December 2007
57 posts
VALENCIA, REAL MADRID & ATLETICO DE MADRID WINTER... →
Tomorrow the “winter transfer market” opens & lots of teams are moving & dealing to reinforce their sides half way through the season. Here are three transfer pieces ( or rumours ) that involve directly or indirectly Spanish teams Valencia CF, Real Madrid & Atletico de Madrid. VALENCIA CF wishes to incorporate immediately BOCA JUNIOR midfielder EVER BENEGA after...
CRISTIANO RONALDO SEES HIS FUTURE AT REAL MADRID →
CRISTIANO RONALDO sees his future at REAL MADRID. The Portugues & MAN.UTD forward told Spanish daily “AS” in an interview that ( translated into English): “…next season I will be playing at Madrid” Very interesting words from the young star, who also mentioned that his contract with Manchester Utd. has a 70M€ release clause. He believes that price will...
ATLETICO DE MADRID TIES FURTHER SERGIO AGUERO →
ATLETICO DE MADRID has tied further its young Argentine star SERGIO AGUERO today by increasing his contract release clause from 36M€ to 55M€. The contract improvement will secure the player at Atletico & keep away potential pretenders from “touching” the star forward. Aguero also gets a salary improvement. Good news for all Atletico fans!
RONALDINHO TO MEET AC MILAN OFFICIALS →
Its news all our Spanish media & half the world. FC BARCELONA player RONALDINHO will meet with AC MILAN officials at Port Alegre to study the Italian clubs offer of transfer, according to the players own words after participating in a benefical game played in Buenos Aires.
Although this is the primary contact phase, a transfer may take time
even if the...
VALENCIA CF: TOTAL CONFUSION →
Total confusion at VALENCIA CF, with President Soler NOW saying to media today that neither ALBELDA, CAÑIZARES & ANGULO
have been fired, dismissed or parted from the team. This goes totally
against what coach Roland Koeman communicated to the players with the President´s backing. BAD NEW YEAR ahead for Valencia folks,
big problems in house.
VAN NISTELROOY: THE BEST Nº9 IN THE WORLD FOR... →
The title question is put & affirmed by Spanish sports daily “AS” today, after REAL MADRID Dutch International forward RUUD VAN NISTELROOY was listed by French Football Magazine, “L´Equipe”, in its DREAM TEAM for 2007 (see below post) yesterday. The Dutchman was the Spanish League Top goalscorer for 2006/07 with 25 goals. Since arriving at Real Madrid Ruud...
AC MILAN & RONALDINHO FOOTBALL HUMOUR →
Here´s some good fashion humour from “Mundo Deportivo” & its cartoon section “Pelotazos”. It takes a “shot” at the hot rumours at “Camp Barça”, that its star forward RONALDINHO may have his days numbered. The cartoon shows a AC MILAN “person” on his way to Barcelona & with a bag full of cash to do some fishing. We can all...
L´EQUIPE LISTS EURO DREAM TEAM 2007: CESC FABREGAS... →
French Football magazine “L´Equipe” has released its list of players they consider as this year´s “Dream Team”, with CESC FABREGAS being the only Spaniard on the list, apart from 2 other names that are based in the Spanish League: Van Nistelrooy & Dani Alves. Here is the full list: G. Buffon ( Juventus) Kaka ( Ac Milan) Ruud Van Nistelrooy ( Real Madrid)...
ATLETICO DE MADRID NEWS & RUMOURS →
According to “Marca”, Atletico de Madrid is considering the
possiblity of signning Valencia CF “discard” ALBELDA for next
season.
The deal offered is said to be a 3 year contract with a salary around
1.5M€/year. Albelda is seen as a “bargain” at Atletico & they wish the
opportunity to finally have a player who can “destroy”...
SPANISH FOOTBALL XMAS 2007 NEWS BRIEFS:... →
SFS is back & hopes everyone has had a great Xmas. While away the Football World continued spinning with lots of news & rumours. Here are just a few interesting news briefs to get back & rolling. FC BARCELONA´s 0-1 loss to Real Madrid last Sunday & RONALDINHO´s poor play & “not up to the occasion” attitude, seems to have convienced Barça directives to sell...
