Real Madrid 1-0 Racing Santander Real Madrid continued their fine start to the Primera Division season with a steady if unspectacular home win over Racing Santander. Gonzalo Higuain scored the only goal of the game in the 22nd minute as Real made it 28 points from a possible 33 from their 11 games so far. It was not the most convincing of performances, but the three points will be what concerns coach...
In 2007 Superstar Like Zinedine Zidane and David beckham beat by world class young star like Cristiano Ronaldo, Cesc Fabregas and Lionel Messi. in the next year 2008 Ronaldo become FIFA World Player of the year awards and messi become runner-up. Now in 2009, The best young football player and ready become FIFA World Player of the year awards in the next year are : Alexandre Pato, 18, AC Milan, striker...
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Real Madrid suffered a late scare after being reduced to ten men, to claim an exciting victory in the Madrid derby. Sergio Aguero started from the bench, having not recovered completely from his knock. Meanwhile, Raul started on the bench for Real Madrid. Atletico had not beaten their rivals at the Vicente Calderon for ten years, and their nerves were evident from kick-off as Los Merengues poured forward....
• Dutch striker wants to play regularly ahead of World Cup • Tottenham interested in former Old Trafford favourite Ruud van Nistelrooy has paved the way for a return to the Premier League by admitting that he will leave Real Madrid if he does not play for the Spanish club between now and the January transfer window. The former Manchester United striker believes that he has to get minutes...
Real madrid and AC Milan former Manager Fabio Capello has ensured that The Three Lions already has booked its place at World Cup 2010 South Africa, and this weekend, England are sunning themselves ahead of a showpiece money-spinner against Brazil in Qatar. But while England Squad enjoy a kick-around in the warmth of the Middle East, many Premier League players are involved in win-or-bust matches to...
• Dunne feels Ireland's manager Giovanni Trapattoni is better • Domenech was booed by French fans at the Paris Masters Richard Dunne has described Raymond Domenech as a hapless figure who is capable only of "messing up" the French talent at his disposal, as he suggested that the Republic of Ireland sensed weakness in their World Cup play-off opponents. Domenech brings his star-studded...
Karim Benzema caused a bit of a stir back in September. "I do not really try my hardest in a French shirt," Real Madrid's new signing admitted to the world in a statement that poses two major questions. Why on earth would he go public with such an admission? And what exactly is it that stops the £30 million man from extending himself for France? In many ways Benzema is the symptomatic...
AC Milan and Real Madrid remain on course to qualify for the Champions League knockout stages after a 1-1 draw at the San Siro. The visitors went ahead on the half-hour through Karim Benzema only for Ronaldinho to smash home a spot-kick leveler four minutes later. Please subscribe to our RSS feed to receive more updates. You can also subscribe by Email and enjoy our latest posts sent directly to your...
The two glittering but troubled aristocrats of European football went to war last night on one of the great battlegrounds of the game. Karim Benzema crowned Real Madrid's opening assault with the club's first goal at San Siro for 53 years, only for their chances of beating their opponents for the first time in their history to be pegged back almost immediately by Ronaldinho's penalty. Earlier in the...
Real Madrid returned to winning ways and are now just a point adrift of Barcelona at the top of the table with a 2-0 success over city neighbours Getafe. They were on the back foot early on when defender Raúl Albiol was shown a straight red card for pulling Roberto Soldado down on the edge of the area. The hosts rallied, though, and Argentine frontman Gonzalo Higuaín put the hosts ahead...
• 'I'm not Real Madrid's saviour. I'm just a team player' • Portugal forward refuses to concede title to Barcelona Cristiano Ronaldo has called for patience – both from his Real Madrid teammates and the Spanish club's fans – as he attempts to overcome an ankle injury. The Portugal winger, who moved from Manchester United in the summer, has scored nine goals in seven appearances...
Real Madrid's new 'Galactico' era has not started out the season quite as expected, and the struggles continued after losing in humiliating fashion on Tuesday. Real Madrid lost to third division club Alcorcon, 4-0, in a Copa del Rey match. Alcorcon, which has 400 times less the payroll than los merengues, humbled a less-than-full-strength Real Madrid, but it still defeated a team which started players...
• Acorcon 4-0 Real Madrid A strong Real Madrid side were beaten 4-0 by Segunda Division B side Alcorcon in the first leg of the Copa del Rey fourth round. Prior to the match Madrid manager Manuel Pellegrini had voiced the importance of the Copa del Ray as a means of helping his team gel, but they were utterly humiliated on their visit to their lowly city rivals. Pellegrini included the likes...
Real Madrid drew their first blank of the season on as they were held to a goalless draw by Sporting Gijón at El Molinón. Missing Cristiano Ronaldo , Gonzalo Higuaín , Karim Benzema and Ruud van Nistelrooy in attack, Real were stifled by the home side in the first half and, although they improved after the break, still struggled to create more than a handful of chances in wet...
As a €35m deal for Karim Benzema is done, the question that bothers many a mind is that was it really that necessary when the club already have a whole host of strikers with young talents of Higuain and Huntelaar having big potential, Raul and Van Nistelrooy with experience, with Negredo also coming off of a good season with Almeria last year. It will create anxiety, insecurity, and instability in...