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