Villarreal beat Porto 3-2 in their Europa League semi-final second leg, but they crashed out the competition 7-4 on aggregate as they the first-leg deficit proved too much to recover from. After losing 5-1 on Portugal in the first leg it was imperative that the Yellow Submarin made a good start as they looked for […]
Dutch legend Johan Cruyff says Real Madrid can only dream of ever being as good as Barcelona The three times Ballon d’Or winner coached at the Nou Camp for eight years and guided Barca to the European Cup in 1992, which they won at Wembley. Current manager Pep Guardiola will return to the stadium for […]
The Italian football federation (FIGC) has rejected a request from five big Serie A clubs to reconsider the method chosen to assign funds from television rights. AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus, Napoli and Roma had asked that part of the funds are distributed according to the number of fans who support a single team. The […]
Big wins for D.C. United and the Colorado Rapids last night as they both ended losing streaks. Charlie Davies scored his sixth goal of the season and set up another for Josh Wolff as D.C. United beat the Seattle Sounders 2-1 The win ended United’s two-game losing streak. In Wednesday’s other match, Scott Palguta scored […]
Liverpool have announced that they lost £20m last year. The clubs latest numbers cover the period August 2009 to July 2010 when the club was under the ownership of Tom Hicks and George Gillett. The accounts, obtained exclusively by the Liverpool Echo, show that Liverpool paid £17.7m in interest payments in 2010, up from almost […]
Former Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon says the club has been damaged by Jose Mourinho’s behaviour during the European semi-finals with Barcelona. Mourinho was sent off in the first leg for disputing a red card and is being investigated by UEFA for his comments after the match: “To talk like that has been harmful for […]
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 […]
Interesting comments from Silvio Berlusconi about Alexandre Pato and what his best position is. Speaking on Milan Channel, Italy’s prime minister said he felt the Brazilian was more suited to a position through the middle rather than on the wing. The combination of Pato and Swedish international Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been a talking point for […]
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 […]