SPAIN HINTS AT ITS STARTING 11 AGAINST TURKEY THIS WEDNESFDAY. PLUS TERIM TO SEVILLA FC ?

(photo:AS)Looks like this starting 11 against Turkey last Saturday will change.According to Spanish media (“AS” for example) who are following theSpanish National Team in Istanbul for the World Cup 2010 qualifier thisWednesday night against TURKEY, Spanish Coach Del Bosque may havegiven a hint of the official line-up. In today’s training session at the “Ali SamiYen” stadium Coach Del Bosque

VILLAREAL & REAL MADRID SEND SCOUTS TO WATCH SERBIAN DANIJEL ALESKSIC

VILLAREAL & REAL MADRID have sent scouts to Serbia to “spy” onone of the members of the Serbian U/19 National side. DANIJEL ALESKSICthe young pearl of Serbian Football who will be in action this afternoon againstGermany. This news comes from Serbian media “Sportske Novosti” who alsoadd that the German Clubs Hamburgo, Hertha Berlín y Hoffenheim have alsoshown serious signs of interest.Alesksic has

REAL MADRID TRANSFER NEWS 2009: RUMOUR, SPECULATIONS & LIES...

SFS echoed the rumoured interest of REAL MADRID (via its "shadowy" exPresident Florentino Perez) in INTER MILAN 27 year old defensiveright-back MAICON a few days back. Now his representative, AntonioCaliendo,has confirmed the interest on Telelombardía , a TV channel thatcovers Milan & Northern Italy. The player´s representative added that someone(like this) contacted in the name of Real Madrid to

"EL MUNDANO DEPORTIVO": REAL MADRID - NO TO CR7, VALDANO & WENGER

El Mundano Deportivo, Adrian Vogel (the Real Madrid "insider"), is backwith his bi-monthly collaboration with his views on the cuurent REALMADRID. Today Adrian examines yesterdays Club Extraordinary GeneralAssembly & has some sharp words in reference to rumours of the coming ofFlorentino Perez, Cristiano Ronaldo, Jorge Valdano & the possibility of ArseneWegner.This post is perhaps his most

MOTOGP REVS UP IN JEREZ (SPAIN) FOR 2009.

(pictures courtesy of Marca)The Spanish city of Jerez & its emblematic circuit played host to the traditionalpreliminary big test of MotoGp before the season kicks of in serious in a coupleof weeks time at QATAR. It is the big dress rehearsal in front of a huge crowdof “mad” Spanish motorheads with the prize being a BMW car to the pilot withthe quickest time. The winner was Australian CASEY

ATLETICO DE MADRID WINS LEAGUE TITLE (JUNIOR)

The ATLETICO DE MADRID junior side proclaimed themselvesCHAMPIONS of the junior “Honour Division” Group 5 that gathersteams from the Madrid region. The 1-2 victory over Rayo Vallecano & thefact that Real Madrid drew, gave Atletico the title with 2 games still left.A title they last won in the 2004 – 2005 season.The highest junior level in Spanish Football is divided in regional groups, atthe end

FORMULA 1 2009: ALONSO FINISHES 6TH IN MELBOURNE

The Formula 1 season kicked off in Melbourne AUSTRALIA (see the photo ofthe 2009 drivers above), the result & the message of the race were that thereis a “new sheriff” in town, the F1 town. The Ross Brawn team (the phoenix thatrises from the Honda ashes) has a technological advantage (KERS?) that hasliterally left the rest of the F1 teams smelling their fumes. Lastly, speaking ofteams, Toyota

WORLD CUP 2010 QUALIFIERS: SPAIN WINS 1-0 A HARD TURKEY TEAM (SEE VIDEO)

The current European Champions SPAIN knew beforehand that this wouldbe a tough match as part of its Group V World Cup 2010 qualifying rounds.TURKEY was a semi-finalist in the last Euro 2008 tournament & are a classact, & it showed tonight in the way they set up their strategy & game plan.However, Spain is a finely tuned machine & managed to tire & open up theTurks in one of the few chances that

REAL MADRID: FUTURE UP IN THE AIR FOR CANNAVARO & VAN DER VAART

Latest news from England & picked up here locally by “AS” is thatMANCHESTER CITY, TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR & AC MILAN haveshown interest in gaining the services of Italian International Captain &REAL MADRID central defender FABIO CANNAVARO. The Italian endscontract with the Spanish Club the 30 of June & although he wishes to continue, Real has halted all renewal talks due to their upcoming

