SFS FLASHBACKS | SPANISH BASKETBALL | DRAZEN PETROVIC

Found this priceless video on "youtube" (thanks to "CroPETROforever") of when REAL MADRID ruled SPANISH BASKETBALL. That reign ( the 80s) was made even more glorious thanks to Croatian DRAZEN PETROVIC who was the finest European Basketball Player that I have ever seen in Spanish or European Basketball

The player left Real Madrid for the NBA (USA), being a poineer to open the way for other

SPANISH FOOTBALL | ROUND 25 MONDAY NIGHT REUSLT | MALAGA 3 ALMERIA 1

The Spanish Football League ended Round 25 with the Monday Night LIGA match between MALAGA & ALMERIA with the victory going 3 - 1 to the home team. A desperate win for Malaga who are bottomed placed & need all the points they can muster up to attempt to get out & not get caught in the relegation zone.



Malaga - Almeria: Spanish Soccer 2011

It was Almeria that looked good early & was playing

SPANISH FOOTBALL LEADING GOAL SCORER - EL PICHICHI - AFTER ROUND 25 SEASON 2010-2011

Firstly , please accept my apologies for the Spanish Football League Leading Goal-scorer "widget" on the right hand side. I have contacted the Football website that they are not updating the goal scoring tally & they have not responded. The site in question -  "Footbo.com" -  has been losing its "attraction" for some months with some poor service that leaves you wondering why they are still

REAL MADRID | KAKA | PATIENCE IS WEARING THIN

Some say that KAKA came from AC MILAN with injury. Some say that the Brazilian had the 2010 World Cup as his main objective with Brazil & thus placed REAL MADRID as a secondary obligation. The last accusation is out of line & I personally doubt it 100 % , but here are some numbers from the ex FIFA World Player:

9 goals from 33 games ( 8 in 25 Liga matches; 1 in 7 Champions League)



Kaka with

ROUND 25 SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL action this Sunday via LA LIGA & its Round 25 with four matches scheduled. Here is a brief summary of events, the results & the scorers.



Caicedo scores for Levante

LEVANTE settled their game with OSASUNA in 10 explosive minutes with a 2 -1 victory. The game reached its maximum height in the 41st min when PANDIANI put Osasuna ahead. Then Levante reacted in deadly fashion with

SPANISH FOOTBALL ROUND 25 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS & SURPRISE

SPANISH FOOTBALL action tonight with five matches scheduled as part of Round 25 of the La Liga.


A 0 - 0 draw result between REAL SPORTING DE GIJON & REAL ZARAGOZA with both teams taking a point each. Not much to really add here at all.



Atletico de Madrid - Sevilla FC

Great game between ATLETICO DE MADRID & SEVILLA FC with a 2 -2 draw. It was end to end stuff with the home side having to

ATLETICO DE MADRID MAKES 18M€ OFFER FOR LAMEAL OF RIVER PLATE ?

ATLETICO DE MADRID is a fascinating Club. While there is a debate to whether the Clubs debt is +700€ o +182M€ ( a big difference) an issue that has the Club in courts against those who published the first, the Spanish Football Club is reported from Argentina to have made a 18M€ offer to RIVER PLATE for their "creative" midfielder LAMELA.



Lamela in action

The 19 year old is also said by media

REAL MADRID FOLLOWING JAVI MARQUEZ OF RCD ESPANYOL ?

According to Spanish Sports paper "AS", REAL MADRID is following RCD ESPANYOL player JAVI MARQUEZ. Apparently the player left a "glowing" impression on Real Madrid Coach José Mourinho last time both teams played & he has asked his "men" to follow the Espanyol player.



Javi Marquez  Spanish Football talent

The 24 year old has many Clubs interested, from Valencia to Clubs in the English Premier

VILLAREAL 2 NAPOLES 1 | VILLAREAL GO THROUGH TO KEEP THE SPANISH FLAG FLYING

Fantastic news for Spanish Football as VILLAREAL won 2 - 1 Italian Club NAPOLES to go on in the EUROPA LEAGUE competition. It was never going to be easy & the Italians put up a good game & fight but were overcome by a more determined & better Villareal.



