Whoa. I forgot we were still involved in the CL for a second. More, after the jump:

The Shove Heard Round Naples

Get this: Napoli's manager, Walter Mazzarri, has been banned by UEFA for two matches after shoving Nilmar during Napoli's final group stage match with Villareal.

Despite the nonsense about some other matchup in the Copa del Rey right now can't quite remember the names of those rather insignificant teams at the moment the real story is not east, not west, but down. Way down in the third division. Mirandes, a humble little club in the north of Spain, knocked off their third yes, third La Liga opponent to get to the Copa del Rey.

Reports have been coming through today that a permanent deal for Giovani dos Santos could be tied up before the weekend. There has been much speculation about Gio's future since the transfer window opened and according to Villareal's vice-president Jose Manuel Llaneza, Gio's White Hart Lane misery could soon be at and end.

Last game tonight of Round 1 of the SPANISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE with the following result & scorers. Both VILLAREAL & REAL SPORTING DE GIJON needed the points to keep contemplating surviving this season at the top level. However, only one got away with the objetive as Villareal won 3 - 0 Gijon. The goal scorers were MARCOS RUBEN in the 56th min, BORJA VALERO in the 58th min & BRUNO in the 90th

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.

Liverpool left-back Jose Enrique has been an unqualified success at Anfield, and is arguably Kenny Dalglish's most consistent signing. He learned his trade under Manuel Pellegrini at Villareal, and Enrique has nothing but good things to say about his time at the club. In a recent interview with LFC Magazine, Enrique spoke about two players of his former Villareal team-mates who were big

Liverpool left-back Jose Enrique has been an unqualified success at Anfield, and is arguably Kenny Dalglish's most consistent signing. He learned his trade under Manuel Pellegrini at Villareal, and Enrique has nothing but good things to say about his time at the club. In a recent interview with LFC Magazine, Enrique spoke about two players of his former Villareal team-mates who were big

According to some reports in England and Europe, Patricio Rodriguez has attracted much interest from clubs including Manchester United, Villareal and AC Milan. Currently, the Argentinean attacking...
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Complimenti Napoli, auguri più sinceri per essere entrata tra le prime sedici d'Europa. Quale che sia il risultato di questo cammino, potrai raccontare alle generazioni future che nel 2011 in Champions hai giocato con coraggio e con passione, senza nessun timore referenziale, senza alcuna barricata, mostrando calcio ed il coraggio di giocarvi a viso aperto.

Sorry guys, I was out last night & could not post the Ajax 0 - Real Madrid 3 + Villareal 0 - Napoles 2 Champions League summary. However found these diagrams of all the Champions League Clubs that go onto the next phase, with the two SPANISH FOOTBALL representatives FC BARCELONA & REAL MADRID. Below are the Clubs that finished first of their Group with those in second place.

With the completion of the last of Group matches yesterday, we now clearly know the clubs which will go to the next stage of 2011-2012 Champions League Tournament. Bayern Munich, Napoli, Inter Milan, CSKA Moscow, Benfica, FC Basel, Real Madrid, Lyon, Chelsea bayer Leverkusen, Arsenal, Marseille, Apoel Nicosia, Zenit St Petersburg, Barcelona and AC Milan are the ones qualified for the knock out stage of 2011-12 Champions League.

szólj hozzá: Villarreal 0-2 Napoli

City managed to rain on Bayern's parade by beating them 2-0 but it was not enough as Napoli turned on the screws against Villareal to run out 2-0 victors. Bayern and Napoli go through to the Champions League knock out stage.

It's no idle conjecture imagining Napoli going far into the CL maybe even to the finals.

Dopo le emozioni di ieri sera, si chiude il 2011 della Champions e la fase a gironi. E' la serata di Villareal-Napoli, la nottata attesa da tutti i tifosi partenopei, i 90 minuti che potrebbero regalare, al team di Walter Mazzarri, il gioioso passaggio del turno e quindi la qualificazione agli ottavi di finale.

Manchester City captain and defender Vincent Kompany insists that the Premier League leaders are ready for Bayern Munich. The German giants can end the Citizens' Champions League hopes with any result at the Etihad Stadium tomorrow, but Kompany remains confident.

"Any team coming here is not going to be favorite, I don't care who they are," said the Belgian defender.

Il campionato a volte può essere un utile serbatoio per mettere il pieno di benzina ed andare tranquilli e senza patemi in quell'autostrada Champions che porta in Spagna, a Villareal, allo stadio Madrigal, dove martedì, Cavani e soci si giocheranno uno storico approdo tra le prime sedici d'Europa. La squadra apprezzata sabato sera, nella sfidaContinua a leggere .

