January 2008
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SPANISH CUP 2º LEG Q/FINAL 2008 THURSDAY GAMES →
RACING DE SANTANDER & FC BARCELONA join Valencia CF & Getafe in the semi finals of the SPANISH CUP after the last two matches of the 2º leg Q/Finals were played tonight. ATHLETIC DE BILBAO drew 3-3 at home against RACING, but lost the Q/final because Racing came into the game with a 2 goal advantage from the 1º leg. The goal scorers for Athletic were AMOREBIETA (18th min),...
EUROPEAN CUP FINAL 2010 IN MADRID →
UEFA has announced that the mitical Real Madrid stadium “Santiago Bernabeu” ( below) will host the final of the European Cup in 2010. It will be the first time that a final will be played on a Saturday & won over the “new” Wembley Stadium in London.
The last time that the “Santiago Bernabeu” stadium hosted a European Cup final was in 1980,...
FORMULA 1: FERNANDO ALONSO & RENAULT OFFICIAL... →
Here is a quicky for all the Spanish & non-Spanish auto fans would wish to know wants up with FERNANDO ALONSO Well today in Paris ( France) Renault presented officially to media its drivers Alonso & Nelsinho Piquet along with the new look R28 automobile. Good luck to both.
SPANISH CUP 2º LEG Q/F VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS AT.MADRID... →
Missed yesterdays SPANISH CUP 2º leg Q/Final games between At.Madrid & Valencia, plus Mallorca & Getafe? Wish to see the goals & highlights?
SPANISH CUP 2º LEG Q/FINAL 2008 WEDNESDAY GAMES →
Two games played tonight in the 2º leg of the SPANISH CUP Q/FINALS that have given the following results, scorers & images.
VALENCIA CF took its one goal advantage to ATLETICO DE MADRID, & it was the key the opened the door for them to qualify for the semi-finals. The presence of the Argentine Football leyend MARADONA (above) to see the game & cheer on Atletico was not...
FC BARCELONA JOIN TOTTENHAM, LYON, REAL MADRID,... →
It´s the type of headline all young 21 year old footballer wishes, to have the best clubs in Europe “fighting” to get your services.The RACING DE SANTANDER Argentine defender GARAY (pictured) is being thrown flowers by LYON, TOTTENHAM,REAL MADRID, LIVERPOOL, MAN UTD & now FC BARCELONA has entered the picture, according to radio “Cadena Ser” & daily...
REAL MADRID & SEVILLA FC REGAIN KEY PLAYERS →
Bad news for African Nation MALI today after being eliminated by IVORY COAST 3-0 in the AFRICAN NATIONS CUP However, for Spanish teams REAL MADRID & SEVILLA FC the result could not have been better because they can now recover & get back into their squads two vital players for their teams DIARRA ( above) , KANOUTE ( below) & KEITA will be flying back asap to their...
DEPORTIVO A CORUÑA NEWS 2008: WILHELMSSON TO... →
According to Swedish daily “Aftonbladet” & Spanish paper “Marca” Spanish 1º Division club DEPORTIVO is close to sealing the loan of Swedish International & English Premier League club BOLTON player CHRISTIAN WILHELMSSON until the end of the season. Deportivo, who are struggling this season at the botton of the league ladder have confirmed that they are...
RCD ESPANYOL: EWERTHON TO FILL TAMUDO GAP →
Brazilian forward EWERTHON (below) is back & going to RDC ESPANYOL until the end of this season on loan from German side STUTTGART, with REAL ZARAGOZA´s permission. Why? The player still “belongs” to Zaragoza who loaned him to Stuttgart , & now returns to Spanish Football with Espanyol. The player is called upon to fill the huge gap left by the injuried Espanyol...
FC BARCELONA NEWS 2008: RONALDINHO FIT AGAIN AND... →
Great news for FC BARCELONA after letting slip 2ºpoints this
weekend & allowing the “enemy” - Real Madrid - to escape ahead on the classification table with 9ºpoints lead. Brazilian “crack” RONALDINHO was given today the OK by the medical team to get back on the turf & do his thing: play football.
Ronaldinho has missed the last 8 games for...
