SPANISH FOOTBALL | SOCCER | LEAGUE - LA LIGA 2009/2010 - ROUND 34 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

The Spanish Football-Soccer-League celebrated Round 34 today with three games that included the two top teams fighting it out for the "Liga" title. Only 1º point separates the current leaders FC Barcelona from 2º placed Real Madrid as the "status quo" remains after todays results.Tough match for FC BARCELONA against last placed XEREZ who are fighting for their 1º Division life. The home team won 3-1 but this scoreline "distorts" the reality of this match. Barça had to resort to Messi & Pique in the 2ºhalf in order to bring back a steady "hand" to secure their 3 points.In the 1ºst half young JEFFREN scored for Barça in the 14th min &...

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HENRY RAUL HEADED FOR THE US?

The American newspaper “The New York Post” is solid on theinformation,which has been picked up by local daily’s “MundoDeportivo” & “AS”. According to comments made by FC BARCELONAFrench International THIERRY HENRY, the player sees favourablethe offer from the US SOCCER MAJOR LEAGUE Club RED BULLNY for next season. The Frenchmen ends his contract with Barça atthe end of the season & the US looks like his new destination.Added to this, another Spanish “Liga” player is being enticed tocross the Atlantic & play in the US Soccer Major League. REALMADRID Captain RAUL is being connected with LOS ANGELESGALAXY. According to local sources,...

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STEVEN GERRARD BEING PLACED IN REAL MADRID FOR 2010-2011

It is not the first time nor will it be the last that rumours aboundconnecting the LIVERPOOL FC Captain & England midfield InternationalSTEVEN GERRARD with the Spanish giants REAL MADRID. The latestcomes from the English paper “The Daily Mail” as seen below in theonline edition caption:It is said that Gerard wishes to leave his Club because it cannotguarantee the titles that a player of his calibre & quality should becelebrating on a yearly basis. Liverpool FC is going through a“horror” season after selling big names (Xabi Alonso), being knockedout of the Champions League, the FA Cup & hovering at the middleof the ladder in the Premier...

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REAL MADRID: AC ROMA DE ROSSI A PRIORITY?

A daily Spanish late night TV Football program, full of journos whoanalyze the Spanish Football scene, has made their “scoop” go viral.According to the show, they have first hand information that REALMADRID has AC ROMA Italian International midfielder DE ROSSI as asigning priority for next season. They go on to add that Real Madridtechnical staff considers the Italian as the ideal partner for XabiAlonso in the midfield.Spanish Sports daily “AS” has picked up this news & developed itfurther today, citing that De Rossi has been on the Real Madridagenda in the past. Last season, under ex-President Calderon, theSpanish Club made an effort to...

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REAL MADRID: VAN NISTELROOY CLOSE TO STUTTGART

It’s not Stoke City, Tottenham, Liverpool nor West Ham, accordingto the local sports daily "AS" the “scoop” is that the Club wereREAL MADRID Dutch forward RUUD VAN NISTELROOY will beplaying soon is STUTTGART.The paper publishes that within the next 24-48 hours the GermanClub will be negotiating to shut all the details (including the medicalexam) & take the Dutchman over to the Budesliga. The 33 yearold Real Madrid player finishes contract at the end of the season,& without playing time sees his chances of going to the WorldCup in danger. The Spanish Club doesn’t wish to halt or be anobstacle in Van Nistelrooy´s World Cup objective &...

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

VALLADOLID played out a 1-1 draw with ALMERIA. CRUSAT scoredfor Valladolid in the 12th min & ARZO equalized for Almeria in the81st min. People not happy with new Coach Lillo at Almeria.VILLAREAL lost more than just 0 - 2 to OSASUNA, its Coach Valverdewas sacked for this loss & the continued bad results. The goals forOsasuna came in the 14th min & the 85th min thanks to JUANFRANwith the "double".Last placed team XEREZ surprised everyone with its 2-1 victory overMALLORCA. The latter scored first via WEBO in the 23rd min & thenmissed a penalty opportunity. CARLOS CANO (above) then scoredtwice (52nd & 79th min) to secure Xerez...