MILESTONES & POSSIBLE RECORDS TONIGHT FOR SPAIN AGAINST TURKEY

Milestone for the goalkeeper many say is the “Best Goalkeeper in the World”at this moment, REAL MADRID 27 year old & Spanish International TeamCaptain IKER CASILLAS. Tonight he will play his 90th International forSpain against Turkey & overtakes Fernando Hierro (ex-Real Madrid Capitan& defender) who has 89, now ahead of Casillas is only Raul & anothergoalie Zubizarreta.Milestone tonight for DAVID

U/21 FRIENDLY: SPAIN 1 - IRELAND 2

The Spanish U/21 National team were defeated yesterday night 1-2 by Irelandin a friendly preparation International match before the September Euro 2011qualifiers. The Spanish Coach Lopez Caro put on a totally new & experimentalside to test out the upcoming youngsters before settling for his final squadfor next Septembers official qualifiers.The novelty & the lack of playing between the new

PRE MATCH DETAILS: SPAIN & TURKEY REVEAL STARTING LINE-UPS

The Spanish National Team Photo: Who will replace Iniesta?It seems both Spain & Turkey have showed their playing cards for tomorrownights World Cup 2010 Group 5 qualifying match in Madrid. According tolocal media SANTIAGO CAZORLA (pictured) is the man chosen overDavid Silva to substitute injured Andres Iniesta in the starting line-up. TheSpanish team would look like this:Casillas, Ramos, Piqué,

SERGIO AGUERO..."I Have Told Club Directives That I Wish To Continue"

SERGIO AGÜERO has answered rumours from Buenos Aires (Argentina) concerning his immediate future after the World press speculated on whether the fact that his representative José Segui in Milan was to meet up with Inter Milan President Moratti to discuss a possible transfer to the Italian Club.(Photo: RTRPIX)Aguero spoke to Argentine media “TyC Sports” after he found a moment free from his

REAL MADRID NEWS: FLORENTINO EYES MAICON & HIS PLANNED "REVOLUTION"

More news on the speculated presentation of ex – REAL MADRID PresidentFlorentino Perez to the upcoming Presidential Club elections in a few months.The daily “As” publish that Perez continues working on his planned signingsfor the new look & “revolutionary” Real Madrid. The new name to pop up isINTER MILAN right back defender MAICON, which if true & feasible,would push Sergio Ramos to the Central

FC BARCELONA NEWS: KEIRRISION & THIERRY HENRY

Barcelona based daily “Sport” announce ( it´s on their front cover) that FCBARCELONA has come to an initial agreement with 20 year old Brazilianyoungster KEIRRISON de Souza Carneiro, currently playing for Brazilianteam PALMEIRAS. The young player is the “pearl” of Brazilian Football atthe moment with 57 goals in the last 16 months & has other Clubs hoveringas well like Liverpool, Real Madrid &

SPAIN TESTS WITH ALTERNATIVES IN CASE VILLA DOES NOT MAKE IT.

SFS thought it give a brief post on how things are going for SPAIN in therun up to the important World Cup 2010 Group qualifier against TURKEYthis Saturday in Madrid. This idea took weight after SFS received a fewgood comments & emails from readers asking SFS thoughts about the possiblemidfield combinations & what tactics maybe used by Spain on Saturday.(photo:elmundo)Spain has an injury worry

JOHAN CRUYFF SLAMS REAL MADRID & FLORENTINO PEREZ

Johan Cruyff is much more than a FC BARCELONA ex-player & Coach.Apart from being considered one of the “Greats” as a player he is one ofthe most influential opinion makers within Camp Barça. The man is sometimesthought of as the “Darth Vader” of Barcelona as he lurks in the shadowsexercising his power within the Club. He is the “spiritual” figure & guide toPresident Laporta & Coach Guardiola,

INTER MILAN - SERGIO AGUERO RUMOURS, AGAIN!

