ATLETICO DE MADRID went to DEPORTIVO & fell again in their owntrap. The Madrid team lost the match
in the 95th min to a penaltythat leaves them dangling at the bottom of the table. The Club has
enter a worrying spiral that fans hope they can pull themselves outoff.(photo: Aguero end of
game)SERGIO AGUERO put Atletico ahead with a brilliant individual goalin the 3rd min, but slowly
Deportivo
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The Football Finance website "Futebol Finance" (Portugues) publishan interesting article to
hightlight the "Top 20 Most Valuable U-21Players in the World". The first Top 3 named "youngsters"
all play inthe Spanish League - "La Liga". (Sergio Aguero for Atletico de Madrid)LIST: The TOP 20
players U-21 most valuable in the world 2009Name Age Country Club Amount€1 .
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FIFA & FIFPro (the players Union) have combined to announce thisyear the "FIFA/FIFPro WORLD XI
Team" which will be announced the21st of December in a Gala at Zurich (Switzerland).For the moment
the organizations have handed in their 55 candidatesof which 11 are Spanish players:Casillas,
Reina, Sergio Ramos, Piqué, Puyol, Iniesta, Xavi, Xabi Alonso,Cesc, Torres & Villa.
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FIFA has made official its National Team Ranking for December issuingtheir table today. As advanced
earlier in the week, SPAIN regains theNº1 spot from Brazil.Here are the Top 10 places:1. Spain
1622 pts2. Brazil 15923. Holland 12794. Italy 12155. Portugal 11816. Germany 11707. France 11228.
Argentina 10859.
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SPAIN ended its last International Football game for 2009 with aconvincing 1-5 victory over AUSTRIA
in Vienna tonight. The Austriansstarted with aggression & surprised a "cold" Spain in the 6th min
when JANTSCHER scored for the home team.This awoken the "red beast" as Spain turned on the machine
with Xavi,Iniesta, Silva, Villa & CESC FABREGAS taking over the ball & equalizingvia the later in
the
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FIFA will hand in its December 2009 Football rankings in a few days,but until then we can advance
that SPAIN will regain the Nº1 Nationposition after defeating Argentina 2-1 last Saturday.Spain
overtakes Brazil who is the only country in which Spain hasn´t played or defeated, being a World
Champion.
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SPAIN lost 1-3 to host NIGERIA in the semi-final clash of the U/17WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. The local
team was just too strong & tooquick, as they took advantage of Spain's weakness on the flanks
toenter & score their goals. Spain missed their chances & they reactedtoo late. Nigeria are worthy
& deserved winners.
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Four games played tonight of the SPANISH CUP with its traditionaldosis of surprise results.ATHLETIC
DE BILBAO drew 2-2 against 2ºDivision team RAYOVALLECANO but were eliminated on aggregate.
FERNANDO LLORENTE scored first for Bilbao in the 41st min, but Rayo stoodfirm in the "Lions den" to
equalize via COLLANTES in the 72nd min.
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SFS Blog would like to join FC BARCELONA ( video - yesterdaySpanish Cup game) & express its
condolences to fans, Club & thefamily of German International goalkeeper ROBERT ENKE. TheFootball
player was an ex-player of Barça & Tenerife, & SFS isdeeply sadden by the news of the tragic death
of a "FootballBrother" at the age of 32.
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Eleven return games played tonight in the SPANISH CUP with some"surprising" results. Lets begin the
round up of results, scorers & whichClubs go through to the next phase.REAL MADRID finally managed
to score a goal via VAN DER VAARTin the 80th min, but were KNOCKED OUT on aggregate (1-4) by
2ºBDivision (3ºrd Division elsewhere) team ALCORCON.
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Link below to 2º leg return games results -
10.11.2009http://spanishfootballsports.blogspot.com/2009/11/spanish-cup-2009-tuesday-return-games.htmlFour
games tonight of the 1ºst leg ties in the SPANISH CUP with anearthquake surprise that will have
tremours felt across the World; thedefeat of Real Madrid to a 2ºB Division team.
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It was a grand & titanic struggle between the Spanish national team& the Uruguayan national side in
today's Q/Final of the U-17 WorldChampionships being held in Nigeria.The final result was a victory
to SPAIN 4-2 in the penalty shoot-outafter the game finished in a 3-3 draw in the official period
thatwent into extra-time after URUGUAY dramatically scored to equalizein the 84th min.
