Spain, April,10-2011: Lionel Messi scored twice as Barcelona survived a scare to come from behind and beat bottom club Almeria at the Nou Camp.
The win preserves their eight-point lead over fierce rivals Real Madrid at the top of the La Liga table.
Barca had seen Madrid beat Athletic Bilbao 3-0 at San [...]
Spain, April, 10-2011: Kaka scored two penalties as a much-changed Real Madrid showed they will fight for the title with an impressive win at Athletic Bilbao.
The victory means Madrid, whose title hopes suffered a huge blow last weekend following their home defeat to lowly Sporting Gijon, provisionally [...]
Spain,April,3-2011:Barcelona took a giant step towards retaining their La Liga title with victory at Villarreal on a dramatic night in Spain.
With Real Madrid having lost at home to Sporting Gijon earlier in the day, ending Jose Mourinho’s nine-year unbeaten home run in the league in the process, [...]
LA LIGA,Spain,March,5-2011:Cristiano Ronaldo struck a second-half hat-trick as rampant Real Madrid swept aside 10-man Malaga.
The win trims Barcelona’s lead at the top of the Primera Division table back to seven points.
Madrid, looking to bounce back from their disappointing goalless draw at Deportivo [...]
LA LIGA,Spain,March,3-2011:Lionel Messi’s 28th Primera Division goal of the season gave Barcelona a valuable victory over third-placed Valencia at Mestalla.
The win now sees the Catalans stretch their lead at the top to 10 points.
Messi had seen three shots kept out in one incredible move early [...]
Spain,February,1-2011:Barca move seven points clear of Real Madrid at the top of the table after victory over Hercules. Lionel Messi scored two late goals as Barcelona beat 10-man Hercules.
Pedro gave Barca the lead two minutes before the interval, but the win was still in doubt until Messi’s late [...]
Spain,February,1-2011:Real Madrid’s title hopes suffered a huge blow after they slumped to a 1-0 defeat at the hands of lowly Osasuna.
Javier Camunas’ goal just after the hour-mark consigned Madrid to only their second league loss of the season, but one that leaves Jose Mourinho’s men [...]
Spain,January,17-2011:After victory over malaga Barca move four points above Real Madrid after Madrid draw with Almeria.David Villa scored twice as Barcelona thrashed Malaga 4-1 at the Nou Camp to extend their La Liga lead to four points.
Andres Iniesta, Villa and Pedro gave Barca a 3-0 lead at the [...]
Spain,January,172011:Real Madrid got shock from bottom team Almeria draw them at tittle race matches.Real Madrid dropped vital points in the La Liga title race after being held to a draw by rock-bottom Almeria.
It might have been even worse for Madrid as well, with Jose Mourinho’s side needing [...]
Switzerland,January,11-2011:Lionel Messi became the inaugural winner of the FIFA Ballon d’Or at a glittering award ceremony in Zurich on Monday.
Argentina star Messi was selected ahead of Barcelona team-mates Xavi and Andres Iniesta, who both won the World Cup with Spain last summer.
Messi, 23, [...]
Spain,January,11-2011:Madrid twice fought back from deficits to defeat Villarreal in an entertaining encounter at the Bernabeu.Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick and set up another for Kaka as Real Madrid beat Villarreal 4-2.
Villarreal led through goals from Cani and Marco Ruben during a hugely impressive [...]
Spain,January,4-2011:Villarreal start the season with victory over Almeria.Villarreal strolled to a comfortable 2-0 win at home to struggling Almeria on Monday evening.
The Yellow Submarine had been rocked by recent injuries to striker Nilmar and holding midfielder Marcos Senna, while centre-backs Carlos [...]
Spain,January-4-2011:Cristiano Ronaldo tally 25 goal for the season and scored another two goals as Real Madrid saw off local rivals Getafe to claim a 3-2 derby win.
Ronaldo hat-trick in Madrid`s 8-0 Copa del Rey win over Levante just before Christmas, opened the scoring from the penalty spot early on [...]
Spain,December,20-2010:After nine yellow card and one card has been given to Madrid player against Sevilla.Angel Di Maria struck a late winner as Real Madrid overcame the sending off of Ricardo Carvalho to defeat Sevilla.Di Maria scored in the 77th minute after Madrid had been reduced to 10 men following [...]
Spain,December,19-2010:Barcelona again swipe the league with 5-1 victory over Espanyol.Pedro and Xavi gave Pep Guardiola’s side a healthy lead at half-time, before the Tenerife-born winger struck again in the second half.
Dani Osvaldo got one back for Espanyol after that, but Barca always looked [...]
Spain,December,19-2010:Valencia got heart break winning over Real Sociedad.San Sebastian-born Aduriz took advantage of a fluffed clearance by Sociedad goalkeeper Claudio Bravo to net the winning goal in the 91st minute as Valencia hit back from an early deficit at Anoeta to replace Espanyol in fourth [...]
