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Another twist in La Liga as Barca gained 8-points lead over their fierce rivals, Madrid after they defeated Villareal with a narrow win of 1-0! Meanwhile Madrid lost their match shockingly to Sporting 1-0! And not only that, Mourinho’s record of undefeated home league game which he held for 9 years came to an end with this defeat! This is a big setback for the Madrid as they wanted to clinch this title from Barca who are heading to their 3rd consecutive La Liga title! Madrid were without Benzema, Ronaldo. However Higuain started this match after a long time due to his recovery from 5-months long injury! Heat really turned on when at 79th minute, De Las broke scored the first goal of the match and gave Sporting the lead! After that Madrid really fought hard in last 8-10 minutes but were unable to get a goal!
On the other hand Barca started without Messi n Xavi and they had a difficult 1st half as Villareal kept attacking Barca. Somehow Barca managed to escape from those attacks most of the times due to excellent keeping of Valdes! Barca lacked their original style of playing soccer and were playing out of order! Prep found it necessary to call Messi thus then he subbed him with Seydou Keita at 53rd minute! It was until 66th minute when Barca broke the dead lock and scored the first goal, thanks to Pique whose right footed shot from very close range to the top left corner gave Catalans the lead! After that the match progressed with normal pace and Barca, as usual, had most of the ball possession!
These results move Barca ahead with the points difference of 8-points with their fierce rivals, Madrid!
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NEWS have flourished that Real Madrid have banned the Shakira's songs to play at Bernabeu, and yet they have not released any statement telling the reason for their decision! Reports in the Spanish dailies Marca and AS claim that no songs from the Colombian musician will be played at the ground prior to matches.
No explanation has been given by Madrid but there are suspicions in the Spanish media that this situation has arisen because of Shakira’s relationship with Barcelona defender Gerard Pique. Their romantic relationship has now been made public with photos of the couple making the rounds in the media.
Shakira, though, is a self-confessed Madrid fan and was presented with the number 5 shirt by Florentino Perez during his first tenure as president of the nine-time European champions.
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This weekend fixtures have been delayed due to the on-going dispute over television revenue. These games will now be played on 12 June three weeks after the league was supposed to end! Spanish clubs have demanded that a law which required at least one game a week to be broadcast on terrestrial free-to-air television be revoked. The stoppage will affect both the Primera Division and the Segunda Division, although not all clubs support the move and reports in Spain on Wednesday night said there may be further legal moves by clubs who want to play. Six clubs, Sevilla, Villarreal, Athletic Bilbao, Real Sociedad, Espanyol and Zaragoza, have asked a court in Madrid to order the games to go ahead.
Football is one of the renowned and most popular game in the whole wide world! And it is the only game which is played on every part of every continent! Every year, especially in Europe, millions of euros are transfered from one country to another due to this game which involves transfers, sponsorships, etc!
Not only that, players and managers who take part in this game take millions of Euros home every year
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Barcelona is still on top as they go on to the Club World Cup this week. Bad news for Madrid who lost Pepe for the rest of the season in their victory against Valencia. The full results follow.
Zaragoza – Athletic Bilbao: 1-2
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The big talk in La Liga last weekend was the first “clasico” of the season. After the humiliating 6-2 defeat from last season, Real Madrid had a great motive for revenge. However, despite playing well, the merengues couldn't solve Victor Valdes and – most notably – Carles Puyol who had a terrific game in defense, blocking several goal-bound shots with timely tackles. At the other end, Barcelona only needed one true opportunity to put the ball past Casillas. Indeed, five minutes after stepping onto the pitch, Zlatan Ibrahimovic gave the winning goal to the blaugrana with a scrumptious volley on Dani Alves' first successful cross of the game.
Hope was restored for the Galacticos when Sergio Busquet was sent off after his second yellow card but Barcelona continued to play as if nothing had changed. Pellegrini's decision to sacrifice a defender for another forward prompted Guardiola to enter Yaya Toure in the heart of the midfield but in the end, the change didn't seem to matter much as Lassana Diarra was also sent off for a second yellow card
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One week before the 'Clasico,' Real Madrid bounced to first place thanks to a 1-0 win over Santander while Barcelona – struggling with a rash of injuries – could only draw 1-1 against Athletic Bilbao and slipped to second place.
Deportivo – Atletico Madrid: 2-1
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Real Madrid got back to their winning ways last weekend thanks to a great performance by Higuain who scored both goals in Madrid's 2-0 victory over Getafe. Meanwhile Barcelona let a win slip away as they drew 1-1 against Osasuna. The full results follow.
Real Madrid – Getafe: 2-0
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Has Manuel Pellegrini already lost his team? After Milan's stunning victory last week at the Bernabeu, Real Madrid looked even worse on Saturday where they ended with a 0-0 draw against Sporting de Gijon. After yesterday's debacle against Alcorcon, Pellegrini is on the hot seat will look for better performances from his team this weekend as well as next week. Here are the full results along with video highlights.
Atletico Madrid – Mallorca: 1-1
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Real Madrid got back to their winning ways with a convincing victory over Valladolid over the weekend. The win brings them one point closer to Barcelona who fought tooth and nail to a 0-0 draw against Valencia. At the bottom of the table, Villarreal and Atletico Madrid are continuing their downward spiral as both teams lost to lesser clubs (on paper). The full results follow.
Deportivo – Sevilla: 1-0
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Real Madrid suffered their setback of the season on Sunday: a 2-1 loss against Sevilla. Despite an excellent performance by Casillas, the Galacticos couldn't edge out Sevilla and often lacked creativity in attack. Although the team is filled with superstars, the absence of both Cristiano Ronaldo and Lassana Diarra probably played a major part in the team's demise. They may not be so invincible after all. As for Barcelona, Almeria made it tough for them but they managed to get the three points which put them alone at the top. Here are the full results.
Tenerife – Deportivo: 0-1
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September 22nd 2009 17:13
Obviously, this year's title race in la Liga will be between defending champions Barcelona and runner-ups Real Madrid. After three weeks, both teams are steamrolling their opponents in their bid to outdo each other. Both Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo scored a double last weekend, and that individual race will be interesting to follow as the season goes on.
Barcelona – Atletico Madrid: 5-2
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September 15th 2009 02:51
The usual suspects won their games in La Liga's second week. Here are the full results.
Atletico de Madrid – Racing Santander: 1-1
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Sorry about not posting this earlier. Real life kept me pretty busy these past two days. Anyways, here it goes... The Spanish Liga got underway last weekend with the Galacticos 2.0 raising the curtain against Deportivo. While Raul got the first goal of the new season, Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Barcelona's response to Madrid's crazy summer – got the last goal of the first week, scoring Barca's third in their comfortable victory against Sporting de Gijon. The full results follow.
Real Madrid – R.C. Deportivo: 3-2 (Read my recap HERE)
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