Villarreal: Recently relegated Villarreal have named B-team coach Julio Velazquez as their new manager less than two weeks after his predecessor died of a heart attack a day after accepting the job. The 30-year-old Velazquez was promoted from Villarreal's third team to take charge of their B team midway through last season when the Spanish club shuffled around their coaching staff after a poor start in the topflight. Velazquez acknowledged...
09:50 AM, Jun 21, 2012
Madrid: Villarreal, often touted as a model for smaller clubs to aspire to, were left preparing for life in the second division on Monday after they were relegated following a dramatic finale to the La Liga season. The team known as 'Yellow Submarine' because of their canary coloured strip, started the campaign in the Champions League after finishing fourth last year, but went in to Sunday's decider in 16th place...
04:17 PM, May 14, 2012
Madrid: Villarreal and Granada moved closer to ensuring their topflight status in the Spanish league next season with victories on Tuesday. Villarreal ended a three-game winless run with a 3-1 victory at Sporting Gijon, which is still fighting relegation and seven points behind its opponent with two rounds to play. Granada is one point ahead of Villarreal after beating Espanyol 2-1. That means Sporting needs to pass Rayo Vallecano, which...
08:33 AM, May 02, 2012
Madrid: Real Madrid can end a four-year wait for a Spanish league trophy by clinching the domestic title with a victory at Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday, regardless of three-time defending champions Barcelona's result against Malaga. Madrid are seven points clear of their top rivals with three games to play, so even a Barcelona loss earlier in the day will award the Spanish leaders their record 32nd domestic crown. Madrid's record...
12:20 AM, May 01, 2012
Barcelona: Athletic Bilbao pushed last-placed Racing Santander towards near-certain relegation from the Spanish league on Sunday with a 1-0 away win through an early goal from Gaizka Toquero. The Basque striker ran onto Ander Herrera's through-pass and scored with a shot inside the far post to give Bilbao the victory, lifting them into sixth place and the last Europa League spot. Racing remained winless in their last 16 games to...
09:20 AM, Apr 23, 2012
Barcelona: Radamel Falcao scored his 30th goal in all competitions this season to give Atletico Madrid a 1-0 win at Rayo Vallecano in Sunday's Spanish capital derby. Falcao made the breakthrough in the 64th minute when he latched onto Juanfran Torres' long pass, dribbled past goalkeeper David Cobeno as he rushed off his line and shot into the open net. The Colombia striker's tally of 22 league goals is the...
04:14 AM, Apr 16, 2012
Madrid: Hernan Perez's goal in the fourth minute of stoppage time gave Villarreal a 2-1 win over 10-man Malaga on Thursday to improve their chances of avoiding relegation while Racing Santander look doomed after a heavy defeat. Villarreal's victory moved them seven points above the drop, but last-place Santander conceded a goal after just 21 seconds in a 3-0 loss to Mallorca that left them 10 points from safety with...
08:39 AM, Apr 13, 2012
Barcelona: Valencia squandered another lead to draw 1-1 with Levante on Sunday, endangering their hold on third place in the Spanish league. For the sixth time in their past eight games, Valencia failed to secure a win after scoring first and dropped valuable points at home. "I'm not afraid of losing our Champions League spot, but I do have the obligation to change this dynamic and find solutions," Valencia coach,...
08:29 AM, Apr 02, 2012
Madrid: Marcos Senna's late strike earned Villarreal a valuable 1-1 draw against nine-man Real Madrid, with Jose Mourinho's men opening the door for Barcelona in the Primera Division title race. Cristiano Ronaldo's brilliant strike looked to have sealed all three points for the visitors, only for Senna to cancel his effort out with a free kick. Mourinho, Sergio Ramos and Mesut Ozil were all sent off as Los Blancos lost...
08:32 AM, Mar 22, 2012
Villarreal: Getafe ensured Villarreal remain in a relegation battle in the Spanish league by winning 2-1 away on Monday after goals from Diego Costa and Abdel Barrada. A Villarreal defensive lapse allowed Getafe to score the opening goal in the sixth minute. Barrada was given space and time to find Miku inside the area, and the Venezuela striker centered for Costa to score from a tap-in. Getafe goalkeeper Miguel Angel...
09:50 AM, Mar 13, 2012
Madrid: Cristiano Ronaldo's sixth hat-trick of the season guided Real Madrid to a 4-2 victory over 10-man Levante on Sunday to extend the Spanish leaders' advantage over defending champions Barcelona to 10 points. Gustavo Cabral gave Levante a surprising lead in the fifth minute at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium, and Madrid struggled to respond until Vicente Iborra's red card set up Ronaldo's penalty before half-time. Ronaldo headed home his second...
08:23 AM, Feb 13, 2012
Barcelona: Villarreal won its first away match of the season by beating Sevilla 2-1 on Sunday from Javier Camunas' late goal, exacerbating the Andalusian club's struggles in the Spanish league. Sevilla was caught outnumbered on a counterattack, allowing Camunas to bend a shot into the left side of the net for Villarreal's 81st-minute winner at Sanchez Pizjuan stadium. Sevilla had been aiming for a top-four finish to return to the...
08:46 AM, Feb 06, 2012
Barcelona: Barcelona defender Dani Alves has put his side's stuttering form down to a lack of cohesion, following the 0-0 draw with La Liga rivals Villarreal on Saturday. The Catalans were once more forced to settle for a point at El Madrigal, which was a surprise against Jose Francisco Molina's struggling outfit, and the former Sevilla man admits his team are not functioning as efficiently as last season. "We have...
04:16 PM, Jan 29, 2012
Barcelona: Three days after Barcelona ended Real Madrid's Copa del Rey title defence, the Spanish champions' own hopes of a fourth successive league title suffered a setback in a 0-0 draw at Villarreal on Saturday. Barcelona's slip let Madrid move seven points clear of their fierce rivals on top of the standings just past the season's midway point, thanks to their earlier 3-1 comeback win over last-placed Zaragoza. The Catalan...
08:56 AM, Jan 29, 2012
Madrid: Real Madrid and Barcelona will have to try their best to overlook their upcoming cup clasicos and focus on this weekend's league matches first. Madrid and Barcelona meet for the eighth time since April come Wednesday's Copa del Rey first-leg quarterfinal, but have league matches against Mallorca and Real Betis, respectively. Coach Jose Mourinho warned his team of looking beyond Mallorca, calling the championship a "priority," with Madrid having...
12:05 AM, Jan 14, 2012
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