Omar Bravo in Dep. Corouna
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Si, señores para que no digan , el sinaloense anoto por fin después de decenas de días de no anotar, ahora en la Copa del Rey se le abrieron las puertas y por fin le dio pase a las redes. Click to continue reading...

Let's omit the small talk and just get down to brass tacks: Real Madrid: Knocked out of the Copa del Rey by Segunda B side (third tier) Real Union on away goals (6-6 aggregate) after giving up 3 - f@#$ing THREE - at the Bernabeu, including a 90th minute tie decider. This their second incredibly disappointing [. Click to continue reading...

Valladolid   2 -2    Hércules                                                                                                                                                                                               (VLL adv. Click to continue reading...

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Originally uploaded by mishaelLa unión hace la fuerza y el equipo de segunda división hizo la hombrada en el estadio Santiago Bernabeu, en un partido que dejo a miles de aficionados en el mundo atónitos.

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Real Unión gave the shocker of the year at the Bernabéu as they eliminated reigning league champs Real Madrid from the Copa del Rey.   Many people in the Spanish media thought that logic would once again rear its head into football in Spain, Real Unión decided to repeat their performance and score another three [. Click to continue reading...

The word crisis, whispered in the last few weeks, has now reached a crescendo at the Bernabéu, as Real Madrid were knocked out of the Copa del Rey by a third division side. A repeat of the 4-3 weekend scoreline was not enough to subdue a Real Unión de Irún squad that ran rampant for large stretches of the game, as if the venue or their opponents were of no consequence. Click to continue reading...

Spain star out for the count during cup tie With the tragic death of Sevilla's Antonio Puerta last year still fresh in the memories of Spain's football fraternity, there was inevitably a lot of concern when Real Madrid midfielder Ruben de la Red collapsed during last night's Copa del Rey tie with Real Union. Click to continue reading...

It would have been nice to win by a large margin against a 2nd-B division club, but...a win is a win is a win. THE SQUAD: Leo Franco, Antonio López, Perea, Pablo, Pernía, Camacho (Álex Quillo 84'), Raúl García, Luis García, Miguel(Banega 59'); Sinama & Forlán (Keko 88') Our one goal was scored by Forlán, thanks to [. Click to continue reading...

To many Barcelona fans, all 120,000 of them that came to the Nou Camp that fateful September 24th saw that this was going to be their year.  If having won the Copa del Rey the year before was any indication, the match against defending champ Athletic Bilbao would be their defining statement.  Little would they [. Click to continue reading...

Portuguese outfit Maritimo host the first leg at their Estádio dos Barreiros, having made their last UEFA Cup appearance in 2004/05. However, their European campaign that season ended rather immediately after being eliminated on penalties against Glasgow Rangers. Maritimo qualified through to this season's competition after finishing a credible 5th in their domestic league. Click to continue reading...

I never knew how hard it would be to keep this up for 30 straight days!
Alas, I've made my readers a promise, so on I chug.

Today's big news is ... umm ... there's really not much to say.

We all know about Silva's operation. Godspeed.
We have word that Valencia haven't elected a team captain yet.

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Steve Finnan has revealed that Liverpool's Spanish players convinced him to come to Espanyol.

The Republic of Ireland international made the switch to Espanyol on deadline day as Albert Riera travelled in the opposite direction to Anfield.

Finnan admitted last week that the transfer had come 'out of the blue' but he decided it would be a good move after speaking to the likes of Jose Reina, Alvaro Arbeloa and Xabi Alonso. Click to continue reading...

You have to feel somewhat for German goal keeper Timo Hildebrand.

He came here last season to replace a Valencia legend and resident diva, Santiago 'Night Club' Cañizares.

He's in a strange country, full of strange customs and odd foods. He was expected to lead the new 'Renaissance of Valencia' under coach QQ Sanchez Flores and then Ronald Koeman.

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What is the U.S. Open Cup? That one is pretty easy to answer. In Europe, you have your famous national cup competitions in which clubs from the top leagues compete with clubs from lower divisions to determine a champion for all levels – FA Cup (England), Coppa Italia (Italy), Copa Del Rey (Spain), etc. Click to continue reading...

El próximo domingo 24 de Agosto de 2008, el Real Madrid recibirá al Valencia en el Estadio Santiago Bernabeu en partido correspondiente a la vuelta de la Supercopa de España, que enfrenta al campeón de Liga y de Copa del Rey cada año. Los pupilos de Schuster buscarán remontar una desventaja de un gol tras el [. Click to continue reading...

Spain: Copa del Rey: Real Madrid are meeting Valencia CF in the Copa del Rey sunday the 24th. Final : Leg 2: 1st leg ended in 2-3 Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today Watch the highlights and LIVESTREAM here. Click to continue reading...

El jugador Ángel Javier Arizmendi, abandonará las filas del Valencia para iniciar una nueva aventura en el Zaragoza, equipo donde hará dupla con el argentino Diego Milito, la transferencia del delantero se cotizó aproximadamente en cuatro millones de euros. Arizmendi ganó con el Valencia la ultima edición de la Copa del Rey y desde la [. Click to continue reading...

Aston Villa have agreed a £7.8m fee with Rangers for their highly-rated Spanish defender Carlos Cuellar. Villa invoked an exit clause in the player's contract for that amount after Cuellar, 26, made it known he wanted to play in the English Premier League. "My ambition has always been to play for Spain and I believe that playing in the biggest league in the world will help me realise that," he said.