Nilmar scores for Villareal

The Italian team via TAMSIK scored first in the 16th min to make us all wonder if the Spanish team could pull

OPORTO 0 SEVILLA 1 | SEVILLA FC ELIMINATED FROM THE EUROPA LEAGUE

SEVILLA FC was always going to find things very difficult at Portugal after losing 1 - 2 in the 1º leg of their EUROPA LEAGUE clash with OPORTO. Tonight they managed to win the 2º leg match against Oporto 0 - 1 but was eliminated. The away leg result was not enough for the Spanish Club & leave the competition with their heads high although that won´t matter much now with the elimination so fresh

OLYMPIQUE LYON 1 REAL MADRID 1 | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 1º ST LEG RESULT

REAL MADRID managed to leave Lyon with a valuable 1 - 1 draw in their 1º leg clash with French Club OLYMPIQUE LYON in CHAMPIONS LEAGUE. Finally the Spanish side manage to score a goal at Lyon & it was a Frenchman from Lyon that had to break the "bad luck" spell.



Benzema scores for Real Madrid

The first half goes to Lyon as they suffocated Real Madrid with pressure Football, with a very

ARSENAL FC SIGNS JON TORAL 16 YEAR OLD FC BARCELONA PEARL

There was a very heated arguement last week in the VIP Boxes of the "Emirates Stadium" (London) between FC BARCELONA President Sandro Rosell & ARSENAL FC Chief Executive Ivan Gazdis before the Champions League match between both Clubs. The cause of the anger was 16 year old FC BARCELONA junior midfield player JON MIQUEL TORAL HARPER 





Jon Toral Harper



ARSENAL FC has signed the player for

REAL SOCIEDAD 1 REAL MALLORCA 0 | SPANISH FOOTBALL ROUND 24 MONDAY NIGHT RESULT

There was Spanish Football action last night in the now habitual Monday night & last game of Round 24 of the Spanish League - La Liga. Firstly , excuse me readers & fans for not posting the result last night as was out & got back late :O)




Raul Tamudo scores winner for Real Sociedad


REAL SOCIEDAD was last year were in 2º Division & now is 8th on the Spanish Football League table just 3º

OBAMA AT ATLETICO DE MADRID | FUTURE PROMISE

Did you know ATLETICO DE MADRID has OBAMA? No, not US President Barack Obama, but SALOMON BARACK ( 04.02.2000) a young Football player from African country Equatorial Guinea, a Spanish speaking nation which was an ex-Spanish colony.

The 11 year old kid is a goal scoring machine & is looking like heading towards bigger things after Atletico de Madrid defeated Real Madrid 3 - 5 yesterday big "

GOALKEEPER ARANZUBIA DEPOR SCORES GOAL AGAINST ALMERIA | SPANISH FOOTBALL ROUND 24

Here is the video of Goalkeeper DANI ARANZUBIA scoring the equalizer for DEPORTIVO in the 95th min against ALMERIA. It was a Round 24 match of the Spanish Football League - La Liga & Almeria was about to take the victory with a 1 - 0 lead. The Deportivo goalkeeper kicks out of this area & flies the ball into the Almeria goal area were it gets an Almeria deflection & onto to a last corner for

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA | ROUND 24 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL action this Sunday with six matches on the calendar for Round 24 of the Spanish League - La Liga. Lets examine the games with a brief summary of results & the scorers. 



Villareal let slip three points

VILLAREAL drew with bottom placed MALAGA 1 - 1 & allowed the three points to slip through their fingers. Villareal played much better but paid dearly for not transforming their

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LIGA RESULTS | ROUND 24 SATURDAY GAMES

Three games celebrated tonight as part of Round 24 of Spanish Football League - La Liga. Lets take a brief look at events, the results & the scorers in tonight's matches.



