There were plenty of hilarious celebrations at Real Madrid's 4-2 win over Levante last night. Naturally, Ronaldo scored a hat-trick and decided it'd be a good idea to jump on his beloved coach (not for long, talvez?), Jose Mourinho.

Cristiano Ronaldo struck his sixth Liga hat-trick of the season as Real Madrid came from behind to beat ten-man Levante 4-2 and go ten points clear of Barcelona at the summit.

FC Barcelona were shocked 3-2 at Osasuna on Saturday, but Gustavo Cabral gave Levante an unexpected fifth-minute lead it looked like Madrid would miss out on the opportunity to push their lead into double digits.

Full credit to Osasuna who played like they had nothing to fear against their vaunted opposition. Pep Guardiola resting Xavi, Iniesta, and Fabregas on the bench for the Bayer Leverkusen CL first leg sent in Thiago Alcantara, Pedro, and Sergi Roberto. The latter breaking into the first squad, all of four games old, completed the rejiggered midfield.

FC Barcelona stumbled in their quest for a fourth successive Spanish La Liga crown by falling 2-3 to Osasuna on Saturday. The loss was Barca's second of the season and...

FC Barcelona stumbled in their quest for a fourth successive Spanish La Liga crown by falling 2-3 to Osasuna on Saturday. The loss was Barca's second of the season and...

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Osasuna vs Barcelona 3-2 Highlights Video 2012 Goals Lekic Raul Garcia Tello Sanchez is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Osasuna vs Barcelona 2012 ( Osasuna vs Barca Video below) Final score and result:- Osasuna vs Barcelona 3-2 ( Dejan Lekic*2, Raul Garcia/ Alexis Sanchez, Tello) Estadio Reyno de Navarra- Osasuna- [.

Spanish Primera Division (La Liga) Recap 11 February 2012 - The 90th Minute Soccer Blog

Below is a recap of all the La Liga matches on February 11, 2012.

Racing Santander 0-0 Atletico Madrid

Racing moves out of the relegation zone Atletico Madrid are up to 6th place. It was a physical match with four yellow cards given to each side.

FC Barcelona would belooking at a huge 10 point deficit with League leaders Real Madrid by the end of tomorrow night after going down 3-2 against osasuna. If the Villareal draw had put a huge blow to Barca's title hopes, then this defat at Pamplona virtually ends the league hopes. If Real madrid win against Levante at home tomorrow, the lead at the top will climb to a huge 10 points.

Osasuna v FC Barcelona Preview, Prediction, TV Listings, Betting Odds La Liga 11 February 2012 - The 90th Minute Soccer Blog

FC Barcelona are seven points back in the title race as they travel to face Osasuna in the Spanish Primera Division (La Liga). The match will take place at the Estadio Reyno de Navarra in Pamplona, Spain on Saturday, February 11, 2012.

Atletico Madrid's revival under new coach Diego Simeone continued on Monday as Diego Godin fired the winner in a battling 1-0 victory at Osasuna that lifted Atletico up to seventh in La Liga.

The Uruguay defender bundled in from close range at a corner just before the break and forwards Adrian and Radamel Falcao missed gilt-edged chances to extend the lead.

SPANISH FOOTBALL action tonight with the Monday Night, & the last scheduled Round 21, match of LA LIGA. Godin scores for At.Madrid The home stadium of "El Reyno" for OSASUNA is a fort, a stronghold, that has seen many Clubs pass a hard time & had to exercise some hard work to get something positive from the visit.

La directiva de Chivas oficializó la noche de este miércoles la llegada de Ignacio Ambriz como su nuevo técnico, en sustitución de Fernando Quirarte. El estratega del Rebaño será presentado este jueves ante los medios de comunicación."Rojiblancos. Oficial. Ignacio Ambriz es el nuevo Director Técnico de Chivas.

It's always nice to know that people read your work, and when they do they take it to heart. Clearly, Pablo Hernández has a good understanding of English and reads The Offside, because just days after I called him rubbish and whatnot, he put on a blinder of a performance against Levante in the Copa del Rey.

13.01.2012 - En celebración del tercer Balón de Oro consecutivo (2009 - 2010 y 2011) recibido por Lionel Messi, Adidas diseñó un nuevo botín para la ocasión: el "F50 adizero de oro", estrenado por la pulga en el partido de ayer (Osasuna 1 Barcelona 2) por la Copa del Rey.

