Real Madrid and Barcelona will have to try their best to overlook their upcoming cup clasicos and focus on this weekend's league matches first.
Madrid and Barcelona meet for the eighth time since April come Wednesday's Copa del Rey first-leg quarterfinal, but have league matches against Mallorca and Real Betis, respectively.
Coach Jose Mourinho...
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Puyol, Milito make Barcelona squad for third clash
Madrid: Barcelona defenders Carles Puyol and Gabriel Milito have recovered from injuries to be included in the squad to play Real Madrid in a Champions League semi-final first leg, the Spanish league leaders said on Monday.Spain international Puyol missed the King's Cup final defeat to Real last week and Saturday's league victory over Osasuna with...
Barcelona to Appeal Iniesta's UEFA Suspension
Madrid - Barcelona have decided to appeal UEFA's proposal to ban Andres Iniesta for one Champions League match for deliberately collecting a yellow card.The Spain midfielder was cautioned in the first leg of Barca's quarter-final against Shakhtar Donetsk, which the Spanish club...
Mourinho Set to Haunt Barca in Semi-Finals Again
Madrid. Jose Mourinho is ready to haunt Barcelona in the Champions League semi-finals again on Wednesday, this time with Real Madrid.Knocking Barca out of Europe's elite club competition after winning the King's Cup final against them last week could signal the start of a power-shift in Spanish football away from Catalunya and back to Madrid.The Portuguese...
Barca wary of Shakhtar slip up ahead of 'clasico'
Madrid - Pep Guardiola today faces a delicate balancing act away to Shakhtar Donetsk, making sure to guard against unpleasant surprises while a double-header against Real Madrid looms on the horizon.Barca hold a comfortable 5-1 quarter-final, first-leg advantage that has them on the brink of the last four of the Champions League, but their coach is...
Xavi thinks Cesc will arrive at Barca this summer
Barcelona midfielder Xavi is confident the Spanish giants will sign Cesc Fabregas from Arsenal this summer.Barcelona have long been linked with a move for Fabregas but Arsenal have been determined to keep hold of the 23-year-old.Xavi told Sport: “Yes, certainly. And it also has to be like this.“Two years ago I said Cesc would end up playing for Barcelona...
Mourinho Factor Can Fire Real Madrid To Glory
With the new 2010-11 La Liga season about to start this coming weekend, most of the attention has been focused on Jose Mourinho, the new manager of Real Madrid. With the beginning of a brand new season comes the release of new 2010-11 soccer jerseys, including the new Real Madrid home shirt. Real Madrid have not lived up to their usual expectations...
Kaka returns to Real Madrid squad
Madrid - Brazilian attacking midfielder Kaka, who has been out since the start of the season, was on Sunday named in the Real Madrid squad for yesterday’s trip to Getafe by coach Jose Mourinho.“Kaka won’t start, he can’t yet,” said Mourinho at a press conference.“He can give us 15 or 20 minutes of his very great quality, but no more.”The playmaker,...
Ronaldo fires unbeaten Real top
Madrid - Cristiano Ronaldo and Gonzalo Higuain both scored braces as Real Madrid made it ten goals in two games with a 4-1 win at Malaga on Saturday to move top of the Spanish first division.Portuguese star Ronaldo moved to the top of the goalscoring charts on six following his double and Jose Mourinho`s Real have the best attack and defence in the...
Barcelona to travel to China for pre-season
European champions Barcelona and their superstar forward Lionel Messi will play China’s Super League winners Beijing Guoan at the Bird’s Nest Olympic Stadium in August, state press said Thursday.“Barcelona’s Beijing match is basically set for August 8 in the Bird’s Nest,” the Beijing Youth Daily quoted promoter Xia Haifeng as saying.“They will be bringing...
Real Madrid sign Van der Vaart
Media reports in Spain claim that La Liga champions Real Madrid have completed the signing of Dutch playmaker Rafael Van der Vaart.A fee of nine million euros has reportedly been agreed with his Bundesliga club Hamburg for the midfielder, who is out of contract at the end of this season.Under the deal Real Madrid will also get a bonus which will vary...
Negredo to sign for Sevilla
Real Madrid striker Alvaro Negredo has ended weeks of speculation about his future and agreed to join Primera Liga rivals Sevilla, Spanish sporting dailies said Thursday.The 23-year-old was last month linked with Tottenham and then more recently with Hull City and Zenit St Petersburg and finally with newly promoted Spanish side Zaragoza.The Marca newspaper...
Platini stands by Ronaldo transfer criticism
UEFA president Michel Platini on Wednesday stood by his view that the record 94 million euros which Real Madrid paid to sign Cristiano Ronaldo was “indecent” during a visit to the Spanish giants’ stadium.“The amount seems indecent to me,” he told a news conference at the Santiago Bernabeu ahead of Real’s Champions League clash against AC Milan.“But...
Record crowd welcomes Ronaldo to Real Madrid
MADRID (AFP) – A capacity crowd of close to 80,000 people welcomed Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid on Monday, setting a new record for turnout at the presentation of a footballer, club officials said.“I am very happy to be here,” the 24-year-old Portuguese winger told cheering fans at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in the Spanish capital after completing...
Real´s ´Galactico´ president signs Pellegrini, Zidane
MADRID (AFP) – Florentino Perez, the inspiration behind the Real Madrid ‘Galacticos’, launched his second term as president on Monday by bringing in Chile’s Manuel Pellegrini as the club’s new coach and France legend Zinedine Zidane as a top advisor.The club also announced former Argentine striker and coach Jorge Valdano as its new director general.“Real...
Benitez unsure if Mourinho is fit for Real job
Liverpool coach Rafael Benitez has contributed to the long running war of words between him and Internazionale boss Jose Mourinho.The Spanish manager said he was unsure if the former Chelsea gaffer is the right man to take over at Real Madrid.Benitez also backed Real’s current coach Manuel Pellegrini, declaring that the Chilean has behaved impeccably...
Barca players hoping for Real slip up
Barcelona’s Victor Valdes and Bojan Krkic said they are playing the waiting game after the Catalans put themselves four points clear of rivals Real Madrid with a 4-1 win over Tenerife on Tuesday.Lionel Messi put Barca ahead on 17 minutes and added a second in the final minute.Argentine Roman Martinez stunned the champions by equalising for Tenerife...
Barca players hoping for Real slip up
Barcelona’s Victor Valdes and Bojan Krkic said they are playing the waiting game after the Catalans put themselves four points clear of rivals Real Madrid with a 4-1 win over Tenerife on Tuesday.Lionel Messi put Barca ahead on 17 minutes and added a second in the final minute.Argentine Roman Martinez stunned the champions by equalising for Tenerife...
Barcelona's Iniesta out for a month
Barcelona will be without key midfielder Andres Iniesta for its Champions League semifinal matches against Inter Milan.The club said Tuesday that Iniesta injured a muscle in his right leg during training and will be out for up to a month.A similar injury forced him to miss the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinal against Arsenal. He returned...
Real Madrid goes top after Barcelona held to draw
Madrid - An injury-time winner by Rafael Van der Vaart gave Real Madrid a 3-2 win against Sevilla and the lead in the Spanish league on Saturday after 10-man Barcelona drew 2-2 with Almeria.A Xabi Alonso own goal gave Sevilla the lead in the ninth minute in Bernabeu Stadium. Ivica Dragutinovic scored the visitors' second in the 52nd, from a direct...