SPANISH FOOTBALL continued this Sunday with six games of Round 23 scheduled in LA LIGA. Lets get straight into the round-up of the matches, the final results & all the scorers. Espanyol - Zaragoza RCD ESPANYOL lost surprisingly to bottom placed Club REAL ZARAGOZA 0 - 2. It was the first away victory for Zaragoza this season which is desperately attempting to string together some good games &

SPANISH FOOTBALL tonight with three games of Round 23 scheduled of LA LIGA. Great matches, surprises & big news that I will get into now. Here is a brief summary of the events, final results & scorers. Diego flys against Racing RACING DE SANTANDER hosted ATLETICO DE MADRID & will be happy to have managed a 0 - 0 result.

SPANISH FOOTBALL action tonight with the conclusion of Round 22 of LA LIGA with the Monday Night match between GRANADA & MALAGA FC. Granada - Malaga GRANADA managed to lift a couple of gears in the second half to take this game 2 - 1 against a very inconsistent MALAGA FC. The Malaga defender Demichelis - again - received a red card to leave his side at a disadvantage in the 83rd min mark.

SPANISH FOOTBALL continued today/tonight with Round 22 with four games scheduled of the SPANISH LEAGUE. Here are the final results & the scorers. Carmelo scores for Sporting REAL SPORTING DE GIJON had a new Coach & managed to draw 1 - 1 against OSASUNA. The locals started well & scored in the 31 st min, but then missed various occasions in the second half that made the team pay later when

SPANISH FOOTBALL continued today/tonight with Round 22 with four games scheduled of the SPANISH LEAGUE. Here are the final results & the scorers. Carmelo scores for Sporting REAL SPORTING DE GIJON had a new Coach & managed to draw 1 - 1 against OSASUNA. The locals started well & scored in the 31 st min, but then missed various occasions in the second half that made the team pay later when

SPANISH FOOTBALL tonight under very cold conditions, as in most Western Europe, with 5 matches scheduled as part of Round 22 of LA LIGA. Here are all the final results along with the goal scorers. Levante - Racing LEVANTE drew 1 - 1 with RACING DE SANTANDER in an interesting game of Football that saw the latter more determined to grab the points.

Tonight is the Spanish Copa de Rey semifinal between Valencia and FC Barcelona. FC Barcelona defeated Real Madrid in the semifinal, after which it has been widely proclaimed that FC Barcelona will now win the tournament. Only the most die-hard Valencia fans believe otherwise. I don´t believe otherwise.

Chasing the Big Leagues Real Valladolid and the contenders (Spain Segunda) is a post from: Just Football

Just Football's Tales from Tier Two series, in association with @tiertwofooty, continues now as we continue with Spain's Liga Adelante. First we assessed the promotion chances of Deportivo La Coruña in Spain's Segunda Division:

Real Valladolid

Real Valladolid have been in and around the top six all season in Spain's Segunda Division following a run of just 2 defeats in 22 games since kicking off the season with a 3-0 win at Gimnastic Tarragona.

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.

SPANISH FOOTBALL continued today with five top games in Round 21 of the SPANISH LEAGUE. Here is a brief summary of the matches, with all the scorers & with the final results. Martins for Granada REAL BETIS lost 1 - 2 to GRANADA with the latter having their new Coach Abel debut with victory. The fact was that it was a competitive match fought out between two Clubs from Southern Spain with

SPANISH FOOTBALL continued today with five top games in Round 21 of the SPANISH LEAGUE. Here is a brief summary of the matches, with all the scorers & with the final results. Martins for Granada REAL BETIS lost 1 - 2 to GRANADA with the latter having their new Coach Abel debut with victory. The fact was that it was a competitive match fought out between two Clubs from Southern Spain with

SPANISH FOOTBALL action tonigt with four matches of Round 21 played of the SPANISH LEAGUE. Here is a run down of all the main events, scorers & the final scores. Fernando Llorente Madrid Club RAYO VALLECANO played a good match but lost 2 - 3 to ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO with an inspired FERNANDO LLORENTE on the field who scored a HAT-TRICK for Bilbao ( 15th , 22nd & 67th min).

SPANISH FOOTBALL action tonigt with four matches of Round 21 played of the SPANISH LEAGUE. Here is a run down of all the main events, scorers & the final scores. Fernando Llorente Madrid Club RAYO VALLECANO played a good match but lost 2 - 3 to ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO with an inspired FERNANDO LLORENTE on the field who scored a HAT-TRICK for Bilbao ( 15th , 22nd & 67th min).

