Two Spanish Clubs participated tonight in their respective EUROPA LEAGUE Groups with good news coming out of both. Here is a quick summary of the games, the results & the goal scorers.
Rossi scores for Villareal
Belgium Club BRUGAS lost their Group D match against VILLAREAL 1 - 2. The Spanish Club with this victory finishes Top of the Group & assures its place in next Fridays UEFA draw for
Mixed night for Spanish Teams playing their EUROPA LEAGUE group matches with a win & a loss. Here is a brief summary with the results & the scorers of the Villareal & Sevilla FC games.
Rossi : photo courtesy of marca.com
VILLAREAL took their great Spanish League form into their European Group D participation with another solid performance defeating Croatian Club DYNAMO ZAGREB 3 - 0.
Last scheduled match played tonight as part of Round 10 of the Spanish League - La Liga, with two "a priori" contenders head to head to give us the Monday Spanish Soccer fix.
Alvaro Negredo
SEVILLA FC hosted VALENCIA CF & the former won 2 - 0 to take the air out off Valencia who promised a lot at the start of the season. But the match was heavily influenced & marred when in the 25th min
Four Spanish teams played their respective 2010 - 2011 EUROPA LEAGUE Group matches tonight with more pluses than minuses. Here is a brief summary of results & scorers.
Tiago scores the winner for At.Madrid
ATLETICO DE MADRID managed a giant step forward after defeating ROSENBORG 1-2. However, the Spaniards were lucky & the Nordic Club deserved much more for their great effort. The first goal
Busy night for all four SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAMS as they played their EUROPA LEAGUE Group qualifying matches with overall general joy for the Spanish fans. I personally wasn´t able to witness all four matches but managed to keep the pulse of most via TV, radio & a Twitter account, therefore excuse me if some summaries are brief & to the main detail.
Sergio Aguero scores the 2º goal for Atletico
Here is one of the great goals scored yesterday in Round 7 of the SPANISH LEAGUE - LIGA - by DIEGO CASTRO for REAL SPORTING DE GIJON. A fabulous "back-heel" goal that notched up the teams second in their 2-0 victory over Sevilla FC.
Below is the Video:
"Si no juego, buscaré alguna solución"
(If I don’t play, I will find a solution)
Straight from the mouth of Brazilian International & SEVILLA FC forward LUIS FABIANO. The Brazilian renewed contract with his current Club a month back, but the player is spending more time on the bench than on the playing field. This has turned the spirits of the player in a “dark mood” as he wishes more playing
EUROPA LEAGUE action tonight with four Spanish Clubs participating in their Groups B, D, H & J respectively. Here is a quick summary & the results of a mixed night for the Spanish teams.ATLETICO DE MADRID finished their Group B match against German team BAYERN LEVERKUSEN with a 1-1 draw result. Atletico de Madrid put in a great second half to come back & equalize but failed half a dozen chances
The news comes out of Italy & from the web “calciomercato.it”. According to this online media source specialized in European Football, English Premier League Club CHELSEA FC could make a 20M€ offer to SEVILLA FC for its young Spanish International winger JESUS NAVAS.The move would be during the Winter “transfer window” & taking advantage of the fact that the players contract with Sevilla FC ends
Big surprise tonight at Sevilla with the home team being knocked out of the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE competition for season 2010 -2011 by Portuguese Club BRAGA. The final score was 3-4 with Braga winning with a 3-5 aggregate tally.While SEVILLA FC go into the EUROPA LEAGUE competitition as a consolation the blow has been heavy especially in the financial pocket area as this loss supposes that 20% of the
SEVILLA FC & ARSENAL FC have come to an agreement for the former to transfer to the latter 30 year old French International defender SQUILLACI. The Frenchmen flew yesterday to London to undergo the medical examinations before signing for the “Gunners”. The transfer price has not been given but speculations in the Spanish press comment that it could be between 6.5 – 7M€, amount that Sevilla paid
FC BARCELONA put in a magnificent performance tonight to turn around the 1º leg 1- 3 deficit result & win the 2 ºleg match against SEVILLA FC 4-0 to take another title, the 2010 SPANISH SUPER CUP, with a 5-3 aggregate total. In fact, I ask myself, why did Sevilla bother turning up at all, as they clearly had their minds in next Tuesdays "do or die" Champions League 2º leg qualifier against Braga
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2010 - 2011 action tonight with the 1ºleg pre-qualification matches results not good news for SPANISH FOOTBALL & its representative SEVILLA FC who went down 1- 0 to Portuguese Club SPORTING BRAGA. The Spaniards now have the difficult task - but not impossible - of turning the tie around next week when the Portuguese play the 2ºleg in Spain.The Spanish team started strong & hit
SPANISH FOOTBALL season 2010 - 2011 got started tonight with the 1ºleg of the 2010 SPANISH SUPER CUP between SEVILLA FC - FC BARCELONA which finished in a 3-1 victory for the home side. For the Barça fans overseas the starting line-up with the following players:Miño, Alves, Milito, Sergi Gómez, Abidal; Oriol Romeu, Jonathan dos Santos, Keita; Bojan, Ibrahimovic & Maxwell; may have surprised with
The “surprise” news from FC BARCELONA new Treasury Head was that the Club has only 50M€ for signings, apparently the last Presidential team of Laporta left some “smelly corpses” in the Barça balance sheet. If this is true CESC FABREGAS who is speculated to have a 50-55M€ price tag seems more distant than ever.But there are other options, like SEVILLA FC Brazilian player ADRIANO who is on the
Source: Sp Ftball Sprts Blog /The controversial "World Club Ranking" list has been updated by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS), an organization that enjoys the backing of FIFA which gives it credibility even though their rankings are always questioned.The novelty is the jump by Inter Milan who now shares the Nº1 ranking along with FC BARCELONA both sharing 297
Source Blog : Sp Ftball Sprts /Congratulations to SEVILLA FC for their 0-2 victory over ATLETICO DE MADRID in the Final of the 2009-2010 SPANISH CUP in a packed "Camp Nou" Stadium in Barcelona with 90.000 screaming & excited fans.Sevilla FC went out attacking hard early & it paid off in the 5th min when a deviated ball allowed Sevilla winger CAPEL (above) to fire an unstoppable shot that found
Source: Sp Ftball Sprts Blog /He is one of the Worlds Great Centre Fowards currently in action. The Brazilian & SEVILLA FC player LUIS FABIANO gave us a "Master-class" yesterday with his second goal against Getafe in the Spanish League. Check the control, the coolness of head, the thinking & the execution. Had to post this VIDEO for all the young readers & Football - Soccer - fans around the