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ATLETICO DE MADRID CLOSES DEAL WITH DEPORTIVO FOR FILIPE LUIS

Good news for ATLETICO DE MADRID fans with the news from Spanish daily "AS" on its online channel announcing that the Madrid Club has come to terms with DEPORTIVO A CORUÑA for the transfer of Brazilian International Left Back FILIPE LUIS. Both Clubs were in intense negotiations today in Madrid with the deal coming to good port after both teams agreed the 12M€ transfer price & a 4 year contract for the player. Filipe Luis is expected to arrive tomorrow to the Spanish Capital to shut the loose ends so as to later be able to make an official announcement.The Brazilian is a talented player who was a regular for Brazil before he suffered...

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SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM 2010 WORLD CUP LINE UP PHOTOS

OK guys, got the message, my email is saturated with your requests. The SPAIN WORLD CUP TEAM & FIFA 2010 WORLD CHAMPIONS has created "fan fever" around the World especially for the Asian & USA readers. As requested I have gathered the SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM PHOTOS - 4 versions - so you can collect & do with them as you wish, although many readers have already mentioned that they wish to place the photo as wallpaper on their PC screens.The bottom photo is the SPANISH LINE-UP STARTING 11 that played the World Cup final against Holland & won 0-1 to win the 2010 World Cup.Hope these photos of the Spanish Football Team...

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EUROPEAN U-19 CHAMPIONSHIPS 2010 | CROATIA 1 - SPAIN 2

The SPANISH U 19 NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM is participating in the EUROPEAN U19 CHAMPIONSHIPS in France & started off well in their first group game against CROATIA with a 2-1 victory.Spain dominated most of the match with possesion of the ball but Croatia scored first before half time via Andrijasevic who managed to "shake" the Spaniards out of their comfort zone. The young Spanish players reacted well in the second half to score twice via THIAGO who was brilliant today & RODRIGO with a header from a goalkeeping stop. Special mention to new Real Madrid player SERGIO CANALES (above) who put in a great match along with PACHECO.Spain will...

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SPANISH U19 NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM | PHOTO

SPANISH SPORTS, & especially SPANISH FOOTBALL , is passing through a sweet moment. The Spanish National Football Team are current European Champions & just recently conquered the FIFA World Cup. With this in mind Spanish Football has plenty of future as illustrated by the U 19 SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM ( pictured below ) who will play France tomorrow in the U 19 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL.Many observers are commenting that the U 19 Spanish Team has a list of members with brilliant talent that could make the jump in coming years into the "Absolute" National Team. Names like Dani Pacheco (Liverpool), Segio Canales (Real Madrid), Keko (At...

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REAL MADRID | RAUL TO ANNOUNCE MOVE TO SCHALKE 04 ON MONDAY

The current REAL MADRID Captain RAUL GONZALEZ BLANCO is expected back at the Club from holidays this Monday. However, everything points that RAUL will not be back to work but to announce the end of his many years at the Spanish Club & a move to end his career at German Club SCHALKE 04.The 33 year old Spanish Football “legend” believes he still has a lot of Football left in him, does not wish to spend another season on the bench at Real & desires to keep playing at the highest level. Schalke 04 offers a new adventure & the possibility to play in the Champions League where he has a chance to break the all time “European tournaments”...

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EUROPEAN U19 CHAMPIONSHIPS | SPAIN 3 ENGLAND 1 | SPAIN GOES INTO THE FINAL

The U-19 SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM defeated ENGLAND 3 -1 in the semi final this afternoon to go into the Final of the U19 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS on Friday were they will play France.Spain deserved the victory as they dominated play with England having its moment in the late part of the 1º half with their only goal. Earlier Spain scored two excellent goals with the 3ºrd & definite goal in the mid part of the 2ºhalf were the Spanish later played to maintain the score line & secure their pass to the Final.Special mention to the whole Spanish Team for an excellent match, but in particular the goal scorers PACHECO, KEKO & SERGIO...

