Talk about some serious shoes to fill! ENZO ZIDANE is the 15 year old son of World Football French Legend ZINEDINE ZIDANE & is currently lifting eyebrows in the REAL MADRID junior team & with Spanish Football observers. It is pretty crazy how similar he plays to his father and the way he moves with the ball.

Messi scored a hatrick vs. Almeria in an 8-0 victory. Honestly, all goals were kinda loose because Almeria defence was almost like a biscuit. Ronaldo hatrick worth watching
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Here are the results & scorers of todays Round 20 Sunday games.GETAFE & RACING DE SANTANDER played a 0-0 draw.(photo: Valladolid - Almeria_marca.com)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.

Last Week's Stats: 5/10
Stats Overall: 34/60

I think it is clear that this season will not be the boring duopoly that everyone predicted. Valencia and Villarreal are keen to make sure of it and teams like Hercules and Getafe will always be happy to play the spoiler against the top teams.

MLS on ESPN2: Philadelphia - Toronto at 7pm. La Liga on GolTV: Almeria - Real Madrid at 2pm and Valencia - Athletico Bilbao at 4pm. Copa Libertadores on Fox Sports en Espanol: Lanus - Club Universitario at 6:30pm and Colo Colo - Cruzeiro at 8:30pm. All Times Eastern

Arsene Wenger is sick and tired of the rumours suggesting that his captain Cesc Fabregas would jump at the chance to move to Spain with Barcelona, and believes that there is no competition in La Liga other than Real Madrid and Barcelona. "I watched Real Madrid against Almeria on Thursday and turned off after 30 [.

Sevilla have scraped into the Champions League by the skin of their teeth as a stoppage time winner from youngster Rodri gave the club a 3-2 victory over Almeria to cement them the coveted fourth place.

Eyebrows were raised as the youngster was brought on a substitute by manager Antonio Álvarez ahead of Brazilian international Luis Fabiano.

They dont really seem to do 'Goal of the Year' in La Liga, and if they do I sure can't find it, so to buck the trend I've gone for a few goals that would be in with a shout. A heavenly dribble and shot from Leo Messi, an audacious piece of skill from Javi Martinez against Almeria and a bullet from Cristiano Ronaldo against Villarreal.

Emiliano Insua may have missed out on a move to Fiorentina, but it looks like he could still yet make a Serie A switch this month. According to Sky Sports Italia, Genoa have been in talks over a deal for the Liverpool left back.

Insua looked all but set to depart last week, as Fiorentina had agreed a fee with Liverpool for the 21-year-old.

Unión Deportiva Almería (usually referred to as Almería) is a Spanish football club based in Almería in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Founded in 1989, Almería was promoted to the top tier of Spanish soccer, La Liga, at the end of the 2006/07 season. Since then the club has managed respectable 8th, 11th and 13th [.

Back at the now "infamous" outback bar-cafe in the middle of the Spanish country side with the only "Wi - Fi" connection in miles. Already asked for a coffee which gives me the "limited" right to connect my PC & at least post the Round 9 Sunday games results of the Spanish League - Liga. At.Madrid - Almeria ATLETICO DE MADRID 1 ( Aguero ) - ALMERIA 1 (Piatti).

Make Shift Barca defense ready to face Villareal

Defensive worries would be troubling Guardiola while he prepares his team to face the stern challenge of Villareal. With Milito being ruled out for six weeks and Pique being suspended, Guardiola has to turn to a make shift defense for facing a high flying Villareal team.

Barcelona 3 - 1 Villarreal
They say in elite football it's the smallest details that mark the difference between the good and the great. Villarreal put up one hell of a fight in the Camp Nou, but commeth the hour, commeth the man, with Lionel Messi stepping up to the plate to rescue Barcelona from a precarious situation and set them on the way to what was eventually a convincing win.

Real Madrid responded to FC Barcelona's 8-0 rout of Almeria with a 5-1 trouncing of Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish La Liga on Saturday. Cristiano Ronaldo led the Real Madrid onslaught on the Basque club with three goals while Gonzalo Higuain and Sergio Ramos were also on the scoresheet for Jose Mourinho's club.

Barcelona prodigy Lionel Messi is quite simply a goal scoring machine. Messi is the next great player in the evolution of great players and even Diego Maradona is willing to give the young Argentine footballer top billing. In fact Messi is so good that last season Pele felt the need to remind everybody of his 1,000 career goals.