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NSCAA CONVENTION AND MLS SUPERDRAFT
The 2012 NSCAA Convention will take place January 11-15 in Kansas City MO. Included in this will be the MLS SuperDraft on Thu Jan 12.
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Disaster for Malaga's goalie as Karim Benzema's speculative shot results in the ball squeezing past his arms and legs and trickles into goal. A case of the willies? It was actually the only blemish in an otherwise fine performance by Willy Caballero to keep Real at bay.

The 1-0 victory in the second leg gave Real a winning aggregate of 4-2 advancing them to the Copa Del Rey quarterfinals where they are almost sure to meet Barca, 4-0 winners against Osasuna in their first leg.

Sorry for this very late round-up ( summary ) of yesterdays SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA Round 18 Saturday games. I was out of town & was not able to post anything until now. Said this, here is a very quick summary of the results & scorers. REAL SOCIEDAD 0 - OSASUNA 0 LEVANTE 0 - REAL MALLORCA 0 MALAGA 0 - ATLETICO DE MADRID 0 .

Messi celebrates second goal against Osasuna in Copa del Rey (Photo: David Ramos/Getty Images)

Barcelona kicked off 2012 the way they finished 2011: with goals.

On the back of a 4-0 FIFA Club World Cup Championship victory over Santos and a 9-0 demolition of C.E. L'Hospitalet to wrap up a memorable 2011, Barcelona returned to action without missing a beat, defeating Osasuna 4-0 at the Camp Nou in their first match of the new year.

Barcelona vs Osasuna 4-0 Highlights 2012 Copa Del Rey Goals Video Fabregas Messi is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

Barcelona vs Osasuna 4-0 Highlights 2012 Copa Del Rey Goals Video Fabregas Messi is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Barcelona vs Osasuna 2012 ( Barca vs Osasuna Copa Del Rey video below) Final score and result:- Barcelona vs Osasuna 4-0 ( Fabregas*2, Messi*2) Camp Nou, Barcelona- 4th January, 2012- 21.

FC Barcelona firmly placed their right foot in the next round of Copa del Rey with a 4-0 victroy against Osasuna at the Camp Nou. Now unless a seriously bad loss happens in the return leg, we will be firm favorite to face either Malaga or Real madrid in next round. A frist half brace from cesc Fabregas put Barca on course for a easy victory.

Now on Twitter: Rafa Benitez

FORMER Real Valladolid, Osasuna, Extremadura, Tenerife, Valencia, Inter Milan and, of course, Liverpool coach Rafael Benitez has added an official Twitter account to run alongside his official website. Rafa Benitez, pictured with Number Five, is now on Twitter The official Rafa Benitez website is a hive of information and in-depth analysis of the game of football as seen not only by Rafa but by a wealth of experts in various aspects of the game.

FC Barcelona has been drawn with Osasuna for the next round of Cop del Rey clash. The draw took place today morning and had thrown up some interesting posibilities for next round. Guardiola wouldn't be happy with the dates for the Last 16 round. The frist leg will take place at Camp Nou between jan 3 to Jan 5.

Yes the Clasico was not the only game played in La Liga this weekend. Here is a review of the other games played.

Third placed Valencia looked to have the points wrapped up at Betis on Saturday, before two injury time goals from Ruben Castro turned the result around to give the Seville side their first win in 11 games, winning 2-1.

The clock has struck midnight on Levante's cinderella start to the season as the former leaders suffered their third consecutive defeat in a row, this time at the hands of Atlético Madrid.

All five goals came within a rollercoaster final 25 minutes as Atlético won 3-2. Xavi Torres equalised for the visitors shortly after Pizzi had put the hosts ahead, but Adrián López's fourth goal of the season and Diego's 83rd-minute effort ensured Atlético moved up to ninth.

Nella dodicesima giornata della Liga, l'Athletic Bilbao va vicino al colpo, in casa contro il Barcellona. Solo il recupero a dividere la squadra basca dall'impresa contro i Campioni di Europa, ma proprio nel periodo di overtime sempre lui, Lionel Messi, salva i blaugrana dalla sconfitta con la rete del 2 a 2 finale.