Il campionato a volte può essere un utile serbatoio per mettere il pieno di benzina ed andare tranquilli e senza patemi in quell'autostrada Champions che porta in Spagna, a Villareal, allo stadio Madrigal, dove martedì, Cavani e soci si giocheranno uno storico approdo tra le prime sedici d'Europa. La squadra apprezzata sabato sera, nella sfidaContinua a leggere .

Nel sabato di Liga, campionato giunto alla 15/a giornata, si conferma lo strapotere delle due corazzate, Real e Barcellona, prima e seconda forza del torneo spagnolo con 37 e 31 punti. L'undici di Mourinho doma lo Sporting Gijon, in trasferta, con il risultato di 3 a 0 (reti di Di Maria, che colpisce anche unContinua a leggere .

Both of the Manchester clubs came unstuck in Europe last night. The Champions League campaigns of both Manchester City and Manchester United was certainly been amongst the biggest curios of the start of this season. Imperious and already pulling clear of the pack in the league, they have been broadly misfiring in their midweek matches, and last night they stumbled again against opposition that they might have expected to beat comfortably in previous seasons.

Two SPANISH FOOTBALL Clubs had CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Group duties tonight with final mixed results. Here is a brief summary of the events, the results & all the scorers. Ribery for Bayern Munich VILLAREAL travelled to Munich to play their Group A match against BAYERN & lost 3 - 1, thus ( nearly impossible saving themselves ) blowing out all their Euro - Champions League candles.

Meet some heroes: Cally on Bold Street, Pepe at Liverpool One

Liverpool legend Ian Callaghan played for Liverpool 857 times, scoring 68 times. Current Liverpool goalkeeper Jose Reina has played 324 times for the Reds. This week the duo will be signing books at two separate events a quarter of a mile apart on the same evening.

VILLAREAL & REAL MADRID had CHAMPIONS LEAGUE obligations tonight with their respective Group matches. Here are the final results & the scorers. Villareal - Man City VILLAREAL hosted MANCHESTER CITY in their Group A match & went down 0 - 3. The Spanish Football Club was very undermanned with half a dozen key players out with injury, but this is not an excuse as Manchester City was a deserved

Dalla citt della gioia allo scoramento post trauma che ci ricorda il dipinto di Picasso, Guernica, il passo è breve per qualsiasi giocatore. E' stato purtroppo così anche per Giuseppe Rossi, in arte Peppe, bombardiere scelto di casa Italia, che dovr stare fermo per 6 mesi a causa della rottura del crociato, rimediata nell'ultima giornata [.

Villareal and Italy striker Giuseppe Rossi will be sidelined for at least six months after suffering a cruciate ligament tear an hour into his sides 3-0 defeat to Real Madrid in mid week.

Rossi is set to have surgery today and will join team-mate Neymar on the sidelines after the Brazilian had surgery on his knee earlier this month.

Levante have become the unlikely leaders of the La Liga.Their 3 - 0 win over Villareal on Sunday has taken them to the top stop for the first time in their 102-year history.
Levante, who just avoided relegation last season are looking down on Real Madrid and Barcelona with 20 points thanks to a six-match winning streak which began with a win over Real.

Heads & Tails for the SPANISH FOOTBALL Clubs participating tonight in CHAMPIONS LEAGUE. Villareal needed to not lose to keep their slim chances of overcoming their Group for possible qualification, while Real Madrid needed a victory to seal their place beyond the Group phase. David Silva VILLAREAL needed to not lose their Group A match against MANCHESTER CITY & it was never going to be easy.

The cartoon featured today on Sport.es right expresses the anxiety we Barca fans have about International breaks. It's not like we lost so much after International breaks, but there is no denial that a number of our lackluster performance came following the break. But this time around we shouldn't have such thoughts crossing our mind as the cartoon say "We got Andres Iniesta - The Anti FIFA Virus Guys".

There are those with a "superstitious" edge claiming that VILLAREAL has a "curse" on the Number 9 - forward - position. This has been heightened by the injury to ROSSI who has injured himself while training with the Italian National Team. This leaves Villareal without a true forward. The other two forwards in the side Marcos Ruben ( out 15 days ) & Nilmar ( knee operation out 2 months) have also

El futbolista mexicano surgido de las fuerzas basicas de Pumas UNAM Pablo Edson Barrera anotó su primer gol en la liga española, para el empate del Zaragoza a 2 goles con el Villarreal.
Por primera vez Barrera Acosta anotó gol al minuto 44 del primer tiempo. Sin embargo en el segundo tiempo fue reemplazado debido a una leve lesión muscular.

