SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA 2008 / 2009 - ROUND 25 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

SEVILLA FC keeps consolidating it´s third table place after they defeatedATHLETIC DE BILBAO 1-2, in a "dress rehearsal" of next WednesdaysSpanish Cup clash.KANOUTE (above) scored twice & sealed his teams victory with hisgoals in the 38th & 57th min. For Bilbao GABILONDO put Athletic aheadin the 25th but were then slowly grind down by Sevilla who dominantedin the second half.With FC Barcelona

BARCELONA MEDIA CONFIDENT ON RIBERY & BENZEMA FOR BARÇA

Barcelona based Sports daily “Mundo Deportivo” is quite adamant inits reference to BAYERN MUNICH French International wingerFRANCK RIBERY. According to them FC BARCELONA has tiedan agreement with the player for next season, what is now needed isthat the German Club agree to let him go. In order to loosen the ropesBarça is willing to fork out 30M€, a figure the beforehand looks lowif you consider

THIERRY HENRY - STAY OUT OF SPANISH POLITICS, PLEASE!!!!

Intellectuales say intelligent things, but Football players say..."Cataluña no es España y eso hay que sentirlo" - translated -"Catalonia is not Spain, you have to feel it". Ok that is fine, but two years living in "Catalonia" & one thinks (feels) what peoplein 500 years has´nt yet got it clear.Ok, I now go on & say this about the south of France... "this belongsto the Basque Country & not the

ATLETICO DE MADRID END OF SEASON

ATLETICO DE MADRID bad choice Coach Abel Resino, bad mistakePresident Cerezo & Club owner Gil, Abel Resino...hopeless!!! A SFS opinion, a typical At. Madrid decision.

UEFA CUP 2008 / 2009: DEPORTIVO & VALENCIA CF SAY GOODBYE

It was always going to be difficult for DEPORTIVO after going down 1-3 in the 1ºleg to AALBORG, but there always exist the miracles. WhenSERGIO scored first for Deportivo it looked like that the impossible could happen, however it went wrong, terribly wrong.Aalborg scored three goals in 4 mts & Deportivo collapsed, perhaps to the nerves which lead to lethal mistakes. SHELTON equalized in the 41st

THE PROBLEM WITH SERGIO "KUN" AGUERO IS DIEGO

New Atlético de Madrid Coach Abel Resino surprisingly decided to substituteArgentine star forward SERGIO AGUERO in the 2ºhalf of theirChampions League clash against OPORTO last Tuesday. Many werebaffled & Aguero was even “shocked” as his face told the story as he leftthe ground. Latter Coach Abel commented that Aguero was not at his best& decided to simply give another player the chance. Fair

ATLETICO DE MADRID MOURNS THE LOSS OF YOUNG 9 YEAR OLD DANIEL ALCALÁ RIVAS

Spanish Football & Sports will like to dedicate a post to a youngster, aSpanish Sportsperson, a Footballer (Soccer) player & an Atlético deMadrid community member & fan.DANIEL ALCALÁ RIVAS of 9 years of age & junior cadet of the“Escuela de Fútbol del Club Atlético de Madrid” – ATM junior FútbolTeams – has died 9 days after the injuries received while participatingwith his team in a game.It was a

LIVERPOOL FC MORE "SPANISH" THAN REAL MADRID

Curious observation yesterday in the Real Madrid - Liverpool FC1ºleg Champions League clash at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.The English team had more Spanish born players & than Real Madridon the field.Real Madrid only had Casillas, Sergio Ramos & Raul ( Guti come on inthe second half).Liverpool FC had Reina, Arbeloa, Xabi Alonso, Riera & FernandoTorres.Curious indeed!Here is the VIDEO of

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2008 / 2009: REAL MADRID LOSES & VILLAREAL DRAWS

It was the big clash of the Football "Titans" & like giants they basically cancelled each other, basically because LIVERPOOL FCmanaged a valuable away goal towards the end to give them a 0-1away victory to REAL MADRID.It was smart Football from Liverpool Coach Benitez who knows wellthe opposition team & Spanish Football. Rafa Benitez laid out a positionstrategy that bogged down Real Madrid & did´

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: REAL MADRID vs LIVERPOOL FC - 1ºst ROUND

Who will win the 1ºst Round tonight?(photo:AS)The last time they played:1981 – Real Madrid 0 – Liverpool FC 1 (European Cup Final)Goal: Alan Kennedy, See VIDEO:

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2009 1º LEG - ATLETICO DE MADRID & FC BARCELONA

Thank you DIEGO FORLAN. ATLETICO DE MADRID is still in there but still has its return leg game. The game against OPORTOended in a 2-2 draw.Average game for Atletico with bad defending, as Oporto scored twovaluable goals via LOPEZ in the 22 & 72 nd min. Thank "Christ" forMAXI in the 2ºnd min & FORLAN in 46th min. Decider in Oporto!See VIDEO of highlights:The "Best Team in Europe" FC BARCELONA got

EL MUNDANO DEPORTIVO: REAL MADRID CHANTS “YES, WE CAN”

El Mundano Deportivo: the bi-monthly collaboration from Adrian Vogelfor SFS. Adrian this time comments on whether Real Madrid can comeback& take the Liga title in the final sprint from FC Barcelona. Real hasalready cut from 12 points to 7 points the gap & “La Liga” has gainedmore interest & passion. Leave you with the thoughts of“El Mundano Deportivo”, click the title & you can read Adrian´s

SPANISH FOOTBALL & SPORTS BLOG ON TWITTER: JOIN!

Hi readers. Now you can follow Spanish Football & Sports anywhere& at anytime you wish with flashes of updates, scores, reminders, events,etc.By joining & using TWITTER you can become a "follower" & be part ofthe Global SFS Community. See widget on the right side of SFS:Click here & go to the Spanish Football & Sports Twitter page.JOIN!

FC BARCELONA THE 2º MOST POWERFUL MEDIA CLUB IN THE WORLD

An economic study elaborated by the Spanish University of Navarra,concretely by its “Economic, Sports & Intangibles” Department (ESIorg)has released its list of the Top World Football Clubs that are the most“famous” in the global Football (Soccer) market. That is, how muchpublicity, marketing & communication power each Club has to congregatemost of the World´s media attention.The Club with the

LASSANA DIARRA RETURNS EQUILIBRIUM TO REAL MADRID

When REAL MADRID lost their midfielder Mahamadou Diarra for thewhole season due to a serious knee injury, the alarm bells rang with thesound of danger. The following results were highlighting disequilibrium inthe playing system with “holes” in the midfield that was putting defenderunder extreme pressure & forcing them to be out of position. Goals werebeing scored as if the opposition have opened

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA 2008/ 09 - ROUND 24 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

This seasons revelation team MALAGA jumped into EuropeanClassification places (Uefa) by winning & in doing so knocking out of theTop 6 places Atletico de Madrid. Malaga won away a soft VALLADOLID1-3.ALBERT LUQUE again scored for Malaga early in the 7th min , followed by APOÑO via a penalty in the 28th min & later NACHOin the 87th min. For Valladolid the consolation goal came thanks toOLDONI in

BASKETBALL: TAU VITORIA TAKES THE SPANISH CUP

Fabulous final of the Spanish Basketball SPANISH CUP FINAL playedtonight in Madrid with TAU VITORIA taking its 6th Spanish Cup title.It was intense, hard fought out, very dramatic & of the highest level, the otheropponent UNICAJA MALAGA managed to equalize in the final 11seconds of normal time 81-81 to take the game into extra time.It was furious stuff, but TAU managed to get ahead & keep out

VIDEOS: REAL MADRID 6 - BETIS 1 & FC BARCELONA 1 - ESPANYOL 2

SFS has found its email awash with requests for the Real Madrid & RealBetis 6-1 video, well OK your wish is my command. I´ll also put Fc Barcelonavideo of its 1-2 loss to Espanyol, be sure to watch the De La Peña 2º goal!The girls at the start of this video were already there, but good value added:)

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA 2008/09 - ROUND 24 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

Can Real Madrid grab FC Barcelona after all? Tonight Real Madrid pulled back 3ºpoints to put itself only 7º behind Barça & they still haveto meet in what will be a crucial game.Lets get straight into the summary of tonights awesome Round 24 gamesof the Spanish League.REAL MADRID were nearly perfect tonight defeating 6-1 REAL BETIS& doing the demolition job in the 1ºhalf. It was all Real with

BRAZIL: 6 SENT OFF IN THE BRASIL - ULBRA GAME (19/2/09): WHAT FOOTBALL IS NOT

This is not Spain or related to Spanish Sports, unfortunately it´s Brazil.However, this transcends all frontiers & labels, & is worth a post onany type of Sporting Blog as an example of woeful behaviour.Situation: Game of « La Rio Grande do Sul » League between the teamsBrasil & Ulbra. Pereira for Ulbra scores his teams 5 goal to take thescore line 2-5 in their favour. The goal scorer Pereira

WILL KARIM BENZEMA END UP AT REAL MADRID?