ATLETICO DE MADRID President Cerezo has said numerous times thatSERGIO AGÜERO is not for sale, that the Club has´nt any offers & that ifJosé Segui – representative of Aguero – is currently in Milan it is because heenjoys spaghettis. That maybe the case, further more the man could bestocking up on suits from the Spring/Summer collection, but Italian press thinkdifferently. According to “Corriere

THE ROAD TO THE WORLD CUP 2010: SPAIN vs TURKEY - A PRE-HYPE VIDEO

Found this while surfing “YouTube”. It’s a pre-hype video elaborated by aguy called Sabit who is from Sydney Australia. A lot of work has gone intothe 3min clip & one can see the TLC with a balanced treatment given to bothteams. Well done mate!Check it out, thought I’d post it on SFS to build up the atmosphere a bit asa way to countdown what will be the Spanish National side first real

SPANISH 1ºST DIVISION CLUBS ACCUMULATE A 2,086 M€ DEBT

Here is another interesting study that comes to SFS attention via “FutebolFinance”.According to the “Diario de Mallorca”, the Spanish 1º Division Clubs havea combined debt of 2,086M€. The bulk of the debt is due to owed tax payments(627M€) & Social Security payments still to be transferred. Only three teamsare debt free: Sevilla FC, Almeria & Recreativo de Huelva.The current economic crisis is

ENZO ZIDANE: VIDEO OF SON OF ZINEDINE

Here is a VIDEO of ENZO ZIDANE, son of Zinedine in action for the REAL
MADRID youth team:



Yes, he looks like his father. He has nice footwork & has been called up
to the U/15 Spain Squad. But lets not ruin the kid before he can get started.

Remember Jordi Cruyff , son of Johan Cruyff, ended short of the expectations
& wondered from Club to Club. The pressure of comparisons "killed" his

CARLO ANCELOTTI HAS AN AGREEMENT WITH PEREZ & REAL MADRID?

I know, I know, you have read all this before.More pieces from the Florentino Perez puzzle (see post below), according toItalian media “Tuttosport” the ex - REAL MADRID President had dinnerwith current AC MILAN Coach CARLO ANCELOTTI in Geneva last week.There they discussed the possibility of have the Italian on the Florentino Perez“ticket” for the upcoming Real Madrid Presidential elections as

THE GLOBAL FOOTBALL AMBASSADOR ZINEDINE ZIDANE RETURNS TO PLAY WITH REAL MADRID

Lets hold our horse, SFS "sneakily" used a title that would attract mostGlobal Football fans, but it is not incorrect. One of World Footballs greats& ex Real Madrid player ZINEDINE ZIDANE did play again Football &with a Real Madrid shirt this afternoon here in Madrid.The occasion was the REAL MADRID veteran team who played a gameagainst a team made of prisoners from the “Soto el Real”

IS CRISTIANO RONALDO CLEARING THE FIELD FOR HIS DEPARTURE TO REAL MADRID?

Is CRISTIANO RONALDO along with his representative & his PR machinebeginning to lay down the groundwork & clear the field for his suspecteddeparture from MANCHESTER UNITED at the end of this season?(photo: AS)It is speculated that Cristiano Ronaldo signed a pre-contract with REALMADRID & agreed to stay one more year at Manchester United if the Clubagreed beforehand to accept his departure at the

SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM PRESENTS NEW UNIFORM (SHIRT) DESIGN FOR UPCOMING CONFEDERATIONS CUP

An Apache Indian? Geronimo?Spain, sorry guys a well known Sports multinational, today presented its newshirt design which will make its debut in this Saturdays upcoming World Cup2010 qualifying game against Turkey in Madrid, & will be the uniform inSpain’s participation in the June 2009 Confederations Cup tournament inSouth Africa. In a nutshell a pure marketing gimmick by part of

MANCHESTER CITY MAKE 32.5M OFFER FOR DIEGO FORLAN

Manchester City just doesn’t give up. After failed attempts to lure overKaka & David Villa with bags full of dollars, the Arab Sheik owner ofMANCHESTER CITY has publicly acknowledged that they have madea 32.5M€ offer for ATLETICO DE MADRID Uruguayan forwardDIEGO FORLAN. The news comes from English paper “The Daily Mirror”& goes on further to say that the player has given positive signs of

