Real Madrid has a huge problem, their Coach Pellegrini has no clearidea of what he wishes his team to play, or having said this, hasn'tthe personality sufficient to apply his formula. Yesterday's SpanishCup elimination was embarrassing, it wasn't because the opponentAlcorcon are a 2ºB Division team, it's the way the team went aboutit's attempt to turn around the 4-0 score line deficit from the 1º Click to continue reading...

Eleven return games played tonight in the SPANISH CUP with some"surprising" results. Lets begin the round up of results, scorers & whichClubs go through to the next phase.REAL MADRID finally managed to score a goal via VAN DER VAARTin the 80th min, but were KNOCKED OUT on aggregate (1-4) by 2ºBDivision (3ºrd Division elsewhere) team ALCORCON. Click to continue reading...

Six games played tonight in "La Liga" as part of Round 10. Here is abrief summary of the results & scorers.REAL SPORTING DE GIJÓN continue surprising with a valient &deserved 1-0 win over RCD ESPANYOL. Sporting scored early inthe 3rd min thanks to BILIC & that was enough as Gijon controlledthe game & cancelled out the efforts of the visiting team. Click to continue reading...

Here are two distinctive photos of the FC BARCELONA 2009-2010Team. SFS has received petitions from Barça fans for photos & wehave managed to discover theses two:Team photo earlier at the start of this season: Click to continue reading...

Some good hearted humour from Barcelona based Sports daily"Mundo Deportivo" via its cartoon section - "Pelotazos". They areenjoying their moment; the cartoon doesn´t need any translation:To the Real Madrid fans, easy, there is a long, long, long way to gobefore this season finishes Click to continue reading...

Tonight three Spanish Teams have participated in their respectiveEUROPA LEAGUE-CUP (ex UEFA Cup) Group matches with mixedresults.ATHLETIC DE BILBAO came back from a horror 1ºst half performanceto win 2-1 at home NACIONAL DE MADIERA. The latter started scoringvia MICAEL in the 43rd min. Then the Spaniards changed their playto take over & score via ETXEBERRIA in the 67th min & FRANLLORENTE in the Click to continue reading...

Ex Barça & Real Madrid Danish International player & ex Getafe CoachMICHAEL LAUDRUP has said NO to an offer from ATLETICO DEMADRID to Coach the Team. The news has just come in from "Marca"& one may understand his disapproval seeing the mess the SpanishClub is in at this moment.(photo: Michael Laudrup/marca. Click to continue reading...

SFS may have already put up this video in its SFS FLASHBACK section,however it is worth a repeat as tonight we have a spectacular RealMadrid vs AC Milan clash in Champions League at the mitical "SantiagoBernabeu" Stadium in Madrid.It was 1989; the semi final of the European Cup & AC MILAN won5-0 REAL MADRID in a game that still has left a deep mark on theSpanish Club in their recent history. Click to continue reading...

ATLETICO DE MADRID is crumbling; the top level "battles ofdifferences in opinions" between the true owner in the shadows,Miguel Angel Gil & its President Enrique Cerezo has spread itsvile smells down the hall, through the office & into the dressingrooms. The Football Director Mr. Garcia Pitrach – in charge ofCoaching ,signings, selling & all Football matters – has done aterrible job & should be Click to continue reading...

Three games this Saturday afternoon & evening have been played inRound 7 of the Spanish League – "La Liga". Here is a brief summaryof results, scorers & videos of some brilliant goals that were scoredtoday.Big surprise in the DEPORTIVO A CORUÑA clash with SEVILLA FC,the end result was a 1-0 victory for the home team. Click to continue reading...

SFS realizes it risks falling into the apparent idea that it is pro-RealMadrid, far from it, as SFS only attempts to satisfy its Global lectures& believe me there are plenty of petitions to the SFS email forREAL MADRID photos & paraphanelia now that Ronaldo, Kaká &company have joined, especially from the Asian friends. Click to continue reading...

Too much of a good thing, this maybe the dilemma that is rattling themind of REAL MADRID Coach Pellegrini as he figures out how tobalance & create a clock working team. The observations & theexperience up till now show a potential dependence on midfielderXabi Alonso as "Director of the Orchestra" & a lack of a stable ongoingtactical set up in the team's line-ups. Click to continue reading...