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By Ian Cahir The Spanish Supercopa, which matches the winner of La Liga against the winner of the Copa del Rey in a home and home series, is heading to FSC for the first time. The matchup pits Real Madrid against Valencia on Aug. 17 and 24 at 4 p.m. EDT. The first leg is at [...] Click to continue reading...

The Spanish Supercopa, which matches the winner of La Liga against the winner of the Copa del Rey in a home and home series, is heading to FSC for the first time. The matchup pits Real Madrid against Valencia on Aug. 17 and 24 at 4 p.m. EDT. The first leg is at Valencia, with the [...] Click to continue reading...

Yesterday was the draw for the 3rd qualifying round of the Champions League, the last hurdle before the group stages commence. There are plenty of interesting ties (Steve McClaren's FC Twente vs. Arsenal topping the list), but in pure footballing terms the best fixture pits Schalke 04 against Atletico Madrid. Click to continue reading...

Summertime, and the living is easy--unless of course you have to play UEFA Cup qualifiers, follow MLS or (in this instance) make restitution for not putting together a Top 25 list in many months. But now is the perfect time to take a long, last look at last season's top clubs. Except, we didn't feel a Top 25 was sufficient. Click to continue reading...

The little girl, maybe nine years old, at the tapas joint/restaurant/cerveseria yesterday was going to have a good night, like the rest of us gathering for Barca's Copa del Rey match against Valencia. She wore her blue Barca away kit and sat up front next to her dad, or on the lap of her mother, who stopped in briefly. Click to continue reading...

Getafe, the little club that could, earned their 2nd consecutive spot in the Copa del Rey final with a 1-1 draw against Racing Santander Wednesday night. Getafe advance to the final under first year head coach Michael Laudrup. The 1-1 draw puts Getafe through 4-2 on aggregate. El Geta now wait for the winner of the [. Click to continue reading...

Copa del Rey (semifinal): Getafe - Racing de Santander
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Even though the final score indicated that Los Ches had the upper hand against Barcelona, there was still a sour taste in their mouths. Valencia knew that they would have left the Nou Camp with a 1-0 lead and if they would have a repeat performance at Mestalla they would be in the Copa del Rey final. Click to continue reading...

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FC Barcelona - Valencia CF (27 Feb 2008)
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07/08 COLCHONERO OBJECTIVES Win the Copa del Rey. The one competition we had a genuine shot at winning and we crashed out of it against Valencia. VALENCIA! FULL-CRISIS MODE VALENCIA. How did it happen? Well, after going up 2-0, Cléber gifts them their first goal. You remember Cléber, right? The €6 million Brasilian who was signed by Pitarch & [. Click to continue reading...

Atlético 3-2 Valencia
ATM: Miguel (9'), Agüero (18'), Valero (59')
VAL: Cléber Santana (27'-OG), Mata (35')
VAL adv. on away goals


Mallorca 2-1 Getafe
MLL: Ibagaza (7'-PK), Arango (55')
GET: Granero (81')
GET adv. on away goals

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Brief entry. Please, for the love of God, let us win this game and end the horrid three-game losing streak & goal drought! I don't think I can take much more of this. It's embarrassing enough that we enter the game with a goal deficit (against a Valencia team on an almost endless downward spiral) not to mention [. Click to continue reading...

Mohamed Tchite y Ebi Smoralek, dos almas no precisamente gemelas, dieron la victoria a un Racing de Santander que apunta a conseguir su pase a la final de la Copa del Rey. El equipo de Marcelino construyó la victoria en tan solo tres minutos en la segunda parte, ante un Athletic que apostaba por el empate para darle vuelta en casa, pero ahora la tendrá difícil con par de goles en contra y sin haber anotado en terreno enemigo.

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Racing 2-0 Bilbao
RAC: Tchité 74´, Smolarek 78´

Villarreal 0-0 Barcelona

Getafe 1-0 Mallorca
GET: De la Red 50'

Valencia 1-0 Atlético
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El Villareal y el Barcelona igualaron sin goles en un juego entretenido pero carente del invitado especial "don Gol", con ambos equipos presionando y jugando con criterio, pero también con eficiencia en la parte defensiva que terminó por ahogar las jugadas de gol.

El Barcelona comenzó con un buen ritmo afixiando al Villareal que sin la pelota no tuvo muchas opciones, mientras que los culés se acercaron a los terrenos de Diego López, pero sin daño alguno.

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Un gol de David Villa a los 32 minutos fue lo que necesitó el Valencia para imponerse a una Atlético de Madrid mermado, con varias bajas, y que se vio en inferioridad numérica gracias a una autoexpulsión de Thiago Motta.

El Valencia pudo haber sacado más ventaja pero no estuvieron finos sus delanteros y podrían terminar pagando la poca puntería de frente al arco al marcharse con la ventaja mínima para la vuelta.

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El Mallorca llegaba con la fama de haber eliminado al líder de la Liga en la jornada anterior, pero no ofreció un buen espectáculo ante el Getafe. Un tanto de Rubén de la red a los 51 minutos fue suficiente para la victoria de los azulones que viajarán a Mallorca con la ventaja de no haber recibido goles en casa.

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