Valencia CF - Sporting Gijon 

VALENCIA CF could not manage to break the REAL SPORTING DE GIJON defensive wall & finished with a 0 - 0 draw. Sporting showed that their draw with FC Barcelona last week was not a fluke &

ATLETICO DE MADRID | PINOCCHIO PART II | A SUSPICION

The 9th of February  I posted an article here on ATLETICO DE MADRID & the rumours about the possible selling of SERGIO AGUERO &/or DIEGO FORLAN at the end of the season. I titled the post "ATLETICO DE MADRID | SERGIO AGUERO | PINOCCHIO",  basically saying I did not believe a word from Atletico Directives that they would not sell under any circumstances Aguero & finished with Forlan as already a

VILLAREAL OK SEVILLA FC KO | EUROPA LEAGUE GAMES RESULTS

Two Spanish Football Clubs had EUROPA LEAGUE - last 16 team stage - duties tonight with mixed results. Here is a brief summary with results & the scorers.



Rossi in action for Villareal

A fiercely competitive & intense match for VILLAREAL who played 2º placed Italian Serie A team NAPOLES at Italy. The game was balanced all night & it ended in a 0 - 0  draw result after the Spaniards cancelled

ARSENAL 2 FC BARCELONA 1 | 1st LEG CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RESULT

Magnificent CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - last 16 teams stage - 1º leg clash between ARSENAL FC & FC BARCELONA that gave all the spectators a wonderful 90 mins of World Class Football. The final result was 2 - 1 victory to Arsenal that gives them the comfort to travel to Barcelona for the 2º leg match although Barça take a valuable away goal that could end up being vital.



David Villa

Arsenal started on

SPANISH FOOTBALL | VALENCIA CF TEAM PHOTO 2011

Finally managed to find a team photo of Spanish Football Club VALENCIA CF. There are many Valencia fans throughout the global & habitual readers of Spanish Football Sports Blog that may enjoy the image & thus satisfy a few emails I have been getting requesting such image. Below is the Valencia starting 11 team photo in yesterdays Champions League match against Schalke 04. 



Top: Guaita, Topal,

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RESULT 1st LEG | VALENCIA CF 1 SCHALKE 04 1

The EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE competition began again tonight with the last 16 team stage with Spanish Football Club VALENCIA CF hosting German Team SCHALKE 04 in their 1º leg match. The final result was a 1 - 1 draw after an intense, rapid & chances filled game of soccer.



Raul scores for Schalke 04

The first half was basically all Valencia CF dominanting & creating chances. One of those

LIONEL MESSI JOSE MOURINHO TOP WORLD MEDIA FIGURES IN WORLD FOOTBALL

Some interesting Football & Maketing news handed in today by the prestigious Economics Faculty of the Spanish University of Navarra in its annual report on which World Football - Soccer personalities are the most meteoric with the World media & thus their value as World News.



Lionel Messi 2011


The most meteoric figure with World media is FC BARCELONA player LIONEL MESSI with 20. 7 points

MALLORCA 1 - AT BILBAO 0 | MONDAY NIGHT GAME RESULT | SPANISH FOOTBALL ROUND 23

Round 23 of the Spanish Football League has given us all weekend some surprise result, & tonight with the last match there has´nt been any exception. Tonight REAL MALLORCA played with ATHLETIC DE BILBAO to close the Round with the now habitual Monday night match.



Webo scores the winner

The final result was a  1 - 0 victory for Real Mallorca thanks to the goal scored by WEBO in the 11th min.

IFFHS | FC BARCELONA NAMED BEST TEAM OF THE 1º DECADE OF THE 21st CENTURY

Its official. FC BARCELONA has been named the "Best Team of the 1º Decade" (2001- 2010) in European Football by the FIFA backed institution the "IFFHS" ( International Federation of Football History & Statistics). All the details are on the IFFHS Web page & as the organizations comments:

"FC Barcelona will be honoured as Europe’s Club of the 1st Decade on occasion of the World Football Gala 2011

RONALDO RETIRES FROM FOOTBALL | TIME TO SAY GOODBYE

Ronaldo Luis Nazário de Lima, RONALDO, has announced his retirement from Football at the age of 34 years of age. The players body just instead the same & as he himself says, the body does not want to do what the mind thinks. According to Spanish media the player will give his last press conference this afternoon (Sp.Time) to communicate the news. Arguably the Best Number Nine that Football has