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In this week's review section, we congratulate Ronaldo, while former Juventus boss is jailed and Wigan defender causes a spitting row. You can listen to these and other stories on our weekly podcast and can find explanations of key vocabulary in bold below, or highlighted in blue.

The air conditioned stadiums that are supposed to combat the heat during the 2022 World Cup might have been a major selling point of Qatar's World Cup bid, but they might never come to fruition.

The architects in charge of designing Qatar's World Cup stadiums are reportedly against having air conditioning in the arenas.

Antonio Cassano is now back at home after being released from hospital. The Italian has received many warm wishes from people all over the world in his time in the hospital, the most touching being the ‘forza Cassano' shirts Real Madrid wore before their match against Osasuna in La Liga on Sunday. For a club [.

Leading Spanish news agency EFE reports that according to the calculations of Beijing TV an incredible 60 million Chinese tuned into Sunday's ‘live' game between Real Madrid and Osasuna at the Santiago Bernabéu.

By IAN HOLLIDAY

Will this be the year that the spending sprees that brought Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Karim Benzema and Jose Mourinho, among others, to Real Madrid finally translate into a La Liga title? There's a lot of season left to be played, but this weekend's results will be cause for optimism among fans of the Merengues.

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish is ready to resurrect his interest in Real Madrid's prolific goal scorer Gonzalo Higuain after watching his side once again dominate possession but fail to find the back of the net.
The Reds had plenty of chances against Swansea on Saturday but failed to tale their chances as they ended up drawing their third consecutive game at Anfield in a 0-0 draw with the newly promoted Welsh side.

Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo is giving fellow La Liga rival Lionel Messi a run for his money for the 2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or award as the Portuguese striker capped a fantastic few days his had with Los Merengues by not only bagging a hat trick in last night's fixture against Osasuna, but also by winning his second Golden Boot award.

What a fine weekend it was across Europe as a number of top notch clubs produced fantastic results in the respective leagues. The biggest result was definitely, Real Madrid's 7-1 home win over Osasuna.

In neighbouring Italy, champions AC Milan beat Catania 4-0 to move into 3rd place as the eagerly awaited clash between Juventus and Napoli failed to get underway as bad weather hampered the fixture.

Seven matches played today/tonight of the SPANISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE with the Round 12 scheduled clashes of LA LIGA. Below are brief summaries of the events, results & all the scorers. Cristiano Ronaldo REAL MADRID had to wake up early to play their match against OSASUNA at 12.00 pm, an hour strategically placed by La Liga to be beamed in prime-time Asian TV.

06.11.2011 - Con goles de Cristiano Ronaldo (´22, ´54 penal, ´57), Pepe (´33), Higuaín (´39) y Benzema (´62 + ´80), Real Madrid goleó (7-1) al Osasuna (Ibrahima ´30) en el mediodía madrileño (Santiago Bernabeu), para mantener el liderazgo de la tabla en soledad (28 pts) al cabo de 11 jornadas.

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Real Madrid vs Osasuna 7-1 Highlights Score Video Goals 2011 Benzema Ronaldo is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Real Madrid vs Osasuna 2011 Score and result:- Real Madrid vs Osasuna 7-1 ( Cristiano Ronaldo*3, Karim Benzema*2, Pepe, Gonzalo Higuain/ Balde) Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid- 6 November, 2011- 11.

Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola has slammed reports that forwards Messi and Villa do not see eye to eye. These latest reports are emerging on the backdrop of former Barcelona player Zlatan Ibrahimovic's public rants and displeasure with the treatment he received while he was a Barca player.

Spanish newspaper Superdeporte claims that there is a trouble brewing at the Nou Camp between 2 of the clubs top players.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat trick while Angel Di Maria created three goals to lead Real Madrid to a 7-1 rout Osasuna in the Spanish La Liga on Sunday. The team's seventh league win in a row sees Jose Mourinho's team remain atop the La Liga, three points reigning champions Barcelona. In-form strikers Gonzalo Higuaín [.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat trick while Angel Di Maria created three goals to lead Real Madrid to a 7-1 rout Osasuna in the Spanish La Liga on Sunday. The team's seventh league win in a row sees Jose Mourinho's team remain atop the La Liga, three points reigning champions Barcelona. In-form strikers Gonzalo Higuaín [.