Very interesting reports emerging that are linking Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger with Mourinho's
job at Real Madrid. Though very flattering the possibilities of Wenger leaving Arsenal any time
soon are almost zero!
However, the same cannot be said of Jose Mourinho. The 'special one' once again had a negative
result against arch rivals Barcelona, this time going down 4-3 on aggregate after pulling 2 goals
back to level the scoreline in their Copa Del Rey quarter final return fixture at the Nou Camp.
Today, Real Madrid played as it should have in the first leg. The first half began so brightly
for Real with Gonzalo Higuain the main culprit for not finishing those chances. Gerard Pique was
caught napping and the Argentinian striker should have done much, much better. Minutes later, Pinto
was barely able to foil Higuain whose timing was less than impeccable.
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 horasVER EN VIVOOPCION 1OPCION 2 OPCION 3OPCION 4ROJA DIRECTA Pese a los golpes que ha recibido por las autoridades estadounidenses continúa
operativa y presenta la mejor oferta de links para seguir online cualquier partido de cualquier
disciplina.
Vintage Comic: Casillas wants to battle!
With the Spanish press doing their best to verbally abuse José Mourinho and a generally
overwhelming vibe ahead of tonight's Clásico at Camp Nou, we thought we would lighten the mood
with one of Jon Horner's vintage comics that dates back to the World Cup.
Vintage Comic: Casillas wants to battle!
With the Spanish press doing their best to verbally abuse José Mourinho and a generally
overwhelming vibe ahead of tonight's Clásico at Camp Nou, we thought we would lighten the mood
with one of Jon Horner's vintage comics that dates back to the World Cup.
According to media reports in Spain, Jose Mourinho will quit his job as Real Madrid manager this
summer.
For the first time Mourinho was booed and whistled at by the Bernabeu faithful as rumors
continue to swirl around the team of divisions within the squad.
The sensational claim that Mourinho will quit came from highly-respected Spanish football
journalist Siro Lopez, who said after Real Madrid's 4-1 win against Athletic Bilbao at the weekend
that the former Chelsea boss will walk away from his £11.
According to media reports in Spain, Jose Mourinho will quit his job as Real Madrid manager this
summer.
For the first time Mourinho was booed and whistled at by the Bernabeu faithful as rumors
continue to swirl around the team of divisions within the squad.
The sensational claim that Mourinho will quit came from highly-respected Spanish football
journalist Siro Lopez, who said after Real Madrid's 4-1 win against Athletic Bilbao at the weekend
that the former Chelsea boss will walk away from his £11.
Iker Casillas played down divisions between the Spanish and Portuguese players in the Real
Madrid team after Sunday's win against Athletic Bilbao saying:
"We can't start losing our minds and pointing the finger at each other. Whistles are really
aimed at all of us. We must all be united, team and fans alike.
By Chris Wright
"I fart in your general direction!"
Eric Abidal's second goal in over five seasons at the club saw Barcelona come from behind to
snatch the victory in last night's Copa del Rey quarter-final first-leg El Clasico in the
Bernabeu.
It has become something like a routine for this team - to go to the home of their arch-rivals
and win in the most difficult circumstances. Guardiola's men has launched up many style of
victroies over here - this one was also a bit different from teh other one. In this edition they
decided to concede a lead at half time and then turned it completely over.
COPA DEL RAYReal Madrid vs Barcelona 22:00
Lo maravilloso!! The Day of Reckoning has arrived. Put away your
Vicente Del Bosque Panini stickers right NOW because the first el
clasico of the year between Real Madrid and Barcelona will be fought out at
the Bernabeu tonight.
El equipo ideal del año fue monopolizado por los españoles, que situaron a seis jugadores entre
los 11 seleccionados. El llamado "once mundial" quedó compuesto por Iker Casillas en el arco; Dani
Alves, Gerard Piqué, Nemanja Vidic y Sergio Ramos en defensa; Andrés Iniesta, Xabi Alonso y Xavi
en el centro del campo; Messi, Wayne Rooney y Cristiano Ronaldo en ataque.
Christine Bleakley is seen leaving the ITV studios with Frank Lampard and his kids, 04/01/2012.