Almeria 0 - 8 BarcelonaAs preparations for a Clasico go, it doesn't get much better than this. Almeria were ripped to shreds by a rampant Barcelona who showed signs that they are hitting top form at just the right moment. From the moment the first ball was kicked it was a barrage of attacks from Barca as Lionel Messi, Pedro and David Villa picked off the Almeria defence at will.

Cristiano Ronaldo enjoyed another stellar performance for Real Madrid as the Portuguese icon went on to enjoy a hat-trick in Madrid's 5-1 win against Athletic Bilbao. Although Ronaldo is definitely in the running for the Pichichi trophy, the former United star went on to show great humbleness and selflessness as he stated that his main objective is to win the league trophy and not the Pichichi.

The race for the Pichichi is getting intense.Ronaldo with 14 goals this season is ahead of Messi by one goal.When Messi scored his hat trick against Almeria over the weekend he was ahead of Ronaldo by 2 goals for some time.But the hat trick that C Ron himself scored against Athletic Bilbao around the same time saw that lead being erased.

Saturday night Round 15 Spanish League - La Liga action with three games & some eye lifting surprises. Here is a brief summary of the games, results & the scorers. Almeria "knock out" Sevilla FC Big surprise result at Sevilla with the local team going down 1 - 3 to lower table survivor ALMERIA.

Saturday 2nd January
17:00 Reading v Liverpool, FA Cup Third Round, ITV1/HD
And so the big guns enter the arena with the arrival of the FA Cup Third Round. Here, Liverpool make the trip South knowing that the chances to win silverware this season are starting to dwindle. Johnson and Mascherano are missing from their squad today, but this should be a relatively straight-forward affair against a poor Reading side.

The Spanish Primera Division or La Liga as its commonly known resumes from the winter break on Saturday, January 2, 2010. There are several matches incuding league leaders FC Barcelona hosting Villarreal, Atletico Madrid v Sevill, and Espanyol traveling to Valencia. Here are previews, predictions, and USA/UK television listings for Saturday, January 2, 2010 in La Liga.

El Xerez sigue en picada, el técnico azulino compareció en rueda de prensa tras la finalización del partido. Cuco Ziganda destacó la actitud de sus jugadores y dijo que "es difícil de explicar la derrota de hoy porque en partidos como el de esta tarde o ante el Rácing, hemos creado ocasiones pero no hemos podido puntuar.

Friday 8 January
19.45 West Brom v Nottingham Forest, Championship, Sky Sports 1/HD1
A real test for Forest's increasingly credible promotion ambitions. West Brom's 1-0 victory at the City Ground back in August was a rare defeat for Forest who are on a 16 match unbeaten run in the League.

09/01/2010Valladolid - Atletico Madrid ore 18.00Siviglia - Racing Santander ore 20.00Villarreal - Almeria ore 22.0010/01/2010Deportivo La Coruna - Osasuna ore 17.00Malaga - Athletic Bilbao ore 17.00Xerez - Valencia ore 17.00Sporting Gijon - Getafe ore 17.00Espanyol - Real Saragozza ore 17.00Real Madrid - Maiorca ore 19.

A new year, Europe freezing over, odd results in the Kings Cup and La Liga, wow our amigos at Heads or Tails just want some normality restored and this is how they reckon it'll happen this weekend. Predictions: Valladolid 1 v 1 Atletico Madrid Sevilla 2 v 0 Racing Santander Villarreal 3 v 0 Almeria Deportivo la Coruña 1 v [.

Messi regresó a la Liga en grande, al 36, 45 y 75 fueron lo 3 goles con que logró el Hat-Trick y cooperó con la Victoria de Barcelona 5 a o sobre el Tenerife.
El Real Madrid, segundo de la tabla, no se quedó atrás y doblegó al Mallorca por 2 a 0, un Mallorca que ha venido haciendo una buena temporada.

photo credit: Dionetian

Sevilla's flag flies high...for now.

Sevilla put a 3-0 beatdown on Coruna in the King's Cup yesterday and gave themselves a much needed "pick me up" even if this game doesn't count on the La Liga table.

There's something about "non-league" matches that can really help or really hurt a club.

