EUROPA LEAGUE 2009 - 2010 2ºLEG RESULTS: VALENCIA GOES ONTO THE LAST 16 TEAMS & VILLAREAL ELIMINATED

VALENCIA FC defeated BRUGGE 3-0 in the 2º leg EUROPA LEAGUEclash qualifying themselves for the next phase & pulling back the tieafter losing in the 1º leg 1-0 away at Belgium. (photo: Brugge goal Stijnen stops Villa)Valencia scored in the first 20 seconds via MATA & that rocked theBelgium side against the ropes. Valencia had numerous chances toscore a bag full of goals but Brugge goalkeeper

EUROPA LEAGUE 2009: GENOVA 1 - VALENCIA CF 2 & VILLAREAL 0 - SALZBURG 1

VALENCIA CF managed to defeat Italian Club GENOVA 1-2 in a busy& hard fought match. The Spaniards finish on top of their EuropaLeague Group table & go into the next phase.The Italians at home were a tough nut, even though Valencia scoredfirst in the 46 th min via BRUNO, however veteran striker CRESPOequalized for Genova in the 51st min.From here it was end to end stuff until Valencia was awarded

EUROPA LEAGUE 2009-2010 GROUP RESULTS: SPANIARDS DO RELATIVELY OK

Here are the three results from the EUROPA LEAGUE in which Spanishteams participated tonight in their respective Group games.VALENCIA CF travelled to SLAVIA PRAGA for their Group B game &lost the victory in the last moments of the game. The Spanish teamdominated with goals from JOAQUIN in the 21st min & MADURO inthe 47th min. However, things complicated itself with two goals fromSlavia via JANDA

MANCHESTER UNITED INTERESTED IN DIEGO LOPEZ

The story has been quietly sounding for some time. Spanish sportsdaily “Sport” has published today that MANCHESTER UNITED isseriously thinking in 27 year old VILLAREAL & Spanish Internationalgoalkeeper DIEGO LOPEZ as the substitute for current keeper VANDER SAR.The English daily “The Sun” publishes that Manchester United wouldbe willing to offer 16M€, a sum that seems low to which SFS is

EUROPA LEAGUE QUALIFIERS 2009-2010: MIXED NIGHT FOR SPANISH TEAMS

Tonight three Spanish Teams have participated in their respectiveEUROPA LEAGUE-CUP (ex UEFA Cup) Group matches with mixedresults.ATHLETIC DE BILBAO came back from a horror 1ºst half performanceto win 2-1 at home NACIONAL DE MADIERA. The latter started scoringvia MICAEL in the 43rd min. Then the Spaniards changed their playto take over & score via ETXEBERRIA in the 67th min & FRANLLORENTE in the

EUROPA LEAGUE 2009/10: SPANISH TEAMS RESULTS

Spain has three Clubs that are participating in the EUROPA LEAGUE(ex-UEFA Cup) which kicked off tonight with its Group matches.VALENCIA CF travelled to France to play LILLE in its Group B clash& has left with a bitter 1-1 draw result. Valencia had played a grandgame with MATA putting his team ahead in the 78th min. However,with 4 mins left of play a defensive error from Bruno allowed Lilleplayer

VILLAREAL SIGN BRAZILIAN NILMAR

Spanish "Liga" Club VILLAREAL have signed Brazilian NILMAR da Silvafor 5 years at a price of 10M€ making him the highest transfer inVillareal History. The 25 year old comes from Brazilian team PORTOALEGRE & is currently part of the Brazilian National Team thatrecently won the FIFA 2009 Confederations Cup.Welcome to Spain!

VILLAREAL: BESIKTAS SAY THEY HAVE NIHAT

Turkish Club BESIKTAS has announced on its web that they havecome to a complete agreement with VILLAREAL TurkishInternational NIHAT for the next three years. Now what is neededis that both Besiktas & Villareal come to a transfer agreement,something that the Turkish Club President Yildirim Demirorenclaims to have already with a 4M€ deal, but cannot be confirmedhere from Spanish Club Villareal as

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2008/2009 2º LEG Q/FINAL: ARSENAL 3 - VILLAREAL 0

It was always going to be a tough affair, but while there is hope the Spaniradsthought... English Premier League Club ARSENAL goes into the Semi-Finalsof the Champions League after defeating 3-0 ( 4-1 on aggregate) Spanish sideVILLAREAL in tonights 2º leg Q/Final clash at London.Arsenal started well early with a WALCOTT chipped goal from a Cesctouch-on that rocked the Spaniards in the 10th min,

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2008/09 2ºLEG Q/FINAL PREVIEW: ARSENAL vs VILLAREAL

Big night in London tonight for VILLAREAL & Spanish Football, with theformer taking its slim 1-1 draw result into the 2ºleg Champions League clashagainst ARSENAL, & for the latter to regain its prestige back in EuropeanFootball & allow Spain to put two of its teams into the Semi-Finals stages.Villareal are not favourites, they have two significant players injured,CARZOLA out for the season (

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2008/09 1ºLEG Q/FINALS: VILLAREAL 1 - ARSENAL 1

VILLAREAL will be disappointed that they only managed to get a 1-1 draw result against ARSENAL in their 1º leg CHAMPIONS LEAGUEQ/Final clash. The English team will be happy as they go home with avaluable away goal & prepare to host the Spanish Club with the homeground advantage & with their crowd cheering them on.Villareal started great as they pushed the ball well finding spaceswhile Arsenal was

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

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