FC BARCELONA NEWS & HUMOUR 2008 →
According to “Sport” & English dialy “Mail On Sunday”, CHELSEA, TOTTENHAM & NEWCASTLE are interested in the services of 30 year old Portugues International & FC BARCELONA midfielder DECO, after the player announced that he may leave Barça at the end of the season. Lastly, in “Mundo Deportivo´s” cartoon section, “Pelotazos” by Kap,...
REAL MADRID 3 - VILLAREAL 2 - ROUND 21/ 2008 -... →
SFS readers have requested the highlights of this great game. It is possible that “Audiosport” ( owner of copyright) in its immense wisdom, will ask “You Tube” to take off the image, if so, SFS will find alternatives through the day.
SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA - ROUND 21 /2008 SUNDAY... →
Surprises, controversy & plenty of goals in Round 21 of “La Liga” that added more spice to the Spanish 1ºst Division. Here are the results, scorers & images of todays games. Firstly, REAL MURCIA lost in a disputed game against LEVANTE, with the latter winning 2-3 in the last minute with a goal that was off-side. Murcia started well with a goal by IVAN ALONSO in the 45th min,...
REAL ZARAGOZA TRANSFER RUMOURS: LIVERPOOL FC AFTER... →
News from English paper “Daily Mirror”, which has been picked up locally by “Marca” inform that English Premier League & European Cup sub-Champions LIVERPOOL FC may make a move for the currently injuried ( pelvis) & recovering Argentine & REAL ZARAGOZA midfielder PABLO AIMAR. Liverpool coach Benitez sees Aimar as a value asset for his team as he...
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR AFTER CARLES PUYOL & VIDEO OF... →
How´s this for news out of “Mundo Deportivo” that picked it up from “Sky Sports”. According to the latter TOTTENHAM HOTSPURS representatives have flown to Barcelona to discuss the possibilty of Barça Captain CARLES PUYOL going over to London. It is the wish of Tottenham´s Spanish coach Juande to make 30 year old Carles Puyol the new leader of the team in the future. SFS...
SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA - ROUND 21 /2008... →
Just one match played tonight of Round 21 of “La Liga” with a tough affair between SEVILLA FC & OSASUNA with the former winning 2-1 in the last minute. The 1º half was even with both sides wary of each other & went into the break without scoring. The 2º half saw both side going out with a different attitude & with victory on their minds. The game was tough,...
RCD ESPANYOL & REAL MADRID TRANSFER TALKS 2008 →
RCD ESPANYOL see REAL MADRID forward ROBERTO SOLDADO as the ideal replacement for injuried forward & Spanish International RAUL TAMUDO. Since Tamudo´s injury the club has dropped in
effectiveness & goal slipping in the classification table, for this reason “Marca” publish that Espanyol will go all out in the negotiations.
However, two hurdles Espanyol must...
VIDEO: 30 GREAT FOOTBALL/SOCCER GOALS →
SFS has been surfing the Web & has come across this VIDEO from “Edum” who has put together 14.37 mins of the “30 Best Goals” according to his criteria, which is´nt bad at all. So I thought I´ll bang it on SFS for the readers as its full of Spanish & “La Liga” based players. You may notice a few goals missing, but hey, what the hell, they are all great....
INIESTA EXTENDS CONTRACT WITH FC BARCELONA UNTIL... →
The 23 year old FC BARCELONA & Spanish International midfielder ANDRES INIESTA ( below with Barça President Laporta) is a very fine player, SFS would add, a real gem. Fc Barcelona know this & wish
to secure their treasure for themselves & from other clubs.
Today Barça & Iniesta extended their contract until 2014, with the player bettering his salary...
HANDBALL: SPAIN CRASHES IN THE 2008 EUROPEANS →
From glory to disaster, thats the Spanish National Handball teams Curriculum for the European Handball Championships. Their overall finishing position is Nº9 & have to play again in upcoming tournaments to see if they can get to the Pekin 2008 Olympics via the “back door”. The only reason SFS finds at this moment is the unlucky run with injuries of “key”...
