January 2011 Archive

Spanish Press Round Up: Week 21

Real Madrid's shock defeat to Osasuna is making all the headlines on the Monday newspapers. The Madrid based press are naturally disappointed with Marca having all but given ...

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Match Report: Espanyol 0 – Villarreal 1

Giuseppe Rossi’s outstanding solo strike was enough to separate two sides battling for the much-coveted Champions League places. Villarreal had a great ...

Match Report: Osasuna 1 Real Madrid 0

Osasuna shocked Real Madrid and put a further dent in their title hopes, beating Jose Mourinho’s team 1-0 in the Reyno ...

Match Report: Atlético Madrid 0 Athletic Bilbao 2

Athletic Bilbao strengthened their claim for a European place with an impressive win over a flat Atlético Madrid. The home side's cause ...

Match Report: Deportivo 3 Sevilla 3

After a pre-match narrative painting Deportivo La Coruña as a club whose internal strife threatened to finally rip apart a season ...

Match Report: Hércules 0 Barcelona 3

So, there was to be no repeat.  No second hit, no second bolt of lightning, no fuck me did that just ...

Match Report: 18:00 kick offs

There was drama at the bottom of the league in the 18:00 kick offs as Sporting and Zaragoza continued their recent ...

Match Preview: Deportivo vs Sevilla

After their bitter Copa del Rey defeat to Real Madrid this week, Sevilla travel to Galicia under a cloud of indignation ...

Match Preview: Hércules v Barcelona

Unsurprisingly the build up to Barca's trip to Alicante has been dominated by talk of the last time these teams met.  It was ...

Julio Baptista: The Return of ‘the Beast’

Nothing in this world should be taken for granted. When life is on a high it's just as important to remember ...

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