SFS WISHES YOU A MERRY XMAS. BACK WEDNESDAY 26... →
SFS is on its Xmas Break until next Wednesday the 26th Dec.SFS wishes all its readers ( & non-readers) a Very Merry Christmas, & enjoy your time with the family & the football.
UEFA CUP DRAW: RESULTS FOR SPANISH TEAMS →
The final 32 teams in the UEFA Cup competition went into the draw with the following results for the 3 Spanish teams: Atletico de Madrid, Getafe & Villareal.
AEK Athens (Gre.) - Getafe Bolton ( Eng.) - Atletico de Madrid Zenit. St.Petersburg ( Rus.) - Villareal
1º leg - 13 Feb 2008
2º leg - 21 Feb 2008
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL 16 DRAW: RELATIVE GOOD NEWS... →
Real Madrid, FC Barcelona & Sevilla FC have faired relatively well in the Champions League final 16 team draw. Real Madrid will play AC Roma, FC Barcelona plays Celtic & Sevilla will face Turkish team Fernerbache.
See the full details below of todays draw.
FC BARCELONA - REAL MADRID 2007 →
Things are heating up in Spain, Football wise, as everyone ( fans , that is) are talking & speculating about this Sunday´s “Clasico”, the FC BARCELONA vs REAL MADRID clash. Here are the official team photos of both side for the 2007/08 season.
UEFA CUP: ATLETICO DE MADRID 2 - PANATHINAIKOS 1... →
Great night for Atletico de Madrid with its 2-1 victory over Greek team Panathinaikos. Here is the VIDEO highlight & check the great free kick from SIMAO to give Atletico the victory.
UEFA CUP RESULTS - ATLETICO & VILLAREAL GO INTO... →
UEFA Cup results , very brief & quick. ATLETICO DE MADRID 2 - OLYMPIAKOS 1. Luis Garcia 73rd min & Simao 94th min. Consolation goal Salpigidis 33 min & Atletico goes through into next stage a big. VILLAREAL wins 1-2 over AEK ATHENS , goals MAVUBA & TOMASSON, & the consolatin goal from RIVALDO for AEK.
FC BARCELONA NEWS: WHO WILL REPLACE MESSI AGAINST... →
Next Sunday´s big game “El Clasico” between FC BARCELONA & REAL MADRID is gaining media exposure, as things begin to really heat up on all fronts. The questions being put on the table bty everyone is : Who will replace the injuried “key player” LIONEL MESSI? RONALDINHO, GIOVANI or THIERRY HENRY The debate is hot at the moment in media circles & at the...
SPANISH CUP - THREE GAMES: REAL MADRID SCRAPE... →
The fractured SPANISH CUP ended its last 32 teams 1º leg stage with three games tonight, that highlighted how tough this competition can be due to the unpredictable play of the “lower sides”. REAL MADRID travelled to ALICANTE with a “B-side” ( see above) & scraped through with a 1-1 draw in the 1º leg. Alicante scored 1st in the 60th min via BORJA & were...
UEFA CUP: GETAFE THROUGH TO NEXT STAGE AS GROUP... →
Its a paradox, in the local competition GETAFE are in the bottom end, while in UEFA they have qualified Group G leaders for the next stage.
Getafe has defeated ANDERLECTH 2-1 with good play that was
lead by a fine HERNANDEZ who scored in the 5th min. Getafe
continued playing well & added the 2º goal in the 49th min via CELESTINI. The visitors managed to score a consolation goal...
VALENCIA CF - THE MINI REVOLUTION CONTINUES →
VALENCIA CF Coach Koeman shook Football circles with the decision to “lock out” Goalkeeper CAÑIZARES & Captain ALBELDA ( see below post) from the team , thus signalling the 180ºdegree turn in the clubs direction. Today the “mini-revolution” continued with MIGUEL ANGEL ANGULO ( pictured above) also being parted “forever” from the team. All this...
