REAL MADRID managed a very important victory away to the dangerous Russian team ZENIT ST.PETERSBURG, 1-2 in their Group H qualifying clash. The game was end to end stuff, well fought & the type... Read all the news, results, details & comments in English on Spanish Football & Sports Click to continue reading...

Greek giant Georgios Samaras has been a surprise revelation at Celtic since his move to the Scottish capital – a transfer that has created a healthy competitive fight for places amongst the strikers.

The £1.2 million capture from Manchester City appears to date as an early contender for the Scottish Premier League's transfer of the summer. 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...

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Monday 29 September

7.30pm Rushden & Diamonds v Altrincham, Blue Square Premier, Setanta Sports 1
The Diamonds will be going hell for leather tonight as a win will see them jump from tenth to third in the Blue Square Conference table. On current form that seems quite likely, so our money's going on Garry Hill's mob. Click to continue reading...

Poor Sporting de Gijón. Ten years out of the top division and on your return you have to face Sevilla, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Villareal one after the other in your first five weeks. On Sunday, Barcelona put 6 past them and on Wednesday night Real Madrid went one better, making them the worst defensive side in La Liga in over 50 years. Click to continue reading...

Villarreal - Betis
Originally uploaded by www.manuelqueimadelos.com La Champions League y un argentino naturalizado mexicano fue protagonista de la mejor jugada de ese día a pesar de no caer el gol.

Jugada llena de plasticidad, pero que marca la gran diferencia entre grandes jugadores y los que se quedan en el camino, este pudo ser el mejor gol de su vida, por el momento, el torneo, el rival y la jugada en si, una lastima para el, y eso nos deja varias conclusiones. Click to continue reading...

Jozy Altidore was not in the substitute bench nor in the lineup for Villareal in their recent Champions League clash against Manchester United at the Old Tafford. The game ended in a draw 0-0. The next game would in Spain in the next two weeks. Click to continue reading...

Şampiyonlar Ligi'nin ilk haftası bitti. Cluj ve Anorthosis ilk gün maçlarından sonra en büyük sürprizleri yaptılar, ilk haftanın ikinci gününde büyük sürpriz olmadı. E Grubu'ndan gol sesi çıkmadı, ManU-Villareal, Celtic-Aalborg maçları golsüz. Steaua evinde Bayern Münih'e 1-0 mağlup oldu. Click to continue reading...

Man United had a clincher to start with this CL campaign, playing Villareal at home. Manchester looked the business throughout, but with a strong opponent like Villareal, you don't want to give too much away. The Mancunians didn't, but were also unable to create anything more than pressure and a couple Click to continue reading...

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It was Real Madrid & Villareal´s turn tonight to start their unique roads towards the European Cup Final in Rome, with both sides not disappointing & maintaining the positive results of the... Read all the news, results, details & comments in English on Spanish Football & Sports Click to continue reading...

OLD RED NOSE STRIKES AGAIN AND THE TWO ABOVE ARE MUCH PRETTIER Seriously does having SIR before your name give you carte blanche to berate everybody that makes a decision that first was wrong and then the wrong was made right. Case in example - John Terry's sending-off against Man City on Saturday night. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United v. Villarreal Stadium: Old Trafford, Manchester, England Date: Wednesday 17 September 2008) Competition: UEFA Champions League, Group E Kick off: 18:45 GMT, 14:45 ET Manchester United will open their Champions League title defense with a match against Villarreal. Soccerlens will be bringing you the action live! Click to continue reading...

Fenerbahçe Porto deplasmanında olacak. Queresma'sız Porto'nun ne yapacağı kadar Fenerbahçe'nin nasıl oynayacağı da önemli. Semih yok, daha önemlisi geçen sene kendisini Şampiyonlar Ligi'nde gösteren Devied'in olmayışı bana göre. Ayrıca takımın moralsiz oluşu da cabası. Güiza'nın tek başına ne yapacağı sor işareti, ancak İber yarım adasından kral olarak gelen oyuncunun psikolojik üstünlük sağlayacağı kesin. Click to continue reading...

Carrick, Berbatov, Scholes....These are just a few of the players that will not participate in Wednesdays Champions League clash against the runners-up in La Liga, Villareal. Carrick suffered a broken metatarsal at Anfield. Berbatov also suffered an injury at the hands of Liverpool. United will also be with out Paul Scholes. Click to continue reading...

 The tabloids often turn a poor run of results for big clubs into a "crisis". I guess this is in line with their perception of what is arrogantly expected. Anyway, I suspect a loss in the Champions League to Villareal (at Home) and the to Chelsea (away) in the Premiership would trigger a "crisis", especially considering the [. Click to continue reading...

After Portugal's exit from Euro 08, and between the Ronaldo, Real Madrid saga. Cristiano underwent ankle surgery and was not expected to return until October. But since then Ronaldo has returned to training and Sir Alex is seriously considering naming him to his squad for Wednesdays Champions League clash against Villareal. Click to continue reading...

What do Werder Bremen, Villareal, Atletico Madrid, Panathinaikos, PSV Eindhoven, Marseille, Dynamo Kyiv, Celtic and Fenerbahce have in common (hint: the answer is not "They're all in the Champions League group stage which starts today")? Give up? Well, all of these clubs are in fact in the group stage of the Champions League, but the answer [. Click to continue reading...

