La Liga

Thierry Henry played his best game so far for Football Club Barcelona in Saturday’s 4-0 victory over Murcia. Henry didn’t get on the scoresheet but he set up goals for 17-year-old Bojan Krkic and for Samuel Eto’o who marked his …

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Following the numerous articles written on the subject of the effect of the African Cup of Nations on the Premier League, shaping in particular the fortunes of Portsmouth and Chelsea, I would like to take a short look at the …

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Bernd Schuster is going for it. Jose Mourinho almost had it. Only four men in the history of the game have done it but Gerard Houllier thought he’d got it – only it turned out to be plastic. The Treble: …

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What happens when your best ever player not so much as leaves the club as is walked to the departing train by your manager and President? What happens when the central piece of the jigsaw is pulled out? What happens …

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For yet another week Real Madrid have Iker Casillas and the decisiveness of their forwards to thank for their victory. Second half goals from Ruud Van Nistlerooy and Robinho gave them a 2-0 victory over Zaragoza who try as they …

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And then there were three. It might have been third versus fourth at the Montjuic in La Liga on Saturday night but Espanyol Barcelona certainly didn’t buy that. From the word go, the high flying “other” club from the Catalan …

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La Liga returns after a two-week hibernation and Week 18 could be a potentially explosive one. League leaders Real Madrid are guaranteed Winter Champions and Levante will remain rock bottom after this weekend’s round of matches but all other things …

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I’ll get today’s transfer roundup started by getting your obligatory Berbatov tidbit out of the way first. Juande Ramos has slapped a 31 million GBP price tag on his prized asset. So, if you want to get him, you’ll have …

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Whilst the English papers continue to link all and sundry with transfers, grappling with the particularly persistent rumours of Berbatov and Anelka‘s moves to Manchester United or Chelsea, here in Spain the transfer talk is somewhat calmer. This is for …

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It’s comic, it’s tragic and it’s pathetic. Every season Atletico Madrid start their season saddled with a sack full of hope, hype and expectation and at the end of every season there’s rue, regret and an all too familiar disappointment …

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Finally, we have some signings, because it can get a little boring talking about speculation sometimes.

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“Soccer is a world made of numbers”. A phrase which would make any mathematician proud, with the eternal claim that you can find mathematics anywhere. And where better to find numbers than Goal Totals: the International Federation of Football History …

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