Barcelona: Real Madrid continued their dominance over Atletico Madrid by rallying for a 2-1 win at Vicente Calderon Stadium on Sunday. Madrid's win kept them unbeaten against Atletico in 25 straight games dating to 1999 and maintained their psychological advantage over their crosstown rival heading into their clash in the Copa del Rey final on May 17. Madrid were without top scorer Cristiano Ronaldo, healing a muscle injury for Tuesday's...
08:21 AM, Apr 28, 2013
Real Madrid eased into the fifth round of the Copa del Rey with a 3-0 win over 10-man Alcoyano. ...
09:04 AM, Nov 28, 2012
Madrid: Real Madrid made it five Liga games without defeat as they coasted to a straightforward 4-0 victory over Zaragoza at the Santiago Bernabeu. In front of a quiet set of fans, two goals in quick succession, courtesy of Gonzalo Higuain and Angel di Maria, ensured that Los Blancos took a two-goal lead into the break. The visitors were resurgent in the second-half, but Michael Essien and Luka Modric added...
06:30 AM, Nov 04, 2012
Cordoba, Argentina: Lionel Messi's Argentina brushed aside Paraguay 3-1 to go top of the South American 2014 World Cup qualifiers at the Mario Kempes stadium on Friday. Goals from Angel Di Maria, Gonzalo Higuain and Messi, with a brilliant free kick, gave Argentina their first home win over Paraguay in a World Cup qualifier in 39 years. Argentina lead the South American group with 13 points from six matches, one...
09:01 AM, Sep 08, 2012
Carson: Real Madrid scored early and often in outclassing the Los Angeles Galaxy on Thursday, opening a four-game U.S. exhibition tour with a 5-1 victory over Major League Soccer's champion. Angel Di Maria set up Gonzalo Higuain's opener after just 85 seconds and made it 2-0 nine minutes later for the Spanish champions, who added goals through Jose Maria Callejon in the 36th minute, Alvaro Morata four minutes into the...
12:40 PM, Aug 03, 2012
Madrid: Karim Benzema scored two second-half goals as Spanish leaders Real Madrid closed in on their first league title in four years by strolling to a 3-0 victory over Sevilla on Sunday. The France striker struck twice in quick succession early in the second half as Madrid bounced back from their Champions League semi-final exit to Bayern Munich. Barcelona prevented their arch rivals from seizing the trophy for at least...
05:57 PM, Apr 29, 2012
Madrid: Bayern Munich beat Real Madrid 3-1 on penalties on Wednesday to secure their place against Chelsea in the Champions League final following a memorable contest between the long-time European rivals. Cristiano Ronaldo looked to have put the home side on their way to the final with two early goals, but just like their Spanish rivals Barcelona the evening before, Madrid faltered. Hungarian referee Victor Kassai awarded Bayern a penalty...
03:40 AM, Apr 26, 2012
Barcelona: Real Madrid's bid for their first Spanish league title in four seasons received another setback on Sunday after the leaders slipped to a 0-0 home draw with Valencia. Madrid's third draw in five matches cut their commanding 10-point lead over defending champions Barcelona to four with seven rounds to play. Barcelona piled the pressure on with a 4-1 win at Zaragoza on Saturday, and Madrid failed to respond as...
03:03 AM, Apr 09, 2012
Madrid: Real Madrid's bid to end Barcelona's monopoly of Spanish league titles is set to enter its toughest stretch starting Sunday against third-placed Valencia. Barcelona have what appears to be an easy match at Zaragoza a day earlier, where a victory can cut Madrid's lead to three points to pile on the pressure for the Spanish leaders' game at their Santiago Bernabeu stadium. Madrid haven't lost in 16 matches, winning...
09:19 AM, Apr 06, 2012
Madrid: On the cusp of a second straight Champions League quarter-finals appearance, Real Madrid must not relapse into their recent history of slipping up at the last-16 stage come Wednesday's return leg against CSKA Moscow. Madrid hold the away-goal advantage following a 1-1 first-leg draw, and they have won all 17 games at the Santiago Bernabeu apart from two losses to Barcelona. Jose Mourinho's team has outscored all other opponents...
10:26 AM, Mar 14, 2012
Moscow: CSKA Moscow equalized from the last kick of the match when Pontus Wernbloom scrambled the ball into the net, giving the Russian club a 1-1 draw against Real Madrid in the last-16 of the Champions League on Tuesday. The Swedish midfielder's debut game for CSKA ended with him poking the ball home in the third minute of stoppage time in the first leg at Luzhniki Stadium. Madrid had won...
04:38 AM, Feb 22, 2012
Moscow: Real Madrid will be aiming to continue their perfect run in the Champions League on Tuesday when they face CSKA Moscow in sub-zero temperatures on the Luzhniki Stadium's artificial pitch. Madrid go into the last-16 match after winning all six of their group games in the competition and are also in fine form domestically, having won 18 of their last 19 matches to lead Barcelona by 10 points in...
10:26 PM, Feb 20, 2012
Madrid: Angel di Maria has been left out of Real Madrid's squad for Tuesday's Champions League match at CSKA Moscow after apparently aggravating a leg muscle injury. The Argentina international made his first appearance of 2012 in Saturday's 4-0 league win over Racing Santander, and scored the Spanish leaders' third goal 10 minutes after coming on in the 63rd. But Di Maria went down awkwardly near the end of the...
09:41 PM, Feb 19, 2012
Madrid: Real Madrid earned another comfortable La Liga victory as they defeated 10-man Racing Santander 4-0 at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday to move one step closer to the league title. Los Blancos were ahead in the sixth minute through Cristiano Ronaldo's header before Racing went down to 10 men after the referee awarded Domingo Cisma a second yellow card. Madrid were 2-0 up at the break when Benzema netted...
08:16 AM, Feb 19, 2012
Madrid: Having made the final of the Copa del Rey, Barcelona are on the road at Osasuna in the Spanish league on Saturday looking to pressure Real Madrid, who hold a seven-point advantage. Meanwhile, Espanyol and Athletic Bilbao will both looking for wins to leap into the Champions League places this weekend and overtake struggling Levante, who visit La Liga leaders Madrid. Levante were the early season surprise but their...
02:46 PM, Feb 10, 2012