LYON OFFER 15M€ FOR RACING PLAYER GARAY →
RACING DE SANTANDER 21 year old Argentine forward EZEQUIEL GARAY ( pictured) is a very fine Football player, & half of Europe knows it. So much so, the French team LYON has put on the table 15M€ in order to convience the Spanish club to let to young player fly over to France. English Premier League club, TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR, tried earlier with a 10M€ offer that was rejected & Real...
FORMULA 1: LEWIS HAMILTON STILL SLEEPS WITH ALONSO →
Translated literally the headline from Spanish daily “Marca” the words of Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton: “Alonso tought me what I should never do”. Interesting effort to reach new heights of thought from a driver who has not won absolutely nothing to brag about & lost last years Formula 1 Championship to inexperience & over confidence. But hey! were all human,...
SPANISH CUP Q/FINALS 2008 - 1º LEG THURSDAY GAMES →
The last two 1º leg SPANISH CUP Q/Final games were played tonight with the following results & scorers. RACING DE SANTANDER are half way already to the semis after defeating ATHLETIC DE BILBAO 2-0 at home. The local heroes were TCHITE who scored in the 74th min & four minutes later the Polish “wonder” SMOLAREK FC BARCELONA survived & are nicely set...
SPANISH CUP - 1º LEG Q/FINALS 2008 →
Two games played tonight of the SPANISH CUP 1º leg Q/Finals with the other two scheduled for tomorrow. GETAFE let off the hook MALLORCA with 1-0 victory after dominanting a non-existent visiting side from start to finish. Said in other words, Getafe could not finish the “killing” of its opponent that now has the chance to turn the table in the 2º leg clash. The score for...
VILLAREAL TRANSFER NEWS 2008: SIGNS MARCO RUBEN... →
News out from Argentina media & published in “Marca” confirm the VILLAREAL has signed 21 year old Argentine & RIVER PLATE forward MARCO RUBEN ( below). The media speculate that the deal cost 7M€ & River will get 15% of future transfer fees. Lets welcome the player over to “La Liga” & wish him luck.
REAL MADRID PLAYERS MAKE THE BULK OF THE IDEAL... →
The “European Sports Magazines” have published their ideal 11 players for the month of December 2007, with REAL MADRID members dominanting the final accumalative ideal team. Apart from Real Madrid members, 2º other Spaniards are also included giving the final list a Spanish favour. The list of the ideal 11 team for December according to the “European Sports...
REAL MADRID NEWS 2008: SIGNNINGS - BAD MANAGEMENT... →
Interesting piece in “Marca” commenting on the list of injuries that REAL MADRID is experiencing from its new signnings this year. As we can see below (Robben; Saviola; Pepe; Heinze; Metzelder & Sneijder), between all these new faces for this season they have missed 64 games. Lots of cash invested for so little return! The most absent is Robben with 12 games, followed by...
MOTOGP AND FORMULA 1: SPANIARDS WORKING HARD →
For all our motor readers at SFS here is a brief post to let you know that both MotoGp & Formula 1 are already hard at work along with the corresponding Spanish Sportsmen in each area. MotoGp is doing their thing - testing & fine tuning - at Sepang (Malaysia) with the only bad news being that DANI PEDROSA (above) fell in a spectacular fashion & injuried his hand. A serious...
ATLETICO DE MADRID SEE THIAGO AS A 2008 WINTER... →
News from “AS” tell us that ATLETICO DE MADRID will now
scan the “Winter Market” for a midfielder after their loss last Sunday in the “derby” against Real Madrid.
The directives see the midfield as a weak spot after Simao was
injuried in the match & had no real substitution, the departure
of Maniche & the less...
VALENCIA CF NEWS 2008: MADURO PRESENTED →
The 22 year old Dutch International & ex-AJAX OF AMSTERDAM
midfielder HEDWIGES MADURO was officially presented today as a new player & signning for VALENCIA CF. Maduro will wear the number 3º dorsal & has signned for a rumoured
2M€ & for the next 4º seasons. A lot will be asked of the younger as many place their hopes on him to fill the gap left behind by...
