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The weekend round-up

Spain-La Liga: Real Madrid’s new ‘Galactico’ era got off to a winning start thanks to a 3-2 home victory over Deportivo La Coruna on Saturday night.
Ronaldo scored a penalty, Raul (pictured) got a tap-in and Lassana Diarra drove home a long-range effort to give Real three points, but attention is very much on their back [...]

The weekend preview

Spain – La Liga: We’re finally underway in Spain on Saturday as Real Madrid host Deportivo La Coruna and new boys Real Zaragoza take on Tenerife, who also came up last season.
Ronaldo, Kaka, Karim Benzema and Xabi Alonso are all expected to feature for Madrid, and there will be much talk over the tactics of [...]

The weekend round-up

In Serie A the first round of fixtures saw Milan win 2-1 away at Siena thanks to a brace from Pato and a strong performance from Ronaldinho.
Juventus managed a 1-0 victory over Chievo at home thanks to a strike from Vincenzo Iaquinta (pictured) but Inter could only draw 1-1 at home to Bari, although Samuel [...]

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