VALENCIA CF NEWS - CRISIS - CAÑIZARES & ALBELDA... →
Things are hot in VALENCIA CF, one would go a far to say, that the “shit” is really flying at the club. According to local media, coach Koeman, with authorization from President Soler has communicated individually to Goalkeeper CAÑIZARES & Captain ALBELDA ( both pictured) that they will no longer play with Valencia while he is coach. Koeman even went further & recommended that...
FIFA WORLD PLAYER 2007: KAKA →
It was a well known secret, the FIFA World Player Award for 2007 goes to Ricardo Izecson Dos Santos Leite, aka Brazilian International & AC MILAN star KAKA. The award/s were handed tonight in Zurich in the FIFA Gala full of the “creme de la creme” of World Football. Young Argentine International & FC BARCELONA player LIONEL MESSI was 2º ( a fantastic...
SPAIN: FOURTH IN FIFA RANKING FOR 2007 →
FIFA has released the World rankings for 2007, with Spain finishing this year in 4th place with 1349 pts. The Nº1 nation in Football according to FIFA was Argentina. See below the full Top 20 table:
1. (.1) Argentina 1.523 pts 2. (.2) Brazil 1.502 3. (.3) Italy 1.498 4. (.4) SPAIN 1.349 5. (.5) Germany 1.298 6. (.6) Chec Rep. 1.290 7. (.7) France 1.243 8. (.8) Portugal 1.241 9. (.9)...
SPANISH FOOTBALL: VIDEO HIGHLIGHT OF REAL MADRID 2... →
If your a Real Madrid or Osasuna fan & you missed yesterdays game, here is the VIDEO highlight of the two goals scored by Real via Van Nistelrooy & Sneijder.
Real Madrid 2 - 0 Osasuna (1º goal Van Nistelrooy)
Real Madrid 2 - 0 Osasuna (2º goal Sneijder)
SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA - ROUND 16/ 2007 SUNDAY... →
Eight games, of the ten, are down this Sunday in Round 16 of “La Liga” with its usual dose of goals, excitement & surprises that SFS summarizes with its weekly resume of results, images & scorers. Kanoute´s face (above) says it all, near miss & frustration, added to which his team SEVILLA FC went down to 9º men with “Red Cards” to Luis Fabiano &...
VALENCIA CF 0 - FC BARCELONA 3/ 2007: VIDEO... →
A few requests in from SFS readers who would like to see the goals in yesterdays Round 16 Saturday match. Check out the first goal by Eto ´o & the excited American commentators - Cool!
SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA - ROUND 16/ 2007... →
FC BARCELONA won a very poor VALENCIA CF 3-0 at a big price, specially if you take into account next week s “classic” against Real Madrid: the injury of MESSI. The young Argentine sensation will miss the big Real Madrid game & another 3 weeks more of football with a torn hamstring. Valencia CF also lost another man & added him to their long list of injured men: Fernando...
REAL MADRID NEWS: ROBBEN & BRENO →
ARJEN ROBBEN cost REAL MADRID 36,000,000€ from Chelsea FC & the Spanish club was warned beforehand that the young Dutchman was prone to injuries. The man of glass, that´s his nickman, is proving to be correct, as Robben will not be able to play against Osasuna due to left leg muscle problems. The talented player has only played 2 “liga” games & it is a worrying sign. Lets...
SPANISH FOOTBALL HUMOUR: VALENCIA CF vs FC... →
Spanish daily “Sport” injects some humour ( & a warning) via its cartoon section “Futbolitis” before tonights Valencia CF - FC Barcelona match. Both coaches Koeman & Rijkaard are under pressure to win, in the case of Koeman, to pull Valencia out of its worry slump, while Rijkaard must prevent his team from falling further behind in the the ladder to Real Madrid...
MOTO GP: 19 SPANISH RIDERS FOR 2008 →
The new 2008 Moto Gp season will have 19 Spanish riders spread throughtout all its catagories. A number which increases from last season & shows the great “breeding ground” of Spanish motorcycle riders (2 time 250cc World Champion Jorge Lorenzo) The riders are: Moto GP: Dani Pedrosa, Toni Elias & Jorge Lorenzo 250cc: Bautista, Barbará, Simón, Espargaró, Debón,...
