Madrid, Jan 14 (IANS) Athletic Club qualified for the quarterfinal of Spain’s Copa del Rey, but not before suffering for 120 minutes away to second division Cultural Leonesa.Athletic played for an hour with 10 men against a side that pushed the 2024 Cup winner to the limit, before finally succumbing to an Unai Gomez penalty in extra time.The home side started brighter of the two and was rewarded when Ivan Calero opened the scoring with a smart finish to finish off a counter-attack, reports.Athle…
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Madrid, Jan 11 (IANS) Villarreal strengthened its position in third place in La Liga with a 3-1 win at home to Alaves.With their victory over Deportivo Alaves (3–1), Villarreal CF have secured the best first half of a season in their history in the Primera Division, reaching 41 points and surpassing their best-ever tally after 19 La Liga matchdays.Second-half goals from Alberto Moleiro, Gerard Moreno and Georges Mikautadze lifted Villarreal to within eight points of FC Barcelona and four of se…
Madrid, Jan 8 (IANS) Although many eyes will be on Jeddah for the Spanish Supercup final on Sunday – featuring Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid, and Athletic Bilbao – the other 16 La Liga sides are in action in what promises to be a key weekend.Villarreal have a great chance to close the gap on the leaders with a home game against Deportivo Alaves. Marcelino Garcia Toral’s side is currently 11 points behind Barcelona and seven behind Real Madrid, but has two games in hand.Alaves have sli…
Madrid, Jan 5 (IANS) La Liga returned this weekend with FC Barcelona and Real Madrid both winning, albeit in different ways. Real defeated Betis 5-1 while Barcelona won 2-0 over Espanyol in an away match this weekend.With these results, Barcelona maintained their four-point advantage over Real Madrid, leading the standings with 49 points, as against Madrid’s 45 points. Villarreal are third with 38 points, followed by Atletico Madrid, who are fourth with the same number of points but are placed l…
Madrid, Jan 5 (IANS) Young striker Gonzalo Garcia scored a hat-trick as Real Madrid kept track of FC Barcelona at the top of La Liga with a comfortable 5-1 home win over Real Betis.Garcia, who started due to Kylian Mbappe’s knee injury, opened the scoring with a far-post header in the 20th minute and doubled the lead with a volley early in the second half, reports Xinhua.Raul Asencio was left unmarked to make it 3-0 with a header, before Cucho Hernandez pulled a goal back for Betis. Garcia then …
Madrid, Jan 2 (IANS) La Liga returns to action this weekend, with a Barcelona derby, two coaches making their debuts, but without Kylian Mbappe. In such a situation, Barcelona will look to further extend their lead over archrivals Real Madrid. The Catalans currently enjoy an advantage of four points over Real Madrid, leading by 46 points to 42. They have so far won 15 matches out of 18, so far while Real have taken full points from 13 wins from 18 matches.Atletico Madrid are placed third with 37…
Madrid, Jan 1 (IANS) La Liga returns to action after a one-week Christmas hiatus this weekend with a full round of matches, which come ahead of the Spanish Supercup between Athletic Club Bilbao, Atletico Madrid, FC Barcelona, and Real Madrid to be played in Saudi Arabia the following week.The round of games gets underway on Friday night when Rayo Vallecano are at home to Getafe in a Madrid derby between two sides in need of a positive result, with Rayo’s last league win at the end of October, wh…