Si no juego, buscaré alguna solución"
(If I don’t play, I will find a solution)


Straight from the mouth of Brazilian International & SEVILLA FC forward LUIS FABIANO. The Brazilian renewed contract with his current Club a month back, but the player is spending more time on the bench than on the playing field. This has turned the spirits of the player in a “dark mood” as he wishes more playing

LIONEL MESSI GOAL AGAINST GETAFE IN SPANISH CUP | THE TYPOGRAPHY VERSION

Remember this immense goal by LIONEL MESSI against Getafe in the Spanish Cup a few years back? Yes, the one that looked like the  Maradona goal in the 1986 World Cup match against England…


A friend has emailed me the below video that he found on the web of the Messi goal in typed form & following the comments of the Catalan commentator. I think its cool, & very different which makes it worth a

ATLETICO DE MADRID INTERESTED IN IBRAHIM AFELLAY OF PSV

According to Spanish Sports paper “AS” Spanish Club ATLETICO DE MADRID has decided to accelerate its attempts to sign 24 year old PSV EINHOVEN midfielder / forward IBRAHIM AFELLAY. Atletico has communicated to PSV its intention to begin negotiations & attempt to have the player shut & tied for this upcoming “Winter Market”. This way the Spanish Club gets a leading edge over other competitors like

ATLETICO DE MADRID | JUAN CARLOS ARTECHE - RIP

The "ATLETICO DE MADRID family" has lost one of its historical & legendary players JUAN CARLOS ARTECHE, at the age of 53, after a long battle with illness. The Central Defender began his career at At. Madrid in 1978 where he played 11 seasons & 308 games (4th in the history of the Club)



JUAN CARLOS ARTECHE 
His stats are as follows:
• 28 goals
• 4 x Spanish International player
• 1 Spanish

SCOTLAND 2 SPAIN 3 | RESULT GROUP I EURO 2012 QUALIFYING MATCH

SPAIN defeated SCOTLAND 2- 3 in tonight's Group I clash in "Hampden Park" Glasgow to take them straight to the top of their Group ladder. The World Champions were the outstanding & dominating side until the match complicated itself for Spain in the mid 2º half with a meritorious Scottish attempt at comeback & near victory. 



DAVID VILLA shots at goal

The first half was a Scottish wall that had

SPANISH U-21 FOOTBALL TEAM QUALIFY FOR EURO 2011 | 2ºLEG RESULT | CROATIA 0 SPAIN 3

Excellent performance by the SPANISH U- 21 FOOTBALL TEAM to defeat CROATIA 0 - 3 away in the 2º leg & take the qualifying tie on 2-5 agg. This gives Spain a direct ticket to the 2011 EURO CHAMPIONSHIPS where they need to finish within the first 5 teams to go directly into the 2012 London Olympic Games.

The "damage" was done in the 2ºhalf when Spain took control & scored their three goals.

EURO 2012 GROUP I QUALIFIER | POSSIBLE SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM STARTING 11 LINE-UP AGAINST SCOTLAND

The SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM plays SCOTLAND tonight in their EURO 2012 Group I qualifier at "Hampden Park" in the Scottish city of Glasgow. Coach Vicente Del Bosque has recovered defender Sergio Ramos after an ankle knock against Lithuania & midfielder Xabi Alonso who suffred the flu. With the inclusion of Xabi Alonso someone has to give way from the "starting 11 that started against

REAL MADRID EYES FERNANDO LLORENTE FOR NEXT SEASON? | KARIM BENZEMA ?

It´s not the first time that the news has been put on the front covers of the Spanish Sports papers, last August rumours arose that AT.BILBAO & Spanish International forward FERNANDO LLORENTE was on the REAL MADRID list of future candidates. The news again gets prime-time after a magnificent performance last Friday with two goals for Spain against Lithuania.


Fernando Llorente scores for the

SPANISH SPORTS | JORGE LORENZO MOTO GP TONI ELIAS MOTO 2 WORLD CHAMPIONS 2010 | RAFAEL NADAL WINS TOKYO TENNIS TITLE

I am currently out of town in the countryside & have at my disposal  a primative "Wi-fi" which is very slow; thus it limits my availabilty to stay connected too long. Said this please excuse the shortness of the posts until I get back to the "big smoke".
_____________________________________________
Woke up this morning to find that SPANISH SPORTS has two new WORLD CHAMPIONS & that RAFAEL NADAL

EURO U-21 QUALIFIERS | SPAIN 2 CROATIA 1

The SPANISH U-21 NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM a little bit closer to getting to their objective of participation in the next Euro Championships & in the process in the 2012 London Olympic games after defeating CROATIA 2-1 last night.

The youngsters still have a "dangerous" 2ºleg match on Tuesday in Croatia which they must win to keep their hope alive, but yesterdays victory is an important step foward

FC BARCELONA TEAM PHOTO 2010 - 2011 | GALA STARTING 11

Hi. Managed to find the very lastest FC BARCELONA TEAM PHOTO for season 2010-2011. The below picture is the "Gala starting 11" with Abibal, Pedro, Busquests, Pique, Valdes, Messi, Alves, Iniesta, Villa, Xavi & Puyol.

