Jose Luis Mendilibar doesn’t like derbies and doesn’t think that Osasuna should be labelled as favourites heading into the weekend’s derby with Athletic Bilbao. The Pamplona outfit meet their Basque rivals this weekend off the back of a resounding first win of the season last weekend. At the same time, their 4-0 win over Levante […]
Premier League
John Terry’s defence against claims he racially abused Anton Ferdinand was “improbable, implausible, contrived”, according to the Football Association panel which found him guilty. The FA’s 63-page report explaining why Terry was banned for four games and fined £220,000 was published on Friday. The panel says the Chelsea captain, 31, “is not a racist” but it […]
Cristiano Ronaldo notched his second hat-trick of the week as Real Madrid edged a step closer to the Champions League knockout stages with a comprehensive 4-1 victory over Ajax in Amsterdam. Ronaldo, who also got a hat-trick in Sunday’s 5-1 La Liga over Deportivo La Coruna, scored in the 42nd, 79th and 81st minutes with […]
Atletico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo believes Radamel Falcao is the best striker in the world and claims he would not swap him for either Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi. Falcao has been a stunning success at the Vicente Calderon following his move from FC Porto in 2011. The Colombia international scored 24 goals in his […]
Jonas provided some much-needed cutting edge for the Valencia as they got off the mark as they beat Lille 2-0 last night, leaving the French side still winless in Champions League this season. A well-worked first-half opener from the Brazilian forward and a slightly more speculative second with 15 minutes remaining, left Lille bottom of […]
Barcelona earned three vital points against Benfica at the Estádio da Luz in the Champions League last night, but it was a costly win as they lost captain Carles Puyol for two months. A statement on the Barcelona web site this morning said: Tests conducted this morning confirmed that Carles Puyol has a dislocated left elbow. The […]
Barcelona have announced that captain Carlos Puyol has a dislocated left elbow and will miss this weekend’s El Clasico clash with Real Madrid on Sunday. A statement on the Barcelona web site said: Tests conducted this morning confirmed that Carles Puyol has a dislocated left elbow. The player will be submitted a conservative treatment. The estimated […]
We got our first upset in the Champions League last night as BATE Borisov stunned in-form Bayern Munich 3-1. Goals Alexander Pavlov and Vitaly Rodionov put the Belarusian champions in charge and although Bayern pulled one back in stoppage time through Franck Ribery, BATE added a third through Renan Bressan to seal their first ever […]
Getafe climbed out of the bottom two of the Primera Division after beating a Real Mallorca side who lost their unbeaten record after being forced to play almost the entire match with a man less. The 10th-minute dismissal of defender Ximo for a professional foul left Mallorca up against it at the Coliseum Alfonso Perez […]