Real Madrid suffered another home defeat to Barcelona but this time in the first-leg of the Copa del Rey. The cup loss has not been as painful as the La Liga loss to the bitter rivals from Catalonia. In both defeats the hosts took the lead early on only for the Catalans to strike back to achieve precious and morale boosting victories.

SPANISH FOOTBALL this afternoon-night with the continuation of Round 1 ( the retake of the "players strike" at the start of the season) with five matches scheduled. Here is a brief summary of all the main events, the final results & the goal scorers. Osasuna-Valencia CF OSASUNA drew 1 - 1 against VALENCIA CF in a very rough & aggressive match at Pamplona.

SPANISH FOOTBALL & its LIGA went back in time, in a sort of matter, as this weekend Round 1 was celebrated & four match were scheduled. Remember that the Spanish Football season did not kick - off due to a players strike? Well today part of that missed Round was celebrated. Here is a brief summary with the final results & scorers of tonight's games.

SPANISH FOOTBALL today-tonight with the remaining five matches of Round 19 ( the season half-way mark) of the SPANISH LEAGUE. Here are all the final results & the scorers. Falcao. Atletico de Madrid ATLETICO DE MADRID finally managed to get back on the winning path with a 3 - 0 victory over VILLAREAL at home.

SPANISH FOOTBALL action tonight with five games scheduled of Round 19 ( half-way through the LA LIGA season) with the following final results & scorers. Rayo Vallecano GRANADA lost 1 - 2 to Madrid Club RAYO VALLECANO. The latter breathe easier with the three points but suffered towards the end as Granada attempted to salvage the situation.

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I hope the al-Qaeda threat to ruin your Christmas didn't, er, ruin your Christmas. Instead of using explosives, they threatened to send every one of us a relative to stay.

SPANISH FOOTBALL continued today/tonight with the final 5 games schedule of Round 17, before the LIGA takes its Xmas break. However, as a reminder, there will be Spanish Cup 2º leg action mid-week so do keep that in mind. Below are brief summaries of the games played, with final results & scorers. At.

SPANISH FOOTBALL celebrated it Saturday Round 17 LIGA matches, four down, as the Christmas break is just around the corner. Here are tonight's results & scorers. Barrada Vital three points away for GETAFE which defeated the home side MALLORCA 1 - 2. Mallorca started better & scored in the 10th min via RAMIS, however Getafe reacted & equalized in the 28th min via BARRADA.

Yes, there is SPANISH FOOTBALL Life after the "Clasico". The LIGA continued with its ROUND 16 scheduled matches today. Here is a brief summary of game events, the final results & all the scorers. Rayo Vallecano - Gijon RAYO VALLECANO lost 1 - 3 to REAL SPORTING DE GIJON mainly due to defensive mistakes.

The biggest match to date in World Football & in SPANISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE, the "Clasico" between REAL MADRID & FC BARCELONA, has finished with Barça cutting back 3 points ( gap now only three with Madrid) & with a 1 - 3 result & victory. In fact, the Barça victory puts things in place in case there was any doubts.

Before tonight's classic match in the Spanish League Real Madrid had every reason to be optimistic; they were leading the Spanish league, had won their last 15 matches (a record only achieved by Real Madrids' legendary side from the 1960s), and were pumping in goals. They were obviously full of confidence to take a greater lead ahead of their archrivals at home in Madrid.

Before tonight's classic match in the Spanish League Real Madrid had every reason to be optimistic; they were leading the Spanish league, had won their last 15 matches (a record only achieved by Real Madrids' legendary side from the 1960s), and were pumping in goals. They were obviously full of confidence to take a greater lead ahead of their archrivals at home in Madrid.

With the big Real Madrid - FC Barcelona clash scheduled in this ROUND 16 of the SPANISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE, it is very easy to forget that two games were played before the "Clasico". Here are the results & the scorers of the games. Levante-Sevilla FC LEVANTE defeated SEVILLA FC 1 - 0 in a defensive error from Sevilla forward Negredo in a corner situation that allowed NANO to score the winner in

Big day in SPANISH FOOTBALL, & in World Football, as two giants meet in the SPANISH LEAGUE to attempt to shift , or retain, the "Balance of Power". Tonight at the "Santiago Bernabeu Stadium" at 22.00 (hrs) REAL MADRID CF hosts FC BARCELONA in the first of this LIGA season "Clasico" games. A win here by Real Madrid would give them a 9 point advantage over their arch rivals & set them on course