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INTER MILAN REAL MADRID AGREE TRANSFER OF MAICON ?

This time around it is not the “scoop” hungry Spanish Sports daily “Marca”, this time the news that INTER MILAN & REAL MADRID have an agreement to transfer Brazilian International right-back MAICON comes directly from Italy & in particular from two sources like “La Gazzetta dello Sport” & the more generalist “Corriere della Sera”.The info is that the transfer price has been placed at around 28M€ plus variables for performances, titles & other “inventive” formulas. Now it is Real Madrid that needs to find a suitable agreement with Maicon who is asking for a 4 year contract plus between 6-7M€/ year, an exaggerated sum that...

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REAL MADRID 2010 | RAUL GONZALEZ ANNOUNCES HIS FAREWELL

Big loss today for SPANISH FOOTBALL - SOCCER.It had to come, like other greats before him, REAL MADRID now ex Captain & Legend RAUL GONZALEZ BLANCO said goodbye to his Club of 16 years. The Spanish player gave a press conference to a packed audience to announce his departure, his move to another country & Club to finish off his last remaining years as a professional Football player. All speculation points that Raul will join German Club SCHALKE 04, the Club will be formally announced tomorrow if all rumours are correct.The Spanish player thanked everyone during his stay at Real Madrid & even mentioned that current Coach José...

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REAL MADRID | A RECORD 1.022M€ SPENT ON NEW SIGNINGS SINCE THE YEAR 2000

Hi guys back from some days of holidays & glad to be with you again with Spanish Football news & curiosities.An interesting story featured today in Spanish Sports daily “Marca” on REAL MADRID & their spending on new players since 2000. Real Madrid is the Club that most money has “invested” (spent) on new signings since the year 2000 in the whole World of Football. The below diagram illustrates this clearly with a massive 1.022M€ in 48 player signings:Season 2009 – 2010 was a record spending period with 254M€ spent on Cristiano Ronaldo (96M€), Kaká (64M€), Benzema (35M€), Xabi Alonso (30M€), Albiol (15M€), Negredo (5M€), Granero...

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2010 U/19 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS | SPAIN 3 ITALY 0

The U/19 SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM defeated ITALY 3-0 in the last match of their group to finish in Top place in the U/19 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS being held in France. Spain went into this game without seven of their habitual starting players who were rested as they had before hand secured a semi-final place. But the “reserves” made it look like they were not missed at all with some great play & excellent result.Spain will now meet England in the semi-finals. Here is a video of the 3rd goal by Spanish player EZEQUIEL who transformed a penalty in an amazing manner & with a very cool nerve. Excuse the music that our “youtube” friend has added to the video…Details:Spain 3: Aitor; Hugo Mallo, Planas, Bartra, Ramiro Mayor, Keko, Koke (Pulido, min.67), Muniaín, Thiago Alcántara...

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ATLETICO DE MADRID SIGNS VILLAREAL DEFENDER GODIN

ATLETICO DE MADRID has shut the transfer of Diego Roberto GODIN with VILLAREAL. The Uruguayian International defender signs for the Madrid Club for the next 5 years. The deal is apparently worth between 8 – 10 M€ with a 50-50 deal on players rights after 2 weeks of intense negotiations. Atletico de Madrid continues to reinforce further their defense which was one of its weak areas last seas...

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REAL MADRID | MAICON CLOSER ?

According to Spanish Sports daily "AS" positions between REAL MADRID & INTER MILAN Brazilian International right-back MAICON may have got closer. Maicon representative Antonio Caliendo met yesterday with Real officials to lower the asked 7M€/year figure by Maicon to 5.5M€. This is a sum that may better Real Madrid´s pre-disposition to consider the signing of the Brazilian defender.The transfer figure that Inter Milan could find satifactory is 28M€ according to the Spanish paper. Mr. Caliendo will be staying in Madrid the next days & this is specualted that the motive is to finally shut the transfer of Maicon to Real Madr...

