by David on March 28, 2012
AC Milan held Barcelona to an 0-0 draw at the San Siro, to leave their Champions League quarter-final tie delicately balanced heading back to the Nou Camp next week.
The last time Barcelona failed to score in the Champions League was in the 0-0 draw with Rubin Kazan in November 2009.
Both teams had their chances. Milan‘s were early as Robinho and Ibrahimovic both missed great opportunities in the opening 10 minutes. Messi had a goal pulled back for offside, and Barca were denied a clear penalty when Alexis Sanchez was brought down by Milan goalkeeper Christian Abbiati. Read more... (326 words, 1 image, estimated 1:18 mins reading time)
Champions League action resumes tomorrow with some very interesting fixtures. Real Madrid travel to Nicosia to play surprise package APOEL while Bayern Munich will be in France for a crunch fixture against Olympique Marseille.
Madrid who are one of the favourites to make it through to the final, have a rather easy fixture against Cypriot side APOEL. Los Blancos will be aiming to end APOEL’s amazing run in the competition with a game to spare when they meet them at the 23,000 seater GSP stadium tomorrow night. Read more... (299 words, 1 image, estimated 1:12 mins reading time)
Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player since Madrid icon Ferenc Puskas to score the fastest century of goals in the Primera Division. The Portuguese’s brace inspired Madrid to a 5-1 win over Real Soceidad at the Bernabeu and helped keep them 6 points ahead of arch rivals Barcelona. This brings both Ronaldo and Messi level on 35 league goals with only a handful of matches remaining in the season.
Madrid who were without Mourinho, Pepe and Mesut Ozil, went ahead in the 6th minute through Argentina international Gonzalo Higuain before Ronaldo and Benzema each scored. Sociedad responded 1 minute after Benzema’s 41st minute goal to make it 3-1 going into the break. Read more... (382 words, 1 image, estimated 1:32 mins reading time)
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Real Crush Soceidad 5-1 To Stay 6 Points Ahead Of Barca
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Real Madrid will boycott their pre-match press conference ahead of their game against Real Soceidad in protest over the refereeing decisions that went against them during their 1-1 draw with Villarreal on Wednesday night.
Real had two players sent off during the match which also saw manager Jose Mourinho and fitness coach Rui Faria sent to the stands by referee Jose Paradas Romero.
It’s in light of this that the club has decided not to hold the customary pre-match press conference today. Following the Wednesday scenario, Madrid trained behind closed doors Thursday and confirmed that neither Mourinho nor his assistant would be talking to the press today. Read more... (363 words, 1 image, estimated 1:27 mins reading time)
by David on March 21, 2012
It seemed all so easy 10 days ago when Real Madrid were 10 points ahead of their bitter rivals Real Madrid with 12 games to go. The question was when would Madrid win the title, not if they would.
But the pressure of winning the title might be getting to Jose Mourinho and his Real Madrid side as they drew for the second consecutive game tonight, a result that leaves them only six points ahead of Barcelona in the table. Read more... (360 words, 1 image, estimated 1:26 mins reading time)
If Messi stopped playing today, he would probably be considered one of Barcelona‘s all time best players. The Argentine wizard scored a hat-trick on Tuesday to take his official tally for the club to an amazing 233 one ahead of club legend Cesar Rodriguez.
Fortunately, that is not about to happen any time soon. At only 24, Messi is not only on course to be considered a Barcelona great, but one of the world’s finest players. Of course, for one reason or another, not many would agree with this statement, however, the fact of the matter is, you cannot argue with the facts. Read more... (387 words, 1 image, estimated 1:33 mins reading time)
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by David on March 18, 2012
Spanish giants FC Barcelona continued on their impressive form Saturday as they beat Sevilla 2-0 at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan stadium to momentarily reduce Madrid‘s lead over them to 7 points.
Of course, Argentine wizard Lionel Messi was on the score sheet to edge closer to Ronaldo who leads the top scorer’s list with 32 goals, however, the night belonged to play maker Andres Iniesta who equaled Madrid legend Butragueno’s record of 50 unbeaten league matches.
Believe it or not, the last time Iniesta tasted defeat was when Barcelona lost 2-0 to Hercules close to two years ago. However, since then, Iniesta has won 42 of Barca‘s last 50 games in La Liga with the remaining 8 fixtures ending in draws. Read more... (439 words, 1 image, estimated 1:45 mins reading time)
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Iniesta Equals Butragueno’s 50 Match Unbeaten Streak
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Sure Ronaldo didn’t score anywhere near 5 goals last night, however, his double took his all time tally for Real to 127 goals in 128 games. Very impressive if you ask me.
Los Blancos easily made it to the last eight thanks to a 4-1 win inspired by an improving Kaka. The capital based club joins Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Benfica, Chelsea, Milan,Marseille and APOEL in the quarters finals that are expected to pair very interesting fixtures.
The much awaited draw for this stage of the competition takes place tomorrow 1300hrs CET. Looking at the teams that have qualified, none can really be ruled out, however, the favourites do stand out. Read more... (379 words, 1 image, estimated 1:31 mins reading time)
Real Madrid are looking to make 2012 one of their best years in their 111 year existence so far after temporarily moving 13 points clear at the top of the La Liga table after a hard fought 3-2 victory over Real Betis last night.
Once again it was their iconic no.7 Cristiano Ronaldo who ensured victory for Mourinho as he bagged two goals to keep Madrid‘s winning streak intact. Madrid have now won 21 of their last 22 games and are on course to win their 32nd La Liga title. Read more... (354 words, 1 image, estimated 1:25 mins reading time)
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Real Mark 111 Year Anniverassary With Crucial Victory
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