SPANISH NATIONAL TEAM: JUAN MATA SUBSTITUTE FOR INIESTA

The Spanish national squads’ medical team have confirmed the injury ofFC Barcelona midfielder ANDRES INIESTA. The player has torn musclefibres that will keep him out of the Spanish Team for the upcoming doubleWorld Cup 2010 qualifying games against Turkey, the first match of whichwill be played at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid this upcomingSaturday.This has forced Spanish Coach Vicente

FC BARCELONA THINKS IN INTER MILAN DEFENDER MAXWELL

Pro-Barça sports daily “Sport” publish today that FC BARCELONA hasits eye on 28 year old Brazilian defender Maxwell Sherrer Cabaliro Andrade– aka MAXWELL – of INTER MILAN for next season. According to thecited paper the Barça technical team lead by Txiki Bergiristain see theplayer as being , he defends well & also attacks better, has great technicalqualities & uses both feet.Barça has currently

LIONEL MESSI THE HIGHEST PAID PLAYER IN SPANISH FOOTBALL

His 21 years of age & he is Nº1 in the big bucks League in Spanish Football.Found this interesting post in “Futebol Finance” , Portugues blog the looksat Football (Soccer) from the financial side of things, well worth a visit once& a while. They publish an article that highlights “The 50st Highest SalariesOf Football Players 2008/2009” , which is eye opening as for the SpanishLeague FC Barcelona

SAMUEL ETO´O BREAKS RECORDS & ENTERS BARÇA HISTORY

Here is an interesting piece of information in case it turns up in the nextmodern trivial pursuit game in the Sports &/or Football (Soccer) section.The two goals scored yesterday by FC BARCELONA star forward SAMUELETO´O not only opens up his lead as the Spanish League Top goal scorerfor this season with his 25 goals to date, it takes him past Patrick Kluivert& Carles Rexach to covert Eto´o in the

YOANN GOURCUFF SOUNDS FOR REAL MADRID

How many players can Real Madrid buy? Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Gerrard,Iniesta, Xabi Alonso, David Villa, Franck Ribery, Benzema bla , bla, bla…there isn’t enough money to get them all over, plus who do you sell to makeroom, & raise the funds?News from France & its paper L´Equipe publish that young 22 year oldFrench midfielder YOANN GOURCUFF is on a list of possible players thatREAL MADRID is

REAL MADRID: LIVERPOOL COACH BENITEZ THINKING IN ARJEN ROBBEN?

Interesting news from England & its paper “Daily Star” which has beenpicked up here by “AS”: the interest by LIVERPOOL FC for ARJENROBBEN. According to the newspaper, Liverpool Spanish Coach RafaelBenitez is already planning next season after extending his contract withthe English Club until 2014. The Coach sees REAL MADRID Dutch wingerRobben as the player that can give Liverpool that something

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA 2008/ 2009 - ROUND 28: FC BARCELONA & REAL MADRID CHASE TITLE WITH WINS (SEE VIDEO)

Hi, great to be back home after some days of relax in the countryside.You can see all of last weekends Round 28 results of "La Liga" on theright hand side widget.FC BARCELONA reacted strongly to the pressure put on by REAL MADRID in their particular two team "fight" to win this years "Liga"title. Barça maintains its 6 point lead at the Top of the classification table over Real & the outcome of

TENNIS: RAFAEL NADAL STARTS 2009 WITH INDIAN WELLS

Great start for the 2009, first it was the Australian Open & yesterdayanother title the INDIAN WELLS MASTERS. Spanish World Nº122 year old RAFAEL NADAL won his 13th Masters title after defeatingNº4 World ranked ANDY MURRAY in terrible windy conditions6-1 & 6-2.This title puts Nadal one Masters title behind Federer & close tothe 17 won by Andre Agassi, numbers that the young Spaniard is on course

FERNANDO TORRES & DAVID VILLA: THEN & NOW

Spanish Football & Sports Blog has a lot of female readers & its good tosee, & read via their emails to SFS, that they follow Football (Soccer) justas intensely as their male companions. Part of their questions to SFS, apart from the tactical angles of the game, is their wish to gain more images& photos of their Football heroes. In this case, two Spaniards who have greatpulling power & it seems