Hope this satisfies the many requests from the Barça fans around the World. For your info there are Team  shots up on Spanish Football Sports Blog posted back weeks & months back. 

SPAIN 3 LITHUANIA 1 | 2010 | VIDEO ALL THE GOAL HIGHLIGHTS

All the goal highlights in the Spain 3 Lithuania 1 Group I Euro 2012 qualifier on the below VIDEO:
(lower the volume)

EURO 2012 GROUP I QUALIFIER | SPAIN 3 LITHUANIA 1

The current FIFA World Champions SPAIN defeated LITHUANIA 3-1 in their Group I match tonight which was played in the Spanish city of Salamanca. The SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM went in without important midfielders  Xavi who is injured & Xabi Alonso who was a last minute withdrawal due to the flu. However, both were well substituted by Andres Iniesta doing the habitual work of his Club team-mate Xavi &

REAL MADRID | THE FUTURE OF KARIM BENZEMA IN HIS HANDS

The “kid” has enough pressure on his shoulder to now deal with the rumoured offers being received by his Club. REAL MADRID French International KARIM BENZEMA is said to be on the list of players wished by Italian Club JUVENTUS,English giants  MANCHESTER UNITED, MANCHESTER CITY & now TOTTENHAM HOTSPURS who have 28M€ to invest on the player in the January 2011 “Winter Market”.



Karim Benzema.

SFS FLASHBACK | VICENTE DEL BOSQUE SPANISH INTERNATIONAL PLAYER SCORES GOAL FOR SPAIN AGAINST CYPRUS 1978| VIDEO

Our younger readers may not know that current SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM Selector & Coach Vicente del Bosque was a well known & successful player for REAL MADRID & a Spanish International. Below is Del Bosque as Captain of the SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM in 1978 just before a EURO 1980 Italy Group qualifier against Cyprus.



Marcelino, Cundi, Miguel Ángel, Villar, Alesanco,  Migueli,  Heredia, Del Bosque (

SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM 2010 | SERGIO RAMOS

Just received this picture from Spanish Football Team International defender Sergio Ramos from his Cell Phone. He is next to FC Barcelona defender & Spain Team mate Gerard Pique. Here is Ramos twitter address if interested:

http://twitter.com/SergioRamos



Sergio Ramos with Pique from his mobile.

DUTCH FOOTBALL PLAYER ROYSTON DRENTHE DOES HIS RAP

REAL MADRID Dutch player ROYSTON DRENTHE, currently on loan to Spanish 1st Division Club HERCULES,  has another talent apart from playing Football - Soccer;  Rap! Spanish TV - RTVE - via its news programme visited Drenthe in the city of Alicante where the player was "hanging out" in the studio of Spanish rapper "Nach" to do some "flow".


Check out the style of the player on this video:

REAL MADRID | 2010 | KAKÁ COULD GO TO INTER MILAN IN THE WINTER MARKET ?

At first I though it was just plain “bullshit”, however the news that started coming out of Italy some weeks back is now beginning to spread here in the Spanish Sports press &  I am now not so sure anymore. The piece in question has appear today out in the Spanish Sports daily “AS” online edition & they reiterate that REAL MADRID Coach José Mourinho has given his OK to sell Brazilian star KAKÁ to

SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM 2010 | PREPARATION FOR UPCOMING EURO 2012 QUALIFIERS AGAINST LITHUANIA - SCOTLAND

The SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM is under concentration with its 21 players in Madrid preparing themselves for the two important EURO 2012 group qualifiers. This Friday night they play Lithuania in the Spanish city of Salamanca & then the squad travels to Scotland to play in the city of Glasgow on Tuesday.


The SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM has 4 new additions (Valero, Soriano, Aduriz & Pablo Hernandez) to the

SEGIO CANALES MAY GO ON LOAN TO RACING DE SANTANDER IN WINTER MARKET

According to Spanish radio “Onda Cero”, young REAL MADRID & Spanish U-21 International player SERGIO CANALES may see himself back at his old Club Racing de Santander in the Winter Market period. The operation would be a loan & thus guarantee that Canales receives playing time which is something that he is not achieving at this moment with Real Madrid.



Soccer player Sergio Caneles with Real

DAVID VILLA - DWIGHT HOWARD VIDEO SPOT 2010

There is a rumour that Spanish International & FC Barcelona forward DAVID VILLA has another day job, or at least he is taking "the piss out" of DWIGHT HOWARD the NBA USA Basketball star player as they exchange jerseys. Funny VIDEO commercial :

THE BOLIVIAN PRESIDENT EVO MORALES KNEES OPPONENT IN FRIENDLY MATCH | VIDEO

This video has nothing to do with Spanish Football nor with Spanish Sports, & thank the Lord. One may think it is Dutch defender DE JONG doing his usual "party piece", but it is none other than the President of Bolivia Evo Morales retaliating to an early tackle that didn´t go down well with the Prez.The game was to celebrate the new artificial ground built in La Paz. Around the 5th min the