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Spanish Selector & Coach Vicente Del Bosque has handed in his list of 23 players that will make up
the SPANISH NATIONAL TEAM forthe two upcoming International friendly games. Spain will
playArgentina in Madrid on the 14th of November to celebrate the 100thAnniversary of the Spanish
Football Federation & then fly to Viennato play Austria on the 18th of November.
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Six games played tonight in "La Liga" as part of Round 10. Here is abrief summary of the results &
scorers.REAL SPORTING DE GIJÓN continue surprising with a valient &deserved 1-0 win over RCD
ESPANYOL. Sporting scored early inthe 3rd min thanks to BILIC & that was enough as Gijon
controlledthe game & cancelled out the efforts of the visiting team.
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Four games played on Saturday of Round 10 in "La Liga". Here is aquick & brief summary of
events.Once again REAL MADRID defeated ATLETICO DE MADRID at the"Vicente Calderon" Stadium 2-3 in a
dramatic game. Real started without Raúl & Atletico left Sergio Aguero on the bench, the latterdue
to leg muscle worries which has caused controversy.
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A total of 9 games were played tonight in the SPANISH CUP withsome surprise results. Here are the
results & scorers(photo: At Bilboa lament the bad night_marca.com)2ºDivision Madrid team RAYO
VALLECANO "whipped" ATHLETIC DEBILBAO 2-0, thus the former has all the advantage for the 2º leg
game.The scorers were SUSAETA (4th min) & PACHÓN (19th min)GETAFE 2 (ALBIN 60th m & GAVILÁN 70th
min) -
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Here are the results, scorers & images of the seven games playedtonight in Round 8 of "La
Liga".VALENCIA CF travelled to ALMERIA & managed to wrap the game upafter the home team found
itself with 10 men in the 63rd min with ared card to Alves. Valencia won 3-0 with all the goals
coming in the2ºhalf starting with DAVID VILLA (54th m), PABLO HERNANDEZ(74th min) & JUAN MATA
(87th min).
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Three games played tonight in Round 8 of "La Liga" with very little goalsbeing scored. Here is a
brief summary of results, scorers & images.ATLETICO DE MADRID sacked its Coach Abel yesterday & new
CoachQuique Snachez Flores has a worst team than expected in front ofhim. Atletico draw 1-1 against
MALLORCA with the latter down to9 men & managing to equalize in the last minute.
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Seven games today from Round 7 of the "Liga" with the following results, scorers & images.ATHLETICO
DE BILBAO were outplayed by a surprising REAL SPORTINGDE GIJÓN who shifted up a gear in the 2º
half to do the damage. Theend result was 1-2 with two goals from Sporting player DE LA CUEVASin the
65th from a free kick & the 77th min, to see Athletic get aconsolidation goal via TOQUERO late in
the
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The prestigious "France Football" magazine has made public its 30candidates for this year Golden
Ball Award which prizes the "Best"Football Player in World for 2008-2009. The Spanish players are
six& are in darker letter in the full list below:Andreï Arshavin (Arsenal)Karim Benzema (Real
Madrid)Iker Casillas (Real Madrid)Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United y Real Madrid)Diego (Werder
Bremen y
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Three games this Saturday afternoon & evening have been played inRound 7 of the Spanish League –
"La Liga". Here is a brief summaryof results, scorers & videos of some brilliant goals that were
scoredtoday.Big surprise in the DEPORTIVO A CORUÑA clash with SEVILLA FC,the end result was a 1-0
victory for the home team.
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Two Spanish Teams played their Champions League Group gamestonight with each achieving positive
results.(photo: Puyol - elmundo.com/afp/Lluis_Gene)FC BARCELONA defeated DYNAMO KIEV 2-0 in an
interesting &entertaining match. Full credit & praise to Dynamo who went for thegame until the end,
they even had their chances with a goal being called off-side in the latter part of the 1ºhalf.
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La Liga & Round 5 continued today with 6 games. Here is a summary, with results, images &
scorers.MALLORCA came back on track with a convincing 3-0 win overVALLADOLID. The opening goal came
early via NUNES (above)in the 3rd min, with the last two fought out with ADURIZ in the70th & VALERO
72th min. Mallorca surprisingly are riding high.