SFS FLASHBACKS: EMILIO BUTRAGEÑO

Emilio Butrageño – “El Buitre” (The Vulture) – was a legendary REALMADRID forward who mesmerized literally defenders & fans. His greattechnique was to come to a halt with the defender hypnotized looking at hisfeet to see how in a “lighting move” he won sufficient space to score goals.Emilio Butrageño debuted for Real Madrid in 1984 & retired from the Clubin 1998 earning himself a place in Club &

FC BARCELONA: PLANNING ITS "DEADLY" ATTACKING TRIDENT

Barcelona based daily “Mundo Deportivo” publish that FC BARCELONAare busy planning next season. This is important as never before has thesaying “the early bird catches the worm” been so relevant if you keep inmind that the competitors – Real Madrid, Manchester City, Manchester United, etc – may take away the wished signings & torpedo your plans.FC Barcelona has two signings in mind to join up

IBRAHIMOVIC LOOKS TO SPAIN ( & FC BARCELONA) FOR NEXT SEASON

From Italy & its daily“Gazzetta Dello Sport” the news is that INTERMILAN star Swedish forward ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC wishesto change Clubs. According to the daily the player praises the Footballbeing played by FC BARCELONA (hint!) & has expressed his desire toend up playing “…in one of the big Spanish teams". Plus when asked bymedia if we will see him in an Inter shirt in next seasons Champions

CHELSEA FC PREPARING HUGE OFFER FOR DANI ALVES?

News from England’s daily paper “Daily Mirror” reports the CHELSEAFC has not forgotten Brazilian right back & FC BARCELONA playerDANI ALVES. In fact, the paper goes on to comment that Chelsea ispreparing a massive offer for the player in an attempt to lure their prized"dream".Remember Alves was close to signing for Chelsea but in the last minute thetransfer was halted by Sevilla FC President Del

EUROPEAN SUPER LEAGUE: WILL THIS BE THE FUTURE?

Imagine this scenario, it’s Saturday night & the big game is Milan vs.Manchester United. The following night it’s Liverpool FC vs. FC Barcelona,Bayern Munich vs. Real Madrid, Lyon vs. Oporto, Inter vs. Olympiakos, etc.It’s the European Super League & it would be like this week after week,running parallel with the local National Leagues ( La Liga, Premier, etc) &with the UEFA Cup & current

FC BARCELONA & REAL MADRID SOME HUMOUR

REAL MADRID is chasing FC BARCELONA for the Spanish Leaguetitle, it was at its highest moment a 12 point gap & now it´s 6 points. Thelast couple of weeks (with Barça having a game in hand) Real Madridhas enjoyed a margen as close as 3 points, but Barça does´nt cave intothe pressure & keeps winning to extend the margin again.From Barcelona & its local daily "Mundo Deportivo", its cartoonist"KAP"

REAL MADRID: JOSÉ MOURINHO KEEPS ON SOUNDING FOR NEXT SEASON

Pipi Estrada is a playboy journalist – in the good sense of the word – witha lifestyle of a Football Player but without the ball & without jumping onthe field. That is a grand advantage because you can rub shoulders withthe players, Coaches & Club Directives. In fact that is his competitiveadvantage that his news pieces come straight from the horses mouth,in this case, from the insiders in the

EL MUNDANO DEPORTIVO - YES, WE CAN II

SFS publishes today its bi-monthly post by collaborator Adrian Vogel withhis "El Mundano Deportivo". Today he summons the Sporting Gods withoptimism to illustrate that "La Liga" is still very much alive & not at all adone deal.Adrian has his own Blog - "El Mundano"- written in Spanish & willanswer all your questions by leaving a comment below, SFS will forward them on. You don´t have to agree, as

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA 2008 / 09 - ROUND 27 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

Lots of goals & lots of comebacks in a great Round 27 of the Spanish1º Division. Lets get straight into the round-up as there are plenty of scorers to talk about, details & images.Yes, Diego Forlan started this time from the beginning & ATLETICODE MADRID cameback & defeated Diego Lopez (Villareal goalie) -VILLAREAL 3-2 to get back into European positions & back into contention for a possible

HANDBALL: BARCELONA TAKES SPANISH CUP 2009

BARCELONA Borges won its 13th SPANISH CUP after it defeatedtonight CIUDAD REAL 29-26. The tough Barça defense & its goalieHVIDT frustrated Ciudad Real to give Barça its 3ºrd title this season.Here is a brief summary, courtesy of Marca.com:29. Barcelona Borges: Kasper Hvidt (p), Noddesbo (2), Víctor TomásGonzález (4), Demetrio Lozano (1), Ugalde (1), Iker Romero (10 4p),Laszlo Nagy (6), Jermenyr (

