At the moment Real Madrid are scoring goals for fun. Tonight they scored three times in the opening ten minutes on their way to thrashing Dinamo Zagreb 6-2. José Mourinho made six changes to the team that won 3-2 at Valencia on Saturday, butit was two of his regulars, Özil and Benzema, who were involved […]
Premier League
Inter Milan, Bayern Munich and Benfica all advanced to the knockout stages tonight, while Ajax and Napoli took huge strides towards joining them. Meanwhile both Manchester teams, City and United, are in real danger of being sent to the Europa League. Inter knew before their game against Trabzonspor that all they needed was a point […]
Not quite sure that to make of Malaga. After beating Racing Santander tonight they are up to fifth place in La Liga, four points behind third place Valencia. Maybe it is was money that they spent this summer that changed expectations, but I expected Malaga to be closer than 11 points behind Real Madrid after […]
Big news today from the defending Spanish and European champions that Andres Iniesta will miss the huge champions league tie with AC Milan on Wednesday with a thigh injury. A statement on the club’s website confirmed that the midfielder will not travel to Italy as “a precaution”, joining the suspended Dani Alves and injured duo […]
The clock has struck midnight on Levante’s cinderella start to the season as the former leaders suffered their third consecutive defeat in a row, this time at the hands of Atlético Madrid. All five goals came within a rollercoaster final 25 minutes as Atlético won 3-2. Xavi Torres equalised for the visitors shortly after Pizzi […]
Real Madrid remain three points clear at the top of La Liga after an impressive 3-2 win over Valencia at Mestalla. Karim Benzema’s brilliant strike gave the league leaders the advantage at half-time and when Sergio Ramos made it 2-0 most fans thought the match was over. But Valencia never rolled over and two goals […]
Manchester City today losses of £194.9 million for the financial year 2010-11, the highest such figures ever posted by an English football club. The £195m consisted of a net loss of £160.5m and £34.4m to write off player contracts. These are incredible numbers and City tried hard today to put a positive spin on them: […]
The Daily Mirror today has a front page story that the London police are considering charging John Terry with making racial comments to QPR’s Anton Ferdinand. According to the Mirror story the police have quizzed six senior Chelsea players about what was said during the match and have sent the file to crown prosecutors to […]
After the international break, La Liga resumes this weekend with a big match between league leaders Real Madrid and third-place Valencia at the Estadio Mestalla. Coming off guiding Portugal to Euro 2012, Cristiano Ronaldo will look to pick up where he left off at league level, after smashing a hat-trick in Real’s 7-1 belting of […]