First she was a hit, but now she's supposedly on thin ice with her new employers. Well that
didn't take very long now did it?
But why has Christine Bleakely fallen so quickly out of favour with the general viewing
public?
Brazilian Swag King Neymar arrived in Barcelona from Zurich last night to ...
(*drumroll courtesy of Sandro Rosell*)... film a sports commercial.
Unfortunately, he won't be staying in the city for very long and you can imagine how paranoid
Santos is about keeping him anywhere near the Blaugranas, especially since they both
share similar sponsorship agreements!
Lionel Messi won the FIFA Balon d'OR for the second consecutive time after the inception of the
award last year. With this victory he has won the FIFA World Player of Year and Balon d'Or for the
third consecutive time. It was a no btainer from the time the three man shortlist was
announced.
09.01.2012 - De final anunciado, la celebración y entrega del Premio Balón de Oro (2011)
coronó a Lionel Messi como el mejor jugador del mundo (por tercera vez consecutiva).
Con 55 goles en 57 partidos y 5 títulos con Barcelona (Liga de España , Champions League ,
Mundial de Clubes, Supercopa de España y Supercopa de Europa, el año de Messi volvió a romper
récords y felicitaciones.
BOLTS OVERCOME BY REVOLUCION Tijuana overcomes 4 goal deficit to defeat
Anaheim
Bolts Press Release:Anaheim, CA- (January 6, 2012)- New year, same story. The Anaheim Bolts held a lead going into the
fourth quarter but fell to Revolucion Tijuana 14-13 to drop to 3-4 on the season.
Bolts Press Release:Anaheim, CA- (December 31, 2011)- As the year draws to a close, the Bolts look back fondly and with
pride on a very successful 2011.
It was a year of first. On March 8, 2011, owner and head coach
Bernie Lilavois
launched the franchise and set about building a solid team.
This is a common saying about football in Arabic, and it has a lot of truth in it. When there is a
trusted keeper in the team, he gives the whole team the confidence and balance to go forward and
win. Spain is enjoying these days the fun of having the best keeper in the world. Everyone
remembers the great saves Casillas did in the WC final, or the PKs vs.
FC Barcelona got the league back on track with a thrilling 1-3 comeback win at Santiago
Bernebeu. The match started with a disaster as far as Barca were concerened. We went a goal down in
the very first minute following a horrendous mistake by Valdes. But this match was about whether
Barca's grit and they dig deep and produced a brilliant comeback.
Iker Casillas es, a juicio de nuestros internautas, el mejor guardameta español de todos los
tiempos. Los resultados de la encuesta realizada por MARCA.com al respecto no dejan lugar a dudas:
el portero del Real Madrid se lleva casi el 68% de los votos, frente al 12% de Valdés, el 8% de
Arconada, el 7% de Iribar, el 3% de Zamora y poco más del 1% de Zubizarreta y Ramallets.
Welcome to Offbeat Wednesday, where we round up the wacky stories in football for you! This week,
read about Sara Carbonero's thoughts on her man Iker Casillas, Carlos Tevez goes home & Balotelli's
£400 000 toilet damaging fees and more!
As you may know, IkerBonero went on a holiday to Rome last week and were
snapped arriving at Madrid's Barajas airport looking every bit like the
holidaymakers they are!
Por snedecorA veces a la UEFA se le ocurren cosas interesantes. Cargarse la Intertoto fue una de ellas;
intentar aplicar un Fair Play financiero puede ser otra. Y establecer un reconocimiento para todos
aquellos futbolistas que han disputado al menos 100 partidos internacionales con su selección es
uno de esos detalles sencillos y casi insignificantes pero que contribuyen a ofrecer una imagen
amable de un organismo que, por definición, está siempre bajo sospecha.
On a day when England manager Fabio Capello missed his son's wedding to be on the touchline for
the visit of World Champions Spain, Frank Lampard rose to the occasion and scored the decisive goal
to guide the Lions to a famous 1-0 win.
It was a hard-fought match at Wembley, with both teams playing with a lot of energy over the
course of the 90 minutes.
Feliz viernes! The Spanish National Team finally unveiled their
FIERY Euro 2012 camisetas nuevas in Las Rozas, Madrid a few
hours ago. The red tones have been dramatically emphasized to match the country's national colours
while the blue stripes on the sleeves from last season have also been removed.