Moses departed solitary to the heights of Mt.Sinai after leading his "Children" away from the suffering. While scaling the mountain for 40 days - nights, God handed onto Moses his 10 commandments to take onto his people. Spanish Sports paper "Marca" has either contacted directly with the "Football God" or Real Madrid Coach José Mourinho, neither I believe, but they publish today an article

SPANISH FOOTBALL concluded Round 15 of the SPANISH LEAGUE with its now habitual Monday Night match. Fazio scores for Sevilla Fc SEVILLA FC defeated GETAFE 3 - 0. Although Sevilla deserved the win there was controversy in the 6th min when an "apparent" hand-ball by Sevilla defender Spahic was not called a penalty in favour of the visitors.

SPANISH FOOTBALL concluded Round 15 of the SPANISH LEAGUE with its now habitual Monday Night match. Fazio scores for Sevilla Fc SEVILLA FC defeated GETAFE 3 - 0. Although Sevilla deserved the win there was controversy in the 6th min when an "apparent" hand-ball by Sevilla defender Spahic was not called a penalty in favour of the visitors.

SPANISH FOOTBALL continued with Round 15 this Sunday as part of the SPANISH LEAGUE. Below is a quick summary of all the games, the final results & all the scorers. Falcao ATLETICO DE MADRID managed to cosmetically better their image & earn more time for their Coach (Manzano) with a 3 - 1 victory over city rival RAYO VALLECANO.

SPANISH FOOTBALL continued with Round 15 this Sunday as part of the SPANISH LEAGUE. Below is a quick summary of all the games, the final results & all the scorers. Falcao ATLETICO DE MADRID managed to cosmetically better their image & earn more time for their Coach (Manzano) with a 3 - 1 victory over city rival RAYO VALLECANO.

SPANISH FOOTBALL action tonight with four games of Round 15 from LA LIGA. Lets quickly race through with a summary of all events, the final results & the goal scorers. Racing de Santander celebrate their only goal RACING DE SANTANDER Coach Hector Cuper resigned mid-week & his team reacted with a 1 - 0 victory over VILLAREAL.

SPANISH FOOTBALL action tonight as the scheduled match between FC BARCELONA & RAYO VALLECANO on LA LIGA calender was brought forward to give Barça the time to prepare & travel to Japan next month for the FIFA World Clubs Championships. The final result was a smashing 4 - 0 victory by FC Barcelona over the visitors Rayo Vallecano who paid the "price" against a doubted & questioned Barça.

REAL MADRID is currently leading FC BARCELONA by 6 points in the SPANISH LEAGUE classification table. Some over zealous fans & Madrid based media commentators are claiming prematurely victory. They seem to have little knowledge of Football´s funny ways of changing week to week destinies, & Football´s ability of taking you down from the top to the bottom in moments.

SPANISH FOOTBALL action tonight with the last game of Round 14 in LA LIGA with the habitual Monday Night of Football. Interesting match that saw MALAGA defeat VILLAREAL 2 - 1 in a good game for the home team, with the visitors complaining that they were badly done with some referee decisions. Toulalan scores for Malaga against Villareal Malaga got off to a flying start early when a corner

SPANISH FOOTBALL continued this Sunday with Round 14 of the SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA with the following scheduled games. Here is a quick resume of events, final results & all the scorers. Real Sociedad celebrate victory REAL BETIS lost to REAL SOCIEDAD in the very last moment 2 - 3 & in the process sinking Betis further in the ladder.

SPANISH FOOTBALL continued this Sunday with Round 14 of the SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA with the following scheduled games. Here is a quick resume of events, final results & all the scorers. Real Sociedad celebrate victory REAL BETIS lost to REAL SOCIEDAD in the very last moment 2 - 3 & in the process sinking Betis further in the ladder.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice from the penalty spot against Atletico

Real Madrid (Played 13, Points 34) took the initiative in the Spanish league last night as a 4-1 derby success at home to local rivals Atlético de Madrid was sweetened by a defeat to champions FC Barcelona whose 1-0 defeat to Getafe saw them go six points behind los Blancos at the top of the table.

After beating Milan 3-2 at the San Siro on Wednesday, i certainly was not expecting Defending European and Spanish League champions Barcelona to lose to Getafe.

If anything, i expected them to reduce the points margin on leaders Real Madrid who were themselves facing a tough opponent in Atletico Madrid at the Bernabeu.