23/01/2010Siviglia - Almeria ore 18.00Valladolid - Barcellona ore 20.00Deportivo La Coruna - Athletic Bilbao ore 22.0024/01/2010Tenerife - Valencia ore 17.00Villarreal - Saragozza ore 17.00Xerez - Osasuna ore 17.00Espanyol - Maiorca ore 17.00Sporting Gijon - Racing Santander ore 17.00Getafe - Atletico Madrid ore 19.

Three games played tonight as part of Round 19 of the SpanishLeague - "La Liga".SEVILLA FC won by the minimum scoreline 1-0 ALMERIA thanksto the 9th min goal by ALVARO NEGREDO. Important 3 points forSevilla FC that keeps them in the race for the top spots.FC BARCELONA travelled to VALLADOLID & won 0-3, plus finishedthe half way mark unbeaten, something which only 4 other teamshad done in Spanish

photo credit: lrargerich

Marius Stankevicius will join Sevilla for the rest of the season on a temporary mid-season loan from Italian Serie A squad Sampdoria. Stankevicius is expected to dress out this weekend for his new club. And the twenty eight year old joins a squad that has struggled recently and look to bounce back this weekend against a beatable opponent in Almeria.

No se que piensen ustedes pero yo soy partidario de la competitividad, esto le da emoción a los torneos.
La Liga Española la dividiría en 4 partes, los que pelean el campeonato, Barcelona, Real Madrid y Valencia, y no con mucha competencia que digamos.
Los que pelean por un lugar en la Liga Europea, El Depor, Mallorca, Sevilla, Getafe, Athletic y Villarreal.

30/01/2010Espanyol - Athletic Bilbao ore 18.00Sporting Gijon - Barcellona ore 20.00Deportivo La Coruna - Real Madrid ore 22.0031/01/2010Xerez - Maiorca ore 17.00Villarreal - Osasuna ore 17.00Tenerife - Saragozza ore 17.00Valladolid - Almeria ore 17.00Getafe - Racing Santander ore 17.00Atletico Madrid - Malaga ore 19.

13/02/2010Sporting Gijon - Valencia ore 18.00Xerez - Real Madrid ore 20.00Villarreal - Athletic Bilbao ore 22.0014/02/2010Valladolid - Real Saragozza ore 17.00Getafe - Almeria ore 17.00Racing Santander - Malaga ore 17.00Espanyol - Deportivo La Coruna ore 17.00Siviglia - Osasuna ore 19.00Atletico Madrid - Barcellona ore 21.

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By TRAVIS CLARK

As the injury bug continues to hit the United States national team, first round opponents England aren't exactly emerging unscathed either.

Manchester United and England defender Wes Brown could be out for the rest of the Premier League season and also miss the World Cup after injuring his foot over the weekend against Wolverhampton.

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(1-0. Domingo)
(1-1. Messi)
(2-1. autogol di Puyol)
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It was a pretty depressing day for football yesterday, but Gracias a Dios we have the likes of Crackovia to make the Fridays a little better! "It will all tide over, love" is what all abuelas are telling their grandsons and 'nietas' today.

20/03/2010Deportivo La Coruna - Valladolid ore 18.00Athletic Bilbao - Getafe ore 18.00Xerez - Tenerife ore 18.00Real Madrid - Sporting Gijon ore 20.00Espanyol - Siviglia ore 22.0021/03/2010Malaga - Villarreal ore 17.00Maiorca - Atletico Madrid ore 17.00Osasuna - Racing Santander ore 17.00Valencia - Almeria ore 19.

So the day belonged to Juan Mata and David Silva (who is half Asian by the way... although he failed to emphasize on it when we asked him more about it last year!) as they sailed to a nice 2-0 victory over Almeria last night.

Of course Unai Emery would like to give a hug to all the die hard fans of Los Che who stayed on despite the downpour.

27/03/2010Malaga - Tenerife ore 18.00Maiorca - Barcellona ore 20.00Saragozza - Valencia ore 22.0028/03/2010Osasuna - Almeria ore 17.00Deportivo La Coruna - Getafe ore 17.00Xerez - Valladolid ore 17.00Espanyol - Sporting Gijon ore 17.00Villarreal - Siviglia ore 19.00Real Madrid - Atletico Madrid ore 21.