Real close on Barcelona

Real Madrid made up a bit of ground on leaders Barcelona by beating Sporting Gijón 4-0 on Sunday. Raúl opened the scoring, and in doing so he surpassed the goal scoring record of the legendary Alfredo de Stefano at the club. It was Raul´s 308th goal for Real Madrid. Huntelaar and Marcelo added to the score on either side of …

Draws all round

The Blue and Whites are, at least temporarily, up into the Uefa places after a 1-1 draw with Valencia. The first goal came in the second half of a very open game, scored almost inevitably by David Villa. However, just seven minutes later, Málaga C.F. were back on level terms, a quick counter attack by Eliseu ending up with Valencia’s …

Another win for Real

Real Madrid are keeping up their winning ways, seven in a row now and only one goal conceded. Why couldn’t Juande Ramos achieve that at Tottenham? Higuaín score the only goal of the match against Racing Santander early in the second half.

Barcelona win, Nerja don`t

Barcelona restored their twelve point lead over Real Madrid with a 1-2 victory over Racing Santander. Zigic opened the scoring for Racing with a penalty after Pereira was tripped up in the area but this was cancelled out nine minutes later by a goal from Messi shortly after he came on as a substitute.

Weekend footy

Real Madrid consolidated second place in La Liga with a 1-0 win over Deportivo, Raul scoring the only goal of the match.

Barca set new record

Barcelona handed out a 5-0 thrashing to Deportivo and in doing so, set a new record for the number of points gained during the first half of the season, a total of 50.

Wins for Real, Barca, Málaga and Nerja

Eight away wins in a row for Barcelona as they maintain their twelve point lead at the top of La Liga with a 2-3 victory over bottom club Osasuna. Eto’o opened the scoring on the stroke of half time, but then goals from Flaño and Pandiani put the home side ahead. Barcelona were not to be denied, however, first equalising …

Early footy

Sevilla came from a goal down to beat Deportivo 1-3 and move back up to second place in La Liga. And they managed to win despite being reduced to ten men after Maresca was given his marching orders for being a naughty boy.

Weekend footy

Real Madrid are up to third place in La Liga after a 1-0 win over Villarreal, Robben getting the only goal.  Not an emphatic win, Casillas having to work ovrtime to keep out the shots, but a win is a win. Sevilla could only manage a 1-1 draw against Osasuna. Jesús Navas gave Sevilla the lead early in the second …