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ZINEDINE ZIDANE LEAVES REAL MADRID

It´s the big news piece of today in Spanish Football, REAL MADRID Coach-Manager ZINEDINE ZIDANE has announced that he will NOT manage the team next season. The decision has been mediated & announced to Club President Florentino Perez yesterday to which it was made public this midday in a packed Press Conference. Real Madrid President Perez was visibly affected while Zidane transmitted an "air"

REAL MADRID 3 - LIVERPOOL FC 1 | UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Spanish Football Club REAL MADRID CF defeated 3 - 1 LIVERPOOL FC in the UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2018 Final in Kiev tonight. Real Madrid continues to make history with their 13th European Cup Title & their third consecutive Champions League, something never done before by a Club under the version of Champions League. The final had some crucial moments we will discuss later, & an unexpected

SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM | FINAL LIST OF 23 PLAYERS FOR WORLD CUP 2018

Spanish National Team Coach & Selector Julen Lopetegui has announced this afternoon the definitive & final list of the 23 players that will make up the Spain Football Team-Squad for the upcoming World Cup Russia 2018.The "novelties" are the call up of defenders Nacho Monreal of Arsenal & Odriozola of Real Sociedad, over Marcos Alonso, Sergi Roberto & Alvaro Morata. The absence of Alvaro Morata is

LA LIGA 2017-2018 | BEST GOALSCORER AND GOALKEEPER

The Spanish Football season - LA LIGA - 2017 - 2018 has ended & the final results for Top Goalscorer & Best Goalkeeper goes to Lionel Messi & Oblak respectively. The FC Barcelona player Lionel Messi scored 34 goals this season & also takes the "European Golden Boot Award", while Atletico de Madrid goalie Oblak only had 22 goals scored & wins his 3rd straight "El Zamora" Award. Here are the

EUROPA LEAGUE FINAL | ATLETICO DE MADRID CHAMPIONS

Spanish Football Club ATLETICO DE MADRID has defeated OLYMPIQUE DU MARSEILLE 0 - 3 in the Final of the EUROPA LEAGUE Cup ( previous UEFA Cup). It is Atletico de Madrid 3rd Europa League Title & their 6th European Title overall. The "Man of the Match" & protagonist was ANTOINE GRIEZMANN who scored two goals to secure things & put his Club in the correct direction. As most World Class players

WHICH PLAYERS ARE THE MOST VALUABLE IN WORLD SOCCER?

The Football Website "Transfermarket", specialized in calculating the Market Value of World Football Players, has released their current "Top 25 Valuable Football Players" list. The criteria used for evaluating the current Economic Market Value of each Player is - for me - not clear, as the example of Atletico de Madrid player Antonnie Griezmann who is estimated 100M€. This is his contract

FC BARCELONA 2 REAL MADRID 2 | EL CLASICO | LA LIGA ROUND 36

Round 36 of LA LIGA celebrated its big match, "El Clasico" between FC BARCELONA & REAL MADRID with the final result a 2 - 2 draw. It was a "strange" derby as Barça was already mathematically confirmed Liga Champions while Real Madrid had their collective thoughts on the Champions League Final next 26th of May.  However the rivalry is strong enough to give a very entertaining game & the sparks