Atletico Madrid earned a solid 2-0 win at Real Betis on Monday to move fourth in La Liga and bounce back from their Champions League thrashing by Arsenal. Diego Simeone’s side lost 4-0 last week in north London but put that defeat behind them with a strong display at La Cartuja stadium, where Betis are […]
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Spain’s La Liga plans to make its international match an annual event
La Liga plans to make an international soccer match an annual event after announcing Barcelona and Villarreal will play outside Miami on Dec. 20, Spanish league president Javier Tebas said during an interview with The Associated Press. Becoming the first major European league to move a competitive match abroad, La Liga is following the model […]
Rayo stun La Liga leaders Barcelona
BARCELONA – Rayo Vallecano upset La Liga leaders Barcelona with a 2-1 win on Wednesday, outplaying the Catalans at a boisterous Vallecas. Atletico Madrid cut the gap on second-place rivals Real Madrid to two points with a 3-1 win over Real Mallorca, celebrating their 120th anniversary in style. Xavi Hernandez’s Barcelona remain 11 points clear […]
Barcelona look to climb out of a rut
BARCELONA: La Liga leaders Barcelona welcome Atletico Madrid to Camp Nou on Sunday needing to climb out of a rut and take a significant step towards clinching the title. With an 11-point advantage on second-placed Real Madrid, Barcelona have one hand on the trophy, but have lost some ground with two consecutive 0-0 draws against […]
Concern for Real Madrid and France as Mendy suffers tibia injury
Madrid: Real Madrid’s hopes of clinching the La Liga title have been hit by another injury after the club confirmed on Tuesday that France defender Ferland Mendy has a problem in his tibia. “After the tests carried out today on our player Ferland Mendy by the Real Madrid Medical Services, he has been diagnosed with […]
As Suarez writes himself into Barcelona history, Coutinho looks dispensable
Luis Suarez and Philippe Coutinho traded places as Liverpool’s talismanic figure before earning dream moves to Barcelona, but while the Uruguayan has become one of the Catalan side’s greatest strikers ever, the Brazilian is seen as an expensive flop. The South American duo will be ready to face Liverpool together for the first time in […]
Barcelona seek decisive title blow in Atletico showdown
Since their last league defeat by Real Betis in November, Barca have been on a relentless run of 14 wins and four draws, led by strikers Messi and Suarez, the leading scorers in Spain with 32 and 19 goals respectively. The South American strikers have netted a combined 51 times, more than every other team […]
Zidane wants Varane to stay but is ambiguous about Bale future
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said on Tuesday he cannot envisage his side parting with France defender Raphael Varane but he could not give any guarantees about the future of winger Gareth Bale. French newspaper L’Equipe reported last month that World Cup winner Varane was looking to leave Madrid after eight seasons in the Spanish […]
Fantastic Messi hat-trick blows away Betis
Even the Real Betis fans were applauding by the end as Lionel Messi scored another spectacular hat-trick to fire Barcelona to a 4-1 victory on Sunday and leave them with one hand on the La Liga trophy. Messi’s treble, his second in a month in Seville, fourth of the season and 51st of his career, […]
Barcelona dominance feels familiar but biggest tests still to come
With half of the season gone, Barcelona own a five-point lead at the top of La Liga, boast two strikers with as many goals as any other team and look on course for their fourth league title in five years. But how good are they? Six league wins on the bounce has blurred the memory […]