La Liga

  • Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Junior both scored as Real Madrid cruised to a 3-0 victory over Mexican side Pachuca in the Intercontinental Cup final in Doha on Wednesday. Mbappe opened the scoring in the 37th minute before Rodrygo doubled Madrid’s lead early in the second half. Vinicius sealed a comfortable win for the Spanish and…

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  • Barcelona winger Lamine Yamal is set to miss between three and four weeks after injuring his right ankle in Sunday’s 1-0 defeat by Leganes in La Liga. “Tests carried out this morning revealed a grade 1 injury to a ligament in the ankle,” Barcelona said in a statement on Monday. The club estimated he would…

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  • Ancelotti speaks on switching Vinicius Junior’s position with Mbappe

    Real Madrid manager, Carlo Ancelotti, has ruled out any possibility of switching Vinicius Junior’s position with Mbappe. Mbappe became Paris Saint-Germain’s all-time leading goalscorer playing off the left wing during his time with the French Ligue 1 champions. However, the France international has been moved into a more central position since joining Real Madrid last…

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  • Real Madrid suffered a 4-0 humbling loss against Barcelona in front of their fans in this season’s first El Clasico on Saturday night. Los Blancos came into the game looking to close the gap at the top of the table. And although they had chances to do so in the first half, Vinicius Junior and…

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  • Leo Messi was motivated to win the double, despite the season being a difficult one. He wanted to leave but ended up staying and in 2021 especially he has been in fantastic form. Bartomeu went and Joan Laporta took over, a favourable cocktail for the Argentine. That’s why he wore a face of disappointment at…

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  • Barcelona are virtually on the beach after drawing against Levante on Tuesday and seeing their hopes of winning La Liga slip away. Ronald Koeman’s side, who have dropped seven points in their last four games, have been inconsistent in defence all season and have ended up paying the price for that and their failure to…

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  • Barcelona coach Koeman to miss two matches after Granada red card

    Ronald Koeman has been handed a two-game touchline ban by the Royal Spanish Football Federation’s (RFEF) Competition Committee. Koeman was sent to the stands in the second half of Barcelona’s 2-1 defeat against Granada on Thursday for disrespecting the fourth official. Thank you for watching Referee González Fuertes wrote in his report: “After being warned…

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  • Atletico Madrid disappointed with Barcelona’s performance

    Atletico Madrid defeated Barcelona 1-0 at the Estadio Wanda Metropolitano on Saturday night and there was surprise in the home dressing room at what they saw from their opponents. The Atleti players, especially the veterans, couldn’t quite believe how poor and indifferent the Blaugrana seemed. Diego Simeone’s side were hungrier and, quite simply, better. Even though Barcelona…

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  • Dembélé and Umtiti creating problems at Barcelona

    Barcelona are furious with Ousmane Dembélé. The winger’s refusal to leave, despite having offers from suitors such as Manchester United, and it is more annoying that his action prevented the Camp Nou club from bringing in Memphis Depay before the close of the summer transfer window on Monday night. Depay deal scuppered as Dembélé refuses…

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  • La Liga: 110 games to be played in 39 days

    Spain’s National Sports Council confirmed on Friday, that LaLiga games will start again after the season was suspended to control spread of COVID-19. First Lal Liga match for the 2019/20 season will be between Betis and Sevilla on 11 June. After Betis vs Sevilla game, non-stop La Liga matches should be expected. Football matches will…

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  • La Liga games kicking off soon!

    Barcelona have said footballers are allowed to train in groups of 10. Spanish clubs have been given the green light to move from individual training into group training, with the government allowing La Liga teams to train in groups of up to 10 players, bringing the restart of competition a little closer. The Boletín Oficial…

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  • No hope for La Liga games ahead of the summer

    Spain’s minister for health Salvador Illa was cautious on the possibility of LaLiga making a return in the forthcoming months at today’s Covid-19 briefing session. For some reasons, Salvador Illa adopted a cautious approach on his statement about when La Liga could kick off. In his words: “I really can’t say at this point if…

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  • Messi and Benzema leading La Liga goalscoring charts

    Lionel Messi was once again the difference maker as Real Sociedad made life difficult for the LaLiga leaders at the Camp Nou. It wasn’t a moment of genius from Leo this time, but rather his ice-cold blood to put away a late penalty and ensure all three points went to Barça. VAR awarded a spot…

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  • Football: 2020 Transfer news update

    Welcome to today’s football news update. Here are the top stories and big rumours about your favourite players, teams and coaches. At this midway point of the January transfer window, The Daily Mail reported today (17.01.2020) that Jose Mourinho‘s contract has a bonus through which he’ll earn 2.3 million euros if Tottenham finish in the…

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  • Ronaldo: I made Messi a better player

    Cristiano Ronaldo has made a public statement about his long-standing rivalry with Lionel Messi. Ronaldo, who left Real Madrid for Juventus in 2018, admits he has a high degree of respect for the Barcelona talisman. However, heated arguments about who is a better player between Messi and Ronaldo will never end among lovers of the…

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  • Is Barcelona’s move for Neymar a plot to satisfy Messi?

      The alleged rift between Neymar and PSG owners was a factor in Barcelona’s rekindled interest to sign him—but football pundits have uncovered the ulterior motive. Lionel Messi feels incomplete without Neymar. According to Marca, Barcelona wants to sign the Brazilian football star to keep their Argentinian talisman happy. Signing back Neymar from PSG is…

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