CRISTIANO RONALDO WINS UEFA BEST PLAYER SEASON 2013-2014 AWARD

As expected Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo was awarded this afternoon the "UEFA Best Player season 2013 - 2014". The Portuguese player won the title over Bayern Munich candidates Manuel Neuer & Arjen Robben.

This award was missing in CR7 "collection" with previous winners being Ribery last year, Lionel Messi & Andres Iniesta.




Cristiano Ronaldo had a fabulous 2013 - 2014 season winning

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SPANISH FOOTBALL PLAYERS DOMINANTE UEFA IDEAL CHAMPIONS SQUAD

UEFA experts & Football technical team got together after the UEFA Champions League Final between Real Madrid & Atletico de Madrid to put forward their "IDEAL CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SQUAD" for season 2013-2014.

This years UEFA Champions League Winners, Real Madrid has 7 players on the list, while sub-Champions, Atletico de Madrid has 4 players. The other Spanish Football Club with a representative is

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SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA BEST XI PLAYERS - TEAM BY THE LFP SEASON 2013-2014

The "Liga Nacional de Futbol Profesional" (LFP = National Professional Football Liga), the association responsible for administering the two professional football leagues in Spain - the "Liga" and Segunda Division, has handed in their list of 11 players that makes up the "IDEAL LIGA TEAM" season 2013-2014.





The "core" of the "Best XI" is made up of Atletico de Madrid players, reflecting their

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SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA TOP GOALSCORER - TOP GOALKEEPER WINNERS SEASON 2013-2014

With the Spanish Football Liga season over it is time to post about the awards winners & all other types of official ( & unofficial ) recognitions that habitually appear at the end of the season. Two very important & prestigious Awards are the Spanish Liga "Top Goalscorer" - El Pichichi - & the Spanish Liga "Best Goalkeeper" - El Zamora.The Award for the Spanish Football Liga "Highest Goalscorer"

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SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA | ROUND 38 FINAL RESULTS

Spanish Football continued today with the last Round (38) of season 2013-2014 with all the action at the bottom of the Spanish Liga classification table. Intense matches, with accidents & even post-match incidents as the final results sent 2 teams along with Real Betis to the Spanish 2º Division next season. The other side of the coin was the celebration of the Clubs which saved themselves from

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SPANISH FOOTBALL | ATLETICO DE MADRID LIGA CHAMPIONS | SATURDAY RESULTS

The Spanish Football League title went down to the wire to be settled in the last Round (38) & precisely between the two contenders, Atletico de Madrid & FC Barcelona. The much anticipated game at "Camp Nou" ended in a 1 - 1 draw which gave Atletico de Madrid the Spanish Liga Title season 2013-2014.




The match takes all the headlines & eclipses the other games scheduled today/tonight. The FC

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SEVILLA FC UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 4 - 2 AFTER PENALTY SHOOT OUT

Spanish Football Club SEVILLA FC won its third UEFA / EUROPA LEAGUE Title after defeating Portuguese Club Benfica in the penalty shoot out ( 4-2) after extra-time. A match the was taken to the limit by both teams & unfortunate for Benfica for its their 8th European Final in which they have lost, giving more fame to the so called Curse of Bela Guttmann. 




The match swayed in favour from one

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EUROPEAN GOLDEN BOOT AWARD | CRISTIANO RONALDO, LUIS SUAREZ OR LIONEL MESSI

The English Premier League season finished with Liverpool FC forward Luis Suarez the top "EPL" goalscorer for season 2013-2104 with 31 goals. However, this weekend the Uruguayan International was not able to score & thus was not able to shake off Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo who also has 31 goals this season. Both players are currently locked in the top spot of the "European Golden Boot

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SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 37 GAMES FINAL RESULTS

Was out of town this weekend with the family enjoying the fine weather & some relax. However, was connected to the radio to Spanish Football Round 37 Liga games & final results. Emotional & tense stuff as the bottom placed teams fight to avoid relegation while Atletico de Madrid, FC Barcelona & Real Madrid fight it out to win the Liga title.