(Champions League, Septiembre 28, 2011)
Valencia 1 – Chelsea 1

Arsenal 2 – Olympiakos 1

BATE Borisov 0 – Barcelona 5

AC Milan 2 – Viktoria Pilsen 0

Shaktar Donetsk 1 – Apoel Nicosia 1

Marseille 3 – Borussia Dortmund 0

Bayer Leverkusen 2 – Genk 0

Zenit St Petersburg 3 – FC Porto 1

(Champions League, Septiembre 27, 2011)

Manchester United 3 – FC Basel 3

Bayern Munich 2 – Manchester City 0

Zenit St Petersburg 3 – FC Porto 1

Bayer Leverkusen 2 – Genk 0

Real Madrid 3 – Ajax 0

Oţelul Galaţi 0 – Benfica 1

Napoli 2 – Villareal 0

Trabzonspor 1 – Lille 1

CSKA Moscow 2 – Inter Milan 3

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Napoli continue their resurgence with a 2-0 win over Villareal in their Group A Champions League encounter. Their victory shows how difficult it could be for City to qualify from that group. Marek Hamsik opens the account and Edinson Cavani finishes with a penalty.

21 anni dopo l'ultima apparizione in Champions (allora Coppa dei Campioni), il Napoli si regala una serata magica ed emozionante, una notte europea di grande festa, desiderata e voluta da tutti i tifosi partenopei. Festa che è iniziata con l'ingresso in campo degli azzurri di Mazzarri, osannati dai 50mila del San Paolo, festa che è [.

Villareal midfielder Borja Valero has had his 3 game ban reduced to 2 following his red card v Odense in last months Champions League qualifier.

Valero whos Zidane like head-butt seen him red carded will only receive the extra game suspension should he reoffend in his 2 year probation period.

Villareal boss Juan Carlos Garrido is refusing to panic at this early stage of the season despite a bad start to both their La Liga and Champions League campaigns.

Villareal were thrashed 5-0 by Barcelona in their opening La Liga encounter and then lost 2-0 at home to Bayern Munich in midweek in their first Champions League tie.

By Kirsten Schlewitz / Senior West Coast Beer and Aston Villa Correspondent


So fans of soccer in America, do you know what Fox Soccer would like to show you on Saturday? Blackburn – Arsenal is the early match, followed by Aston Villa – Newcastle. I'm a Villa fan, and I'm still not pleased by this offering.

SPANISH FOOTBALL Clubs VILLAREAL & REAL MADRID had their turn tonight in CHAMPIONS LEAGUE with their respective Group A & Group D participation. The final outcome & results were mixed as the following summary shows with results & scores. Kross scores for Bayern VILLAREAL hosted German giants BAYERN MUNICH in their Group A - "Death Group" - match & lost 0 - 2.

His arrival at Arsenal wasn't met with anything approaching jubilation. He was no marquee signing. Consistent and efficient on the pitch, and quiet and modest off it, The contrast between Mikel Arteta's understated entrance and Fabregas' regal arrival at Camp Nou, could not be starker. But this contrast does not extend to their talents.

Stesso allenatore, stesso risultato, Pep Guardiola è il legame vincente della squadra più forte del pianeta calcio. L'altra sera al Camp Nou il Barcellona ha dominato, stravolto, stregato, impietrito gli avversari del Villarreal, praticamente inesistenti, mai con un possesso palla che andasse oltre i tre, quattro passaggi.

Stesso allenatore, stesso risultato, Pep Guardiola è il legame vincente della squadra più forte del pianeta calcio. L'altra sera al Camp Nou il Barcellona ha dominato, stravolto, stregato, impietrito gli avversari del Villarreal, praticamente inesistenti, mai con un possesso palla che andasse oltre i tre, quattro passaggi.

*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.

SPANISH FOOTBALL action tonight with the last game scheduled of Round 2 of the Spanish League with FC BARCELONA defeating 5 - 0 VILLAREAL FC . Barça started with the "romantic" & past famous 3 – 4 – 3 "Dream Team" system by Cruyff & with the following 11: Valdés; Keita, Mascherano, Busquets, Abidal; Thiago, Iniesta, Cesc; Alexis, Pedro & Messi.