The winter break is over and Barcelona resumed where they had left off, with a win. Aduriz gave Mallorca an early lead but within a few minutes Thierry Henry slotted home the equaliser. Iniesta and Yaya added two more to give Barcelona a comfortable 3-1 win over the islanders. Mallorca ended the match with ten men after Josemi picked up …
Barcelona move ten points clear
Barcelona are now ten points clear at the top of La Liga after coming from behind to beat Villarreal 2-1. Cani opened the scoring for Villarreal at the start of the second half, but it wasn’t long before Barcelona equalised through Keita. Thierry Henry slotted home what turned out to be the winner midway through the second period.
Football round-up
The Blue and Whites left it late, but better late than never as they beat Numancia 2-0. Apoño opened the scoring with an 85th minute penalty and Baha added the second a few minutes later. Valencia are up into second place in La Liga after a 2-1 victory at home to Espanyol. The visitors went ahead after 28 minutes with …
Barcelona 2-0 Real Madrid
No dream start for new coach Juande Ramos as Barcelona extended their unbeaten run to fourteen games by beating arch rivals Real Madrid 2-0. Samuel Eto’o and Lionel Messi were the scorers as Barcelona also extended the gap between the two clubs to twelve points. Outgoing coach Bernd Shuster had earlier stated that Real would find it impossible to beat …
Barcelona move six points clear
Barcelona have moved six points clear at the top of La Liga after a 4-0 win over third-placed Valencia. With Samuel Eto’o suspended, someone else had to start scoring the goals and it was Thierry Henry who chipped in with a hat-trick. Alves got the other one. Villarreal remain in second place, although a bit further behind now as they …
Early footy
Real Madrid were beaten 3-1 by Getafe on Saturday evening. Albín headed Getafe in front after only three minutes and then scored his second of the night just after the break. Saviola pulled one back for Real, but Uche put the result beyond doubt in the 80th minute. Meanwhile, Barcelona extended their lead at the top of the table to …
Barcelona’s run of victories comes to an end
Barcelona’s run of nine victories came to an end yesterday after they were held to a 1-1 draw by visitors Getafe. Manu del Moral opened the scoring for Getafe in the twentieth minute and it wasn’t until well into the second half that Eto’o grabbed an equaliser.
Real Madrid back to winning ways
Real Madrid moved up to second place in La Liga with a 1-0 win against Recreativo. Not a very convincing win, but a win nonetheless. Sneijder, who had an early goal disallowed, scored what turned out to be the winner just before half-time. Villarreal were surprisingly beaten 0-3 at home by Valladolid, losing their unbeaten record in the process. Jonathan …
Football round-up
Barcelona have opened up a three point gap at the top of La liga after beating Recreativo 2-0 at the weekend. Messi opened the scoring at the beginning of the second half and Keita adding a second with five minutes left on the clock.
Valladolid 1- 0 Real Madrid
Real Madrid suffered a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Valladolid in a somewhat lack-lustre affair, neither side seemingly keen to attack or even capable of stringing a few decent passes together. Valladolid were content to continually give the ball away and Madrid were equally content not to do anything with it once they got possession. The only goal of …