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA 2008 /09 - ROUND 27 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

REAL MADRID visited ATHLETIC DE BILBAO after the hard defeatat Liverpool & had to pull itself together again. They did so winning 2-5 in what can only be called a "war zone", just look at the physicalaspect with the below photo, that was the norm during the whole 90minites.Bilbao started strong early but ROBBEN scored first with a brilliantzig -zag goal in the 22th min, that was followed with a

FC BARCELONA PLANNING 2009/2010

Spanish daily “AS” lets us know that FC BARCELONA is alreadyplanning for next season. Coach Guardiola has had reunions with thetechnical team & Football Director to voice his necessities to strengthenthe side & keep it competitive. The paper comments that Guardiolawishes to reinforce three positions: Goalkeeper, Left Winger & a forward.If Guardiola manages to get his three wishes, this will force

THE UPCOMING REVOLUTION AT REAL MADRID: SOME DETAILS

Last Tuesdays Champions League defeat at the hands of Liverpool 4-0(5-0 on aggregate) not only knocked out Real Madrid from the Europeancompetition it also put the institution & its whole structure on thecanvass. The Best Football (Soccer) Club of the 20th Century (FIFAaward) has been on the decline since ex President Florentino Perez leftvoluntarily the post three years ago. The Club under his

MANCHESTER CITY GOING FOR DAVID VILLA

After failing to lure Kaka over to England, MANCHESTER CITY hasnow put its sights on “virtually bankrupt” VALENCIA CF & concretelyon its Spanish International star striker DAVID VILLA.Fernando Gomez, Valencia’s Football Director, has confirmed what theEnglish paper “The Times” has been publishing, that talks with ManchesterCity over his goal scorer are true. Apparently Valencia President

ATLETICO DE MADRID 2009: A WRONG CHOICE OF COACH

ATLETICO DE MADRID were knocked out yesterday from Championsby a better team, the Portuguese side OPORTO, but it could have beendifferent, all that was needed was a goal, just one goal. Fair enough a clearpenalty to Simao wasn’t called & that could have made the difference, butone cannot base all is planning & tactics on this solitary event occurring.The great mystery was the decision of Atlético

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2008 / 2009 WEDNESDAY NIGHT RESULTS: BARÇA THROUGH (SEE VIDEO) & ATLETICO OUT

(above logo courtesy of MARCA)FC BARCELONA go through to the Q/Finals of the Champions Leagueafter defeating OLYMPIQUE DE LYON 5-2 (aggregate 6-3). The jobwas all done in the first half with spectacular upfront play by Barça thatwas absolute magic.THIERRY HENRY is back, he scored twice in the space of two minutesto put his team on course ( 24th & 26th min). Then MESSI got into theact with a

FIFA RANKINGS: SPAIN REMAINS Nº1 FOR 9TH MONTH IN A ROW.

The Spanish National Football Team continues for 9th month in a row asthe Nº1 National Football team in the World. The World Football (Soccer)governing authority & body FIFA released today its monthly list of Worldrankings with Spain on top of the rankings with a 300 point advantage oversecond placed Germany. Here is the full list of the Top 20 teams accordingto FIFA:.1. Spain 1.666 Pts .2.

RAFA BENITEZ POST MATCH PRESS CONFERENCE AFTER 4-0 VICTORY OVER REAL MADRID

As the shockwaves ripple through Spanish Football & Real Madrid CFafter being overrun & defeated yesterday by Liverpool FC 4-0, that is 5-0overall on aggregate, lets have a listen to what Rafael Benitez had to sayabout it all: If yesterday was a job interview - rumours that Rafael Benitez will end upat Real Madrid - he definately cancelled all potential candidates & won thejob hands down.What do

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2008 / 2009 TUESDAY NIGHT RESULTS: REAL MADRID IS CRUSHED & VILLAREAL GO THROUGH TO QUARTERS

