As expected the Spanish media have two very different perspectives on last night’s Champions League semi-final. The Madrid papers have one take on the two legs and the Catalan papers a very different viewpoint. Madrid-based sports dailies Marca headline today read: “It was mission impossible”, echoing a comment from Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo following the […]
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Real Madrid players are convinced that the only reason they will not not be playing in the Champions League final is because all the big decisions against Barcelona went against them. Real players were already incensed following the first leg at the Bernabeu last week when red cards were shown to their Portuguese midfielder Pepe […]
Real Madrid players are convinced that the only reason they will not not be playing in the Champions League final is because all the big decisions against Barcelona went against them. Real players were already incensed following the first leg at the Bernabeu last week when red cards were shown to their Portuguese midfielder Pepe […]
Aitor Karanka offered his thoughts on Real Madrid’s elimination from the Champions League during Tuesday’s post-match press conference. “Mourinho said it was impossible for Real Madrid to win the tie and it was. We stood up to Barcelona while on equal terms. All of Madridismo is outraged after what we saw again tonight. With 41 […]
These are some of Pep Guardiola comments after his Barcelona team reached another Champions League final: Taking into account what these players have come through it’s incredible. They just keep going and going. I give my thanks to every one of them; what they have achieved is beyond definition. We won our first European Cup […]
Barcelona’s 1-1 draw with Real Madrid at the Camp Nou tonight sealed a 3-1 aggregate win and secured a place in the Champions League Final on 28 May final at Wembley. This game was the most open, and riveting of the four recent El Clasico’s with both sides committed to playing football and not diving […]
Ralf Rangnick is asking his Schalke players to show they have learned the lessons from a one-sided first-leg defeat when they visit Manchester United for the conclusion of their Champions League semi-final. United counterpart, Sir Alex Ferguson, meanwhile, has a selection quandary. Sir Alex Ferguson, United manager I hope Manchester United don’t regard it as […]
Barcelona’s 1-1 draw with Real Madrid at the Camp Nou tonight sealed a 3-1 aggregate win and secured a place in the Champions League Final on 28 May final at Wembley. This game was the most open, and riveting of the four recent El Clasico’s with both sides committed to playing football and not diving […]
We get the fourth and final El Clasico Tuesday and Barcelona coach Josep Guardiola is expecting an anxious evening at the Camp Nou despite his side’s 2-0 first-leg lead over Real Madrid. REal Madrid assistant coach Aitor Karanka played down criticism of his side’s approach in the first match as he said José Mourinho’s touchline […]