REAL MADRID CF | RELIEF AS THE DRY GOAL DROUGHT FINALLY ENDS | REAL MADRID 6 DEPORTIVO 1 VIDEO GOALS

Spanish TV "Cuarto" via its Sports News section televised this afternoon this piece on how REAL MADRID finally broken their "Goal Drought spell" yesterday against Deportivo with a 6 - 1 victory. The news piece is in Spanish BUT it can be intuitively understood, apart from also seeing all the goals from last nights game.To help out in the translation & catch the many ideas in the video, it

SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM | SORIANO, VALERO, ADURIZ PLUS HERNANDEZ CALLED UP FOR INJURIED PLAYERS

SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM Selector & Coach Vicente de Bosque has had to change the original list of Spanish players called up for the upcoming Euro 2012 Group qualifiers against Lithuania & Scotland after three important members suffered injuries in their respective League games this weekend.

FC Barcelona player PEDRO, along with Liverpool FC forward FERNANDO TORRES & Sevilla FC player

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SOCCER - SPANISH LEAGUE - LIGA 2010 - 2011 | SUNDAY ROUND 6 RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL action tonight with the 7 remaining matches of Round 6 corresponding to the Spanish League - Liga - competition being played with same surprise results. Here is the summary of the results & the scorers of todays games. New SEVILLA FC Coach Manzano has "revitalized" his team which overran ATLETICO DE MADRID with a convincing 3-1 victory at home. The visitors were totally out

FOOTBALL FINANCE | DAVID VILLA TOP TRANSFER DEAL FOR 2010-2011

An interesting post on Football Finance Portuguese website “futebolfinance” where they give us the Top 25 transfer operations during the last summer for this new 2010-2011 season.

Two observations:
1. Spanish International forward DAVID VILLA was the most expensive transfer operation for season 2010-2011 with a 40M€ move from Valencia CF to FC Barcelona
2. The market was less “inflated” & more

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SOCCER - SPANISH LEAGUE - LIGA 2010 - 2011 | SATURDAY ROUND 6 RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL - SOCCER - action tonight with three matches of Round 6 of the SPANISH LEAGUE - LIGA - with the following results & scorers.


REAL SOCIEDAD was awarded with a 1- 0 victory over ESPANYOL due to their persistence & hard work. In fact it was Espanyol who had all the chances with numerous misses that should have gone in the net, but those failures made them pay dearly in the end

SPANISH FOOTBALL SPORTS BLOG | SOCIAL MEDIA

Hi guys. Slow day here in Spain today with the Spanish Football - Soccer news. The only big thing hitting the Spanish Sports papers are the alleged & supposed "doping" acusations to the three time Spanish Tour De France cyclist Alberto Contador. Something he denies as "food contamination" & that the ICU has to study further with more examinations. Remember, one is innocent until proven guilty.

EUROPA LEAGUE 2010 - 2011 GROUP B D H J SPANISH TEAMS RESULTS

EUROPA LEAGUE action tonight with four Spanish Clubs participating in their Groups B, D, H & J respectively. Here is a quick summary & the results of a mixed night for the Spanish teams.ATLETICO DE MADRID finished their Group B match against German team BAYERN LEVERKUSEN with a 1-1 draw result. Atletico de Madrid put in a great second half to come back & equalize but failed half a dozen chances

LIONEL MESSI RECEIVES THE GOLDEN BOOT AWARD 2009 - 2010

FC BARCELONA star Argentine LIONEL MESSI received tonight the EUROPEAN GOLDEN BOOT AWARD for his 34 goals scored last season 2009-2010. The Argentine enjoyed a ceremony packed with media & guests to take the coverted "Highest European League Goalscorer" prize. He adds this to his "Golden Ball 2009" & "FIFA World Player 2009" prizes.Here is the final Top 1o list. Take note the the first Nº are the

SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM | LIST OF 20 PLAYERS ANNOUNCED FOR LITUANIA SCOTLAND

SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM Selector & Coach Vicente Del Bosque has handed in his list of 20 Spanish players for the upcoming EURO 2012 Group qualifiers against Lituania & Scotland. Spain plays Lituania in the Spanish city of Salamanca on the 8th of October & then flys to Glasgow to play Scotland on the 12th of October.The news is that FC Barcelona midfielder XAVI HERNANDEZ has been left out

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2010 -2011 GROUP C D RESULTS | RUBIN KAZAN 1 FC BARCELONA 1 | VALENCIA CF 0 MANCHESTER UNITED 1

Two Spanish Teams played their respective Group CHAMPIONS LEAGUE matches tonight with mixed results & a late sour surprise.FC BARCELONA travelled to visit RUBIN KAZAN to end up drawing 1-1 in their Group D match. The Russians put in 5 defenders, 4 midfelders & 1 forward in a clear sign to build a wall & play counter-attack Football. This makes it difficult for any team to play well, yet alone

REAL MADRID CF TEAM PHOTO | 2010 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE vs AUXERRE