It was just a friendly though. Two goals in the first half and one in the second to wrap up his "hat trick". Villareal won 7-1 against San Rafael, a semi-pro football club. I could not find any information about this San Rafael. Jozy Altidore joined Villareal last June 2008 in a 10 million US dollar [. Click to continue reading...

Rumor is the young American forward prodigy that is Jozy Altidore had a hat trick for Villareal in a recent friendly.

Though it's not really a rumor. But it is from a rumor site. Click to continue reading...

The rankings are back after a one week delay, due to an executive member of the ranking committee being on holiday. With the national teams taking center stage this weekend it allowed us some time to catch up. While the top quarter of the table didn't change much, there was ample movement in the middle third. Click to continue reading...

http://www.as.com/futbol/articulo/futbol-guille-franco-altidore-cogen/dasftb/20080906dasdaiftb_13/Tes Jozy Altidore nets a hat trick in Villareal's 7-1 victory over San Rafael in a friendly match played this saturday. With all the problems the US is having up front why not give Jozy a call? Click to continue reading...

There was a time when Celtic played Real Madrid, Juventus or even Notts Forest back in the old European Cup. I know I was at all the home games. Two games home and away and winners go through. Tense, exciting stuff.

Now like others we play Manchester United, Barcelona and co every year, in a Group stage, devised so the top teams can get through every year and get more money to buy more players to do it all again the next year. Click to continue reading...

Bir dönem yaptığı çıkışla kendisiyle Real Madrid'in ilgilendiği söylenmişti. Necati Ateş hiçbir zaman R.Madrid forması giyecek kalibrede olmadı, potansiyeli yoktu. Ancak bu çıkarım, ısrarla neden Galatasaray'dan gönderildiğini de açıklamıyor. Özellikle Gerets ile gelen şampiyonluk senesinin 2/3'ünde çok ama çok başarılıydı. Click to continue reading...

Wah wah wahhhhhhhhh. That's the sound of all the steam escaping from an overhyped Sunday matchday, and here's why: Scottish Premier League RANGERS 4 CELTIC 2 Rangers came out on top in the first Old Firm Derby of the season, behind a brace from Kenny Miller.  Unfortunately, Damarcus Beasley and Maurice Edu failed to play a part for [. Click to continue reading...

So, La Liga is starting two weeks late as per usual. There are some positives though. I'm back from any holidays in time to watch it for one. Teams also start with there full squad, rather than half the Premier League teams who look to buy in players in the last two weeks of the window. The english scum who go to places like the Costa del Sol and Benidorm are out of the country. Click to continue reading...

MICHAEL BRADLEY TRANSFER SAGA Nothing materializing yet as far as an actual bid, but Goal.com reported today that Bradley is "In Talks with Boro." Conversely, Southgate is denying that he will make any moves before the window shuts.  BBC reported earlier today: "Gareth Southgate says he will be expecting a hectic transfer deadline day, but only because [. Click to continue reading...

Here is a link to an interesting article that Jozy Altidore has written for the New York Times. It describes the whirlwind of experiences that he is having going from playing in the recent Olympic games to playing for his new club Villareal. Jozy is trying to secure a place within the team as a regular forward and I wish him well. Click to continue reading...

An exciting sliver of internetness has emerged despite an otherwise slow Friday: Jozy Altidore has posted a new blog on this NY Times blog! Let's take a peek at some of the most interesting parts.  First off, Altidore addresses the Olympics: And the Olympics. Man, it seems like that was ages ago, but it was only [. Click to continue reading...

More rotten luck for Everton

We got Standard Liege in the UEFA Cup 1st round. How gutting is that? How they weren't seeded is truly beyond me. They took liverpool to the cleaners the other night.

I didn't mind tough games but it was so much fun getting to the group stage last season. Click to continue reading...

Let's take a look see.

GROUP A -- easy advance for the top two clubs
Chelsea, Roma, Bordeaux, Cluj

GROUP B -- a breeze for Inter, nice cool, breeze
Inter Milan, Werder Bremen, Panathinaikos, Cypriot

GROUP C -- Barca has no worries, none at all
Barcelona, Sporting Lisbon, Basle, Shakhtar Donetsk

GROUP D -- Reds could be in deep, deep trouble
Liverpool, Atletico Madrid, PSV Eindhoven, Marseilles

GROUP E -- United should be fine, key word: should
Manchester United, Celtic, Villareal, Aalborg

GROUP F -- wide, wide open group here
Lyon, Bayern Munich, Steaua Bucharest, Fiorentina

GROUP G -- Arsenal could be tested here. Click to continue reading...

The 08/09 Spanish Primera kicks off this weekend, a brief warmup before the international break for World Cup qualifiers. Bill Turianski does a nice preview of the season, looking at attendance figures from the 07/08 La Liga season. Notes: With Real Zaragoza gone (and replaced by minnows Numancia), the average attendance is set to drop this season. Click to continue reading...

So here we are, the final weekend of the transfer period. Let's have a quick breakdown of the rumors swirling around some US Men. Michael Bradley Teams potentially interested: Middlesbrough, Hamburg, Monaco, Everton My Thoughts: My formal bet is that Bradley Jr. goes to Middlesbrough.  Some other folks think that Germany and France are the most likely, but [. Click to continue reading...

Nothing else to talk about, so I will fall back on this for today. Thankfully, it's La Liga preview tomorrow, so I won't have to spend ages on another list.

This list is the 50 best players now. It therefore will not include any has beens who's talent might be rekindled (sorry R10) and no wonderkids who remain just that. Click to continue reading...

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