Real Madrid defender Pepe will be gone for the remainder of the season as well as the first four matches of next season after the Spanish Football Federation’s Disciplne Board handed down the sentence on Friday afternoon. Real Madrid defender Pepe gets ten-match ban (AP Photo) In the 87th minute of that match, Pepe knocked […]

According to early reports coming out of Germany, there is another little bit of irony added to their Champions League match against Barcelona on Tuesday. Van Gaal mentioned that he was delighted to become the Bayern coach in an interview with NRC. “The AZ president and the fans want me to extend my stay at […]

  Last week it was Santi Cazorla that was being lamented prior to Villarreal’s away leg match against Arsenal. News got worse for Manuel Pellegrini when Spanish international Marcos Senna would be ruled out of the return leg of the Champions League quarterfinals in London. Senna left the pitch limping late Saturday night after he […]

The Argentine league continues to be an uncertainty because no one seems to assert their dominance. League leaders Lanús fell on Friday night against an inspired Argentinos Juniors side. That left the door wide open for Ricardo Gareca’s Vélez Sarsfield side to take the top spot in the Clausura tournament as it reaches the halfway […]

Numbers seemed down this week in La Liga mostly due to the Easter holiday, but that did not reduce the excitement in the league. Barcelona continue their ways en route to their 19th league title. The Blaugrana Ballet showed offense, yet they were not as sharp when it came time to define the game. Andrés […]

José María Gutiérrez was always a players with a temperment.  Now that same temperment has him on the outside looking in with Madrid coach Juande Ramos.   This rivalry has become part of the subplots in the Madrid media as the team now sees the weeks pass by and their six-point deficit on Barcelona not budge. […]