Independently of the "bad" performance tonight by REAL MADRID in their 0-1 Champions League Group G victory over Auxerre , here is the REAL MADRID TEAM PHOTO starting 11 for the fans.L to R Back: Khedira, Ramos, Pepe, Benzema, Xabi & RonaldoL to R Front: Casillas, Marcelo, Lass, Higuain, Arbeloa

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2010 - 2011 | GROUP G RESULT | AUXERRE 0 REAL MADRID 1

Yes the three points are important & yes REAL MADRID won away 0 -1 AUXERRE in their Group G CHAMPIONS LEAGUE qualifier, but the image was sad. The Spanish team looked impotent most of the night & the French had their chances ( post included from a Pepe header in defence) of getting ahead.The French team put up a very organized defence that waited for their chances to counter-attack, which they

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2010 - 2011 | GROUP G PREVIEW |POSSIBLE REAL MADRID STARTING 11 AGAINST AUXERRE

REAL MADRID travel to France & visit AUXERRE in their Group G Champions League qualifier. The Spaniards arrive under lots of pressure for heir recent poor play, Coach Mourinho being as controversial as ever & a worrying dry spell in goals. The other news is that Defender Carvalho has pains in his ankle that could leave him out tonight although the decision will be taken before kick-off. Therefore

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SOCCER - SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA 2010 - 2011 | MONDAY ROUND 5 RESULT

SPANISH FOOTBALL celebrated tonight its last match of Round 5 with the Spanish League - La Liga - clash between MALAGA - VILLAREAL. Like the saying goes, they left the best until last with a 2-3 victory to Villareal that saw 90 mins of emotional & action packed excitment. The first 35 min of the match gave us all the goals, all 5 in a crazy game.Malaga scored first early via ELISEU in the 4th min

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SOCCER - SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA 2010 - 2011 | SUNDAY ROUND 5 RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL action with Round 5 of the SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA - with 6 matches down for this Sunday.MALLORCA are making their home ground a difficult place to visit with todays 2-0 victory over REAL SOCIEDAD. Argentine CAVENAGHI scored both goals in the 5th min & later in the 62nd min to give his team the 3ºpoints.RCD ESPANYOL did the job on OSASUNA winning 1-0 thanks to the goal scored by

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SOCCER - SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA 2010 - 2011 | SATURDAY ROUND 5 RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL celebrated three games tonight of the SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA - as part of Round 5.The above picture tells the story. Newly promoted LEVANTE managed to keep out REAL MADRID without scoring & gain a valuable 0-0 draw. It was perhaps the worst performance from Real Madrid this season with no clear game plan, lack of creative ideas & more individual performances than a real team

REAL MADRID FC BARCELONA | THE SPINAL COLUMN

Interesting article on Spanish Football magazine (online version) "Don Balon" comparing FC Barcelona & Real Madrid. The feature observes, compares & illustrates what Football Coaches call technically the "Spinal Column" of the team. That is Goalkeeper, Defender, Midfielder & Striker; the 4 important pieces of the team to which everything else is built around & the 4 "discs" that sustain the whole

REAL MADRID BASKETBALL TEAM 2010 - 2011 | SERGIO RODRIGUEZ

I don’t accustom myself to place ads on this blog, however once & a while…Sergio Rodriguez is the new signing for the REAL MADRID Basketball Team & has come straight from the USA NBA competition. Real Madrid has used Sergio as the TV ad image to boost Club members & introduce Real to the new 2010 – 2011 Spanish Basketball season.I think it’s a nice ad that speaks of Sergio life changing by coming

SPANISH FOOTBALL | CRACKOVIA - REAL MADRID HUMOUR

There is a hilarious daily TV programme called “Crackovia” on Catalan TV which does Football (Sports) sketches of FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, At Madrid & any other Spanish Football related issue of the week or day.Found this on “Youtube” which takes the piss out of Mourinho, Ronaldo & Ozil. The sketch recreates in a humorous fashion the dressing moment straight after the Real Sociedad game. I

MANCHESTER UNITED EYES ATLETICO DE MADRID GOALKEEPER DAVID DE GEA

It’s not the first time that this story has appeared in the Sporting papers. To add wood to the fire, yesterday MANCHESTER UNITED Manager Sir Alex Ferguson was in the crowd to watch the Valencia – At Madrid “Liga” Round 4 clash. One could think that the Scotsman was there to “spy” on Valencia, but what he saw was another brilliant performance from DAVID DE GEA the 19 year old ATLETICO DE MADRID

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SPANISH LEAGUE _ LA LIGA 2010 2011 | ROUND 4 WEDNESDAY NIGHT GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL continued with 4 games tonight of Round 4 as parte of the mid-week SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA - schedule.REAL SPORTING DE GIJON visited a FC BARCELONA team without Lionel Messi but the home side won 1- 0 with a goal from the ex-Sporting star DAVID VILLA now player of Barça. The Spanish International finally scored in the 49th min after Barça dominated with the ball most of the game

REAL MADRID TEAM PHOTO SEASON 2010 - 2011 | THE VIDEO

Thanks to “Youtube” channel “LoveSergio4”, who uploaded the video I have put up here in this particular post. It is today’s VIDEO of the REAL MADRID official 2010-2011 season Team Photo session. You will notice that everyone smarted up for the occasion, even Marcelo who shaved!Hope this gives the many Real Madrid readers a buzz…

