BILBAO -- La pegada del Real Madrid ha certificado hoy en San Mamés el título liguero del equipo blanco, que se ha impuesto con suficiencia (0-3) a un Athletic Club que hoy ha distado de ser el gran equipo de otros partidos importantes de la temporada, sobre todo en los torneos coperos.
El equipo de José Mourinho ha sido como un martillo pilón para el conjunto rojiblanco, al que ha golpeado duro desde el principio, primero con sendos tantos de Gonzalo Higuain y Mesut Ozil en los primeros veinte minutos y un tercero de Ronaldo, definitivo, al comienzo de la segunda mitad.

Que maravilloso! Following their victories yesterday, Atletico Madrid, Athletic Bilbao and Valencia are all through to the Europa League semi-finals with Sporting Lisbon taking up the final spot.

Andoni Iraola's golazo that could have been

Athletic Bilbao and Marcelo Bielsa have given Manchester United yet another lesson in how to play vibrant, attacking, entertaining football. They defeated United for the second time in a row, this time 2-1 at home at the San Mamés (5-3 on aggregate).

Spain Squad For February 29, 2012 International Friendly Against Venezuela - The 90th Minute Soccer Blog

Below is the Spain squad for their upcoming friendly against South American side Venezuela.

Goalkeepers -Victor Valdés Arribas (FC Barcelona), José Manuel Reina Páez (Liverpool FC), Iker Casillas Fernández (Real Madrid CF)

Defenders - Álvaro Arbeloa Coca (Real Madrid CF), Saforcada Carles Puyol (FC Barcelona), Garcia Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid CF), Gerard Piqué Bernabéu (FC Barcelona), Andoni Iraola Sagarna (Athletic Club), Ramos Jordi Alba (Valencia CFSAD), Javier Martínez Aguinaga (Athletic Bilbao)

Midfielders - Xavier Hernandez Creus (FC Barcelona), Andrés Iniesta Luján (FC Barcelona), Cesc Fabregas Soler (FC Barcelona), Xabier Alonso Olano (Real Madrid CF), Sergio Busquets Burgos (FC Barcelona), Santiago Cazorla González (Málaga CF SAD), Thiago Alcántara do Nascimento (FC Barcelona)

Forwards - David Jiménez Silva (Manchester City FC), Gonzalez Jesus Navas (Sevilla CFSAD), Roberto Soldado Rillo (Valencia CF SAD), Fernando Llorente Torres (Athletic Bilbao), Alvaro Negredo Sanchez (Sevilla FCSAD), Juan Manuel Mata Garcia (Chelsea FC), Iker Muniain Goñi (Athletic Club)

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Spain Squad For February 29, 2012 International Friendly Against Venezuela - The 90th Minute Soccer Blog

By Alan Duffy

Once the blonde-haired, blue-eyed prince of Spanish football, Fernando Torres has, in the space of a year, turned into a £50million flop.

Since moving to Chelsea from Liverpool, the attacker has seriously lost his mojo and now his impotence in the Premier League has seen him fall out of favour with World Champions Spain.

Spain coach Vicente del Bosque has called up Barcelona's Thiago Alcantara into his 22-man squad for next Wednesday's friendly against Italy in Bari. Thiago has been impressing fans on two continents with his play this summer and he has some Barcelona fans asking Cesc Who?

Thiago helped Spain's Under-21 team win the European championship last month, and has been eligible to play for Brazil, with his father Mazinho being a member of the 1994 World Cup winning team.

Come join Minnesota supporters of the Men's National Team, along with readers of IMSoccer News, duNord Futbol, Dark Clouds supporters group and the Minneapolis/St. Paul branch of the American Outlaws for a US National Team watch party.

The US National Team plays Spain in a friendly on Satruday, June 4 with a 3:30 p.

Just Football: La Liga 2010-11 Team of the Season (minus Real Madrid and Barcelona) is a post from: Just Football

So, now that the 2010/11 La Liga season is over, it's time to look back and pick out some of the standout performers of the last nine months. However, in a cunning twist, I have decided that it would be far more interesting if we just ignored everyone that plays for Barcelona and Real Madrid.

GK: Iker Casillas (Real Madrid), Jose Manuel Reina (Liverpool), Víctor Valdes (Barcelona). DEF: Alvaro Arbeloa (Real Madrid), Raul Albiol (Real Madrid), Joan Capdevila (Villarreal), Andoni Iraola (Athletic Bilbao), Carlos Marchena (Villarreal), Gerard Pique (Barcelona), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) MID: Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid), Sergio Busquets (Barcelona), Santiago Cazorla (Villarreal), Andres Iniesta (Barcelona), Bruno Soriano (Villarreal), Borja Valero (Villarreal) FOR: Fernando Llorente, (Athletic Bilbao), Manu Del Moral (Sevilla), Alvaro Negredo (Sevilla), Pedro Rodríguez (Barcelona), David Silva.

Spain plays the U.S. in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on June 4 and Venezuela in Puerto La Cruz three days later.
Roster:

Goalkeepers: Iker Casillas (Real Madrid), Pepe Reina (Liverpool), Victor Valdes (Barcelona).

Defenders: Alvaro Arbeloa (Real Madrid), Raul Albiol (Real Madrid), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Gerard Pique (Barcelona), Carlos Marchena (Villarreal), Joan Capdevila (Villarreal), Andoni Iraola (Athletic Bilbao).

The U.S. men's national team will be facing a very strong Spain side when the team's meet in a friendly at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro on June 4th.

Barcelona teammates Andres Iniesta, David Villa, Pedro, Sergio Busquets, Victor Valdes and Gerard Pique lead the group, with Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas and Chelsea striker Fernando Torres among the other selections.

Una boda es uno de los momentos más emotivos para una pareja. La huelga hubiera estropeado la fecha del enlace de varios jugadores como Forlán, Diego López o Dealbert. En Segunda, el Valladolid contaba hasta con cuatro jugadores con intención de casarse a finales de junio.
Varios jugadores de nuestra liga estaban agarrados a los medios para conocer el desenlace de la huelga que podía haberse celebrado este fin de semana.

BARCELONA, Spain — Argentine Lionel Messi scored a vital 77th-minute winner as Barcelona laboured to a 2-1 home win over Athletic Bilbao on Sunday to restore their five-point lead over Real Madrid at the Spanish first division summit. Barcelona looked set to drop two more points after Andoni Iraola's penalty had cancelled out David Villa's [.

Barcelona restored their five-point advantage over Real Madrid CF thanks to a 2-1 win against Athletic Bilbao.

Beaten in midweek by Arsenal in the first leg of their Champions League round of 16 tie, Barcelona took only four minutes to settle back into their stride at the Camp Nou. David Villa provided the finish, and although Athletic levelled five minutes after half-time through Andoni Iraola's penalty, Lionel Messi made the difference with his 25th league goal this season 12 minutes before the end.