The tough minded President of Olympique de Lyon Jean Michel Aulashas commented on French TV program “Le 10 Sport” that he is willingto hear offers for his star forward KARIM BEZEMA & negotiate withthe interested Clubs. The President let know that effectively REALMADRID was very interested in his services, along with ManchesterUnited & FC Barcelona. He also added that he received a grand offerfrom

FC BARCELONA: FOUR NAMES BEING RUMOURED TO SUBSTITUTE ETO´O

The speculation & rumour “can of worms” has been opened at FCBARCELONA with the Samuel Eto´o comments regarding his futureor no future at Barça, to French magazine “Sportweek” (see post below).Although the Barça Club Directives will continue contract renewalnegotiations with Eto´o & try to convince him to stay further at Barça,the Club however is covering its back just in case.Three are the main

SERGIO AGUERO FIRST TIME FATHER - BENJAMIN NAME OF SON

ATLETICO DE MADRID & Argentine 21 year old star SERGIO "KUN"AGUERO rushed off to the hospital today to be along side his lady,Giannine Maradona, as she gave birth today to their first son.The boy was named BENJAMIN AGUERO MARADONA, & came tothe real world at 19.00 local time weighting 3,660 kilos. The baby is perfectalong with the mother.This makes Argentine Coach & World Football legend

HUMOUR FROM BARCELONA FOR REAL MADRID

The "pro-Barça" & Barcelona based sporting daily "Sport" has asense of humour & if given the opportunity, will stick the finger in theeye of REAL MADRID. Here is todays cartoon section called"Futbolitis" were it gives its opinion on the fact the Real Madridforward Huntelaar will not play Champions. Here is the translation:A couple of months ago: "Presentation of the great signing for theChampions

REAL MADRID FOLLOWING 6 YEAR OLD MADIN MUHAMMAD?

It´s the video doing the Internet round. The so called wonderboyof 6 years of age, the French - Algerian Madin Muhammad, claimedas the next Zidane, Ronaldo, Messi...why not, Pele. Why? Because hemoves does like Zidane?The English paper "The Telegraph" has brought this kid to the limelightwith their story that both REAL MADRID & CHELSEA FC have puttheir eye on Madin. Lets see Madin Muhammad in

UEFA CUP 2008/09: VALENCIA CF & DEPORTIVO A CORUÑA

UEFA CUP Football returned tonight with two Spanish Clubs in action.The 1º leg for VALENCIA CF finished in a 1-1 draw away to DYNAMOKIEV in the snow. A snow "storm" that gave the local side an advantageas it halted the dominance of the Spanish team.Valencia scored early thanks to DAVID SILVA in the 8th min & had thechance to wrap up the tie but they could´nt finish the job. Dynamo, withthe help

SFS FLASHBACKS - 1974: REAL MADRID 0 - FC BARCELONA 5

Curiously 35 years ago, REAL MADRID played FC BARCELONA inone of the two classic derby’s of the 1973/1974 Spanish League season,in which Barça was proclaimed Champion. But what’s historical is thatin this particular game Barcelona handed a 0-5 thrashing to Real Madridin there own home ground, the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. Here arethe team lineups & scorers for this historic clash - 17.02.1974:R.

THE FUTURE FOR SAMUEL ETO´O IS AT AC MILAN?

The gossip & the speculations were let loose this weekend when it wasrevealed that FC BARCELONA forward SAMUEL ETO ´O had madesome interesting comments to French media – “Sportweek” - concerninghis future. When asked, will he stay at Barcelona, the player answeredthat he has already decided his future but could not say anything for themoment. This & the fact that he is holding ( its also been

INTER MILAN EXPRESS DESIRE FOR VALENCIA CF JUAN MATA?