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SPANISH LEAGUE _ LA LIGA 2010 2011 | ROUND 4 TUESDAY NIGHT GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL has mid week Round 4 action with the SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA - spread over three days with tonight giving us three top games to enjoy.REAL MADRID defeated ESPANYOL 3-0 with most of the exciting action coming in the 2ºhalf. The first 45 mins were relatively boring except for the penalty given to Real Madrid when a Ronaldo free-kick was hand-balled. It was CRISTIANO RONALDO who

SPANISH FOOTBALL | UJFALUSI TACKLE ANKLE INJURY ON MESSI | AT MADRID FC BARCELONA

The front cover of Spanish Sports daily "Marca" says it all with the title "CHILLING". The tackle from Atletico de Madrid player UJFALUSI on FC Barcelona forward LIONEL MESSI could have cracked the ankle of the player. The Czech player was obviously sent off with a Red Card & later apologized to Messi, but the debate is out on the street that this type of play needs to be seriously punished.The

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SOCCER - SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA 2010 - 2011 | SUNDAY ROUND 3 RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL continued with the Sunday Round 3 matches scheduled as part of the SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA - competition. A total of 5 games with the last game of the Round down for tomorrow night with Deportivo - Getafe up for their clash.ATLETICO DE MADRID , with Sergio Aguero in the starting 11, in the big match against FC BARCELONA lost 1-2 in a game that could have gone Barça´s way 1 - 5

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SOCCER - SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA 2010 - 2011 | SATURDAY ROUND 3 RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL celebrated four games tonight of the SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA - with Round 3 action.REAL MADRID defeated REAL SOCIEDAD 1-2 in an intense & suffered match that was settled in Madrid´s favour by two individual plays. DI MARIA scored his first Liga goal in brilliant fashion in the 51st min & RONALDO scored a free-kick winner in the 74th min. The goal for Real Sociedad came via

FIFA WORLD RANKING | SEPT 2010 | SPAIN Nº1

FIFA has released the September 2010 Football Nations World Ranking with the SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM repeating the Nº1 spot. The defeat of Spain against Argentina earlier in the month at Buenos Aires has taken points away from Spain, 1883 to 1824 pts, but there is still has a sufficient lead over second placed Holland. The notable changes are Slovakia & Norway with big gains in the ranking

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2010 - 2011 | GROUP G RESULT | REAL MADRID 2 AJAX OF AMSTERDAM 0

REAL MADRID defeated AJAX OF AMSTERDAM 2 -0 in the first Group G match of the 2010 - 2011 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE competition. A scoreline that leaves a bitter taste in the fans mouth as it could have easyly been 6-0 or even more. The Dutch team are less effective without their Uruguayan forward Suarez but were very "weak" tonight except for a couple of chances that gave the home team a scare or two.But

OFFICIAL ATLETICO DE MADRID SEASON 2010 - 2011 TEAM PHOTO | VIDEO

This one goes out to all the ATLETICO DE MADRID fans. A video of the season 2010 - 2011 team photo season courtesy of the ClubAupa Atleti!

FC BARCELONA 2010 | LEO MESSI BECOMES CLUBS TOP EUROPEAN GOAL SCORER

Here is a curious piece of information for the FC BARCELONA fan & the Football _ Soccer lover in general. Argentine International & Barça forward LEO MESSI has become the Top Goal Scorer in the History of FC BARCELONA for the Champions League competition. His two goals yesterday against Greek Club Panathianiakos took him pass Brazilian Rivaldo to take his goal tally to 27 goals.List of Top Goal

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2010 -2011 GROUP C D RESULTS | BURSASPOR 0 VALENCIA CF 4 | FC BARCELONA 5 - PANATHINAIKOS 1 | VIDEO TINO COSTA GOAL

SPANISH FOOTBALL got off to a great start in the 2010 - 2011 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Group qualifiers with its two representatives tonight winning their respective games & in magnificent fashion with plenty of goals.VALENCIA CF travelled to Turkey for its Group C opener against Turkish Champs BURSASPOR & won 0 -4. Valencia started in spectacular fashion with his "cracker" from TINO COSTA who scored in

TENNIS : RAFAEL NADAL DEFEATS DJOKOVIC IN 4 SETS TO WIN THE 2010 US OPEN

Many of us here in Spain have woken up this morning to read the best news to open a new day. That Spanish Tennis player RAFAEL NADAL finally managed to finish his rain interrupted match against Novak Djokovic in the Final of the 2010 US OPEN with a 6-4 5-7 6-4 6-2 victory.The 24 year old World Nº1 Tennis Player becames a Tennis Legend to join the select group of Tennis players - seven - who have

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SOCCER | SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA 2010 - 2011 | MONDAY NIGHT MATCH ROUND 2 RESULT

