FC Barcelona secured a semi-final birth in this season's Copa Del Rey after knocking out holders Real Madrid with a sensational 2-2 draw. Barcelona who went into the break with a 2-0 lead had to hold off a sensational fightback from Mourinho's boys to secure the semi-final birth. To an extent we had to say that we were lucky after putting up the worst defensive display of the season, and courtesy of the fact that Madrid missed a number of chances.

Barcelona: Pinto; Dani Alves, Piqué, Puyol y Abidal; Xavi, Busquets e Iniesta, Fabregas; Messi y Alexis Sánchez. DT: Pep Guardiola
Real Madrid: Casillas; Arbeloa, Albiol, Sergio Ramos y Marcelo; Lass, Xabi Alonoso y Coentrao; Özil, Cristiano Ronaldo e Higuaín. DT: José Mourinho
España: 22:00 horas / Argentina - Chile: 18:00 horas
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Real dissension in the ranks?

The Real Madrid fans are in a barracking mood, just like the fans giving stick to Arsene Wenger. The Barca game blew up in their face because Mou decided to stick 11 men behind the ball and with the exception of an 11th minute of enterprise, played like he was afraid to lose which is exactly what happened.

In The Stands' Rolly Pelovangu looks back to the last time Real Madrid and Barcelona clashed in the Copa Del Rey as Jose Mourinho's men triumphed 1-0 in the 2011 final In a tight and nervy game, best remembered for Alvaro Arbeloa's terrible stamp on David Villa, Pedro's wrongly disallowed goal in the second half [.

I've seen some hand-wringing and questions as to how Liverpool were lined up yesterday, especially in the second half.
I tried to explain the set-up and the reasons for it in yesterday's match review, but pictures always make things easier. Not a 1000 words easier, but easier nonetheless.

Real Madrid set up a potential Copa Del Rey quarter-final against FC Barcelona after a 1-0 victory against Málaga earned the Whites a 4-2 aggregate win.

It was a tense night as Malaga only needed a 1-0 victory in order to advance on the away goals rule. In a very tactical first half the best chance fell to Sergio Ramos, whose header right before half-time just missed the target.

Real Madrid's Pipita Higuain is quite a likable hombre, isn't he? Come on now, Blaugranas... Madrid needs their own Moc Moc trio and we're pretty sure these two can improve the animosity between Brasil and Argentina!

Anyway, we just had to share Los Blancos' Christmas video with you even though you're clearly overstuffed with all that roast turkey by now.

In recent years, the January window's been relatively tame 2007 was maybe the most active, with Javier Mascherano and Alvaro Arbeloa among the names on the way in, and 2008 saw Martin Skrtel arrive with Momo Sissoko heading out. But 2009 brought only the exit for the recently arrived but underwhelming Robbie Keane, and 2010 had only Maxi Rodriguez arriving on a free with Andrea Dossena and Andriy Voronin leaving Anfield.

Last Friday we were too busy fawning all over the fiercely fashionable Alonsos to realise that this hot to trot Spanish couple was also in GQ Man of the Year attendance. Less than a week later they've given us another shot at showing them off, which we're very appreciative of.

Certainly Real Madrid's Arbeloa and his equally beautiful wife, Carlota, looked stellar as usual at the Chocron New Catalague event this past Wednesday.

It was Inevitable - Kim Jong Il thought so soo - hahahah.
. In a way, even after Adrian scored the opening goal in last night's El Derbi Madrileno, Madridistas the world over (and perhaps even Rojoblanco supporters) didn't feel too rattled (or euphoric in the case for Atleti supporters).

In the wake of an encouraging win it would be easy to simply focus on the positives like normal, happy people who know how to enjoy success. But what those happy people who know how to enjoy success don't know is that failure and pain is lurking just around every corner, waiting to spring. So really, you're much better off embracing a more negative outlook that asks, "Why hasn't Jose Enrique been called up for Spain yet, and does it mean there's something wrong with him we don't know?

Spain focus on winning, England stay distracted

ANOTHER international break – another weekend to find something else to do. No live Premier League games, no Match of the Day, no Sunday papers full of match reports and laughable opinions about your club. It's like summer, with less daylight and even less rain.

