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Barcelona ready for Villarreal challenge

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

Barca look to continue their unbeaten run as they travel to the El Madrigal on Saturday, however they are in for an intense match with Villarreal as they are the last team to defeat the Spanish Giants in the league.
 
The Last meeting
The last time these two sides met at the El Madrigal, Villarreal came out […]

Riquelme magic too good for fiesty Chile

Sunday, October 14th, 2007

Argentina made a perfect start to their qualifying campaign for the 2010 World Cup, as two first half goals from star midfielder Juan Roman Riquelme earned a victory for the hosts against a spirited young Chilean side. 
The playmaker hasn’t played for Spanish club Villarreal all season after a fall-out with coach Manuel Pellegrini and spent the latter half of […]

Argentina ready for World Cup campaign

Friday, October 12th, 2007

With a squad boasting the best player in the world in the form of Barcelona forward Lionel Messi and other superstars including Sergio Aguero, Carlos Tevez and Juan Riquelme, other nations would be forgiven for casting an envious eye over the talent available to the Argentine national team.
However, commentators in Argentina are expressing fear that […]

Unstoppable Messi leads Barcelona charge

Monday, October 8th, 2007

Barcelona star Lionel Messi scored for the sixth consecutive game as the Catalan club continued their irresistable form with a 3-0 home victory against in-form Atletico Madrid.
Despite Brazilian Ricardo Kaka being named FIFPro Player of the Year by his fellow professionls, on current form, there is surely nobody better in the world than Messi.
The 20 […]

La Liga Review - Week 7

Sunday, October 7th, 2007

Interesting developments in La Liga as we go into round 7.  With the money that gets passed around by the bigger clubs, and all the exceptional players who can draw so much attention, it’s no wonder really.  Football is big entertainment, not to mention big business.  No joke.
Casillas and Saviola of Real Madrid are the […]

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