Poor Marseille. Last week was not a good week for them. First they lost their Champions League game against Atletico Madrid, 2-1, giving them a grand total of 0 points in two matches. But worse than that? They got back to the airport, only to discover that they couldn't get home. [...] Click to continue reading...

After a few lackluster rebuilding years, Barcelona threw down a marker yesterday to prove they are once again a team able to win the Primera championship. Scoring five goals in the first 28 minutes, they demolished Atletico Madrid 6-1 at Nou Camp last night.

Goal scorers were Rafa Marquez, Sammy Eto'o (with two), Lionel Messi, Eidur Gudjohnsen, and Thierry Henry. Click to continue reading...

GAME OF THE WEEK: Serbian Superliga - Red Star Belgrade vs Partizan Belgrade When: Sunday, October 5, 17:00 CET Where: Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade Why: One of the most heated, violent and dynamic derbies in world football, this one's extra special because of all the recent happenings in Belgrade. Click to continue reading...

4 seeds are the new 3 seeds; or, Transylvanians, Cypriots & Belarusians are legit. BATE were very fortunate to be eying a blonde Austrian rather than a turban-sporting Italian in net, but they were never predicted to sneak a deserved point. Cluj proved their Roma win was no fluke, even if they used a vastly different [. Click to continue reading...

Another eight Champions League games today, and I'm going to try and cover them all here in one big LiveBlog. Personally, I think today's games look a bit more interesting than yesterday's. Inter vs Bremen promises excitement and we'll see if Cluj's win at Roma was just a fluke when they host Chelsea in Romania. Click to continue reading...

Dutch champions PSV will probably be without their highly rated playmaker Ibrahim Afellay for the Champions League match against Liverpool.

Dutch giants PSV lost their first Champions League match 3-0 against Atletico Madrid and need a good result in the away match against Liverpool. However, they will most likely be missing key man Ibrahim Afellay. Click to continue reading...

Rafa Benitez finds himself in an unusual position - guarding against complacency ahead of Liverpool's home game against PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League on Wednesday.

Liverpool's best start to a domestic season since 1996 has raised expectations that the 19th English league title is finally in sight after falling short for 19 years. Click to continue reading...

Atletico Madrid forward Florent Sinama-Pongolle insists it was not a mistake to join Liverpool as a youngster as it has now led to him becoming one of the top performers in the Primera Liga.

Sinama-Pongolle arrived on Merseyside from Le Havre at the age of 17 billed as one of the hottest young prospects in French football. Click to continue reading...

Week 2: Group D: Uefa Champions League Atletico Madrid are meeting Olympique Marseille in the second round of the Champions League, wednesday 1st of october. Don`t forget to sign up 11×2.com - the next big football site   Watch the match LIVE here! Click to continue reading...

Matchday 2 of the 08/09 UEFA Champions League will be played out on 30 Sep / 1 Oct - we have the head-to-head records for the clubs involved, a look at the predictions for each group and the highlights going into this round of the Champions League group stages. Did you know? Celtic have failed to win [. Click to continue reading...

Barcelona sneak past Espanol, Villa leads Valencia, Real Madrid win late and Sevilla win at Atletico Madrid...

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Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez has told the rest of the Premier League that Spanish International striker Fernando Torres will only get better for the Merseyside club.

Benitez has revealed that the 24-year-old is yet to reach full fitness after a summer which saw the former Atletico Madrid forward win EURO 2008 with Spain, but return to Anfield with a slight hamstring problem. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool can all but end PSV's Champions League interests with a victory that would put them on the brink of qualification for the next round.

The Dutch side arrive at Anfield on Tuesday for the second round of matches in Group D already smarting after being comprehensively beaten 3-0 in their opening home match with Atletico Madrid. Click to continue reading...

(Good news for those of us in the USA: The game will be televised (en vivo!) on channel GolTV.) This game marks the start of a difficult run of games: home to Sevilla, away to Barcelona, home to Real, and away to Villarreal. STARTING 11: Coupet; Seitaridis, Ujfalusi, Perea, Antonio López; Raúl García, Éver, Maxi, Luis García; [. Click to continue reading...

Palermo goalscorer Edinson Cavani will replace Diego Forlán on Oscar Washington Tabárez´ callup for the upcoming World Cup Qualifers against eternal rivals Argentina in Buenos Aires on October 11th and Bolivia in La Paz.   Canvani has become in the past six months has become one of the top scorer in Serie A. Click to continue reading...

Luciano Monzón and Diego Milito were the two newest players to be called up by national team coach Alfio Basile for their upcoming World Cup Qualifiers against neighboring rivals Uruguay and Chile. Monzón has been one of the outstanding performers so far in La Liga this season.  His biggest came earlier this week when Betis headed [. Click to continue reading...

This is one of those weekends that make you happy to be a soccer fan.

One of those weekends when the stars align and the European soccer schedules come together to give you a full menu of intense match-ups and can't-miss rivalries. It is Derby Weekend this weekend, with Milan, Liverpool and Barcelona treating us to the best their cities have to offer.

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Argentine wonderkid Sergio Aguero is on the wish list of big spenders Manchester City, according to reports that emerged last week. But it seems that his current club, Spanish giants Atletico Madrid, have denied any such link-ups. An Atletico Madrid spokesperson has emphasised that they have no bid from Manchester City . Click to continue reading...