SPANISH FOOTBALL RESULTS | ROUND 23 | SUNDAY NIGHT GAMES

Six matches of Round 23 played tonight as part of the Spanish Football League with some incredible matches & come back performances. Here are the results & scorers 



Levante player Caicedo was decisive

LEVANTE continue with their good momentum with another win with a 1 - 0 result against REAL ALMERIA. The decisive player was "that man again" CAICEDO who scored the only & winning goal in the

SPANISH BASKETBALL | RESULT SPANISH "KINGS" CUP FINAL | REGAL BARCELONA WINS TITLE

We had SPANISH BASKETBALL action tonight with REGAL BARCELONA winning the SPANISH "KINGS" CUP FINAL after defeating REAL MADRID 60 - 68 & thus take the title for a consecutive year.



Barcelona wins the 2011 Spanish Kings Cup

Barcelona now has 22 Spanish "King" Cup titles equalling Real Madrid. The MVP was awarded to Barça player ANDERSON who had a fantastic night with 19 points. Lastly, as a

SPANISH FOOTBALL | ROUND 23 | SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS WITH SURPRISE

Here is the  SPANISH FOOTBALL summary via the Spanish League which celebrated three games tonight as part of the Round 23 fixture with the following results & scorers.



Atletico de Madrid in "dire straits"/source:efe

The above picture says it all, ATLETICO DE MADRID lost 1 - 2 against VALENCIA CF to extend their run of loses, open up further the doubts over Coach Quique Sanchez & speed up the

THE GUARDIAN - XAVI HERNANDEZ INTERVIEW

Great interview given by Spanish Football International & FC Barcelona midfield ace XAVI HERNANDEZ to English newspaper "The Guardian" which I place here & recommend you click over to have a read below the main picture.



FC Barcelona player Xavi Hernandez

"I'm a romantic..."


I have taken from "The Guardian" Interview ( thanks guys!) the impressive Football Honours that Xavi has to his name:

REAL MADRID CESC FABREGAS | PREPARING A 60M€ OFFER?

Guys, I just inform you & I suppose that many readers who are far away from Spain & Europe may appreciate to be informed of what´s "cooking" locally in Spanish Football. Below is the front page of todays Spanish Sports daily "Marca", a paper known for its over-zealous hype building & news scoops to marketing their imagined superiority over rival media. This strategy somethings leads to "

ATLETICO DE MADRID TEAM PHOTO 2011

Thought the ATLETICO DE MADRID fans around the World may wish to have the latest Team photo. The below image is the starting 11 against FC Barcelona.  



Atletico de Madrid 2011
De Gea, Tiago, Ujfalusi, Valera, Filipe Luis y Godin
Reyes, Agüero, Merida, Assunçao & Antonio López

Yes, you also noticed it, Diego Forlan did not start against FC Barcelona.

To end, just some information that may

HUMOUR | FAN LOSES HIS PANTS OVER LIONEL MESSI AT BARCELONA AIRPORT

Here is a light humour post to give you a true human story. Let me put you in the picture.

LIONEL MESSI returned to Barcelona today from Zurich where the night before he played for Argentina in a Friendly International against Portugal. All fine & normal up to this point.

At the Airport the famous World Nº1 Football player grabbed the attention of a fan, a zealous fan at that, who followed

DELOITTE REPORT | REAL MADRID RICHEST CLUB IN THE WORLD FOR SIXTH YEAR CONSECUTIVE

International Financial Consultancy firm DELOITTE has released its 44 page annual report on the state of the revenues generated by the Football – Soccer Clubs. REAL MADRID leads the list of Richest Football Clubs for the 6th year consecutive & is 9.2% up from last report with FC BARCELONA second & the remaining 4 Clubs staying unchanged in their positions from the last report.



REAL MADRID CF

SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM | IKER CASILLAS MOST CAPPED PLAYER IN ALL CATEGORIES

Just some trivia for Spanish Football fans & followers around the World.