With VALENCIA CF in a serious financial crisis - has´nt paid its players for 5 weeks or more - the Football "vultures" are flying over the Spanish Club & targetting the crown jewels.One of those prized assets is youngster JUAN MATA (below) who is said from Italy to be flirting with INTER MILAN.According to Italian media, concretely "Tuttosport", the father of Matahad dinner with Inter Coach Jose

SFS FLASHBACKS: REAL ZARAGOZA 1995 EUROPEAN CUP WINNERS CUP TITLE

This is the situation.It’s 1995, & it’s the Final of the European Cup Winners Cup (nolonger) with Spanish side & Spanish Cup title holder REAL ZARAGOZAplaying the winner of the English FA Cup ARSENAL in Paris (France).Real Zaragoza scored first via Esnaider in the 68th min, to see Arsenalequalize via Hartson in the 76th min to force the extra-time. In the extraperiod with just seconds left before

SAMUEL ETO´O CURRENTLY SPANISH & EUROPEAN LEADING GOAL SCORER

He’s a lean mean fighting goal scoring machine & is having his bestseason in Spanish Football. FC BARCELONA Cameroon Internationalforward SAMUEL ETO´O is leading the goal scoring tally in theSpanish 1º Division (“La Liga”) with 23 goals from 22 games, a supereffective rate. But that’s not all; the 27 year old (28 next month) is alsoleading the race for the prestigious “Golden Boot Award” given to

RAUL MAYBE GIVEN A LAST CHANCE TO PUT ON THE SPANISH NATIONAL TEAM SHIRT

Continuing on with Real Madrid Captain RAUL, who has captured allthe media attention with his 309 record breaking goals for his Club (seethe below post), we have more news of interest from Spanish Sportsdaily “AS”.According to the cited paper, RAUL maybe given his final wish to play ONE MORE time with the Spanish National Team. Raul confessed toSpanish TV that his dream is to slip on the “Red

RAUL GONZALEZ BLANCO SURPASSES DI STEFANO & MAKES REAL MADRID GOAL HISTORY

In yesterdays Real Madrid 4-0 win over Real Sporting de Gijón, the RealMadrid Captain scored two goals in a great afternoon for RAULGONZALEZ BLANCO. In fact, you may have calculated that he takeshis personal goal tally to 11 goals for the season in “La Liga”, not a badfigure in anyone language. But if someone had told you that his first goalyesterday made him historical Club legend & that the

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA 2008/09 - ROUND 23 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

REAL MADRID won a very poor REAL SPORTING DE GIJON0-4 & in the process RAUL became the highest goalscorer in RealMadrid Club History by overtaking mythical Alfredo Di Stefano withhis two goals today ( 14th & 76th m) to take his tally to 309 goals asfar, & risingThe other good news is that HUNTELAAR started ( Robben out dueto injury) & scored his first goal with the Club in the 36th min. He could

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA 2008/09 - ROUND 23 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS & VIDEOS

Here are the video highlights ( with goals) of yesterdays two matchesplayed in Round 23 of the Spanish 1º Division - "La Liga". The otherfinished in a nil all draw.REAL BETIS made FC BARCELONA fight all the way & force themto make a comeback with ETO´O scoring twice to take his seasons goal tally to 23. Final result 2-2VALENCIA CF & MALAGA played out a 1-1 drawMusic by Nirvana, the persona who

JUVENTUS HAS DAVID SILVA IN ITS PLANS.

His one of the young pearls of Spanish Football & of VALENCIA CF.It´s public knowledge that his Club has serious financial problems,proof is that they have not payed the salaries their players in the last weeks. DAVID SILVA is an objective of Italian Club JUVENTUSwho under Coach Ranieri who knows well Valencia & its financialenvironment as an ex-Coach of the Spanish Club.The news from Italy &

SFS FLASHBACKS: ATLETICO DE MADRID & THE 1974 EUROPEAN CUP FINAL

The scene is the following. It´s extra time in the 1974 European CupFinal & ATLETICO DE MADRID are playing BAYERN MUNICH.Luis Aragones, ex Spanish national team Coach & then Atlético player,puts Atlético ahead from a brilliantly taken free kick & set the Spanishteam onward for their first ever European Cup title. Then in the last minute, Schwarzenbeck tried his luck & the ball slipped pass

REAL MADRID HAS RONALDO, KAKA & ANCELOTTI IN "THE BAG"?