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The Spanish Clubs participating in Champions League had their Round 5 games of "La Liga" down for
tonight with four matches full of goals.Here is a quick summary of events, results & the
scorers.(photo: Negredo - elmundo.com)ATHLETIC DE BILBAO had their winning streak stopped by a
veryimpressive SEVILLA FC who beat them without any doubts 0-4.
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Last game of the mid-week Round 4 schedule of "La Liga" with REALSPORTING DE GIJÓN drawing against
REAL ZARAGOZA 1-1(photo:elcomercio.com)Sporting dominated the 1ºhalf & was rewarded when inform
DIEGOCASTRO scored for Gijón in the 28th min. The chances continuedcoming as Zaragoza bravely held
out as they could.
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Seven games tonight of Round 4 in the "Liga" with its usual mix ofaction, goals & last minute
surprises. Here is a summary of tonights scores & results:REAL MADRID left Benzema & Raul on the
bench to change its system to 4-3-3 ( or 4-2-3-1) & saw how defender Garay injuried himself inthe
warm up. This lead to a "revolutionary change" in the defence with Casillas, Lass Diarra, Albiol,
Ramos &
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Mid week action for "La Liga" with two games played tonight ofRound 4.(photo: Goal by
Squillaci/elmundo.com_Julio Muñoz)SEVILLA FC did what it had to do in the first 25 minutes scoring
twogoals to control, settle & win 2-0 its games against MALLORCA. TheSevilla & French International
defender SQUILLACI put his teamahead with a header in the 16th min, followed by Sevilla´s
secondthanks to
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Five games scheduled today to finish off Round 3 of "La Liga" withReal Madrid taking the top of the
ladder after defeating Xerez, alongwith Athletic de Bilbao, Valladolid & Almeria grabbing their 3
points.REAL MADRID started their game against bottom side XEREZ like this thanks to CRISTIANO
RONALDO (See video):47 seconds & it seemed it would be a "white-wash" ( never bettersaid) but it
went to
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A total of five "Liga" games were played tonight that gave us allplenty of goals, of which SFS will
go right into its habitual summary of results & scorers.FC BARCELONA did all the damage in the
first half to eventually defeat ATLETICO DE MADRID 4-2. The warning came early with just30secs when
Henry hit the post.
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Spain has three Clubs that are participating in the EUROPA LEAGUE(ex-UEFA Cup) which kicked off
tonight with its Group matches.VALENCIA CF travelled to France to play LILLE in its Group B clash&
has left with a bitter 1-1 draw result. Valencia had played a grandgame with MATA putting his team
ahead in the 78th min.
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Two Spanish Teams, REAL MADRID & ATLETICO DE MADRID beganthe long & difficult road to attempt to
qualify in their respectiveGroups & if possible go all the way to the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Finalin
Madrid next year.REAL MADRID started well winning 2-5 FC ZURICH in a difficult &complicated match
against a very aggressive & switched on SwissTeam.
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The 4 Clubs participating in Champions League (FC Barcelona, RealMadrid, Sevilla FC & At Madrid)
had their games yesterday in Round2 of the Spanish "Liga".FC BARCELONA rested some of its stars
against GETAFE but managedto win 0-2 after a hard fought match. Getafe hit the post twice in
thefirst half, but with Messi on the field in the second half saw the Barçagame back like clock
work.
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The big INTER MILAN & FC BARCELONA clash turned out to bean anti-climax with a 0-0 draw. Inter was
conservative although disciplined in defence, while Barça tried but maintained respectall the
time.One would like to write more but that was the whole storythroughout the whole 90 mins,
everyone tried in an atmosphere ofmutual respect!
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Six games played this afternoon/evening of Round 2 of the SpanishLiga. Here is a summary of results
& scorersVALLADOLID hosted VALENCIA CF & went down 2-4 in a grand performance from the latter which
the former managed to "calm"down towards the end of the clash. Valencia scored first via SILVA in
the9th min, but Valladolid equalized in the 29th min via ALEMÁN.
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The FIFA endorsed International Federation of Football History &Statistics (IFFHS) has officially
declared today REAL MADRID hasthe EUROPEAN & WORLD CLUB OF THE 20th CENTURY.The IFFHS has taken
into account the top level games (European &Champions League games giving higher marks), match
points &other statistical coefficients & variables to put REAL MADRID intop spot ahead of Juventus
FC &
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