Monday night SPANISH FOOTBALL action with the last game of Round 2 of the SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA - giving a 2 - 2 draw result between ALMERIA & REAL SOCIEDAD. In fact the local team managed a small miracle with Argentine & Almeria player ULLOA scoring the equalizer in the 90th min. Before this REAL SOCIEDAD hit the bar via Griezmann in the 83rd min when Real was 1-2 ahead. Real Socieddad new

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SOCCER | SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA 2010 2011 | ROUND 2 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL continued today with Round 2 of the SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA - with 5 games that gave us all lots of goals.GETAFE defeated LEVANTE 4-1 that tantalized the home crowd. GAVILAN scored twice in the 4th & 91st min along with COLUNGA in the 10th min & ARIZMENDI in the 92nd min. The consolation goal for Levente came via JORDI who scored in the 13th min. If the above match had goals,

FORMULA 1 | FERNANDO ALONSO WINS 2010 ITALIAN GP AT MONZA

Good news from Monza (Italy) the home of Ferrari & for Spanish Sports with the victory of Spanish Formula 1 driver FERNANDO ALONSO in the Italian GP. The Ferrari driver won his third F1 race this season putting in a fantastic performance after Button overtook him early in the start & then retook the lead after a dramatic & perfect pit stop that put Alonso back ahead & onto the victory. Part of

THE IVAN RUIZ STORY | HOW " BBVA CRACKS TV " ATLETICO DE MADRID SHATTERED HIS DREAMS & "DISTORTED" OTHERS | FALSE ADVERTISNG ?

This is an interesting & very human story on how Big Business “distorts” information, blemishes the image of Football, idols who eventually show how really "human" they are & in the process shatter the hopes & dreams of young people. Here is the brief & the rundown.Last season the current Spanish League Corporative sponsor of the 1º Division & 2º Division, the Spanish Bank “BBVA”, approved &

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SOCCER | SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA 2010 2011 | ROUND 2 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA - celebrated four games of Round 2 tonight with teams that will participate in mid week European clashes. The Round has its big news in the result & defeat of current Spanish League Champion FC Barcelona against newly promoted Hercules, to which rivals Real Madrid took advantage winning their match.FC BARCELONA lost 0-2 at home to HERCULES of Alicante to give the shock

SPANISH U 21 NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM | CROATIA OPPONENT IN QUALIFIER

The Spanish U 21 National Football Team has the following objectives: Classify for the European U 21 Championships to be held in Denmark in June 2011 Participate in the 2012 Olympic Games in London. However before reaching those two goals Spain must defeat Croatia, the National Team that has been matched against them in today’s UEFA U 21 draw where the winners of the Group

FC BARCELONA 2010 | THE CLUB WITH MOST FANS IN EUROPE

German Sports consultancy "Sport Markt" has released its "Football Top 20" report for 2010. This report is a survey that gives the estimated number of fans (admirers) per European Clubs. This is how the consultancy explains the survey:The "Football Top 20" study analyses the popularity of domestic and international top football clubs in 17 European countries (

CHELSEA FC EYES SEVILLA FC WINGER JESUS NAVAS?

The news comes out of Italy & from the web “calciomercato.it”. According to this online media source specialized in European Football, English Premier League Club CHELSEA FC could make a 20M€ offer to SEVILLA FC for its young Spanish International winger JESUS NAVAS.The move would be during the Winter “transfer window” & taking advantage of the fact that the players contract with Sevilla FC ends

BASKETBALL | 2010 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS | SERBIA KNOCKS OUT SPAIN 92 - 89

The 2006 World & 2009 European Champs SPAIN was 89 points with Serbia equal with 89 points as well & 29 seconds left to go of normal time. The Serbs had the ball & waited thinking in extra-time & then Teodosic decides with 4 seconds left ( above image) to try his luck from 10 mts, & he scores a 3 pointer to take Serbia 92 – 89. With 3 seconds left, Spain had no margin to react & were knocked

VIDEO | THIAGO SERGIO CANALES U 21 SPANISH TEAM FREE KICK GOAL AGAINST POLAND

Here is the VIDEO that shows some smart free-kick strategy that won a vital game for the SPANISH U 21 NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM against Poland. Midfielder Thiago finds Sergio Canales who puts in the goal & the winner. Final score 0 -1Poland u21 - Spain u21 0-1If you are not able to watch the video it maybe because you have Chrome Navegator

SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM | SOCIAL MEDIA

Social Media is taking off in a big way with everyone, especially the Spanish Football Players, who upload plenty of comments, videos & photos on their Facebook & Twitter accounts. Xabi Alonso, Arbeloa, Sergio Ramos, Iniesta, Cesc Fabregas etc wish to stay in touch with their fans & that is great!Here are two examples of photos on Twitter were the players are delighted to step on the Boca Juniors

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY 2010 | FINAL RESULT ARGENTINA 4 SPAIN 1

ARGENTINA has defeated the current World Champions SPAIN 4 - 1 in the International Friendly game played in the Argentine Capital Buenos Aires. Firstly, Argentina deserved the win & played an great match to win back some lost pride after a disappointing South African World Cup campaign. The home side went in concentrated & went in to win this game at all cost putting in a glamour starting line-up

