Barcelona labored on Saturday to achieve a 2-2 draw on their visit to Real Betis. With this result, Barcelona dropped a 10 game winning streak, and saw its point lead reduced to an still impressive 10 points ahead of Real Madrid.
1-0 Alessandro Melli (18)
2-0 Mark Gonzalez (25)
2-1 Samuel Eto’o (45+2)
2-2 Samuel Eto’o (88)
Cameroonian Samuel Eto’o [...]
FC Barcelona gave another strong display of great offensive production and defeated Sporting Gijon 3-1. Eto’o twice and Alves scored for the “azulgranas”; Kike Mateo scored the lonely visitor’s goal.
Real Madrid also won, adding its seventh victory in a row. Higuain crossed a strong shot at the begining of the second half, and that was [...]
Joan Laporta, president of FC Barcelona, accused Real Madrid of trying to start a “destabilisation campaign” against them, after igniting the rumor that they will try to sign Argentinina great Lionel Messi, similar of what they did in the past with Luis Figo. Now, that Real Madrid is trying to sign away the stars from [...]
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 [...]
Guti is set to make his first appearance for Real Madrid in 2009 this weekend after recovering from injury.
After being sidelined for Real Madrids first two games of 2009, midfielder Guti has finally resumed normal training with the rest of the squad and has been given the green light to take to the field [...]
UEFA rejected a bid by Real Madrid to have both new signings Lassana Diarra and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar eligible for Champions League action on Thursday night.
“The European body confirms that this was rejected in accordance with regulations which state that only one player who has played UEFA club competition matches for another competing club in [...]
Real Madrid newly arrived striker almost marked his La Liga debut with a goal last night and he was annoyed not to have taken his chance.
While the other winter signing, Lassana Diarra had a typically solid debut as a defensive midfielder, Huntelaar was slightly disappointed with himself for missing a golden opportunity to score [...]
The Dutch winger has vowed that Real Madrid will fight to win every game in January of 2009. They currently lie in fifth place on 29 points, a massive 12 points behind league leaders Barcelona.
But that has not stopped the teams Dutch Arjen Robben from outlining his bold New Years resolutions: We are [...]
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: [...]
Milan vice president Adriano Galliani praised the physical condition of David Beckham and said the English player is not there simply to attract media attention. Some believed it was simply a publicity stunt, while others insisted the English international had something to offer the Rossoneri on the field.
“Beckham is officially a Milan player, even [...]