After todays Round 37 final results, Real Madrid drops

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SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 36 FINAL RESULTS

Been out of town during the long weekend holiday getting some relax & away from Spanish Football, although I followed things with the radio & got all the news coming back home as well. The results after Round 36 opens up wide the Spanish Liga Title.Football has an amazing way of causing things to go against the grain of logic. FC Barcelona drew 2 - 2 with Getafe on Saturday & virtually said

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CHELSEA FC - ATLETICO DE MADRID | PREVIEW | POSSIBLE STARTING TEAM LINE-UPS

Chelsea FC hosts Spanish Football Club Atletico de Madrid tonight in the 2ºleg semi-final match of the UEFA Champions League with the tie wide open & even (0-0 aggregate). The winner tonight will meet Real Madrid in the Final on the 24th of May in Lisbon (Portugal).Already the "conspiracy theory" enthusiasts have alerted that UEFA does not desire a Final to be between two Clubs of the same

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BAYERN MUNICH 0 REAL MADRID 4 ( 0-5 AGG) | UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI RESULT

If anyone would have predicated beforehand the final result most would have called him/her crazy. Bayern Munich hosted Real Madrid in the 2º leg return match of the UEFA Champions League semi-final & was "bulldozed" losing 0 - 4, that is 0 - 5 on total aggregate.There was some doubt pre-match with Gareth Bale starting ahead of Isco but the Welshman put in a solid performance defending & even

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SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 35 MONDAY NIGHT GAME RESULT

Last scheduled game of Round 35 Spanish Football Liga was played tonight between Celta de Vigo & Real Valladolid. Important match for both Clubs as the home side needed a win to guarantee their presence next year in Liga, while Valladolid is suffering in the 2º last place on the Liga table with relegation almost a certainty.




The final result 4 - 0 was a whitewash with Celta de Vigo outplaying

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SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 35 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football continued today with four matches of Round 35 Liga. Below all the final scores-results along with the goalscorers.




RCD Espanyol hosted Almeria which is sitting in the "relegation zone" of the Liga classification table. The final result a 1 - 2 victory to Almeria which keeps them with slim chances in avoiding the relegation. Espanyol continue with a string of losses which is

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SEVILLA FC 2 VALENCIA CF 0 | EUROPA LEAGUE SEMI FINAL RESULT

European Football continues with its festival this week with the turn of the UEFA Europa League semi-final. While Benfica hosted Juventus in Lisbon, Spanish Football Clubs Sevilla FC & Valencia CF played out their 1ºst leg away semi-final match. The final result a convincing 2 - 0 win by Sevilla FC over Valencia CF.



Fabulous atmosphere at the "Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium" filled with Sevilla

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REAL MADRID 1 BAYERN MUNICH 0 | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI FINAL RESULT

The final result of the UEFA Champions League 1ºst leg away semi-final between Real Madrid & Bayern Munich finished in a 1 - 0 victory to the Spaniards. Intense game between two giants of European Football with differing styles, at least shown tonight. 




After days of debate Cristiano Ronaldo started while Bale was left on the bench. This allowed Isco to start which seem to indicate that Real

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ATLETICO DE MADRID 0 CHELSEA FC 0 | UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 1º LEG SEMI FINAL RESULT

The first semi-final of the 1º leg away match in the UEFA Champions League between Spanish Football Club Atletico de Madrid & English Premier League Club Chelsea FC finished with a final 0-0 draw result. The match also had some "collateral damage" for Chelsea FC losing their habitual goalie Peter Cech with a dislocated shoulder & their Captain John Terry, plus Frank Lampard received a yellow card

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ATLETICO DE MADRID-CHELSEA FC | POSSIBLE TEAM LINE-UPS

The City of Madrid becomes the centre of European Football these days as the two local big Spanish Football Clubs not only participate in the UEFA Champions League semi-finals but respectively act as hosts for the 1º leg away games. Atletico de Madrid plays English Premier League Club Chelsea FC tonight, while Real Madrid CF plays German Club Bayern Munich tomorrow. 

Huge games for both, & for

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MALAGA 2 VILLARREAL 0 | SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 34 MONDAY GAME RESULT

Spanish Liga Round 34 had up to Monday two remaining matches to be played. The Real Valladolid - Real Madrid game has been moved for the 7th of May, thus the other remaining clash between Malaga FC & Villarreal was the Monday Night match. An encounter that brought together two sides with differing objectives, the first Malaga FC needed the three points tonight to secure their Spanish League

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SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA | ROUND 34 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football continued today with four matches of Round 34 Liga. Below are the final results-scores along with all the goalscorers.




Almeria hosted Celta de Vigo & further complicated their Liga future losing 2 - 4 to Celta de Vigo. For Celta it was a mini-celebration as they secure their future mathematically in Liga for next season. The four goals for Celta came in the following order:

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