Spanish National Football Team Captain & goalkeeper, apart from Real Madrid player, IKER CASILLAS became last night the highest "capped" player is the history ( in all categories) of the Spanish National Team.



Spanish goalkeeper IKER CASLLAS

Iker Casillas overtakes another goalkeeper & Spanish legend ANDONI ZUBIZARRETA

SPAIN 1 COLOMBIA 0 | INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY MATCH RESULT

The reigning World Champions SPAIN won 1 - 0 COLOMBIA in tonights Friendly International match played at the "Santiago Bernabeu Stadium" (Madrid). A very difficult game with a very serious & physical Colombian side that had their chances but missed plenty of opportunities. They gave the Spanish Football Team a good knock around & it was only some individual magic from Navas & Silva that saved the

ATLETICO DE MADRID | SERGIO AGUERO | PINOCCHIO

The message was directly aimed at the ATLETICO DE MADRID members & the fan base; a multitude who are very angry with the Clubs Directives & with some players who are not thinking in the Club but more about their future. Added to this the team has entered a downward spiral course that is putting in threat the only objective left of this season: to finish in the Champions League classification

ANDER HERRERA SPANISH FOOTBALL YOUNG PROMISE | ATHLETIC DE BILBAO NEW PLAYER

ANDER HERRERA scored the winner for the U-21 Spanish Football Team yesterday against Denmark in their International Friendly. The 21 year old has also been signed by Athletic de Bilbao from Real Zaragoza for next season for 8M€ making the young promise the 2º nd highest paid for a player by Athletic de Bilbao. Due to the Bilbao Club history long policy of only having players with a Basque

SPAIN 2 DENMARK 1 | U-21 INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY RESULT

SPANISH FOOTBALL U-21 NATIONAL TEAM defeated DENMARK 2 - 1 in their Friendly International game played tonight in the city of Gualadajara. 



Spain scores against Denmark

The first half saw a well positioned Denmark side allowing Spain the initiative & using the counter-attack as their main weapon. Spain was playing well & had their chances while Denmark made the odd incursion via the wings.

ARSENAL FC EYES SEVILLA FC JESUS NAVAS AGAIN?

Spanish Football media has picked up a news "flash" from English radio programe "Talk Sport" which although maybe just healthy speculation has made ripples down towards the Iberian peninsula.

The talk is that English Premier League Club ARSENAL FC has once again put its sights on SEVILLA FC winger & Spanish International JESUS NAVAS. I mention again because Arsenal has had Navas on their agenda

SPANISH SPORTS - FOOTBALL RECEIVE MORE WORLD PRIZES FOR AN EXTRAORDINARY 2010

Night of big prizes for SPANISH SPORTS, in particular in the SPANISH FOOTBALL & SPANISH TENNIS areas, as the SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM won the 2010 "Best Team" LAUREUS AWARD, along with Spanish World Nº 1 Tennis player RAFAEL NADAL awarded his second LAUREUS AWARD as "Sportman of the Year".

But the awards did not stop here as Spanish Football International forward DAVID VILLA was also

CRISTIANO RONALDO BACK CONTROL | "ESPALDINHA"

In case you missed it yesterday during the REAL MADRID Spanish Legaue match, here is a video of a CRISTIANO RONALDO "party - piece" against Real Sociedad. Unfortunately the referee called the play off-side but that does not take away the skill & execution.

SPANISH FOOTBALL - SPANISH LEAGUE | ROUND 22 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL action tonight with three games of Round 22 in the Spanish League after the other 7 were all played last night. Here are brief summaries of the matches, results & the scorers.



Sevilla FC player Luis Fabiano against Malaga
defender Demichelis

SEVILLA FC drew 0 - 0 against MALAGA in a "Southern Spain" derby that showed more than anything else that Sevilla is not firing on all

FC BARCELONA BREAKS SPANISH FOOTBALL - LEAGUE RECORD WITH 16 STRAIGHT WINS

Bit of trivia for global Barça fans & Football fans alike.

The FC BARCELONA 3 - 0 victory over Atletico de Madrid in Round 22 of the Spanish League yesterday gave this particular Barça side another SPANISH FOOTBALL record.