Este próximo Sábado 12 de Noviembre en Wembley se enfrentarán Ingleses y Españoles en un amistoso que echará chispas, los equipos representantes de las 2 mejores ligas del mundo.
Horario del partido Mexico - 11:15 a.mPeru, Ecuador, Colombia y Estados Unidos - 12:15 p.mVenezuela - 12:45 p.

If the results from two weeks ago are any indication, Wednesday's UEFA Champions League matches will be must-see TV.

Whether it was Manchester United squeaking past little-known Otelul Galati, Manchester City dramatically taking three points off Villarreal with Sergio Aguero's stoppage-time goal, Real Madrid putting on an attacking clinic against Lyon or Bayern Munich and Napoli taking each others' best shots and settling for a draw, the last round of UCL games provided plenty of entertainment.

It Was Yet Another Explosion of Goals from Pipita Finally Club Football is Back! Is it because I'm not European or South American that I just don't enjoy these qualifiers or friendlies? I sensed that the Bernabeu crowd last Saturday felt the same way too - because it was a packed Bernabeu last Saturday!

Clearly, Alvaro Arbeloa plays parchis best sans pants. Might we suggest he try this on the pitch as well? Actually, the entire Spanish NT should try this; we'd be happy to hold on to everyone's pants at Kickette HQ for safe keeping. Image via Xabi Alonso's Twitter.

Barcelona might be sitting pretty at the top of the La Liga standings but the real story of the weekend was another sterling performance by Los Merengues. Real squeezed 4 unanswered goals past Espanyol to take them to within 1 point of table toppers Barcelona and Levante.

It is still too early to tell but all signs point to a 2 horse for the league's top honor of the top scorer award.

For some it was the sort of day where one points to the end result—a victory at Goodison—as being enough, as being the only thing that really matters after a far from convincing performance. There was Luis Suarez, who scored a goal in the end though his touch often seemed heavy and his play a step off the pace.

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No, Real Madrid is NOT in Crisis. We are merely in a slump. 5 dropped points over 2 games against La Liga teams whose objective is to stave off relegation is proof of that. Maybe Jose Mourinho's sarcastic remarks prior to the Levante game about just wanting to stay up were taken seriously by the team: prompting them to play as if we were a team battling relegation.

Second-half substitute Cesc Fabregas scored twice as reigning European and FIFA World Cupâ„¢ champions Spain fought back from a two-goal deficit to beat Chile 3-2 in an international friendly.

Vicente Del Bosque's side were punished for a slow start as Chile raced into a 2-0 lead thanks to goals from Mauricio Isla and Eduardo Vargas, but the introduction of Andres Iniesta at half-time reinvigorated the Spanish midfield.

Spain vs Chile Fight- Andres Iniesta Vidal Arbeloa Sergio Busquets Push Video 2011 is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

Spain vs Chile Fight- Andres Iniesta Vidal Arbeloa Sergio Busquets Push Video 2011 is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter This Spain vs Chile fight took place at the end of the international friendly contested between the two sides on 2nd September, 2011.

Not that I was expecting much of a lazy international friendly just before the start of the season, with a call-up list plagued with absences and injured (Sergio Ramos and Xavi had to abandon the team before they left Spain and Nacho Monreal, called up instead of Ramos, got injured during the last training session), but I did expect better than this.

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Supongo que no es fácil ganar un Mundial, sobre todo si no sabes cómo se hace una cosa parecida. Por fortuna para nosotros, hace años que en España se vienen haciendo bastante bien las cosas con las selecciones inferiores, y por eso no debe ser casualidad que el año pasado en el podio del Soccer City de Johannesburgo se juntaran unos cuantos medallistas olímpicos, muchos campeones de Europa en distintas categorías y un subcampeón y 3 campeones del mundo sub'20.

Real Madrid continued its impressive pre-seaon with its six victories out of six preseason games as they thrashed Chinese side Guangzhou 7-1.

Just six minutes after the kick-off, Sami Khedira sent the stadium wild when he opened the scoring as he headed home a fantastic cross from Karim Benzema.

I am in Philadelphia tonight for Real Madrid's third and final pre-season game in the U.S. The team has been training hard in California and they have flown 3,000 miles to a very warm Philadelphia for tonight's game.

More than 50,000 tickets have been sold for this game and the parking lots are full of Real Madrid fans with them all anticipating another convincing Real victory tonight.