Two Spanish Teams, REAL MADRID & ATLETICO DE MADRID beganthe long & difficult road to attempt to qualify in their respectiveGroups & if possible go all the way to the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Finalin Madrid next year.REAL MADRID started well winning 2-5 FC ZURICH in a difficult &complicated match against a very aggressive & switched on SwissTeam. Click to continue reading...

The 4 Clubs participating in Champions League (FC Barcelona, RealMadrid, Sevilla FC & At Madrid) had their games yesterday in Round2 of the Spanish "Liga".FC BARCELONA rested some of its stars against GETAFE but managedto win 0-2 after a hard fought match. Getafe hit the post twice in thefirst half, but with Messi on the field in the second half saw the Barçagame back like clock work. Click to continue reading...

CRISTIANO ROANLDO gets back into the "groove" with a fabulousfree-kick that opened the scoreline for REAL MADRID against FCZURICH in the 1ºst Group C game of CHAMPIONS LEAGUESurf in later to SFS for full report of all the results & scorersof the FC Zurich - Real Madrid & Atletico de Madrid - ApoelChampions League games being played tonight. Click to continue reading...

Six games played this afternoon/evening of Round 2 of the SpanishLiga. Here is a summary of results & scorersVALLADOLID hosted VALENCIA CF & went down 2-4 in a grand performance from the latter which the former managed to "calm"down towards the end of the clash. Valencia scored first via SILVA in the9th min, but Valladolid equalized in the 29th min via ALEMÁN. Click to continue reading...

REAL MADRID has its squad shut for season 2009-2010 & this hasallowed the Club to finally allocate the official numbers for allthe players. Apart from now being able to follow the players onthe field, you can finally buy the Real shirt & correctly choosethe number & name that you wish to highlight on your back. Click to continue reading...

I'm worried, as I imagine most ATLETICO DE MADRID followers areor should be after witnessing the pathetic performance of theteam at their opening game of this seasons "LIGA" against Malaga& losing 3-0.I am so worried,that with 37 Liga games still left to play,a difficult Champions League Group ahead & with more than 8 monthsstill left till the end of the season,that the "ghost" of a Champions Click to continue reading...

The Spanish "Liga" kick off for 2009-2010 with surprises, goals & thelast match to be played tonight between FC Barcelona - Sporting deGijón. While we await that result here is a summary of the other 9 games played this weekend.On Saturday Real Madrid (Raul, Cristiano Ronaldo (pen) & Lass)began its campaign with a victory 3-2 over Deportivo (Riki &Valeron). Click to continue reading...

The 1ºleg result at home 3-2 against Norweign Team TROMSOE wasvital. This afternoon ATHLETIC DE BILBAO played the 2ºleg incircumstances that took suffering to the maximum levels, but managedthe prime objective of qualifying for this seasons EUROPA LEAGUE(ex-UEFA) with a 1-1 drawJAVI MARTINEZ was the hereo after scoring in the 56th min, butTromsoe managed to draw via RUSHFELDT in the 61st min & it Click to continue reading...

The UEFA Champions League Group draw has just been held inMonaco & it has put together some extraordinary clashes where theonly winner is the Football Fan.In what concerns Spanish Teams, there are some great Club &individual clashes that may have a certain taste of revenge: FCBarcelona vs Inter Milan (Ibrahimovic vs Eto´o) & Real Madridvs AC Milan ( Kaká vs Ronaldinho). Click to continue reading...

REAL MADRID used its traditional new season showcase, the "SantiagoBernabeu Trophy" match, in front of its home crowd & fans topresent some of their new signings (Xabi Alonso, Arbeloa, Garay &Granedo), farewell 10 year veteran defender MICHEL SALGADO (seebelow video) & defeat Norwegian team ROSENBERG 4-0. Click to continue reading...

VALENCIA CF were defeated yesterday by MANCHESTER UNITED 2-0in their friendly pre-season match. The goals came from ROONEY &youngster CLEVERLEY. Click to continue reading...

ATLETICO DE MADRID avoided Arsenal & Lyon, but was matchedwith the difficult yet accessible Greek side PANATHINAIKOS in thepreliminary home & away games of the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE forseason 2009 – 2010 drawn today at Lyon by UEFA.The 1ºst leg will be played at Greece on either the 18th or 19th ofAugust & the return 2ºleg is down for either 24th or 25th August inMadrid. Click to continue reading...