"El 'loco' que Pep lleva dentro"
We've been remiss in posting our weekend TV guides the past couple weeks. This weekend we offer
a belated and truncated version, consisting of a single match that's kicking off in just a few
hours: La Liga's late match on Sunday, Athletic Bilbao hosting FC Barcelona, kicking off at 8pm in
"la Catedral de futbol" Estadio San Mamés (which corresponds to 2pmET; televised in the
US on ESPN Deportes, and also available via ESPN3.
FELIZ MARTES!! The Champions League finally returns today and you'd
better believe that Roberto Mancini loves David Silva as much as
the Valencianos still do! There's nothing quite like some hair affection at a press
conference and naturally, they picked David to face the Spanish media ahead of the
City-Villarreal clash tonight.
Could Spain's second XI beat England? - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
While watching David Silva and Spain dismantle a dogged and compact Scotland on Wednesday, it
struck me: this was hardly Spain's best outfit and they were dominating.
Silva cemented his bona fides as one of the top half-dozen players in world football and Spain,
with a team featuring second-choice players like Thiago Alcantara, Jordi Alba and Santi Cazorla,
passed Scotland into an uneasy submission.
If there were an award for the God of all Laser Beams or the Number.1 on a list
of things to do to annoy Iker Casillas, shining this laser beam from the stands
would be it! Apparently, fans of Zamaleq in Egypt thought it'd be useful to distract their
opposition players with this elaborate 'light show' during Tuesday's Egyptian Cup match.
So Gerard Pique has told Catalonia daily, El Mundo Deportivo big
'Waka Waka' fans, by the way that he hasn't been in tuned with all those
relationship rumours about Shakira and just wants to focus on Spain's campaign
ahead.
Prometí volver sobre Octubre y así lo hago. No sabía si podría seguir con el blog, pero pese a
que el tiempo escasea y cada vez hay más que hacer, creo que podré finalmente compaginar
estudios, trabajo y ratitos dedicados a este portal donde como siempre intentaré detalladamente
presentar a las jóvenes promesas del fútbol mundial, a esos jugadores que me llaman la atención,
y que me puedo equivocar o no, creo que tienen madera para triunfar.
La información de una nueva pelea entre
Casillas y
Cristiano dada por "Fútbol
Confidencial" corrió como la pólvora por lo que tanto el Madrid como sus propios protagonistas
tuvieron que salir al paso para desmentirlo. No es la primera que la prensa destapa episodios de
supuesta mala relación entre el capitán del Madrid y el portugués.
La palabra "preocupante" se ha repetido varias veces en el Real Madrid tras los dos últimos
tropiezos. Realmente, ¿por qué están preocupados los blancos? Estas son las razones por las que
José Mourinho y el propio
Casillas han alertado al madridismo.
Los rivales saben cerrarse.
Cada partido un poco peor. El
Real Madrid que tan bien apuntaba durante la pretemporada y la
Supercopa de España ha entrado en depresión y frente al
Racing de Santander sumó su
segundo tropiezo consecutivo tras no poder pasar del empate sin goles (0-0).
Cada nuevo encuentro parece dar un paso hacia atrás.
Well of course, it must be horrible to lose to a team you beat 8-0 in the Copa
del Ray last season but that's exactly what happened to Madrid against Levante last night...
¡qué pena!! Khedira got sent off shortly before half-time, which proved
to be a huge boost for the home side and Levante capitalised on Madrid's sluggish
performance to win 1-0 thanks to Arouna Kone's goal.
So the Seleção scraped past Ghana in a 1-0 victory last night,
which is fair enough, especially since winning hasn't been their forte as of late! Within ten
minutes of the first half, Ganso who suffered a thigh injury had to be replaced by
Elias.
Second-half substitute Cesc Fabregas scored twice as reigning European and FIFA World Cup™
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.
Iker Casillas has denied any kind of problems with Jose Mourinho. The Real Madrid goalkeeper has
said that he has had some disagreements with him but that does not mean that his relation with
Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho is not good. Casillas also said that he has good relations with
everyone at the club [.