Imagine this picture applied to REAL MADRID for season 2009/10?...continue readingIt seems that the Spanish Sports daily “AS” is the official paper backingthe campaign of REAL MADRID ex-President Florentino Perez. SFSsays this because Mr. Perez has not announced that he will present himselffor re-election in July when the Club plans its Presidential elections. Howeverthe paper goes further &

FC BARCELONA THE MOST FOLLOWED CLUB IN THE WORLD

A study done by the consultancy "Sport+Markt picked up by "AS"locally has concluded that the Club with most fans in the World is FCBARCELONA with 44,000,000.This was concluded after the Consultancy did a survey of 9,600 fansfrom 15 - 65 years of age in 16 countries(photo: AS)Barça was followed by REAL MADRID in second place with 41,000,000fans & in third place was Manchester United with

SPANISH NATIONAL TEAM PHOTO & VIDEOS OF GOALS AGAINST ENGLAND (2-0)

The SFS Asian readers are Football (Soccer) crazy (Hello to India, Thailand,China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, Pakistan...) & that isabsolutely fabulous, this is want Spanish Football & Sports is all about.They write into the SFS email & ask for all sorts of things: info, web sites,statistics, etc, & here is your latest demand: the Spanish National Teamphoto for the game against

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY 2009: SPAIN 2 - ENGLAND 0

FIFA released its World ranking & SPAIN remains on top spot with1.693pts with its opponent ENGLAND tonight in 8th place with 1.136pts.The result of the International friendly game played tonight followed thatranking with SPAIN defeating ENGLAND 2-0FC BARCELONA defender GERARD PIQUE (above) made hisdebut & played an excellent match showing stabilty, concentration &confidence. Promising future for

REAL MADRID THE RICHEST CLUB IN THE WORLD

The International Financial Consulting firm Deloitte has given itslist of the richest Football (Soccer) Clubs in the World. Spanishgiant REAL MADRID heads the list with income totalling 336M€,they are followed by Manchester United with income of 325M€ with3ºrd place for FC BARCELONA with income of 306M€.(photo:AS)The list has been published by Italian newspaper "Corriere DelloSport".

BOJAN & PINEDA: WHO IS WHO?

Most folk know who this youngster is, it´s BOJAN KRKIC who playsfor FC BARCELONA & is a Spanish International. Pretty famous blokethat gets stopped in the street for photos & autographs. There is a belief that every person has a "double" somewhere on Earth.For Bojan that person is CRISTIAN PINEDA a 18 year old from Spanishcity Cartagena & who plays for Lorca.Who is who?

REAL MADRID & CRISTIANO RONALDO: MORE EVIDENCE?

According to Spanish radio “Cadena Ser” & local Sports paper “AS”,CRISTIANO RONALDO of MANCHESTER UNITED is a step closerto arriving at REAL MADRID next season. The news that sparks thisoptimism is the affirmation that Spain’s Nº1 bank “BANCOSANTANDER” has authorized Real Madrid a 70M€ credit/loan to payfor the transfer.This doesn’t mean that the price of CR is 70M€, it´s likely to be around100M€

AFC BOURNMOUTH´S LEE BRADBURY CELEBRATES HIS FIRST GOAL

Realize SFS comes late with this video & that its English Football, butit’s priceless in its originality & transcends generic Sports blogs. It´s auniversal piece...Lee Bradbury celebrates his first goal for AFC Bournemouth againstGrimsby, happiness overflows…

MARADONA GIVES HIS BLESSING TO FC BARCELONA, GUARDIOLA & MESSI

"...& on the day of the Press Conference God spoke". At least DIEGOARMANDO MARADONA is the closest thing to God in the World ofFootball (Soccer) at this moment. Not only is his "hand" holy but theArgentine National Coach & Selector has "THE WORD".A day before Argentina meets France in a friendly, Maradona gavehis opinion on various areas, in which one was about Spanish Football& the current

SPANISH U/19 & U/21 SQUAD RESULTS

Two "junior" International friendly games played tonight with mixedresults for the Spanish National Teams.First game was an U/19 clash between ENGLAND & SPAIN whichsaw the latter pull in a great match with a 0-3 victoryHere is a brief summary:England 0: Smithies, Trippier (Kyle Walker, m.70), Hills (Reid, m.70),Rodwell, Spence, Hoyte (Martin Kelly, m.46), Drinkwater, Dan Gosling(Tutte, m.61),

RIBERY TO REAL MADRID: "WINK WINK NUG NUG"?

Comments picked up by our local media in reference to BAYERN MUNICH winger & French International FRANCK RIBERY"No podemos retenerle contra su voluntad, siempre ganan los futbolistas.Queremos que siga aquí pero, si él quiere, puede marcharse. ¿Que si puedeirse al Madrid? Y por qué no...". (Franz Beckenbauer President ofBayern Munich)translated:“We can´t retain him against his wish, the player

LA LIGA: HAPPY 80th BIRTHDAY!