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REAL MADRID | OZIL WILL BE NEW PLAYER FOR 2011-2012

According to Spanish Sports daily “AS” this is the deal between REAL MADRID & German 21 year old International & WERDER BREMEN midfielder MESUT OZIL. The player will stay one more year at his current German Club & finish his contract, this will unable the player to come “free” of transfer payment because as of the 1st of January 2011 the player is free to negotiate with the Club he chooses & Werder Bremen has nothing to say at all.Therefore the news is that there is an “agreement” that Ozil will sign for Real Madrid when he is free & become the first new signing for season 2011-2012. This way Werder Bremen can keep...

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CARLES PUYOL ANNOUNCES HE WILL CONTINUE 2 MORE YEARS WITH SPANISH NATIONAL TEAM

FC Barcelona & Spanish International defender CARLES PUYOL has announced that he will continue defending the colours of the Spanish National Football Team two more years. This means he will stay available for “call ups” until 2012 when the European Nations Cup takes place & will be celebrated under the dual hosts Poland /Ukraine.Spanish National Selector & Coach Vicente Del Bosque has convinced Puyol to continue & reach the 100 International Caps mark. Currently Carles Puyol has 90 International Caps with the Spanish Team....

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CESC FABREGAS FC BARCELONA | HUMOUR

Some Football humour from Barcelona sports paper "Mundo Deportivo" & its cartoon section "Pelotazos" by Kap. Translated : "...but Cesc is very comfortable here at Arsena...

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SPAIN LOSES 2 - 1 TO FRANCE IN THE U19 EURO CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL

France defeated Spain 2-1 in the Final of the U19 European Championships. Great game from the local team & hosts who managed to win with their physical strength over the Spanish “touch-ball” style.Spain was the winner in the first half putting in an exhausting 45 min of domination play that earned them a goal. However the second half was a complete different story with France taking advantage of the Spanish tiredness & scoring twice to take the final & the U19 Euro title.A grand effort by the Spanish U19 Team to get to the final who were defeated by the better team – France – on this occasion.Details:France 2: Diallo; Nego,...

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SAMI KHEDIRA WILL BE A REAL MADRID PLAYER | STUTTGART ANNOUNCE MOVE ON WEB

German Club STUTTGART has today announced officially on their web that 23 year old midfielder SAMI KHEDIRA will be transferred to REAL MADRID. The news has been picked up by all local media & the German International could be flying to Madrid in the next hours to pass the obligatory medical exam this Saturday before signing his new contract with Madrid sometime early next week.It has been written that Real Madrid made a 10M€ offer for the player, but German media cite this figure to be higher & closer to 15...

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EUROPEAN U 21 2010 | FINLAND 1 SPAIN 1 | SERIOUS STUMBLE

The Spanish U21 National Team suffered a serious setback this afternoon when they only managed a 1-1 draw away to Finland. The Spanish U-21 Team will now need to win their last 2 remaining games & see whether other teams stumble. The objective was to gain a place in the 2011 European Championships to be held in Denmark, platform that gives access to the London Olympic Games. Group 4 leader Holland has the top spot in the “bag” with 21 points & Spain who is second with 13 points win play Holland & Poland, & later hope to secure the second place pass by seeing if the other second placed teams in the other various groups...

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FIFA RANKING | AUGUST 2010 | SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM REMAINS Nº1

FIFA has released today its monthly National Team rankings with little surprises. The SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM who won exactly a month ago the 2010 FIFA World Cup leads the ranking as newly crowned World Champions, a title they will debut with tonight against Mexico in a Friendly International.The table takes in consideration the yearly trayectory of the National Teams & not just the World Cup tournament of South Africa. Here is the Top 10 ranking:1. Spain 1.883 pts2. Holland 1.6593. Brazil 1.5244. Germany 1.4645. Argentina 1.2886. Uruguay 1.1527. England 1.1258. Portugal 1.0629. Eygpt 1.05310. Chile 988...

