Real Madrid is now the solely owner of the second place on La Liga, after their narrow victory yesterday 1-0 against Deportivo La Coruna, nevertheless, they have yet to make a 12 points gap againts the leader FC Barcelona, after completing the 20th round of the tournament. Playing at home, Raul scored the lonely goal [...]
Manchester United and Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo was on Monday named FIFA World Footballer of the Year for 2008.
Ronaldo, who is also holder of the Ballon d’Or for the European Footballer of the Year, beat off competition from 2007 winner Kaka (Brazil AC Milan), Lionel Messi (Argentina – Barcelona), Fernando Torres (Spain – [...]
Barcelona’s stars have been spending Christmas with their families with many of them jetting around the globe to be close to their loved ones before reporting back to training on Monday.
Lionel Messi is in Argentina, Eidur Gudjohnsen headed north to spend the festive period in Iceland and Dani Alves went back to Brazil to [...]
French publication LEquipe has released their ideal starting XI for 2008 and the list was largely dominated by two teams.
Spain and Manchester United were the two big winners of 2008 in terms of major honours and it is of no surprise to see a number of players from those two squads dominate the end [...]
Inter coach Jose Mourinho has responded to Sir Alex Ferguson’s comparisons between Ronaldo and all-time greats Pele and Maradona, claiming that the United star is over-rated.
Earlier this month Cristiano Ronaldo was crowned as European Footballer of the Year, as he won the the Premier League and Champions League with Manchester United and finished the [...]
With the Christmas season upon us, we decided to indulge ourselves in a bit of festive fun. A selection of Euro Champs League writers has revealed their ideal World XIs (4-4-2).
Goalkeeper: Casillas (Real Madrid)
Defender: Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
Defender: Lucio (Bayern Munchen)
Defender: Maicon (Inter)
Defender: Puyol (Barcelona)
Midfielder: Gerrard (Liverpool)
Midfielder: [...]
Real Madrid captain Raul has praised Ballon dOr winner Cristiano Ronaldo and his runner-up Lionel Messi, but he also confessed who he believes is the better player.
In an with his former mentor, Jorge Valdano for La Sexta, Raul expressed his admiration for the other-worldly talents of both Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo when asked [...]
Spain Primera Division, Matchday 15, Dec 13:
El Classico at the Nou Camp was a affair won by the home team, the better team, Barcelona with 2-0. On ball possession and territorial advantage Barcelona deserved to win.
However, Real Madrid with new coach Juande Ramos did show more determination and organisation than they [...]
Cristiano Ronaldo was today confirmed as the winner of the 2008 Ballon d’Or, beating Barcelona forward Lionel Messi and Liverpool striker Fernando Torres. The prestigious award was confirmed in Paris this morning by France Football magazine, who present the trophy based on a poll of 96 top journalists.
Each voter names five players [...]
Nov 22, 2008, 20:00 CET Real Madrid – Recreativo Huelva 1-0
Nov 22, 2008, 20:00 CET Villarreal Valladolid 0-3
Nov 22, 2008, 22:00 CET Sevilla Valencia 0-0
Nov 23, 2008, 17:00 CET Numancia – Atletico Madrid 1-1
Nov 23, 2008, 17:00 CET Mallorca Malaga 2-2
Nov 23, 2008, 17:00 CET [...]
