This may be a bit long-winded and rambling but I hope you stick with me as there are a number of important points to discuss.  UEFA recently released a publication entitled "Safeguarding The Heritage And Future Of Team Sport In Europe", which outlines UEFA's stance on principles of good governance, player agents and home-grown players. Click to continue reading...

News from local daily "As" explains that REAL MADRID has set itself the objective to seal & sign OLYMPIQUE DE LYON 20 year old French International forward... Read all the news, results, details & comments in English on Spanish Football & Sports Click to continue reading...

Chelsea v Bordeaux
Originally uploaded by toksuede Los mas caros y valiosos que no es lo mismo, esta nota me pareció interesante :

Esta clasificación sólo incluye el valor del equipo conforme a su plantilla de futbolistas, no ingresos de televisión, mercadotecnia ni taquilla. Click to continue reading...

Espanyol put paid to Real Madrid's run of six consecutive victories in September and steals a point from the Bernabéu. The Barcelona club won the battle in midfield and frustrated most Real Madrid attacks with solid defensive work.

For their part, the Real Madrid back four did not have their best night. Click to continue reading...

Okay, this really isn't that important. But I've been thinking and I'm a little bit puzzled why Pepe Reina hasn't taken the number one shirt since Jerzy 'Wobbelaar' Dudek left Anfield to join Real Madrid. We've had some wonderful goalkeepers... Click to continue reading...

Welcome to the last Top 25 before a two week break for international competition. It was a very interesting week, with several top 10 teams losing key matches. How would that affect matters? Let's take a look:

1. (Last week: 1). Chelsea
This one is still pretty easy. The undisputed No. Click to continue reading...

On the newly re-launched Third Half podcast (a roundup show for all the Talk web sites), I had a great discussions with host Jonathan Starling about the goings-on of Matchday 2. Download the episode from EPL Talk. It was a Matchday that saw debutants BATE Borisov and CFR Cluj pull off draws (and one might say [. Click to continue reading...

Stuff to read while you steal a truck carrying 5,000 condoms, 800 HIV tests and a 23-foot inflatable prophylactic*...... The hypocrisy of Zidane? (Guardian Unlimited) And Zidane is angry at other people, as well. (France WCB) Does Berba have Spanish ulterior motives? (SoccerLens) More love for the lovable Werder Bremen. Click to continue reading...

ST PETERSBURG, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Real Madrid scored twice in the first half to defeat a spirited Zenit St Petersburg 2-1 on their home Champions League debut on Tuesday.

An own goal by Zenit defender Tomas Hubocan and an opportunistic strike by Ruud van Nistlerooy gave nine-times European champions Real their second consecutive victory in Group H. Click to continue reading...

Champions League in town
Originally uploaded by karolines_retro La Champions esta a todo lo que da, un gran inicio para varios equipos, también podemos encontrar fotos curiosas como esta en Aalborg . Sin duda es el color del fútbol.

(Champions League, Septiembre 30, 2008)

Aalborg 0 - Manchester United 3

Zenit St. Click to continue reading...

30/09/2008

Gruppo E:

Aalborg - Manchester United 0 - 3
Villarreal - Celtic 1 - 0

Gruppo F:

Fiorentina - Steaua Bucarest 0 - 0
Bayern Monaco - Lione 1 - 1

Gruppo G:

Arsenal - Porto 4 - 0
Fenerbahçe - Dinamo Kiev 0 - 0

Gruppo H:

Zenit San Pietroburgo - Real Madrid 1 - 2
BATE Borisov - Juventus 2 - 2

01/10/2008

Gruppo A:

CFR Cluj - Chelsea ore 20. Click to continue reading...

The image speaks for itself, REAL MADRID Captain & active playing Leyend RAUL GONZALEZ of 31 years of age on the bench yesterday in his teams Champions League clash against Zenit St.Petersburg.... Read all the news, results, details & comments in English on Spanish Football & Sports Click to continue reading...

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Real Madrid midfielder Wesley Sneijder has a bone to pick with Arsenal striker Robin van Persie – over who is Holland's number one free-kick taker. The two Dutchman have shared free-kick duties when playing for their country but Sneijder wants to clarify who is the premier set-piece specialist. "We need to have it cleared up," said Sneijder. Click to continue reading...

REAL MADRID managed a very important victory away to the dangerous Russian team ZENIT ST.PETERSBURG, 1-2 in their Group H qualifying clash. The game was end to end stuff, well fought & the type... Read all the news, results, details & comments in English on Spanish Football & Sports Click to continue reading...

Real Madrid beat UEFA Cup and Supercup holders Zenit St. Petersburg 2-1 to win their first away game in Europe in two years. It was also their second successive win in Russia after beating Lokomotiv Moscow in 2003. The game was played at breakneck pace, especially in the first half, resulting in a very open attacking encounter with a large number of chances from both sides. Click to continue reading...

For Champions League Matchday 2 we're going to try something a little different. Rather than LiveBlogging just the one game here on the front page, we're going to do an all inclusive LiveBlogaganza to try and follow all eight games simultaneously. Foolish? Probably. But the plan is to have a place where we can discuss [. Click to continue reading...

La Liga Champions Real Madrid are reportedly interested in signing Danish International Daniel Agger from Liverpool in the January transfer window, according to Spanish paper Sport.

23-year-old Agger joined the Reds in 2006 from Brondby and his present deal with Rafa Benitez's side runs out in 2010, with it understood that the defender is growing frustrated at the lack of first-team opportunities at the Premiership club. Click to continue reading...