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INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY | MEXICO SPAIN | POSSIBLE SPAIN STARTING 11 LINE UP

The SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM will be back in action tonight in an International Friendly game against Mexixo in the latters "Azteca Stadium". Only two National teams have managed a victory in their first game after being crowned FIFA World Champions (Argentina 1978, Brazil 1994) since 1978. The mayority have debuted with the "World Champion Star" on their shirts with a loss.The match is schedule for 22.00 Spanish local timeThe possible SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM starting 11 line up has been bravely given by Spanish Sports daily "Marca" & remains pure specualtion even if given by this paper:Casillas, Arbeloa, Marchena, Puyol, Monreal,...

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SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM 2010 WORLD FIFA CHAMPION TRIBUTE VIDEO

Spanish Football Sports Blog has whipped up this video to pay tribute to the SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM for their FIFA 2010 WORLD CUP win & World Champions title. ...

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SPAIN DEBUTS TOMORROW WITH "WORLD CHAMPIONS STAR" AGAINST MEXICO IN INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY GAME

The SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM will play its first International Football match tomorrow with the "Star" on their shirt as World Champion. Spain plays Mexico away tomorrow at the famous "Azteca Stadium". However, debuting tomorrow with the long wished & hard fought "World Champions Star" may also turn out to be the Spanish Teams first defeat since winning the World Cup Final against Holland a month ago. A long list of Spanish players have gone straight into this game directly from their holidays, especially the FC Barcelona players like Villa, Pique, Pedro, Xavi, Valdes & Puyol, while others like Real Madrid players Xabi...

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REAL MADRID SIGNS CHELSEA DEFENDER RICARDO CARVALHO

The news has spread like wildfire this evening here in Spain, REAL MADRID has come to an agreement with CHELSEA FC to transfer 32 year old defender & Portuguese International RICARDO CARVALHO for 8M€. The operation is believed to be on the verge of officiality as all parties work to shut all the fine details in the coming hours. The offer to the player is a two year contract with another year as optional.Real Madrid apparently had this card up its sleeve days ago & was only waiting for todays Inter Milan summit between Maicon & the Italian Club, which ended with a statement that Maicon will stay in Milan, to exercise the option...

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REAL MADRID LOOKS AT KUKAKU OR IS FERNANDO LLORENTE THE REAL OBJECTIVE?

A smokescreen? Spanish Sports daily “Marca” at times sells smoke & have published today that REAL MADRID has added on their list of possible signings ANDERLECHT young forward ROMEU LUKAKU. Real Madrid Coach José Mourinho “surprised” some with declarations after the LA Galaxy friendly game that the team needs a third striker to compete with Higuain & Benzema, plus guarantee the maximum levels to be able to “battle” in all seasons competitions. There are other names also being thrown into the wind like Mario Gómez, Amauri, Hugo Almeida & Spanish International FERNANDO LLORENTE (above). The latter maybe the true “objective” as the Athletic...

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MESUT OZIL CLOSER TO FC BARCELONA ? HIS DECISION? REAL MADRID?

There seems to be a three way Club “battle” to make with the services of WERDER BREMEN & German 21 year old International MESUT OZIL. If last week REAL MADRID was said to be the destination, either for this season or next, it seems that MANCHESTER UNITED has entered the picture along with FC BARCELONA, the latter is now said to have the “leading edge” according to local Spanish media sources & rumours.The failed attempt to sign Arsenal Captain & Spanish International midfielder Cesc Fabregas has intensified contacts between FC Barcelona, Werner Bremen & the player. The contacts have been so successful that local TV sports...

