The opening Sunday of the Liga season was a forgettable one for Spain’s UEFA Champions League hopefuls as ten-man Sevilla FC lost 2-0 at Valencia and Club Atlético de Madrid went down 3-0 at Málaga. Kanouté dismissal Valencia missed out on Europe’s Premier club competition after finishing sixth last term but they gave a statement […]
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Real Madrid started the new La Liga season with a victory, but Manuel Pellegrini’s expensively assembled side were made to sweat at the Santiago Bernabéu before sealing a 3-2 triumph over RC Deportivo La Coruña on the first day of the new Liga campaign. Raúl strike New signings Kaká, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Xabi Alonso, […]
A 115th-minute goal from substitute Pedro Rodríguez finally ended the resistance of Shakhtar Donetsk and gave Barcelona a third UEFA Super Cup triumph in Monaco. Dramatic victory Spain’s first treble winners last season, Barcelona had started the new campaign as they ended the old by collecting silverware thanks to last weekend’s Spanish Super Cup victory, […]
European champions Barcelona drew Dynamo Kiev, Rubin Kazan and Inter Milan in Group F of the Champions League, with the latter’s coach José Mourinho booked in for a fourth return to face his former employers. Mourinho memories Mourinho worked as a translator and assistant to the late Sir Bobby Robson during his season as Barça […]
The lineup for the 2009/10 UEFA Champions League group stage has been completed with the final five qualifiers earning their places on Wednesday night. This week’s ten play-off winners join the 22 automatic entrants in Thursday’s group-stage draw. VfL Wolfsburg, Rubin Kazan, AZ Alkmaar, Standard Liège, Unirea Urziceni, Debreceni, APOEL and FC Zürich will all […]
In case you wondered why making the Champions League group stages is so important, consider the huge revenue windfall for teams that make the competition. The Champions League will generate a record $1.55 billion in marketing and television revenues for clubs and organizer UEFA this season, that is a 33% increase from last year. The […]
Trouble at Anfield as Rafa Benitez pointed an accusing finger at Steven Gerrard and his senior players after Liverpool lost 3-1 at home to Aston Villa. An own goal by Lucas Leiva and a glancing header from Curtis Davies gave Villa a 2-0 interval lead before Fernando Torres pulled one back for Liverpool in the […]
A look at the winners and losers in the second weekend of Premier League action Winners Arsenal What crisis at Arsenal? Two games and 10 goals have silenced the critics. Next up in the league is the first big four game of the season as Arsenal go to Manchester United this weekend. The only cloud […]