R.C.D ESPANYOL SIGN TWO WORLD CLASS PLAYERS →
They come from the “Sesame Street” Club, two “World Class” entertainers that guarantee cash flows, BERT & ERNIE have been signned by Spanish 1º Division side R.C.D. Espanyol - for merchandising! Apparently sales are booming, as these “players” have an authentic army of fans. See “Mundo Deportivo” for more news…
ATLETICO DE MADRID TRANSFER RUMOURS →
According to Spanish sports daily, “AS”, 27 year old German SEBASTIAN KEHL midfielder for DORUSSIA DORTMUND is a signning objective nxt season for ATLETICO DE MADRIA.
The players contract ends with Dortmund on the 30 June 2008, & apparently Sebastian has refused to renew, thus giving weight to speculation that he may have an agreement already with Atletico. Stay tuned!
FC BARCELONA NEWS & VIDEO HIGHLIGHT OF THE... →
According to sports daily “Mundo Deportivo”, FC BARCELONA is following closely 22 year old Croatian International & DYNAMO OF ZAGREB player LUKA MODRIC ( pictured below). However, three other clubs have made offers already Arsenal, Man City & Chelsea, all of which wish to have the young player as early as next month. Sources close to the player are advising that he wait...
SPANISH CUP: GRANADA 74 1-ATLETICO DE MADRID 2 →
The tight calendar has fractured the SPANISH CUP last 32 round & it continued tonight with the GRANADA 74 vs ATLETICO DE MADRID clash which finished 1-2 in Atletico´s favour. The 2º Division side was a tough bone in this 1º leg, but Atletico managed to hold out & score the 2 vital goals thanks to MISTA in the 45th min & DIEGO FORLAN one min later. However, the current...
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2007: FC BARCELONA & SEVILLA FC... →
Great night for Spanish clubs FC BARCELONA & SEVILLA FC who both won their CHAMPIONS LEAGUE group games & secured 1º spot in their respective “mini-leagues”. The above foto of DA SILVA scoring in the 2min for STUTTGART was just a scare. From then on the Barça machine got into gear & managed to defeat the Germans 3-1. Young Mexican forward GIOVANI started...
REAL MADRID NEWS: BAPTISTA BACK IN FASHION →
It´s the “Title” from Spanish newspaper “El Mundo”, REAL MADRID Brazilian midfielder JULIO BAPTISTA is back in fashion after taking the place of GUTI in the starting line-up, & the opportunity to play.
Funny how things quickly changes in Football, 3 weeks ago Baptista
could´nt get a place on the Real Madrid starting line up. Added to this, the...
VIDEO HIGHLIGHT OF REAL MADRID 3 - LAZIO 1 ( 2007) →
If you missed yesterdays Champions League game between REAL MADRID & LAZIO with the 3-1 result going Madrid´s way, see the below the VIDEO of the complete highlight with all 4 goals.
Real Madrid 3 v Lazio 1: 2007
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2007: REAL MADRID 3-LAZIO 0 &... →
The good news is that REAL MADRID has secured its spot for the next stage of the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE as group leader, while VALENCIA CF say goodbye & fail to stay in Europe even via the UEFA Cup option. REAL MADRID defeated LAZIO 3-1 in a good display of Football marred by a certain relaxation in the last 15 mins of play that lead to the Lazio goal. So much was the relaxation that in the...
SPANISH FOOTBALL: VIDEO OF THE GOAL OF ROUND... →
SFS has hung the VIDEO of the goal voted by most media critics as the Best Goal of Round 15 of “La Liga”. Important goal for ALMERIA as it was the winner against VALLADOLID & the “creator” was NEGREDO. Enjoy!
FORMULA 1: ALONSO BACK WITH RENAULT →
It´s the big story in Spain today, 2º time Formula 1 Spanish World Champion FERNANDO ALONSO has finally decided his future & has accepted to return to RENAULT for the next two years.
It was the obvious choice, better the devil you know! Alonso wanted originally a 1 year contract, thing no one was going to give him. Plus
Alonso waited to know the outcome of the court decision against...
SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA - ROUND 15/ 2007... →
Lots of goals & a particularly tough Round 15 of “La Liga” with plenty of rough play & red cards, apart from the usual dose of goals. One of those tough games was ATLETICO DE MADRID´s 1-0 victory over GETAFE with 4 red cards. Before the game got started one of the red card “victims” SERGIO AGUERO received the “Golden Boy Award” for the Best...
SFS BACK NEXT SUNDAY NIGHT →
SFS is on a holiday with the family until next Sunday night when it will give the full round up of Round 15 of “La Liga”. Until then there is plenty of reading, videos & images to enjoy on the below post. See you soon folks
UEFA CUP: ATLETICO DE MADRID & VILLAREAL VIDEO... →
Video highlights of Tomassen ( Villareal), Simao (At.Madrid) & Sergio Aguero ( At.Madrid) in full flight. Enjoy!
Copenhague-Atletico (Simao)Uefa 2007
Copenhague-Atletico 2007 Uefa(Kun)
REAL MADRID SECOND TEAM WINS 2-0 PARTIZAN IN... →
REAL MADRID played its “Santiago Bernabeu Trophy” tonight & payed homage to its leyendary 6 X European Cup winning player GENTO. The invited team was PARTIZAN BELGRADE which played a Real Madrid “second team” ( with Salgado, Dudek, Torres, Saviola, Drenthe, Baptista…etc) to finish 2-0 for the Spaniards favour.
The scorers were BAPTISTA in the 35th min...
SPANISH FOOTBALL - "LA LIGA" - OSASUNA 1-SEVILLA... →
OSASUNA & SEVILLA FC had a match pending from Round 2 of “La Liga” & have played the “catch up” game tonight. The final result is a 1-1 draw & a just result at that. Goal scorer for Osasuna was PLASIL in the 18th min & for Sevilla the equalizer came in the 46th min thanks to JESUS NAVAS
REAL MADRID HOT NEWS & RUMOURS →
According to English paper “The Sun” & local daily ” As ” REAL MADRID & CHELSEA FC maybe about the offer themselves a straight swap in the upcoming “winter market”. Real Madrid´s young Dutch pre-season star signning ROYSTEN DRENTHE is not fitting in well nor getting a regular run. Added to this, his late night partying is´nt helping & Real wish to...
UEFA CUP 2007/08: ATLETICO DE MADRID & VILLAREAL... →
Great news for the Spanish teams in the UEFA Cup qualifiers, who both won comfortably to secure their place in the next stage of the competition. ATLETICO DE MADRID won 0-2 away to COPENHAGUE with a great performance from MOTTA & AGUERO. The latter scored Atletico´s 2º goal in the 62th min, while SIMAO scored the 1º goal in the 21st. Atletico now plays for 1º place of its group in...
RONALDINHO HAS AGREEMENT WITH CHELSEA FC? →
The city of Barcelona & half of Spain woke up today with this headline from sports daily “Marca”. According to their “exclusive”, FC BARCELONA Brazilian star RONALDINHO has shut a deal with English Premier League giant CHELSEA FC. It is said that Chelsea is willing to pay up to 10M€ to Ronaldinho & wishes the player as early as next January 2008 (...
SAMUEL ETO´O RETURNS IN A TIMELY MOMENT FOR BARÇA →
Great news at Camp Barça with the medical OK for SAMUEL ETO´O to return to the playing field. It comes a the best moment as Thiery Henry will be out of action for between 3-4 weeks due to a back injury that has the medical team concerned.
Eto´o could make his return as soon as this Sunday against Deportivo de Couruña in Round 15 of “La Liga”.
* SFS thanks...
FC BARCELONA HUMOUR NEWS →
A the start of the season the media termed FC BARCELONA´s potential forward line ( Henry, Eto´o, Ronaldinho & Messi) the “4 Fantasticos”. In today´s “Sport” & in its cartoon section “Futbolitis” they do a humorous out take of the media coined term. With Henry injured, Eto´o non playing due to injury & Ronaldinho on the bench, the only...