SPANISH U 21 NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM | CANALES KEEPS SPAIN ALIVE WITH GOAL | POLAND 0 SPAIN 1

It was very close to ruin & nerves were on the edge of all Spanish spectators as the SPANISH NATIONAL U 21 FOOTBALL TEAM managed to win 0 -1 POLAND to maintain itself in the running for the London Olympic Games 2012. It was a must win match for Spain who suffered under a very competitive Poland team that did not make things easy with an excellent & disciplined defence that stopped Spain most of

IFFHS TOP WORLD GOAL SCORER RANKING SEPT 2010 | DIEGO FORLAN ON TOP

The FIFA backed “International Federation of Football History & Statistics” (IFFHS) maintains Uruguayan & ATLETICO DE MADRID forward DIEGO FORLAN as the current Top World Goal Scorer. Excellent news for the player who is candidate for this years FIFA Golden Ball which will be announce at the end of the year. Spanish International & newly signed FC Barcelona forward DAVID VILLA is currently in

FOOTBALL FINANCE | REAL MADRID TOP WORLD FOOTBALL SHIRT SELLER

Here is some interesting Football Finance news that I think may interest the Spanish Football Sports Blog readers.Finance expert Dr. Peter Rohlmann publishes in “Sportintelligence” a study from 2005 – 2009 on the sales of Football Club shirts throughout the World. His final results are that REAL MADRID along with English Club Manchester United are the highest sellers of Football shirts in the

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY 2010 | POSSIBLE SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM STARTING 11 AGAINST ARGENTINA

The SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM is currently in Buenos Aires preparing itself for tomorrows "juicy" International Friendly match against ARGENTINA. Its going to be more than just a friendly kick around as Argentina wishes to "clean" its bad memory of South Africa & Spain wishes to defend its World Champions title.Spanish Coach Vicente Del Bosque (above) however wishes to take off some wood

ENZO ZIDANE | THE DILEMMA : PLAY FOR SPAIN OR PLAY FOR FRANCE?

ENZO ZIDANE is the 15 year old son of World Football French Legend ZINEDINE ZIDANE & is currently lifting eyebrows here in the REAL MADRID junior team & with Spanish Football observers. The youngster has apparently inherited the style & playing finesse of his father & may soon make a serious jump in level in his early career which calls for a mayor decision.Enzo was born in France in 1995 & also

DID INTER MILAN OFFER REAL MADRID SAMUEL ETO´O FOR 25M€? IF TRUE, WHY DID REAL MADRID REJECT THE OFFER?

The rumour is hot in Italy, so hot that it has not gone away even after the players transfer period window shut last Wednesday the 1st of September. Did INTER MILAN really offer SAMUEL ETO´O to REAL MADRID? It’s the talk of the “Calcio”, gossip that has reached Spanish media who are now analyzing if true & if Real Madrid missed a bargain.The apparent idea according to the rumour was that Inter

EURO 2012 GROUP QUALIFIER RESULT | LIECHTENSTEIN 0 SPAIN 4 | VIDEO GOALS

The SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM defeated 0 – 4 LIECHTENSTEIN in the first Group match qualifier for the EURO 2012 competition. A near perfect exhibition that gave a few headlines:• An outstanding Andres Iniesta who put in another exhibition to reinforce his FIFA Golden Ball candidacy• The recovery of FERNANDO TORRES with two brilliant goals signalling that he is back after a difficult knee

FIFA GOLDEN BALL 2010 | XAVI HERNNADEZ VOTED WINNERS BY SPANISH INTERNET READERS

It is still three months away before this years FIFA GOLDEN BALL winner is decided & announced. The Marketing Machine has its motor running with full gas as a string of comments have been made public by Football personalities & media with their opinions on who deserves the prize. Real Madrid Coach José Mourinho gave his opinion that the winner should be Wesley Sneijder, Manchester United Coach

EURO 2012 GROUP QUALIFIER | SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM PROBABLE STARTING LINE-UP AGAINST LIECHTENSTEIN

The SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM , & current FIFA World Champion, kicks off tonight its defence of the European Champions title won back in 2008 with its first Group game qualifier away against LIECHTENSTEIN. The Group is made up of other teams like Scotland, Lithuania & Czech Rep all playing for spots in the 2012 Euro Championships to be held in Poland/Ukraine.In theory Spain should not have

EUROPEAN U 21 2010 | CANALES GUIDES SPAIN TO A 2 - 1 WIN OVER HOLLAND

The endeavour is a difficult one. Attempt to finish second in its Group (4) & hope that they – the SPANISH U 21 NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM – are amongst the 4 Best 2ºnd placed teams to go into the elimination phase against the Group winners for the London Olympic Games.First step conquered tonight as SPAIN defeated group leaders HOLLAND 2-1 with a grand performance from Real Madrid youngster SERGIO