VIDEO HIGHLIGHT OF ATLETICO DE MADRID 0 - REAL... →
Here is the VIDEO of yestedays match between Atletico de Madrid & Real Madrid which finished in the latter winning o-2. A difficult video to find as it has been “banned” in most of the common video sites. Enjoy!
SPANISH FOOTBALL HUMOUR →
Here is a cartoon from “Mundo Deportivo” humour section, “Pelotazos” by KAP. Its from a FC Barcelona point of view & it goes to say “… Gee, can´t get them off my back” from Real Madrid coach Schuster. The shadow is Rijkaard & makes reference to Barça´s win & that they maintain temselves 7º points behind leaders Real Madrid.
VIDEO HIGHLIGHT: ATLETICO DE MADRID 0 - REAL... →
In case you missed yestrerdays Atletico de Madrid - Real Madrid clash , with the latter winning 0-2, here is the video of the highlights.
Atletico Madrid vs Real Madrid 0-2 2008 Highlights
SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA - ROUND 20/ 2008... →
Plenty of action , goals & controversy in Round 20 of “La Liga”. SFS gives its usual summary of all the results, scorers & images, plus includes two VIDEO´s of the games played yesterday by Getafe - Sevilla Fc & Villareal - Valencia. ATLETICO DE MADRID lost the “derby” 0 - 2 to REAL MADRID in the first seconds of the game & to the great...
VALENCIA CF NEWS 2008: HEDWIGER MADURO NEW... →
The 22 year old AJAX OF AMSTERDAM versatile midfielder HEDWIGER MADURO ( pictured) will be the player to fill the midfield position left open by “parted” player David Albelda.
According to loacl daily, “AS”, Maduro will be in Valencia today for the medical check & would sign for VALENCIA CF if given the green
light. He joins another young signning...
SPANISH FOOTBALL "WINTER MARKET TRANSFER 2008"... →
According to English paper “The Daily Mail” , TOTTENHAM HOTSPURS maybe looking at SEVILLA FC Russian International forward ALEXANDRE KERZHAKOV as a signning. If so, its obvious that Tottenham coach Juende has given his OK, as he brought the Russian over to Sevilla. VILLAREAL & VALENCIA CF are “fighting” between them to secure the services of MONACO Argentine...
BOJAN KRKIC AWAITS TO SEE IF HE GETS THE CALL UP... →
Young FC BARCELONA forward & promising star BOJAN KRKIC may find a pleasant surprise when National coach Aragones announces his list of players to represent SPAIN against FRANCE in the upcoming International friendly in the city of Malaga (Spain) on the 6th of Febuary. Surprised? Bojan is playing regularly & covering the injuries for Barça & has scored a few goals, but his not...
ATLETICO DE MADRID & REAL MADRID 2008: BUILD UP TO... →
Atletico de Madrid & Real Madrid will meet in Round 20 of “La Liga” this upcoming Sunday at 19.oo hours. The two clubs have a long & historical rivalry as they “share” the same city: Madrid. For those not familiar, Real Madrid represents the upper class & elite, while Atletico de Madrid is working class, although these lines blur with all types of fans in all...
DROGBA WOULD ENJOY PLAYING WITH ETO´O, & FC... →
The message is clear, CHELSEA FC forward DROGBA intends to finish his carreer away from his current club & will most likely end the relationship at the end of the season. In an interview with English paper “The Sun”, Drogba spoke of his desire & wish to be able to play along side FC BARCELONA forward Samuel Eto´o.
These words have been interpreted as a message to FC...
SPANISH CUP 2008 - LAST 16 TEAMS: 2º LEG WEDNESDAY... →
The rest of the 7 games of the 2º leg of the SPANISH CUP have given the following results with the surprise of the elimination of REAL MADRID, as the most notable, as SFS gives a brief summary below. Valladolid 1 ( Llorente) - At.Madrid 1 ( Aguero) Atletico go through to the Q/Finals with its away goal. Controversial game, a “penalty” to Valladolid not given. Levante 0 -...
