The weekend round-up
Spain-La Liga: Real Madrid tonked Espanyol 3-0 away at the host’s new stadium thanks to goals from Granero, Guti and Ronaldo as Manuel Pellegrini rested one or two key players but came up trumps in a win which maintain’s Real’s 100 per cent record.
Ironically it was Granero (pictured), a former Real youth team player who [...]
The weekend preview
Back to the domestic scene then after a week of international distraction. More on the World Cup qualifiers so far over the weekend.
Spain – La Liga: Saturday’s early kick-off sees Getafe host Barcelona, while the defending champions Espanyol and ex-player manager Mauricio Pochettino (pictured) welcome Real Madrid to their brand new 40,000-seat stadium at Cornellà-El [...]
Will Gaddafi really buy Milan?
When Italian newspaper La Republica printed a front page last week with the headline ‘Gheddafi, Do You Want To Buy Milan?’, it stirred up the unsettling but familiar brew of politics mixed with football.
In its article the paper claimed Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi had personally offered to sell AC Milan to Libyan leader [...]