Both Luka Modric and Gareth Bale came off injured during yesterday's 3-1 win over Malaga at the Bernabeu. Bale was the first to come off, lasting just five minutes before suffering a calf strain, whilst Modric hobbled off with knee ligament problems. It has emerged that the Croatian will miss the remainder of the season, though Bale should return after a few weeks. These injuries took the gloss off of another win that keeps Madrid hot on Barcelona's heels at the top of La Liga, and Cristiano Ronaldo's 50th goal of a stellar campaign. With Atletico Madrid coming up in the midweek Champions … [Read more...]
How La Liga stars got on in the World Cup play-offs
The international break has shown its face for the last time until March (thank goodness!) with plenty of celebration for the La Liga contingent in the World Cup qualifiers. Victory was around in abundance, none more so than in the Portugal camp where Cristiano Ronaldo was once again the shining light, after his late goal in Lisbon he grabbed a hat-trick in the second leg in Stockholm sending Portugal to the World Cup finals in Brazil. Pepe and Ronaldo’s Real team-mate Fabio Coentrao also played a part in the thrilling match which finished 3 – 2, seeing Portugal victorious by a 4 – 2 … [Read more...]
Terrible start angers Mourinho
Real Madrid's woeful start to the new La Liga season continued last night as Getafe humbled Los Blancos and took a 2-1 victory at La Coliseum. Goals from Juan Valera and Abdelaziz Barrada turned the game around in the second half after Gonzalo Higuain had given Real the lead, which infuriated boss Jose Mourinho so much that he publicly blasted his star studded team. Having now lost two and drawn one of their three games so far it stands as one of the worst beginnings to a new campaign in decades for Madrid. … [Read more...]
Real Madrid Season Preview
Before we begin lets make one thing clear. Whether or not Real Madrid retain the title depends greatly on how well Barcelona will perform. It is as simple as that. Barcelona can only take back their La Liga crown based on how well Madrid play. The bafflingly simple logic of the situation mocks the overwhelming importance of the La Liga title yet it proves stunningly elementary. However strong the challenge is from one, the other must match and surpass it. … [Read more...]
Luka Modric move to Real Madrid close to completion
This summer's biggest football soap opera - Luka Modric's proposed move to Real Madrid, looks to have taken another exciting turn this afternoon as sources in Croatia have confirmed that the deal which would see Tottenham Hotspur's Luka Modric move to La Liga champions Real Madrid is ready to take place. … [Read more...]
Modric speculation continues – The latest La Liga transfer news
Today we have scoured online Spanish newspaper Marca.com to bring you the latest ongoing news in the Spanish transfer market. With speculation still looming on the whereabouts of Luka Modric, Bruno Soriano and Filippo Inzaghi next season, there is plenty of juicy transfer gossip for us to sink our teeth into. … [Read more...]
Tottenham 3-0 Werder Bremen Highlights
Tottenham Hotspur booked their place in the final 16 of the Champions League with an emphatic 3-0 victory over Werder Bremen. Spurs were in control throughout and looked comprehensive against a Werder Bremen side with injury woes and a loss of form. Younes Kaboul opened the scoring early on before Luka Modric made it two right on half time. Peter Crouch put the game beyond doubt with a simple tap in the 79th minute. @ Yahoo! Video 24-11-2010 - Tottenham 2-$ Werder Bremen (Group A) @ Yahoo! Video 24-11-2010 - Tottenham 3-$ Werder Bremen (Group A) @ Yahoo! Video … [Read more...]