SPANISH CUP 2008 - LAST 16 TEAMS:2º LEG TUESDAY... →
The away goal with its advantage in the 1º leg 1-1 draw at Sevilla was enough for FC BARCELONA to eliminate from the SPANISH CUP its current holders SEVILLA FC after tonights 2ºleg return game finished in a 0-0 draw. Great clash between two excellent sides that could be summarized in the following manner: the 1º half was Barça´s & the 2º half was Sevilla´s The 1º half...
FC BARCELONA EYES BRAZILIAN MAICON →
According to Italian daily “La Gazzette dello Sport”, Brazilian International right back, MAICON, is in conflict with his current club INTER MILAN & may not continue next season. The problem is that the 27 year old wishes more cash & Inter are not up for it.
This opens up speculation that FC BARCELONA are looking seriously at the defender to replace...
FC BARCELONA NEWS 2008: PINTO SEEN AS NEW... →
FC BARCELONA have been in the market to find a 2º goalkeeper ( 1º st is Valdez) after Albert Jorquera injuried his knee in a regional game that has left him & team out for the rest of the season. Well, according to “elmundo.com” Barça may have found their 2º keeper, in the name of PINTO, currently with 2º Division side CELTA DE VIGO (see picture below).
The news is...
FORMULA 1. FERNANDO ALONSO BACK AT WORK WITH NEW... →
Getting out of Football, SFS jumps into the Formula 1 arena were we are fortunate to a 2 time World Champion, FERNANDO ALONSO. Naturally, he is a local heroe & has many many overseas fans that maybe interested to see how he is progressing in his “new” team. Well, Alonso & RENAULT have started work testing & tuning their vehicle for the upcoming new season at...
FC BARCELONA NEWS 2008: AC MILAN WANTS ZAMBROTTA →
News all over the local sports press ( As & Marca) & TV, that AC MILAN have changed strategy & on their wish list: Ronaldinho is no longer the wanted player, insisted it is his FC BARCELONA teammate the Italian International defender ZAMBROTTA.
The words come from Milan President Berlusconi, & its coach Ancelotti has shut the door on Ronaldinho to open them for the...
SPANISH FOOTBALL LEADING SCORERS - "EL PICHICHI" -... →
Half way through the 2007/2008 Spanish League season & after 19 Rounds, 5 goal area “animals” are in the running to gain the leading goal scorer title - “El Pichichi”. The currently nominees are: 1.Luis Fabiano ( Sevilla FC) - 12 goals 2.Diego Milito (Real Zaragoza) - 11 goals 3.Van Nistelrooy (Real Madrid) - 11 goals 4.Raul Tamudo (RCD Espanyol) - 10 goals...
R C D ESPANYOL NEWS 2008: JARQUE IN TOTTENHAM... →
English Premier League club TOTTENHAM HOTSPURS has a problem in defence that needs solving according to its Spanish Coach Juande Ramos. To solve that, Ramos has advised the club to seriously looking at DANIEL JARQUE, Central Defender for Spanish side RCD ESPANYOL. The news comes from English paper “The Times” & it has been picked up here locally by “AS”. Let´s...
ATLETICO DE MADRID NEWS: SISSOKO MADE AN OFFER →
Although Atletico coach Aguirre commented a few days ago to press that a “winter” signning was not a priority, Spanish daily “Marca” has published
today that Atletico has given LIVERPOOL an offer for its Mali International SISSOKO. Atletico are obviously looking for a replacement to take over midfield duties
from departed Portugues player now on loan to...
SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA - ROUND 19/ 2008 SUNDAY... →
Big day of Football for Round 19 6 its Sunday games with lots of goals
that SFS will summarize below with a run through of the clashes, their
results & images. REAL MADRID went & visited LEVANTE to finally win after a torrid
75 mins were once again their goalkeeper Iker Casillas had to work hard & do some great saves to keep out a fighty Levante all the first half. However, Real...
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS - LA LIGA ROUND 19/2008: FC... →
In case you missed the goals in yesterdays 2 matches of Round 19 here are the Barça 4 - Murcia 0 & At.Bilbao 2 - Sevilla FC 0 VIDEOS.
Athletic Bilbao - Fc Sevilla 1-0 Yeste
Athletic Bilbao - Fc Sevilla 2-0 Susaeta