Brazil international Neymar, one of the world’s most sought-after young talents, will undoubtedly leave Santos, his current club, one day, but the questions of when and whereremain open. While the 21-year-old has expressed interest in playing for several top European clubs, from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain to most recently, Bayern Munich, both he and his […]
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Messi Breaks His Own Records
On Sunday, Lionel Messi scored twice and broke another couple of records, surpassing the 300-goal mark for Barcelona, and then extending his goalscoring run in La Liga to 14consecutive games. The interesting thing about these latest records, Football Espana’s Frank Tigani says, is that Messi is now breaking his own: his 301 goals (and counting) […]
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Messi Hurls Real Insults Following Clasico
An angry Lionel Messi reportedly waited for over an hour in the players’ parking lot to insult Real Madrid assistant coach Aitor Karanka and defenderAlvaro Arbeloa following Wednesday’s 1-1 Copa del Rey first-leg clash between FC Barcelona and Los Blancos. Real winger Jose Callejon says hewas talking to reporters about this weekend’s game away to Granada […]
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Copa Clasico Tied 1-1 at 'Halftime'
Real Madrid and FC Barcelona battled to a 1-1 draw in the first-leg of the Copa del Rey semifinal at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday. Barca enjoyed the majority of possession and took the leadin the 50th minute when Lionel Messi intercepted a clearance and passed to Cesc Fabregas, who finished low passed the onrushing […]
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Lopez Returns to Real Madrid to Battle for Starting Spot
Goalkeeper Diego Lopez could make his “second debut” as a Real Madrid player in Wednesday’s Copa del Rey semifinal first-leg clash against Barcelona at the Bernabeu onWednesday. After first-choice keeper Iker Casillas was ruled out for three months with a fractured finger last week, Los Blancos moved swiftly to sign Lopez from Sevillafor $4.7 million. […]
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Messi, Ronaldo On Fire Ahead of Copa 'Clasico'
Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo are both in devastating form ahead of the Copa del Rey semifinal clash between the clubson Wednesday. Messi on Sunday scored four goals in a 5-1 rout of Osasuna to become the youngest player in La Liga history to score 200 goals, in addition to setting another […]
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Barca Sets Up Copa 'Clasico' Showdown
Barcelona won 4-2 in the second leg of its quarterfinal tie with Malaga on Thursday to set up a Copa del Rey semifinal clash with Real Madrid. The Catalan giant, which had tied the first-leg 2-2 atthe Camp Nou, advanced to the last four with a 6-4 aggregate victory. Barca had gained an eighth minute […]
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La Liga Roundup: Barca Loses, Falcao Injured, Real Romps
Barcelona suffered its first loss of the season on Saturday, losing 3-2 away to Real Sociedad after taking a 2-0 lead. Lionel Messi and Pedro had given Barca a 2-0first-half lead, only for Gonzalo Castro to hit back shortly before halftime. Barca defender Gerard Pique was sent off for a second yellow in the 56thminute, and […]
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Ten-Man Malaga Earns Copa Draw Away to Barca
In a night of domestic cup action around Europe, Malaga pulled off the surprise of the evening on Wednesday by drawing 2-2 in the first-leg of its Copa del Rey quarterfinal away toBarcelona—with 10 men, no less. The visitors took the lead in the first half through Manuel Iturra, who took advantage of a poor […]
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Record Barca: 55 Points from 57 in First Half of Season
Barcelona’s 3-1 win over Malaga on Sunday saw it smash the La Liga record for most points earned in the first half of a season. The Catalan club has now earned 55 out of a possible 57 pointsfrom its first 19 games against its fellow opponents in Spain’s first division The previous record of 52 […]