EUROPA LEAGUE 2009 - 2010 Q/FINAL & S/FINAL DRAW: VALENCIA CF ATLETICO DE MADRID MATCHED IN QUARTER FINAL

Source: Spanish Football Sports Blog /Straight after the Champions League draw (see above), UEFA celebrated the EUROPA LEAGUE last 8 teams match ups for their Quarter Finals & Semi Finals. The surprise, from a Spanish point of view, is the VALENCIA CF & ATLETICO DE MADRID Quarter Final draw. This guarentees at least a Spanish Team will be present in one of the semis & will meet the winner of the

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2009 - 2010 Q/FINAL & S/FINAL DRAW - FC BARCELONA WILL MEET ARSENAL

The last 8 European Football - Soccer - Teams left in this years CHAMPIONS LEAGUE were thrown into a bowl this mid-day at UEFA Headquarters & drawn out to establish the match ups for the upcoming Quarter-Finals & Semi-Finals. At this stage of the competition all teams are dangerous & full of mutual respect with some fascinating & wonderful games coming up for the Football fans.Here ( see below)

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LAST 16 RESULT: FC BARCELONA 4 - STUTTGART 0 (WATCH VIDEO OF MESSI GOALS)

Source: Spanish Football Sports Blog /Spanish Football - Soccer - secured a representative for the Quarter Finales of the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE after the current European Champions FC BARCELONA defeated in a very comfortable fashion 4-0 the German side STUTTGART ( 5-1 agg) in the return leg at the "Camp Nou" . The star of the game was LIONEL MESSI, who along with his partner "in crime" Dani Alves,

SPANISH FOOTBALL (SOCCER) - LA LIGA (LEAGUE) 2009 / 2010 - ROUND 26 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS (SEE VIDEO)

Source: Spanish Football Sports Blog /Spanish Football - Soccer - League, commonly called "La Liga" played six games of Round 26 tonight with the following results, scorers & images.FC BARCELONA managed to "brush off" an annoying & dangerous VALENCIA CF side in the 2ºhalf to finally win 3-0. The man of the match was LIONEL MESSI who scored a HAT-TRICK (56th, 81st & 82nd min) to take his personal

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA 2009 / 2010 - ROUND 26 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

The Spanish Football - Soccer - League (La Liga) celebrated last night three games of Round 26 with relatively low scores & draws.GETAFE hosted MALLORCA & won in convincing fashion 3-0. The visitors are strong at home but lose spring away perhaps due to the lack of warmth from their home fans. Young PAREJO scored for Getafe in the 32nd min & it wasn´t until the 80th that MIKU got the teams second

THE DAY AFTER: LYON ELIMINATE REAL MADRID FROM CHAMPIONS LEAGUE & COLDPLAY

Spanish Sports media reactions (especially Madrid based) along with International sources are having a meal day with yesterdays elimination of REAL MADRID from CHAMPIONS LEAGUE after the 1-1 draw ( 1-2 loss on aggregate) with Olympique de Lyon.However, lets have a different look at things. Football imitates life itself with important lessons that are learnt & need to be put in practice: the fall

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA 2009 / 2010 - ROUND 25 SATURDAY GAMES. REAL MADRID TAKE TOP SPOT IN LADDER

I must say "sorry" from the start to SFS readers as I was invited tonight to the Real Madrid - Sevilla FC match & now I am posting from some local cyber-cafe to get some news to you. Excuse the short summary of tonights three Round 25 "Liga" games that have had consequences in the "Liga" classification table.Earlier Saturday afternoon , DEPORTIVO ( J. Rodiguez, Guardado & Colotto) won 3-1

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA 2009 / 2010 - ROUND 24 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

Seven games played in Round 24 of the Spanish Football League(La Liga) with plenty of goals & the usual dose of controversydepending on which team you follow.(photo: Sporting vs Malaga_elmundo.com) Excellent match between REAL SPORTING DE GIJON & OSASUNAwith the home team winning in the end 3-2. Sporting player DECUEVAS continued his great form scoring first in the 17th min,but Osasuna began to

SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM: LIST OF 23 PLAYERS GIVEN FOR UPCOMING FRANCE FRIENDLY

Spanish National Football Coach & Selector, Vicente Del Bosque, hasannounced his list of 23 called up players to represent SPAIN in theupcoming Friendly International match against France at Paris nextWednesday.Each list calls the attention of the media as the South African WorldCup Finals are just months away, & lists of this nature may give hintsto what the National Team Selector has in mind

EUROPA LEAGUE - VIDEO : VALENCIA CF 3 - CLUB BRUGGE 0

Here is the VIDEO of goals & highlights of yesterdays EUROPALEAGUE 3-0 victory of Valencia Cf over Club Brugge. Intensegame, with numerous goal opportunities & same outstandingsaves:

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2009 - 2010 QUARTER FINAL 1º LEG: CSKA MOSCOW 1 - SEVILLA FC 1. WATCH THE MARK GONZALEZ GOAL (VIDEO)

SEVILLA FC managed a valuable away goal in their 1-1 draw intonights 1º leg CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Quarter Final match against CSKA MOSCOW. It was ALVARO NEGREDO that put theball into the back of the net in the 25th min from a great JesusNavas pass, just when Sevilla were demonstrating their bestFootball.(photo: Alvaro Negredo)However, the Russian team was to equalize in a spectacular fashionwith a "

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA 2009 / 2010 - ROUND 23 MONDAY GAME RESULT: VALENCIA CF 2 - GETAFE 1

Round 23 of "La Liga" came to an end tonight with the last scheduledmatch between VALENCIA CF & GETAFE. The home side defeated2-1 the visitors after a great start that was dimished when Valenciadefender Alexis was sent off with double yellow cards in the earlypart of the 2º half.(photo: David Villa in action_as.com)However, the damage to Getafe was done before Valencia went down to 10 men, after

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA 2009 / 2010 - ROUND 23 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS (VIDEOS)

Six games in Round 23 of the Spanish Football League - "La Liga" -have been played tonight with plenty of beautiful of goals to givethe night shine & plenty to talk about.(photo: Cristiano Ronaldo remembers Madeira_efe)REAL MADRID defeated 6 - 2 VILLAREAL with CRISTIANO RONALDOinspired, man of the match & with a call to remembrance for his birthplace Madeira experiencing tragic floods. Real

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA 2009 / 2010 - MONDAY NIGHT GAME RESULT

Monday night Football kicked-off for Spanish Football with the lastremaining game of Round 22 played in the Canary Islands.Bottom zone TENERIFE hosted MALLORCA & managed a value1-0 victory to take the 3 points. The only goal came early in the 13thmin via NINO. Mallorca played a below standard match & then hadTenerife goalkeeper Aragonese stopping all the little opportunitiesthey managed to

SPANISH CUP 2009 / 2010 - WEDNESDAY 2º LEG SEMI-FINAL: SEVILLA FC GOES INTO THE FINAL

So close yet so far, these words sum up a magnificent GETAFE whodefeated SEVILLA FC 1-0 in their SPANISH CUP 2º leg semi-finalclash,but lost on aggregate 2-1 to Sevilla. Thus SEVILLA FC is oneof the finalists of this years Spanish Cup.(photo:Soldado scores)SOLDADO (above) hit the post in the 7th min & if that would have gonein, perhaps the future would have been different. Getafe did not put

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA 2009 / 2010 - ROUND 21 GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football - "La Liga" - summary of Round 21 games with results& scorers:Yesterday FC BARCELONA won GETAFE 2-1 with two "controversial"Red Cards (Pique & Marquez) who many interpret as a "get back"after strong criticism from Madrid based media that the refereesfavour Barça. However, under these circumstances FC Barcelonamanaged to win with goals from MESSI in the 6th min & XAVI in the67th

SPANISH CUP 2009 / 2010: 1º LEG SEMI-FINAL ATLETICO DE MADRID 4 - RACING 0

The second 1º leg SPANISH CUP semi-final has been played withATLETICO DE MADRID taking a giant step towards reaching thefinal with a mighty 4-0 victory over RACING DE SANTANDER.Frankly, it could have been more, as Atletico hit posts & missed sittersthat could have turned the scoreline into 7-0. Amazing if you considerthe horrible performance in "Liga" which is currently enough to cutyour vains.(

SPANISH CUP 2009 - 2010: 1º LEG SEMI-FINAL - SEVILLA FC 2 GETAFE 0

The first SPANISH CUP 1º leg semi-final clash has been played withSEVILLA FC defeating GETAFE 2-0. Although this scoreline gives theAndalucia team a huge advantage with the 2º leg match still to play,there is still "slim hopes" for Getafe if the way they played tonightcould be repeated at home next week.(photo: Luis Fabiano against Getafe_marca.com)In fact this game gave strenght to the saying, "

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA 2009 / 2010 - ROUND 20 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

REAL SPORTING DE GIJÓN played a serious game to go down 0-1 toFC BARCELONA in a controversial manner. The only goal scored byBarça, & the winner, came from PEDRO who was off-side with thepass coming from a free-kick taken from the wrong spot. SFS willnot enter the "local" debate on "suspected" favouritism, but thecontinuing decisions being called of a dubious nature with Barça inaction does lift

CRISTIANO RONALDO: GOALS / FREE KICKS / RED CARDS - A CARL JUNG VIEW

Does Cristiano Ronaldo "let go", without wanting so, what mosthumans on the planet attempt to keep under control; our"other side"?Does this explain his "aggressive bursts" that lead to Red Cards?Famous past psychiatrist Carl Jung examines the "double personality"...All in good fun & with humour.