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WORLD CUP 2018 | SPANISH FOOTBALL SQUAD FOR ALBANIA & ISREAL

Spanish National Football Coach & Selector Julen Lopetegui has handed in today his list of players that will make up the Spanish Football National squad for the upcoming World Cup 2018 Group qualifiers. The important games are:6th of October (Alicante, Spain) vs Albania 9th of October (Jerusalem, Isreal ) vs Isreal  Spain looks for victories to mathematically secure the Group top spot & go

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE | ATLETICO MADRID LOSE, BARÇA WINS

UEFA Champions League continued tonight with Atletico de Madrid & FC Barcelona down for their Group games. Mix results as we will see in the following quick round up.  Atletico de Madrid lost 1 - 2 to Chelsea FC after basically giving away their advantage in the second half which eventually lead to a draw & a 94th min goal by Chelsea FC for the English team to take the three points.  The

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE | REAL MADRID - SEVILLA FC WIN

UEFA Champions League Group games tonight with Real Madrid & Sevilla FC in action. Both Spanish Football Clubs have finished with positive results in entertaining European Football matches. Borussia Dortmund hosted Real Madrid & lost 1 - 3 in a highly entertaining match. Both teams created numerous goal scoring occasions in end to end palys, but Real Madrid was more effective in converting

FIFA THE BEST 2017 AWARDS CANDIDATES

FIFA has published this afternoon the three finalists from the 25 candidates for the "FIFA THE BEST" Award for 2017. The finalists are: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid/POR) Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona /ARG) Neymar JR (PSG/ BRA). This Award was won by Cristiano Ronaldo last year as the Best Player in World Soccer according to FIFA in 2016. The Real Madrid forward Ronaldo is currently

REAL MADRID | ASENSIO THE BEST U-21 PLAYER IN WORLD SOCCER

World recognized French Football & Sports daily, L´Equipe, has published their Top 50 U-21 Best Football Players in World Soccer. Real Madrid & Spanish International MARCO ASENSIO has been recognised as the Nº1 U-21 World Football Player. The top 10 list by L´Equipe is: 1.Marco Asensio (ESP/Real Madrid)  2.Dele Alli (ANG/Tottenham) 3.Kylian Mbappé (FRA/PSG) 4.Ousmane Dembélé (FRA/FC

REAL MADRID IN TROUBLE | 5 POSSIBLE REASONS

Football is about cycles, ups & down moments & now its the turn of Real Madrid. The Best team in the World 7 days ago is now questioned after their defeat last night in Round 5 of LaLiga against Real Betis 0 - 1.Why? Three games at home with 2 draws & yesterdays loss, but worst, they are 7 points from their main rival FC Barcelona which sits on top of the classification table. As habitual in

FC BARCELONA | DEMBELE INJURY

Received a private message from an Asian follower of the Spanish Football Sports Facebook page a call to let him know what has happened to FC Barcelona star signing DEMBELE. Obviously a Dembele fan & a bit concerned about the players injury & the prognosticated 4 mouth recovery period expected. Well, found this image in today´s "Marca" Sports paper which explains things well: The French

SPAIN | FIFA RANKING

FIFA has released (updated) their monthly ranking with Spain in the 11 th position. Germany regains the Nº1 spot position after Brazil drops a slot, while Portugal jumps to the Nº3 position. Notable drop in ranking is Italy which falls to the Nº17 position after losing against Spain in their World Cup group qualifier on the 2nd of septiembre.

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE | SPANISH FOOTBALL CLUB RESULTS

UEFA Champions League 2017-2018 kicked off tonight with Group matches that had two of the four Spanish Football Clubs represented.  FC Barcelona hosted Juventus FC in their Group D game & Barça won 3 - 0 comfortably. The Italians have reinforced their team with Costa & Matuidi but were disappointing overall tonight. Dybala failed to break lines & did not impress, Higuain was neutralizad &

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2017-18 | MOST VALUABLE CLUBS & PLAYERS

Champions League 2017-2018 kicks off tonight & Spanish Sports paper "Marca" highlights the fact with this spectacular front cover today (below). Four Spanish Football Clubs are represented: Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, Atletico de Madrid & Sevilla FC, with Barça playing Juventus FC & At.Madrid playing AC Roma tonight. Real Madrid & Sevilla FC have their Group games scheduled tomorrow. However,

SPAIN DEFEATS LIECHTENSTEIN 0 - 8 | WORLD CUP 2018 QUALIFIER

Spain defeated 0 - 8 Liechtenstein away in their World Cup 2018 Group qualifier to take another positive step forward towards qualification. The main objective is to remain top of the Group which gives the direct ticket to Russia 2018. Spain has two more matches against Albania & Israel next month that in theory should be accessible. With due respects to Liechtenstein, it was a "walk in the

REAL MADRID | MOST VALUABLE CLUB IN FOOTBALL

According to the calculations of website "Transfermarket", REAL MADRID CF has the most valuable squad in Football. French Club PSG has made lots of "noise" & investments this season 2017-2018 with signnings (eg Neymar) but they remain in position Nº8. Another two Spanish Football Clubs are in the Top 10, FC Barcelona in position Nº2 & At Madrid in position Nº9. The Top 10 most valuable

FC BARCELONA | SHIRT NUMBERS SEASON 2017-2018

The FC Barcelona season 2017-2018 is closed & has allowed the Club to officially present the shirt numbers & which player they correspond.  Full list of shirt numbers & corresponding player: 1. Ter Stegen 2. Semedo 3. Piqué 4. Rakitic 5. Busquets 6. Denis Suárez 7. Arda Turan 8. Iniesta 9. Luis Suárez 10. Messi 11. Dembélé 12. Rafinha 13. Cillessen 14. Mascherano 15. Paulinho 16. Deulofeu

SPAIN 3 - ITALY 0 | U-21 INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY MATCH

The Spanish National U-21 team managed to get back at Italy in tonights Friendly International played in Toledo (Spain). Spain defeated Italy 3 - 0 with the recent memory of the last U-21 European Championship Final where Italy beat Spain & took the title. The starting 11 for Spain: Spain has new "blood" in their squad as they gear up for the next U-21 Euros to be held in Italy. The new