(above logo courtesy from MARCA)LIVERPOOL FC has qualified for the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Q/Finalsafter crushing REAL MADRID CF 4-0. It was the first time both Clubsmet at Anfield & Liverpool poured on the play for its fans & send a clearmessage to all other teams that it is a serious contender with its 5-0 aggregate result.Real Madrid were tactically beaten again by Liverpool Coach Benitez as hemade

REAL MADRID HIGHLIGHTED IN THE MOURINHO - IBRAHIMOVIC "DISPUTE"

Mino Railo, representative of Inter Milan Swedish International forwardZlatan Ibrahimovic, has apparently let his month loose on the Italian dailypaper “Il Giorno”.The representative who talks on behave of his playerIbrahimovic is upset on how Inter Milan Coach Mourinho has marginalizedhis player with more bench time. He suggested that if things continue hisplayer will find a new Club & doesn’t

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAMUEL ETO´O : 28 TODAY

SAMUEL ETO´O is a reader of SFS, or that is what is rumoured :)SFS wishes to give the man a Happy Birthday shout as he turns 28 yearsof age today.The current leading Spanish League goalscorer - with 23 goals - has had a"dry patch" for the last couple of weeks that he could break tomorrowin the Champions League clash against Lyon.Send Samuel a Birthday message in the commentary link at the

BASKETBALL: SCARE FOR RUDY FERNANDEZ AGAINST LAKERS

Spanish Basketball star & NBA Blazzer player RUDY FERNANDEZmade bells sound when he was taken off in a stretcher & with a neckcollar in the game against the LA Lakers.As the below video shows, TREVOR ARIZA stopped "violently"Fernandez as he attempted to score, Rudy landed hard on the floor& kept the crowd in suspense for a long 9 minutes:Latest news is that Rudy is in observation in an LA

LIVERPOOL FC vs REAL MADRID PRE-HYPE. REINA TEACHES CASILLAS ENGLISH

They are great mates outside the field & teammates in the Spanish NationalTeam, here to spice up the atmosphere for tomorrows vital ChampionsLeague 2ºleg clash they give this video. To add some light hearted humour,LIVERPOOL ´s Spanish goalie PEPE REINA gives REAL MADRIDgoalie IKER CASILLAS some English lessons:Willing to give your outcome? Will Real get through?

SFS FLASHBACKS: THE DAY VILLAREAL NEARLY MADE THE FINAL OF CHAMPIONS

Situation: Year 2006, it’s the semi-finals of the Champions League &VILLAREAL are at their highest European moment. In the first leg ofthe semi final English Club Arsenal have beaten Villareal 1-0 with agoal by Emmanuel Eboué. The second leg was at Villareal, Villarealwere playing great & aiming to score at least a goal to force extra time& in the worst case a penalty shoot-out. That chance came

ESPANYOL - LOOKING AT THE BARREL OF THE GUN

After Round 26 of the Spanish League, ESPANYOL are last on theclassification table with 21ºpoints. They are currently 7 points behindMallorca who are in 17ºth place & in the "saved zone".The Club has a deep history in 1ºst Division, although shadowed by theother big Club of the city, FC Barcelona. Their current Coach Pochettinodrives confidence into the team, however the reality & observation of

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA 2008 / 2009 - ROUND 26 RESULTS

Hi, just got back from a weekend in the countryside. Here is a quicksummary of Round 26 Spanish Football 1º Division - La Liga - results.Excuse regular readers of its all brief, as I have just arrived & a wee bit late!When a Club like VALENCIA CF does not pay its players for more than a month the effort falls off. That is what is occuring to Valenciawho are in "free-fall" after losing 2-1 to

FC BARCELONA FISHING IN ROUGH VALENCIA WATERS

VALENCIA CF has serious economic difficulties, they have been promisingto pay their players for weeks, however they still haven’t fulfilled that promise.The situation is so bad that it looks certain that the Club will need to sellits stars, including DAVID VILLA & DAVID SILVA.FC BARCELONA is in the front seat for Villa, & Silva could be anotheroption for them with JUVENTUS begin a serious

CAN ATLETICO BREAK THE 10 YEAR "CURSE" TOMORROW AGAINST REAL MADRID?

