April 2011 Archive

Match Report: Real Sociedad 2 Barcelona 1

Real Sociedad produced a stirring second-half fightback to hand Barcelona their first league defeat in seven months. Goals from Diego Ifran and Xabi Prieto cancelled out Thiago Alcantara's opener to dispel any ...

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Match Report: Real Madrid 2 Real Zaragoza 3

Real Madrid's woes continued as they slipped to a second home defeat in four days. Jose Mourinho made 8 changes to the ...

Match Report: FC Porto 5 Villarreal 1

 It was all going SO WELL.   In the first half Villarreal did essentially everything they needed to do, defending corners well, ...

Villarreal’s road to Dublin blocked by another ‘special one’

Eight years on from success in Seville, Porto are on the brink of a return to the Europa League final guided ...

U-20 World Cup draw kind on Spain

Spain have been handed what the Spanish press describe as a "relatively good“ draw in the FIFA World U-20 Cup. The draw ...

FC Porto vs Villarreal: A look at the opposition

Tonight Villarreal take on FC Porto in the semi final of g of the Europa League. Spanishfootball gets the lowdown on ...

Match Report: Real Madrid 0 Barcelona 2

Amid the running battles and petty fighting of an unsightly confrontation between Spain's giants, two moments of excellence from Lionel Messi ...

Real Madrid vs Barcelona: Team news

Real Madrid With Ricardo Carvalho suspended, presuming Jose Mourinho goes with the same formula that won the Copa Del Rey last midweek, Raul Albiol will be ...

Mourinho has won his battle but the war still remains to be won

As Iker Casillas leaned over to kiss the Cibeles statue at 4.30am last Thursday morning, the collective joy of the thousands who lined ...

Barcelona’s struggles away in Europe under Guardiola

Tomorrow night FC Barcelona will contest an unprecedented 8th Uefa Champions League semi-final. The Catalans play their fourth consecutive semi-final too, a ...

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