Another big Derby, this one in Catalonia where Español and Barcelona face off. Elsewhere, poor Sporting Gijon now face Villarreal, Real Madrid visit Real Betis, and Atletico Madrid host Sevilla.

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Man City target Sergio Aguero is 'happy' at Atletico Madrid, says coach Javier Aguirre

Atletico Madrid coach Javier Aguirre is confident Sergio Aguero will not join Manchester City in the January transfer window.

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Şu anda Manchester City'de deli para olduğunu bilmeyen yok. Arapların aç gözlüklerini belli eden, onu, bunu, şunu hatta hepsini alacağız türünden açıklamalarını da ayda bir gazete okuyanlar dahi biliyor. Hal böyleyken herkes kendisini ağırdan satıyor. Genellikle yaptığı alımlarla adını duyuran Atletico Madrid de bu durumun keyfini sürenlerden. Click to continue reading...

MADRID, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Real Madrid new boy Rafael van der Vaart scored a hat-trick to help the champions thrash promoted Sporting Gijon 7-1 in the Primera Liga on Wednesday.

Sporting were subjected to a 6-1 beating at home to Barcelona on Sunday and were quickly on the back foot at the Bernabeu as Netherlands midfielder Van der Vaart completed his hat-trick in the 46th minute. Click to continue reading...

A forgettable performance, but a win nonetheless and that's all that matters, especially when considering the sub-quality of the back-line (with the exception of Ujfa, of course). Our only goal was scored by Sinama, thanks to long effort by Ujfa. The bad (besides the awful performance, I mean)? Maniche & Simao are injured. Click to continue reading...

The other Madrid derbi! On a personal note, I love that there's a weekday fixture; I hate that I'm at work at the moment! I hope to watch it via Internet while I'm here though... I can't seem to find the official starting 11, but I'll post it up as soon as I'm certain what it is.  In the [...] Click to continue reading...

So tomorrow it's a match against Malaga at La Rosaleda Stadium in southern Spain.

Sorry, but I don't know anything about Malaga.

I know they just came up from the 2nd Division.
I know former Valencia striker Salva Ballesta sits bench there and Uruguayan striker Dario Silva scored bucket loads for them.

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Atletico Madrid's 20-year old Argentine international striker Sergio Aguero has progressed to be one of the best footballers in the world in the past couple of seasons and all of Europe's top clubs are bracing themselves for a run-in for the player's signature in the summer. It seems that newly money-blessed . Click to continue reading...

24/09/2008

Barcellona - Betis Siviglia ore 20.00
Villarreal - Racing Santander ore 20.00
Osasuna - Deportivo La Coruna ore 20.00
Getafe - Atletico Madrid ore 21.00
Siviglia - Espanyol ore 22.00
Real Madrid - Sporting Gijon ore 22.00

25/09/2008

Malaga - Valencia ore 20. Click to continue reading...

Atletico Madrid sounded a warning to Liverpool, whom they meet in a Champions League Group D clash next month, with a 4-0 thrashing of Recreativo Huelva at the weekend.

Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez will need to beware of Atletico's Argentine striker Sergio Aguero, who scored his fourth goal in a week to set Atletico on their way. Click to continue reading...

It's difficult to work out what was the bigger shock at Anfield on Saturday – Stoke gaining a point or the strange feeling that many among the Liverpool faithful are not happy with Fernando Torres' form.

It's not long since ‘El Nino' could do no wrong it seemed.

As Liverpool's record signing's debut season in England went on, he just got better and better. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez insists he is not concerned by the lack of goals from strikers Fernando Torres and Robbie Keane.

Torres has netted only one goal in seven appearances this season, while Keane has yet to open his account since joining from Tottenham in July - and both struggled as Liverpool drew 0-0 with Stoke at Anfield on Saturday. Click to continue reading...

  Another masterful, comfortable victory in front of the Atleti Faithful Coupet; Seitaridis, Ujfalusi, Perea, Antonio López; Maniche (Éver 68'), Raul García, Simão (Luis García 56'), Maxi; Sinama-Pongolle & Kun Agüero (Miguel 60') GOALS 8′ Agüero, set-piece taken by Simao. 52′ Maniche, incredible effort. Click to continue reading...

((For those of us in the USA: This game will be televised (en vivo!) on Saturday on channel GolTV, 2.00pm (EST))) First and foremost, this is a special fixture for Sinama as it is his first game against his ex-club, Recre the club which signed him from Liverpool. Then, of course, there was Kun's 'hand of God' incident. Click to continue reading...

Week 3 :LFP La Liga Atletico Madrid are meeting Recreativo Huelva in the third round of La Liga, saturday 20th. Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today Don`t forget to sign up 11×2.com - the next big football site WATCH THE MATCH LIVE HERE! Click to continue reading...

Liverpool's first-choice goalkeeper Jose Manuel Reina insisted that he is going nowhere so soon after reports in Spain claimed that he was hoping to make his return to the La Liga by next season.

The former Villarreal goalkeeper was reported to be keen to return home after being linked with Atletico Madrid. Click to continue reading...

Real Madrid midfielder Fernando Gago became the second South American international to have to miss an extended period of time after Champions League play.  Gago will be out for close to a month after suffering a level two muscle tear in his left thigh in Wednesday's Champions League opener against BATE Borisov. Click to continue reading...