Tomorrow is the big Madrid derby game between REAL MADRID& ATLETICO DE MADRID. The latter has´nt won at the SantiagoBernabeu stadium for the last 10 years.Way back in 1999 Real Madrid lost to Atletico 1-3 with goals from:Real Madrid - MorientesAtletico - Hasselbaink 2; Solari¿Can Atletico undo the 10 year curse tomorrow?Until then lets re-live that magical night for Atletico 10 years ago withthe

MANCHESTER CITY WILLING TO PAY 112M€ FOR LEONEL MESSI

According to English press reports MANCHESTER CITY owner SulainamAl Fahim wishes to have FC BARCELONA star LEONEL MESSIbecome part of his Football Club. The multi-millionaire owner is in “love”with the player & desires to add to his team the quality & class that hefeels is still missing to take it to the Football Olympus. With this in mind,last January AC Milan star Kaka was made an offer that he

SFS FLASHBACKS: SPANISH CUP FINAL 1984: AT BILBAO 1 - FC BARCELONA 0

This years final of the Spanish Cup will be against ATHLETIC DEBILBAO & FC BARCELONA. The last time they played this final was25 years ago in a game that Bilbao won 1-0 & then at the end turned into a pitch fight with Maradona in the center of things. Traditionalrivals that have normally turned in big & toughly fought clashes. Seethis VIDEO Flashback, lets hope history does´nt repeat itself & may

SPANISH CUP 2008 /2009: 2º LEG SEMI FINAL RESULTS

SEVILLA FC went into the 2º leg of the SPANISH CUP semi-finalagainst ATHLETIC DE BILBAO with a 1-2 advantage from the 1ºleg clash. However they faced a super motivated Bilbao who wanted togo into the final after 24 years of waiting. "The Cathedral", name given to Bilbao home ground, was just that a place were miracles cometrue, & it was loaded with a home ground atmosphere that can shrinkany

JUVENTUS EYES SNEIJDER & SILVA FOR ITS NEXT TEAM PROJECT

News from Italy, concretely “Tuttosport”, let us know that Italian ClubJUVENTUS wishes to regain past glory & European Football power byplanning a younger & more powerful team for next year. The objectiveswould be quite clear, on the Sporting side to take Juventus back to thehighest levels of Italian, European & World Football & in a business sideto reap in the financial rewards of such a feat.In

THE FUTURE OF BOJAN KRKIC OUTSIDE OF FC BARCELONA?

This is an interesting news piece from the English paper “The Daily Mail”which has been picked up here locally by “As”; English Premier LeagueClub TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR wish to have on loan for a wholeseason FC BARCELONA youngster BOJAN KRKIC.Having said this, the news that grabs SFS attention is that apparentlyother Clubs like Lyon, Ajax of Amsterdam & Inter Milan wish to signpermanently the young

YOUNG KEIRRISON "SENDS A MESSAGE" TO FC BARCELONA?

According to local sports paper “AS”, the young Brazilian Football (Soccer)promise & goal scoring star KEIRRISON is sending “love messages”to Spanish Club FC BARCELONA. The PALMEIRAS player that inBrazil they call the “new Romario”, or “K9” after finishing as the maximumgoal scorer of the passed Brazilian Championship with 21 goals has saidto TV “ESPN” that he admires Barcelona & dreams of

SFS FLASHBACKS: ROMARIO

Possibly one of the finest forwards to have played in Spanish Football forhis skill & definition within a small area of space. A real marvel to watchin action, Brazilian ROMARIO. Here are flashbacks of some goals whenhe was a vital piece of the 90s "Dream Team" of FC BARCELONA:

ITALY: MASCARA FOR CATANIA, WHAT A GOOOOOAALLLL!

It´s the talk at the office, bar & public meeting places today in Italy.The incredible goal by Italian Football player MASCARA for Cataniaagainst Palermo. His goal was from near the center of the field &surprised the opposition goalkeeper. I think Mascara could not believeit himself :)The type of goal that transcends all frontiers & deserves a place of SFSfor its Universal appeal:By the way

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

Life is funny sometimes as it takes an arch rival to turn suddenly into
your ally & best friend. That´s what happened tonight as Atletico
beat FC Barcelona to put Real Madrid 4 points behind as the latter
shuts the gap & put the pressure on Barça. As everyone in Spain is
shouting now ..."WE HAVE LIGA"!

Here is a full summary of Sundays Round 25 games.
























ATLETICO DE MADRID