Javier Aguirre has been fired by Real Zaragoza terminated, the La Liga club confirmed on Friday morning. Zaragoza are bottom of La Liga, having lost eight of their last nine league games.

A statement on the club's official website www.realzaragoza.com read:

"Late last night on Thursday, December 29, Real Zaragoza reached an agreement with Javier Aguirre for the termination of his contract as first-team coach.

*We might be marveling at the brilliance of Barcelona every time the blaugrana grace the field, and shake our heads at the bottomless bank account of Real Madrid, but the Spanish league is as absurdly top-heavy and devalued as the Scottish league.
The two giants won 5-0 and 6-0 respectively on the opening day of the Spanish season, leaving Villareal president Fernando Roig to exclaim in anguish, "It's a third-world league in which two clubs are sapping the TV money.

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We all have webcams. Admittedly some of us pretend we don't know how to use them, but even the Kickette staff that 'fess up to usage in the past insist that it was purely for business purposes and definitely not dodgy gratification of any kind.

We only wish we could say the same for footballers.

Who is out and who is close to the Relegation Zone as of Mon May 16:
5 more got knocked down this weekend: Eintract Frankfurt, Hercules, Lens, Sampdoria, West Ham.
Officially Relegated:
Almeria - Primera Division
Arles - Ligue 1
Bari - Serie A
Brescia - Serie A
Eintract Frankfurt - Bundesliga
Hercules - Primera Division
Lens - Ligue 1
St Pauli - Bundesliga
Sampdoria - Serie A
West Ham - Premier League
Serie A - 1 game to go (three lowest placed teams relegated)
REL-36 Sampdoria (-14)
REL-31 Brescia (-18)
REL-21 Bari (-33)
Bundesliga - 0 games to go (two lowest placed teams relegated, with third lowest in playoff against third highest in 2.

The newly crowned Spanish La Liga Champion were held to a goal less draw by relegation threatened Deportivo La Coruna at the Camp Nou. That one point could be very crucial for Deportivo's hopes of surviving in the league. This incidently was the first goal less draw of Barca in the league this season.

Who is in and who is close to the Relegation Zone as of Tue May 10:
3 more got knocked down this weekend: Almeria, Brescia & St Pauli.
Officially Relegated
Almeria - La Liga
Arles - Ligue 1
Bari - Serie A
Brescia - Serie A
St Pauli - Bundesliga
Serie A - 2 games to go (three lowest placed teams relegated)
42 Parma (-9)
41 Bologna (-13)
40 Cesena (-12)
38 Lecce (-20)
- - - - -
36 Sampdoria (-13)
REL-31 Brescia (-17)
REL-21 Bari (-31)
Bundesliga - 1 game to go (two lowest placed teams relegated, with third lowest in playoff against third highest in 2.

Who is in and who is close to the Relegation Zone as of Mon May 1:
Officially Relegated
Arles - Ligue 1
Bari - Serie A
St Pauli in Germany and Almeria in Spain are down for all intents and purposes, but not officially quite yet.
Serie A - 3 games to go (three lowest placed teams relegated)
42 Chievo (-13)
41 Parma (-13)
40 Catania (-14)
37 Cesena (-13)
36 Sampdoria (-12)
- - - - -
35 Lecce (-20)
31 Brescia (-13)
REL-21 Bari (-30)
Bundesliga - 2 games to go (two lowest placed teams relegated, with third lowest in playoff against third highest in 2.

Calendario e Risultati 29° Giornata Liga: 19/03/2011 18.00 Maiorca - Saragozza 19/03/2011 20.00 Barcellona - Getafe 19/03/2011 22.00 Atl.Madrid - R.Madrid 20/03/2011 17.00 S.Gijon - Almeria 20/03/2011 17.00 Hercules - Osasuna 20/03/2011 17.00 R.Santander - R.Sociedad 20/03/2011 17.00 Malaga - Espanyol 20/03/2011 17.