Real Madrid will play Barcelona at the least, 4 times next season. With the possibility of playing Barcelona 7 times in a single season not out of question, Arbeloa says that the team is not thinking about Barcelona at the moment. The match is in August hence they have got too many things going right [.

Today's article takes us back to that fantastic season of 08/09 and back to that old gem of a phrase "Liverpool are just a two man team." Written by Michael Owen who you can follow on Twitter @mfowen91. He also runs a top #LFC blog called The Anfield Opinion which you can visit here. If you believed the media at the time, Liverpool's side of 2008/09 was a "two man team" to quote a seemingly

Alvaro Arbeloa has thanked Kenny Dalglish - for making him love watching...

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Alvaro Arbeloa feels Kenny Dalglish has succeeded where predecessor Roy Hodgson failed at Anfield because his style is more suited to the team.
The six months the ex-Fulham boss had in charge saw the side struggle for results and performances with many criticizing the Englishman's tactics.
Dalglish replaced him in early January and the turnaround on the field was marked, with the team enjoying the kind of form which would have put them on a par with Chelsea and Manchester City had it been reproduced over a full season.

Por primera vez en mucho tiempo, el Madrid ganó al Barça sobre el campo con la camiseta de España. Si bien había más convocados culés que madridistas, durante el partido fueron estos los que se llevaron 'el gato al agua'.
Los 90 minutos del encuentro en Boston ante EEUU dejaron para el recuerdo un dato curioso: la presencia de más futbolistas del Madrid que del Barça sobre el césped.

So What? Seriously, SO WHAT? What difference does this loss make in the greater scheme of things? None!
This afternoon at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts the Spanish National Team put on a soccer clinic, at least for the first half, against the United States National Team.

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In their final preparation match for the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the United States were outclassed by the 2010 FIFA World Cup winners Spain, as the visitors dominated 4-0.

The Americans came into this match simply wanting to stay healthy, while co-mingling younger, less experienced players with a few veterans.

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Hay más cosas, claro. El desembarco en la Liga de los propietarios extranjeros, con distinta fortuna (en todos los sentidos de la palabra); la eclosión del árbitro español que quiso ser inglés y va camino de lograrlo (Mateu Lahoz deja jugar y se equivoca en las decisiones importantes igualito que Howard Webb); el esperpento del Hércules, que subió pagando a otros (dicen) y luego se olvidó de pagar a los suyos; o la despedida de un crack injustamente olvidado a la hora de nombrar a las grandes estrellas de la Liga (Frederic Kanouté, duende andaluz en un cuerpo de gigante africano); pero si tengo que destacar 5 puntos de esta temporada que se nos escapa entre los dedos, me quedo con estas:
5 – Los 5 partidos de la última jornada en los que se decidió el tercer equipo que retrocedía a la Liga Adelante (cruel paradoja publicitaria).

(I posted this article first on Real Madrid Football Blog. The article can be found here):Marca says it's 39, AS says it's 38 Goals just like the rest of the World. That Marca refuses to correct the number: What idiots and losers.With 180 minutes of football left in the season and the outcome already decided, there has never been better time to experiment.

(I posted this article first on Real Madrid Football Blog. The article can be found here):Marca says it's 39, AS says it's 38 Goals just like the rest of the World. That Marca refuses to correct the number: What idiots and losers.With 180 minutes of football left in the season and the outcome already decided, there has never been better time to experiment.

(I posted this article first on Real Madrid Football Blog. The article can be found here):Marca says it's 39, AS says it's 38 Goals just like the rest of the World. That Marca refuses to correct the number: What idiots and losers.With 180 minutes of football left in the season and the outcome already decided, there has never been better time to experiment.

FC Barcelona booked their place in this year's Champions League final in Wembley with a 1-1 draw against their bitter rivals Real Madrid. The only draw back of what was a perfect night was the stupid goal we conceded. Pedro put Barca ahead early in the first half but Marcelo equalised for Real Madrid.

El carrusel de 'clásicos' entre Real Madrid y FC Barcelona sigue su curso, al mismo tiempo que la tensión se incrementa. Y es que cada nuevo duelo es un poco más caliente que el anterior. Esta guerra declarada entre los dos equipos más importantes de España ya tiene un gran perjudicado: la selección española, que cuenta habitualmente con hasta 13 jugadores de ambos equipos.