30/09/2008

Gruppo E:

Aalborg - Manchester United ore 20.45
Villarreal - Celtic ore 20.45

Gruppo F:

Fiorentina - Steaua Bucarest ore 20.45
Bayern Monaco - Lione ore 20.45

Gruppo G:

Arsenal - Porto ore 20.45
Fenerbahçe - Dinamo Kiev ore 20. Click to continue reading...

Prima del calcio, Borisov era una città di cambio, la stazione tra Mosca e Minsk, oggi è il solo motivo per cui l'ultimo dei dittatori europei, Aleksander Lukashenko, appena rieletto presidente a maggioranza assoluta con molti sospetti sulla libertà di voto, dice di concedersi del tempo libero.

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The Spanish Challenge

The Italian Challenge

The English Challenge

What: Champions League, Matchday Two
Who: Aalborg BK (DEN) vs. Manchester United (ENG)
When: Tuesday 30th September, 20:45 k/o
Where: Energi Nord Arena, Aalborg
PREVIEW
Aalborg agog as United hit town

What: Champions League Group H, Matchday 2
Who: Zenit St. Click to continue reading...

Neither wind nor rain nor stock market crashes nor presidential debates could keep the Top 25 ranking committee from convening for its weekly session. Sure, we're a bit late (we know you like to have these things in your inbox Monday morning so you can kick off the "work" week in fashion) but we make up for it with an extremely high quality edition of the rankings--even by our absurdly high standards. Click to continue reading...

Real Madrid's sports director, Pedja Mijatovic, has conceded defeat where Cristiano Ronaldo is concerned, admitting that our winger never showed much commitment to securing a deal with the Spanish club. That's what felt so good about the transfer saga this summer, knowing that we'd won. Sir Alex Ferguson had said since day one that there was [. Click to continue reading...

Matchday 2 of the 08/09 UEFA Champions League will be played out on 30 Sep / 1 Oct - we have the head-to-head records for the clubs involved, a look at the predictions for each group and the highlights going into this round of the Champions League group stages. Did you know? Celtic have failed to win [. Click to continue reading...

Plenty to read while you're waiting to see Manchester United play ... who's that again? And then we've got CONCACAF.

Times ET; home teams first

Europe

Live:
- Zenit St. Petersburg-Real Madrid, 12:25 p.m., ESPN Deportes
- Aalborg-Manchester United, 2:30 p.

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Jack Wilshere has a pre-contract agreement with Arsenal when he signs on pro forms in January which will see him make an enormous £15,000 a week The 16-year-old was promoted to the first team after impressing boss Arsene Wenger during pre-season and was subsequently rewarded with the number 19 shirt. Click to continue reading...

Barcelona sneak past Espanol, Villa leads Valencia, Real Madrid win late and Sevilla win at Atletico Madrid...

Roundup

Team of the Week

Crowd trouble mars Barcelona Derby Click to continue reading...

A dos minutos estuvo el Real Madrid de tropezar en Sevilla en su visita al estadio Ruiz de Lopera ante el Betis. De no haber sido por la cada vez mas constante aparición de Van Nistelrooy para decretar el 2-1 definitivo los blancos (en esta ocasión de azul) hubieran regresado casa cabizbajos. Por segunda ocasión [. Click to continue reading...

This might well be a hoax transfer rumour but it is worth a read. Sergio Ramos is seemingly not happy at Real Madrid - for a reason that the writer of this post cannot figure out at all - and is hinted to be looking for a new club to ... Click to continue reading...

This disillusioned Anfield man is apparently not keen on signing a new contract and according to this source this has led to interest from Spanish giants Real Madrid. Real Madrid are keen on Liverpool defender Daniel Agger (The People) Agger, 23, is a top-quality centre back who has impressed the Merseyside crowd . Click to continue reading...

27/09/2008

Betis Siviglia - Real Madrid 1 - 2
Sporting Gijon - Villarreal 0 - 1
Espanyol - Barcellona 1 - 2

28/09/2008

Malaga - Valladolid 2 - 1
Almeria - Recreativo de Huelva 1 - 0
Athletic Bilbao - Getafe 0 - 1
Racing Santander - Maiorca 1 - 2
Numancia - Osasuna 0 - 0
Valencia - Deportivo La Coruna 4 - 2
Atletico Madrid - Siviglia 0 - 0

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Lyon recently revealed that Benzema's contract had a 100m Euro 'get-out' clause. Assuming that this is for non-French clubs instead of just for French clubs, it effectively prices out any European club from buying the player anytime soon. The price hasn't stopped the press from speculating on Benzema's future though, with Manchester City and Manchester United [. Click to continue reading...

THE OLD MEN AT MADRID ALWAYS SHINE EARLY IN THE SEASON
I'm still kind of busy these days so I'll keep posting AP and REUTERS coverage of futbol until I have time to cover the games myself. In overall Flowing Futbol commentary, I have noticed that the supposed two best players in the world these days C. Click to continue reading...

Real Madrid have not lost the killer instinct they demonstrated to devastating effect in the first half of last season and which effectively gave them their second successive league title. Playing one man down for most of the second half they saw Betis equalise their early goal and then lay siege to Iker Casillas's goal. Click to continue reading...

Son de estas noticias que luego uno no entiende, Guti el cariñoso ahora ha demandado a un boxeador sordo por supuesto acoso. Lo que me brinca aquí es que se supone el futbolista ayudo de alguna forma a este individuo Jorge Muñoz hace dos años.

José María Gutiérrez, 'Guti', centrocampista internacional del Real Madrid, y dos vigilantes de seguridad de la Ciudad Deportiva han denunciado a un individuo que acosaba al futbolista a su llegada el sábado a las instalaciones de Valdebebas. Click to continue reading...