Barcelona have announced that Lionel Messi is a doubt for this weekends La Liga match against Malaga after being taken off at half-time of last night’s match against Atletico Madrid. A statement on the Barcelona web site said: Tests have revealed that the Argentinian has bruised the femoral biceps tendon in his left thigh. The […]
It was the two summer transfers that shared the goals in the first leg of the Spanish SuperCup tonight as Atletico Madrid and Barcelona drew 1-1 in Madrid. David Villa’s sweet 12th-minute volley against the club he left last month put Atletico ahead in the two-legged showpiece that pits last term’s league champions Barca against […]
Aaron Ramsey scored one goal and set up another to inspire Arsenal to a 3-0 thrashing of Fenerbahce in their Champions League first leg play-off on Wednesday. The North London club now stand on the brink of a 17th straight qualification for the lucrative pool stages after a dreadful start to their English Premier League […]
Branislav Ivanovic was lucky to still be in the pitch when he scored the winner in the 73rd minute tonight as Chelsea beat Aston Villa 2-1 to move atop of the Premier League. Minutes before he scored, Ivanovic had been booked by Referee Kevin Friend for catching Christian Benteke with an elbow, a lenient decision […]
Former European champions Celtic and AC Milan were left with work to do to reach the Champions League group stage after their play-off first leg games on Tuesday. While AC Milan will approach next week’s second leg at home to PSV Eindhoven having secured a 1-1 draw and more importantly an away goal, Celtic went […]
It’s been a good week for Fulham fans. Last week they signed former England striker Darren Bent, beat Sunderland 1-0 and then topped that off by signing England midfielder Scott Parker from Tottenham Hotspur on a three-year deal. “I’m delighted to be joining Fulham and I’m looking forward to meeting my new team-mates at training […]
Bayern Munich sporting director Matthias Sammer has strongly criticised the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) following Bayern Munich’s narrow win over Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday. Bayern were furious with the poor physical condition of Thiago Alcántara and Javi Martínez, who both travelled with Spain to Ecuador for the friendly last Wednesday. “Perhaps we should have sent […]
Any worries that fans had after Juventus’s poor preseason were erased today as Juve thumped Lazio 4-0 to win the Italian Super Cup. Lazio were playing on home soil but they were comprehensively beaten by the Serie A champions. It represented Juve’s second straight Super Cup triumph and sixth in total, equalling AC Milan’s record. […]
FC Barcelona sent out an ominous warning as they began their Liga defence with a 7-0 defeat of Levante before Real Madrid posted a 2-1 comeback victory at home to Real Betis. New Barça coach Gerardo Martino only had to wait three minutes for his team’s first goal of the campaign courtesy of Alexis Sánchez. […]