After spending almost two decades with the Spanish giants Real Madrid, Raul has finally decided to part with the club. Raul has played a major role in Real Madrid’s success over the years in both the La Liga and the Champions league. The Spanish striker has represented Real Madrid 741 times, scoring 323 goals and has bagged the national cap 102 times, where he scored 44 goals.
In a record breaking performance, Barcelona has once again been crowned as the La Liga champions of Spain. They edged their ace rivals Real Madrid to win the Spanish league by beating Valladolid 4-0 during their last match of the season. Barcelona recorded 99 points during the season and this is an all time record. Putting behind their Champions league failure they showed tremendous character to win the league title.
Barcelona looked all set to retain their La Liga title as they defeated Deportivo Coruna 3-0 in their home match on Wednesday. Bojan Krkic, Yaya Toure and Pedro fired a goal each to ensure their team had an easy walk on the park. Barcelona had ensured a three point table top lead by defeating Real Madrid 2-0 on Saturday and their win against Deportivo Coruna means they now stand six points clear of the next best team in the La Liga table.
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Barcelona moved to the top of the ladder in the Spanish League standings by the virtue of their victory over Mallorca. The second half goal by Zlatan Ibrahamovic means that Barcelona now stands three points clear over Real Madrid. Madrid now has the onus to win against Atletico Madrid to stay in the race with Barcelona. Lionel Messi who replaced Andres Iniesta in the 51st minutes due to the latter having a leg problem, went scoreless for the second game in a row.
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Real Madrid which is undoubtedly the richest football team in the world suffered their third defeat of the season when they lost 1-0 to Athletic Club Bilbao in San Mames stadium. Unlike the multi-million Euro team, the Athletics does not have the star power and have also spent just 2 million Euros this season. Majority of the members of the Athletic team are from the Basque district which also explains their wonderful relationship with the fans.
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Cristiano Ronaldo admitted that he wants Wayne Rooney to join Real Madrid in order to put up a great show in La Liga. The former playmaker of Manchester United felt to continue the success achieved in other competitions, it is important that Rooney joins him at Real Madrid. Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney together form a lethal combination which can give nightmares to most defenders over the world. The admirable abilities of the duo on the pitch can fool best of the defences and it is simply impossible to contain both of them when they are in full flow.
UEFA president Michael Platini has maintained his stand on the fact that he viewed the record signing of Cristiano Ronaldo by Real Madrid as indecent. Real Madrid has reportedly signed Ronaldo for a whopping 94 million euros. The UEFA president who was on a visit to the Spanish giants’ stadium expressed his opinion that the amount seemed indecent in a news conference at the Santiago Bernabeu. The remarks came just before the clash between Real and AC Milan in the Champions League.
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Barcelona has the momentum going into the Champions League group opener after having collected maximum points from their first two games in the league. The signing of Zlatan Ibrahimovic has also seems to lifted their spirits.
Barcelona has signed Ibrahimovic, in a massive deal of 69 million euro, who is in excellent form having scored two goals in his first two games. He also played a crucial role in Barcelona’s 2-0 win at Getafe. Though he has not recovered from the surgery for his hand injury, he is happy that he is at least getting some much needed match practice. Ibrahimovic admits that he is feeling nostalgic as he gears up for the game against Inter Milan. Nicknamed as Ibracadabra, Ibrahimovic was part of the Inter team who won three league titles.
ESPN left behind the disappointment of not being able to get the rights for the UEFA Championship league games by purchasing the rights from GolTV to televise a good number of matches of Spain’s La Liga. La Liga is a huge hit on the Spanish language television. GolTV broadcasts 24-hours of soccer from across the world and has been telecasting games from the Spanish League from several years.
Real Madrid’s new acquisitions, Ronaldo and Kaka have only added to the charm of La Liga. The telecast of the matches would be shared on the ESPN family network. 360.com would show around 114 games while ESPN Deportes gets 95 and ESPN2 will show around 20 matches. The deal is set to increase the distribution chances of Deportes and also help GolTV to get a good return on its investment.
Well I’m back after about a week’s hiatus however I have a lot more updates as today is an exciting day. The English Premier League four horses are all in Champion’s League action tonight. Despite all that, let us move on.
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