REAL MADRID vs TOTTENHAM | FC BARCELONA vs SHAKHTAR D | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Q/FINAL DRAW

The CHAMPIONS LEAGUE draw for the quarter finals, semi finales & the final have been held at UEFA Headquarters in France with Spanish Club REAL MADRID CF matched up with English Premier League Club TOTTENHAM HOTSPURS & the other Spanish representative FC BARCELONA to meet SHAKHTAR. D in the quarter finals.

The Q/Final dates are the 1º leg games the 5 / 6 th of April with the return 2ºleg down

REAL MADRID vs TOTTENHAM | FC BARCELONA vs SHAKHTAR D | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Q/FINAL DRAW

The CHAMPIONS LEAGUE draw for the quarter finals, semi finales & the final have been held at UEFA Headquarters in France with Spanish Club REAL MADRID CF matched up with English Premier League Club TOTTENHAM HOTSPURS & the other Spanish representative FC BARCELONA to meet SHAKHTAR. D in the quarter finals.

The Q/Final dates are the 1º leg games the 5 / 6 th of April with the return 2ºleg down

REAL MADRID CF STARTING 11 TEAM PHOTO | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE vs LYON - 2º LEG | 2011

Thought the many Spanish Football Sports readers who are REAL MADRID CF fans around the globe may be interested in this almost "historic" REAL MADRID starting 11 line-up team photo of yesterdays 3 - 0 victory over Olympique de Lyon ( 2º leg) that took the Spanish Club into the quater-finals of the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2010 - 2011 after six years of being knocked out. 



Real Madrid CF team photo

REAL MADRID CF STARTING 11 TEAM PHOTO | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE vs LYON - 2º LEG | 2011

Thought the many Spanish Football Sports readers who are REAL MADRID CF fans around the globe may be interested in this almost "historic" REAL MADRID starting 11 line-up team photo of yesterdays 3 - 0 victory over Olympique de Lyon ( 2º leg) that took the Spanish Club into the quater-finals of the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2010 - 2011 after six years of being knocked out. 



Real Madrid CF team photo

REAL MADRID 2011 | KARIM BENZEMA | THE REBIRTH

KARIM BENZEMA came to SPANISH FOOTBALL along with Kaka & Cristiano Ronaldo at the juicy price of around 35M€. In fact, REAL MADRID CF President Florentino Perez flew personally to Lyon to get the then Olympique de Lyon forward to sign the dotted line. The Frenchmen was a personal bet for Perez & Real Madrid who considered they had just signed the biggest & future "Best Center Foward" in Europe as

REAL MADRID 2011 | KARIM BENZEMA | THE REBIRTH

KARIM BENZEMA came to SPANISH FOOTBALL along with Kaka & Cristiano Ronaldo at the juicy price of around 35M€. In fact, REAL MADRID CF President Florentino Perez flew personally to Lyon to get the then Olympique de Lyon forward to sign the dotted line. The Frenchmen was a personal bet for Perez & Real Madrid who considered they had just signed the biggest & future "Best Center Foward" in Europe as

REAL MADRID NEW SEASON 2011 - 2012 UNIFORM - SHIRT

So,  you are a REAL MADRID fan & are proud to wear the latest gear around town & with your mates. You just forked out around 80 - 90 € this season on the latest Football Shirt ( or uniform ) & are now looking sharp as hell. Well, get ready for another 80-90€ because your current shirt is about to become "old fashion" & now out of date



New Real Madrid 2010-2011 shirt

Spanish Sports daily (AS)

KAKA FED UP WITH MOURINHO, REAL MADRID & THE WORLD

The news coming out of REAL MADRID is that Brazilian midfielder & ex Golden Ball KAKA is going through his most difficult time at the Spanish Football Club. The 29 year old has been relegated to a secondary position spending more time on the bench than on the playing field after recovering from his serious knee injury.

According to media sources, KAKA has expressed to Real Madrid President

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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.

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

REAL MADRID | MOURINHO - VALDANO - DARK HUMOUR

Football is unpredictable, so much so that one has to be very careful on what they say & how they act because the future & the results are totally unknown. With this Soccer philosophical note Barcelona paper "Sport" via its cartoon section "Futbolitis" has captured well the REAL MADRID situation after losing yesterday in La Liga & falling behind 7 points in the Spanish  League in reference to FC

CRISTIANO RONALDO ON RECORD BREAKING NUMBERS COURSE AT REAL MADRID

REAL MADRID player CRISTIANO RONALDO will play his 50th game with the Club in the Spanish League tonight against Osasuna. Apart from the congratulations the Portuguese is racing onwards towards record breaking numbers. Cristiano Ronaldo has 49 goals from 49 games ( some sources put 48 goals because a goal that hit Pepe on the back is doubtful) that calculates into a 100% average that not even