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EUROPA LEAGUE 2010 PRELIMANARY GAMES | GETAFE 1 APOEL 0 VILLAREAL 5 DNEPR MOGILER 0

Two Spanish Football teams were involved tonight in the 1ºst leg of the preliminary games for the upcoming 2010 - 2011 EUROPA LEAGUE competition. Madrid Club GETAFE managed a slim 1-0 victory over the competitive APOEL NICOSIA team from Cyprus. Getafe midfielder PAREJO (above) managed the only goal & the winner in the 42th min. Entertaining match which saw chances at both ends, but was unfortunate for the Spanish team that they could not seal it tonight as now they have to play the result away at Cyprus next week.The other match saw a 5-0 whitewash by VILLAREAL over the Belarus Club DNEPR MOGLILEV. The goals came via new signing MARCHENA...

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2010 PRELIMANARY 1ºLEG CHAMPIONS LEAGUE | SPORTING BRAGA 1 SEVILLA FC 0

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2010 - 2011 action tonight with the 1ºleg pre-qualification matches results not good news for SPANISH FOOTBALL & its representative SEVILLA FC who went down 1- 0 to Portuguese Club SPORTING BRAGA. The Spaniards now have the difficult task - but not impossible - of turning the tie around next week when the Portuguese play the 2ºleg in Spain.The Spanish team started strong & hit the post via Luis Fabiano early but slowly lost the ball as the game progressed. In fact Sevilla FC sinned in not "killing" off the game when they had their chances & Sporting gained in confidence to take control.The 2ºhalf was dominanted...

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REAL MADRID 2010 NEWS | OVERBOOKING | PLAYERS NEED TO LEAVE

With the arrival of German midfielder Ozil, REAL MADRID has “overbooking” in the midfield & with their squad. Currently there are 26 players that make up the list under the instructions of Coach José Mourinho & the Club wishes to lower the figure to 23 players. Obviously this means that three players will be “asked” to find other Clubs before the start of the new season.During yesterday’s media presentation of Ozil, Real Madrid Director General Jorge Valdano made two insightful comments:• That the signing phase was now shut with the coming of Ozil & that some players will have to leave.• That the “Spanish” players were not...

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FRIENDLY GAME 2010 | STANDARD LIEGE 1 REAL MADRID 1

REAL MADRID played another Friendly pre-season match against Belgium Champions STANDARD LIEGE which finished in a 1-1 draw. The Spanish team went in with a "B -side" version in the 1ºst half that ironically played somewhat better than the theoretical stronger line-up of the 2ºhalf with Ronaldo, Xabi, Khedira, Canales, Di Maria...etc.It was Dutch midfielder RAFAEL VAN DER VAART who put Real ahead in the 12th min from a great executed free-kick. In fact the Dutchman was one of his teams better players until he was substituted in the early 2ºhalf, showing that he has a place in this "new" Real Madrid regardless of the speculation on his...

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REAL MADRID SIGNS MESUT OZIL FOR 15M€

The German Club WERDER BREMEN has decided to not risk & take the new 15M€ offer from REAL MADRID for its 21 year old midfielder MESUT OZIL. The midfielder will fly into Madrid tomorrow to pass the medical examinations to later sign his speculated 6 year contract with a 5 M€ salary per year.It has come to light that the father of Ozil & the player shut the deal at the home of Real Madrid President Florentino Perez. The new Real Madrid player could even be officially presented to all media before the end of the week.The signing of Ozil puts the REAL MADRID midfield into “over-booking” & this will force out a player or two. ...

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2010 SPANISH SUPER CUP 1LEG RESULT | SEVILLA FC 3 FC BARCELONA 1

SPANISH FOOTBALL season 2010 - 2011 got started tonight with the 1ºleg of the 2010 SPANISH SUPER CUP between SEVILLA FC - FC BARCELONA which finished in a 3-1 victory for the home side. For the Barça fans overseas the starting line-up with the following players:Miño, Alves, Milito, Sergi Gómez, Abidal; Oriol Romeu, Jonathan dos Santos, Keita; Bojan, Ibrahimovic & Maxwell; may have surprised with so many "new & young faces" as seen in the below FC Barcelona Team photo.The missing seven Spanish Internationals & recent World Champions were left out because of lack of physical & team preparation & Coach Guardiola put together...

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