Posted by: Putera Emas on: February 9, 2009
MADRID: New Atletico Madrid coach Abel Resino had a memorable debut as his side defeated Recreativo Huelva 3-0 on Sunday to record their first win in 2009. Resino replaced the sacked Javier Aguirre this week and the change of manager had the desired effect as Atletico closed to within two points of fourth-placed Valencia. Sergio [...]
Posted by: Putera Emas on: February 9, 2009
MADRID: New Atletico Madrid coach Abel Resino had a memorable debut as his side defeated Recreativo Huelva 3-0 on Sunday to record their first win in 2009. Resino replaced the sacked Javier Aguirre this week and the change of manager had the desired effect as Atletico closed to within two points of fourth-placed Valencia. Sergio [...]
Posted by: Putera Emas on: February 2, 2009
MADRID: Supersub Lionel Messi scored twice as nine-man Barcelona, with their 5,000th Spanish league goal, came from behind to beat Racing Santander 2-1 and move 12 points clear of Real Madrid on Sunday. A Nikola Zigic penalty had put Racing in front on 56 minutes before Messi changed the game, equalising just five minutes after [...]
Posted by: Putera Emas on: February 2, 2009
MADRID: Supersub Lionel Messi scored twice as nine-man Barcelona, with their 5,000th Spanish league goal, came from behind to beat Racing Santander 2-1 and move 12 points clear of Real Madrid on Sunday. A Nikola Zigic penalty had put Racing in front on 56 minutes before Messi changed the game, equalising just five minutes after [...]
Posted by: Putera Emas on: January 24, 2009
MADRID: Barcelona, having established a huge 12-point lead over Real Madrid and Sevilla, on Saturday will attempt revenge on little Numancia, the only team to have beaten them in the Spanish League this season. The promoted side, who caused an opening day upset with a 1-0 win, are fourth from bottom, but are dreaming of [...]
Posted by: Putera Emas on: January 24, 2009
MADRID: Barcelona, having established a huge 12-point lead over Real Madrid and Sevilla, on Saturday will attempt revenge on little Numancia, the only team to have beaten them in the Spanish League this season. The promoted side, who caused an opening day upset with a 1-0 win, are fourth from bottom, but are dreaming of [...]
Posted by: Putera Emas on: January 19, 2009
MADRID: Real Madrid came from a goal down to cut Barcelona’s lead at the top to 12 points with a hard-fought 3-1 home victory over basement boys Osasuna on Sunday and end a week of boardroom infighting on a high. In contrast to Barcelona’s dazzling 5-0 thrashing of Deportivo La Coruna on Saturday, Real were [...]
Posted by: Putera Emas on: January 12, 2009
MADRID: Lionel Messi scored a thunderous 84th-minute winner as leaders Barcelona came back to overcome bottom side Osasuna 3-2 on Sunday and restore their 12-point cushion over second-placed Real Madrid. Osasuna, with just two wins in the whole campaign, looked poised to cause the biggest upset of the season after goals from Miguel Flano (62 [...]
Posted by: Putera Emas on: January 8, 2009
MADRID: Defending Spanish Cup holders Valencia drew 1-1 with Racing Santander in the last 16 first leg of the tournament on Wednesday, thanks to an own goal by Racing midfielder Gonzalo Colsa. The 29-year-old opened the scoring for Valencia, who last Saturday put an end to Atletico Madrid’s 15-match unbeaten run in all competitions with [...]
Posted by: Putera Emas on: January 7, 2009
MADRID: Argentine forward Lionel Messi scored three times to give Barcelona a 3-1 away win over Atletico Madrid in the Spanish Cup’s last 16 first leg on Tuesday. Messi, who was rested for Barcelona’s 3-1 win over Real Mallorca in the league on Saturday, raced up the right wing towards the area, slipped a pass [...]