FC Barcelona 2010 - 2011

Barça broke the record previously held by Real Madrid of 15 consecutive victories in the Spanish League. Real Madrid under its star Di Stefano

SPANISH FOOTBALL - SOCCER ROUND 22 SATURDAY NIGHT RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL action tonight with Round 22 of the Spanish League with seven matches scheduled & plenty of goals. Here is a quick summary of the games, results & scorers. 




David Lopez scores for Bilbao

ATHLETIC DE BILBAO won 3 - 0 REAL SPORTING DE GIJON in a game "scared" by an early 15th min red card to Sporting defender Gregory that left Sporting in a serious disadvantage thereafter.

SPANISH FOOTBALL FLASHBACK | 19 September 2009 Round 3 | FC BARCELONA 5 AT.MADRID 2

Big game in SPANISH FOOTBALL tonight as part of Round 22 of the Spanish League, the always exciting FC Barcelona - Atletico de Madrid clash. These encounters have traditionally been high scoring games that have tantalize spectators & fans.


Atletico de Madrid is looking to win back some pride tonight, lost form & grab three vital points so as to not lose the "Euro classification table"

CHELSEA FC UNVEIL NEW FERNANDO TORRES SONG | VIDEO

New star Chelsea FC signing Spanish International forward FERNANDO TORRES now has a song at his new Club. Yes, Chelsea could not be less than Liverpool & have notched up a song that smell every little bit of it as pure Marketing as the "publicity machine" kicks off to recoup part of the Investment in sponsorships & merchandising.

The only negative bit is the "fake" Spanish accent from Chris

SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM LIST ANNOUNCED FOR COLOMBIA INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY

SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM Selector & Coach Vicente del Bosque has handed in his list of 21 Spanish Football players to make up the squad for the upcoming International Friendly against COLOMBIA on the 9th of February. This match also serves as a trainer for the soon to return Euro Group qualifiers & to keep the team tuned. The novelty is the absence of FC Barcelona defender Carles Puyol who

REAL MADRID - SERGIO AGUERO | OFFER 28M€ + ALVARO NEGREDO ?

The connection REAL MADRID - SERGIO AGUERO intensifies on a daily basis even though it still is on the rumour level. Spanish Sports paper "Marca" - with a reputation of exaggerating & looking for exclusives at all costs: real or false - publish on their front cover that Real Madrid has "prepared" a package to offer ATLETICO DE MADRID for forward SERGIO AGUERO. According to the "spot light" hungry

SPANISH CUP RESULTS | 2º LEG SEMI FINAL | ALMERIA 0 - FC BARCELONA 3 | REAL MADRID 2 - SEVILLA FC 0

We have the two finalists that will meet on the 20th of April in the final of the SPANISH CUP after tonights 2º leg semi-final clashes that saw FC BARCELONA & REAL MADRID win their ties & set up another "Clasico" of Spanish Football.

The last time Real Madrid lifted the Spanish Cup was in 1993 & from there to today the walk across the Spanish Cup "desert" has been more painful than the years of

SPAIN STILL NUMBER ONE IN FIFA WORLD RANKING FOR FEBRUARY

FIFA has released its monthly list of Top World National Football Teams with SPAIN retaining the Number One ranking. There has been little to really calculate for FIFA since last month except the Doha International matches & the more recent Asian Cup games were Japan won the title & lifted them 12 positions to place them in the 17th spot on the World ranking.

Below is the Top 15 list of National

SPANISH FOOTBALL | THE IN - OUT | SPANISH LEAGUE CLUBS | WINTER TRANSFER MARKET

The transfer “2011 Winter Market” ended at 00.00 today with the following moves in Spanish Football & with the Spanish League Clubs. Below is a complete list of Spanish League – Liga Clubs & their players in – out guide:


:: Barcelona: New: Affelay. Out: Rochina (Blackburn).
:: Real Madrid: New: Adebayor. Out: Diarra (Mónaco), Mateos (AEK).
:: Villarreal: New: Cicinho. Out: Montero (Levante).
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