REAL MADRID 2010 | THE END OF THE DUTCH CONNECTION

Once upon a time REAL MADRID had six Dutch players in their squad for a cost of 123M€ paid to have their services. Today, & with the departure of Rafael Van Ver Vaart to Tottenham, the number of Dutch players in the team is zero.To get to that zero, Real Madrid sold them for a price of 63M€ (- 60M€ loss) & Drenthe loaned out to Spanish Club Hercules. Here is a clear summary:Van der Vaart. Signed

REAL MADRID TRANSFER VAN DER VAART TO TOTTENHAM

REAL MADRID has come to an agreement with English Club TOTTENHAM for the transfer of midfielder RAFAEL VAN DER VAART. The operation is speculated to be around 11M€However there could be a problem with the shutting of the English transfer market period. Both Clubs insist that the agreement was finalized before zero hour - shutting time. The paper work on the otherhand may have arrive late & here

ATLETICO DE MADRID TRANSFERS MIDFIELDER JURADO TO SCHALKE 04

Hi guys. Was invited yesterday to watch Atletico de Madrid & Sporting de Gijon at the Vicente Calderon stadium & had a great time watching Atletico win 4-0. I also watched Atletico player JURADO play his last game with Atletico, as it is official that he has been transferred to SCHALKE 04The German Club pays 13M€ & offers the player 4 seasons with a 4.5M€ salary per year. An offer dificult to

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SOCCER - SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA 2010 - 2011 | SUNDAY ROUND 1 RESULTS

More SPANISH FOOTBALL with the scheduled Sunday games of Round 1º of the SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA - in action with 6 matches. Note that tomorrow Atletico de Madrid & Sporting Gijon will play the last scheduled match of Round 1º at 22.00. Sp time.FC BARCELONA travelled to RACING DE SANTANDER & basically continued were they left things last season as Spanish Champions winning very comfortably 0-3.

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SOCCER - SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA 2010 - 2011 | SATURDAY ROUND 1 RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL officially kicked off tonight with three matches of the SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA - season 2010 - 2011. Many of us were going through Football "cold turkey" & welcome this start to ease the nerves. Three matches that were not disappointing & sets it further up nicely for the remaining ROUND 1 games tomorrow & Monday.Newly promoted HERCULES de Alicante hosted ATHLETIC DE BILBAO in

AC MILAN MAKES OFFICIAL THE SIGNING - TRANSFER OF ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC FROM FC BARCELONA

FC BARCELONA has transferred forward ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC to AC MILAN after 5 hours of intense negotiations this afternoon with all parties involved. A year ago Barça paid Inter Milan 45M€ + Samuel Eto´o (= 75M€) to sell him tonight for 24M€. Surreal turn of events in 24 hours as yesterday the price was 40M€, but there is more to this than first meets the eyes. In the future we may really know what

UEFA SUPER CUP 2010 | ATLETICO DE MADRID TEAM PHOTO

Managed to find this image of the ATLETICO DE MADRID TEAM PHOTO season 2010 - 2011, or better said, the UEFA Super Cup 2010 starting line-up team photo against Inter Milan & that won the trophy 0-2.

FC BARCELONA AC MILAN RETURN TO LOAN OPTION ( WITH TWIST) FOR IBRAHIMOVIC

The ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC situation with FC BARCELONA & negotiations with AC MILAN continue with new developments according the Barcelona based Sports papers. Apparently all sides have returned to the original formula of a LOAN, but with a twist.The idea now is that Barça LOAN Ibrahimovic to AC Milan this year with an obligatory clause that forces Milan to buy the player at the end of the season.

2010 UEFA SUPER CUP | INTER MILAN 0 ATLETICO DE MADRID 2

SPANISH FOOTBALL has another title via ATLETICO DE MADRID who defeated the current Champions League Champions INTER MILAN 0 - 2 to take the 2010 UEFA SUPER CUP. Its the first time ever that the Spanish Club wins this trophy & in the process stops Inter in achieving the possibility of equaling the FC Barcelona record breaking 6 titles in one single season.It was a brilliant & complete match from

EUROPA LEAGUE 2010 - 2011 GROUP DRAW | ATLETICO DE MADRID SEVILLA FC IN TOUGH GROUPS

GROUP A: Juventus, Manchester City, Salzburgo & KKS Lech Poznan.GROUP B: ATLETICO DE MADRID, Bayer Leverkusen, Rosenborg & Aris Salonica.GROUP C: Sporting Lisboa, Lille, Levski Sofía & Gante.GROUP D: VILLARREAL, Brujas, Dynamo Zagreb & PAOK.GROUP E: AZ Alkmaar, Dynamo Kiev, BATE Borisov & FC Sheriff.GROUP F: CSKA Moscow, Palermo, Sparta Praga & Lausanne-Sport,GROUP G: Zenit St Petersburg,

FC BARCELONA LIVERPOOL FC COME TO AN AGREEMENT TO TRANSFER JAVIER MASCHERANO

FC BARCELONA & LIVERPOOL FC have come to an initial agreement for the transfer of midfielder JAVIER MASCHERANO. The English Club has "given" official permission for Barça to talk with their player so they can shut an agreement. It is expected that this part will have very little problems & that Javier Mascherano will fly to Barcelona this weekend to pass the medical exams & sign.The deal is