Almeria v Atletico Madrid La Liga- 12 March, 2011 Final score:- Almeria 2-2 Atletico Madrid ( Crusat, Goitom/ Sergio Aguero*2) Striker Sergio Aguero's brace for Atletico Madrid goes in vain as they can only draw 2-2 with Almeria away from home. Almeria 0-1 Atletico ( S.Aguero goal) Almeria 1-1 Atletico ( Crusat goal) Almeria 1-2 [.

Make that two Americans in the FA Cup quarterfinals.

West Ham defeated Burnley, 5-1, on Monday to advance to a quarterfinal date with Stoke City. Jonathan Spector started the match on the bench, came on in the 73rd minute with the match's result well in hand and assisted on a stoppage-time goal.

Real Madrid's new loan signing Emmanuel Adebayor is hoping to make his Liga debut away to Osasuna on Sunday while La Liga leaders Barcelona could have full back Dani Alves back in time for the trip to Hercules on Saturday.

Alves is training again after recovering from a torn muscle while Barca captain Carles Puyol and winger Jeffren are doubts for the match against the only team to have beaten them in the league this season.

Real Madrid came behind before cruising to a 3-1 win over Atletico Madrid in the first leg of their Copa del Rey quarter final on Thursday. Diego Forlan opened the scoring after only seven minutes at the Bernabeu, but Sergio Ramos had Real back on level terms just seven minutes later.

Cristiano Ronaldo notched up his 30th goal in all competitions this season on the hour mark, when he found himself on the end of a dangerous cross from Mesut Oezil to score from close range.

There are some things in life which are just so predictable. Night and Day, death and taxes, Halley's Comet, Celtic or Rangers winning the SPL and a full moon. Add to that list Barcelona or Real Madrid winning La Liga.

Ozil Has impressed this season, but is his job made easy with such a huge amount of class around him?

Deportivo vs Barcelona Riazor Stadium- January 8, 2011 Barcelona demolished Deportivo La Coruna 4-0 away form home to continue their winning streak in La Liga. Goals from Villa, Messi, Iniesta and Pedro sealed the 4-0 win for Barca. Deportivo vs Barcelona 0-1 ( David Villa goal) Deportivo 0-2 Barcelona ( Lionel Messi) Deportivo 0-3 Barcelona [.

Barcelona smashed La Coruna 4-0. Messi scored from an amazing free-kick. Since many months we are missing Messi great free kicks and I was wondering, did he lose that part of his skills?
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Barcelona smashed La Coruna 4-0. Messi scored from an amazing free-kick. Since many months we are missing Messi great free kicks and I was wondering, did he lose that part of his skills?
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Barcelona smashed La Coruna 4-0. Messi scored from an amazing free-kick. Since many months we are missing Messi great free kicks and I was wondering, did he lose that part of his skills?

Villarreal and Atletico Madrid set up two intriguing Copa Del Rey quarter-final ties after respective aggregate victories against Valencia and Espanyol.

Goalless heading into their return at the Madrigal, Valencia scored two early goals through Banega (5) and Roberto Soldado (23) and looked to be heading to the quarter-finals.

Villarreal and Atletico Madrid set up two intriguing Copa Del Rey quarter-final ties after respective aggregate victories against Valencia and Espanyol.

Goalless heading into their return at the Madrigal, Valencia scored two early goals through Banega (5) and Roberto Soldado (23) and looked to be heading to the quarter-finals.

Barcelona picked up where they left off and Deportivo claimed a shock win at Athletic Bilbao as Spain's La Liga returned from a winter break.

Champions Barcelona took advantage of Real Madrid's inactivity on Sunday by beat Levante with a 2-1 win at Camp Nou. Pedro was the hero with a goal either side of half-time, but a stunning volley from Christian Stuani sparked a late fightback from the visitors.

Barcelona picked up where they left off and Deportivo claimed a shock win at Athletic Bilbao as Spain's La Liga returned from a winter break.

Champions Barcelona took advantage of Real Madrid's inactivity on Sunday by beat Levante with a 2-1 win at Camp Nou. Pedro was the hero with a goal either side of half-time, but a stunning volley from Christian Stuani sparked a late fightback from the visitors.