Local Sporting newspapers “As” & “Marca” has brought to our attentionthis interesting Spanish Football historical fact. It was 80 years ago today,the 10th of February of 1929, that the National League Championshipkicked off, in which it is today called the Spanish 1ºDivision League ormost popularly known as “La Liga”. (Leyendary goalie Ricardo Zamora waiting before the start of a game in the 30s:

SPANISH FOOTBALL: THE SPANISH NATIONAL TEAM & FC BARCELONA RELATIONSHIP

FC BARCELONA has given the Spanish National Team many &wonderful players, a total of 118 with the call up last week of Pique &Sergio Busquets. The current Spanish National Side has Xavi, Iniesta,Pique, Puyol & Busquets, plus if we take into consideration that othercurrent & regular players started their career & grew up at Barça likeReina, Cesc, Sergio Gracia, Guiza & Fernando Navarro the list is

SPANISH FOOTBALL. LOWER TEAMS FEEL THE ECONOMIC PAIN IN THE ASS

It´s not an underwear ad, nor is it to see who has the biggest asset,its 2ºDivision B team PEGASO who are in a financial crisis. The teamhas´nt been paid for the last 3 months, a situation that is affecting our lower & modest teams as the Economic Crisis hits all sectors.This inventive way to call attention to their situation was accompaniedwith the slogan..."con el culo en el aire"...a Spanish

HUNTELAAR WISHES TO LEAVE REAL MADRID ?

News Update:Arnold Oosterveer , representative of Jan Klaas Huntelaar has commentedthat his player has never said he wishes to leave Real Madrid. This “flash”comes from Spanish daily “Marca” after rival daily “AS” published thismorning that the player had said the opposite.Read the below post for all thestory. Striker___________________________________________________Since arriving at REAL

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA 2008/09 - ROUND 22 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

Lets get straight into the results, scorers & images of the games playedtoday in Round 22 of the Spanish 1ºDivision League.The Spanish Cup effort is "hurting" ATHLETIC DE BILBAO asthey went down away to VALLADOLID 2-1. Valladolid CaptainVICTOR scored both goals for his team in the 38th min via a penalty& in the 58th min. For Bilbao ORBAIZ scored the consolation goalin the 65th min.SOLDADO (above)

"EL MUNDANO DEPORTIVO" : RAFAEL NADAL

SFS bi-monthly collaborator Adrian Vogel gives us today this post onSpanish Sportsman & Tennis player RAFAEL NADAL & raises the question:Is Rafael Nadal Spain´s Greatest Sportsman?Adrian Vogel has his on blog in Spanish "El Mundano"__________________________________________Rafa Nadal by Adrian VogelIs Rafa Nadal Spain’s best sportsman ever? I have no doubt about it. Iwas just waiting for him to

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA 2008/09 - ROUND 22 SATURDAY GAMES RESULT

Two games played last night of Round 22, here are the video highlightsof the games played & their goals:REAL MADRID won 1-0 RACING thanks to a goal by HIGUAÍN:The big "Andalucian" derby went REAL BETIS way with 1-2victory over eternal rival SEVILLA FC. Goal scores were SERGIOGARCIA & OLIVEIRA for Betis & KANOUTE for Sevilla FC:

SFS FLASHBACKS: SUBLIME GOAL BY MENDIETA

A SFS Flashback moment in Spanish Football.It was 1999 & the Final of the SPANISH CUP between ATLETICODE MADRID & VALENCIA CF, Claudio Lopez had scored in the24th min & have Valencia leading 0-1. Then in the 34th min thishappened:Valencia Captian GAIZKA MENDIETA scored a sublime second goal.Valencia went on to score a 3ºrd via Claudio Lopez in the 81st min,win the match 0-3 & the Spanish Cup

FC BARCELONA PLAYERS PIQUE & BUSQUETS CALLED UP TO THE SPANISH NATIONAL TEAM

Spanish National Team Selector & Coach Vicente Del Bosque hashanded in his list of 22 players that will make up the Spanish Squadthat will prepare itself for next Wednesdays - 11th of Febuary -International friendly clash against ENGLAND here in Spain.The novelties are that FC BARCELONA U/21 International defenderGERARD PIQUE will replace the injuried Carles Puyol, & histeammate (another

SPANISH CUP 2008/2009 - 1º LEG SEMI FINAL THURSDAY GAME RESULT (SEE VIDEO)

The second 1ºleg SPANISH CUP semi final game has just been playedwith FC BARCELONA closer to going onto the Final with its 2-0 victoryover MALLORCA.Very simple commentary for this clash. Mallorca went in with a defensiveattitude hoping to pounce onto the counter-attack opportunities. Barçawent in with its attacking mode & that out-weighted the former. YoungBojan for Barça was active in the first

SFS FLASHBACKS: ZINEDINE ZIDANE 2002

It was 2002 & it was the glory days of REAL MADRID & its “galacticos”.Here is the Zinedine Zidane goal in the European Cup Final againstGerman Club Bayern Levankusen that put Real Madrid on its way to its9th European Cup title. It is an extraordinary goal from an incredibleFootball player & legend. A classic SFS Flashback, the game ended 2-1for Real

SPANISH CUP 2008/2009 - WEDNESDAY 1º LEG SEMI FINAL GAME RESULT

The SPANISH CUP has entered into the semi-final stage with one gameof the 1º leg just finished tonight & the other semi to be played tomorrow.SEVILLA FC hosted ATHLETIC DE BILBAO in a game that waswell played by both,with the intensity & determination proper ofa semi-final. It was a head & tails match & allow me to explain, Bilbaodominated the 1ºst half & Sevilla FC was master in the 2ºhalf.In

MOTO GP: SPANIARD JORGE LORENZO & VALENTINO ROSSI

Great video with Spanish Moto Gp rider JORGE LORENZO & hisItalian & World Champion teammate Valentino Rossi. Both haveparticipated in his humorous piece as part of the new team bike launch& the beginning of the new 2009 season.The Unveiling of the Yamaha YZR-M1 - 2009Lets hope "YouTube" don´t remove the video

WILL FC BARCELONA PUT HENRY ON THE MARKET NEXT YEAR?

There is a difference of opinion at FC BARCELONA between CoachGuardiola & the Club Directives, according to Spanish daily “AS”,the discord is over THIERRY HENRY.The technical staff are verysatisfied with the French strikers´ performance this season, who has liftednotably in performance & with goals.However, the Club Directives seem to think that they should put the playeron the market next season

ATLETICO DE MADRID: AGUIRRE WILL BE MISSED

Reactions are still be heared after ATLETICO DE MADRID coachJAVIER AGUIRRE was sacked yesterday. Player & Uruguayianforward DIEGO FORLAN made some comments on Radio Marcalast night that gives the players angle, or at least his opinion.Contrary, to rumours & stories that the player was unhappy at Atletico,Forlan has publically commented that they are false, that he & histeammates feel sad with the

REAL MADRID IS FOLLOWING BRAZILIAN PROMISE DENTINHO

The news comes from Italy, & its been picked up here by daily "Marca".Apparently REAL MADRID is following a Brazilian 20 year old playerfrom CORINTHIANS, who jumped to fame for his 24 goals last seasonthat put his side back into 1ºDivision, apart from being an U/20International. His name is DENTINHO ( see below) & he has the mayorEuropean Clubs: Arsenal, Inter... also checking him out.According

SFS FLASHBACKS: PAOLO FUTRE

Here is an SFS Flashback of happier days for Atletico de Madrid.The season was 1991-92 & the game was the final of the SPANISHCUP against the eternal rival Real Madrid. ATLETICO DE MADRID Potugues leyend & striker PAOLO FUTRE scores a "cracker" & thesealer to give Atletico the Cup (0-2). Best thing about it was that it wasa final played at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium - Real Madrid homestadium.

ATLETICO SACKS ITS COACH AGUIRRE FOR ABEL

It´s official , as announced on radio Cadena Ser & Marca.com,ATLETICO DE MADRID has sacked its Coach Javier Aguirre ( photoleft) after two & half years. His substitute will be ex-Atletico goalkeeper& up till now Coach of lower Division side Castellon, ABEL RESINO(photo: Marca.com)SFS feels that this is not the best option & the Club should have waiteduntil the end of this season, however the

ATLETICO DE MADRID: COACH JAVIER AGUIRRE HAS HIS HOURS COUNTED

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SPAIN HAS 2 OFF THE 7 WONDERS OF THE SPORTING WORLD

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