Barcelona coach Xavi urged his team to improve its finishing against Atletico Madrid on Sunday in La Liga, where it will be without top goal scorer Robert Lewandowski. “Against Espanyol we lacked aggression in their box and we lacked efficiency,” Xavi told a news conference on Saturday. “Both Espanyol and Intercity made life hard for us as we didn’t take …
Real Madrid made the trip to the western Extremadura side Cacereno, who had ousted top flight Girona in the previous round. Madrid: Rodrygo scored the only goal and celebrated by paying tribute to Pele as Real Madrid advanced to the Spanish Cup last 16 on Tuesday with a hard-fought 1-0 win over fourth-tier Cacereno. Madrid made their Cup debut in …
La Liga has confirmed the season will restart with a Seville derby on June 11 and the campaign will wrap up on July 19, it was confirmed on Sunday. Quique Setien's men, who lead by two points, return to action with a trip to Real Mallorca on June 13, a day before Madrid hosts Eibar. Barcelona also hosts Atletico Madrid …
Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen is expected to miss the derby with Espanyol and the Supercopa de Espana due to a tendon problem. Valverde has ruled Ter Stegen out of the La Liga trip across the city to RCDE Stadium and thinks it will be difficult for him to face Atletico Madrid in the semifinals of the inaugural revamped Supercopa …
Real Madrid extended its unbeaten run to nine games in all competitions with a straightforward 2-0 win over struggling Espanyol on Saturday. Karim Benzema made the points safe when he swept home Federico Valverde's pass 11 minutes from full-time, making Ferland Mendy's late sending off for a needless second booking the only blight on an otherwise unfussy showing. Benzema squandered …
Diego Simeone hailed Diego Godin for his "remarkable" career with Atletico Madrid but refused to confirm whether the centre-back will leave at the end of the season. Godin has spent nine years with Atleti, racking up 380 first-team appearances, though reports in Spain suggest he will confirm his departure following next week's home match with Sevilla. Asked about Godin's future …
Lionel Messi and Barcelona were aided by a dismal error from Espanyol captain Victor Sanchez as they secured a patient 2-0 win in Saturday's Catalan derby. READ: Bayern Munich drops two points ahead of Der Klassiker There was no hint at Messi's ongoing fitness problems as he dazzled from the outset, seeing one close-range effort superbly blocked by Naldo before …
Antoine Griezmann's penalty was enough as Atletico Madrid moved up to second in LaLiga after claiming an unremarkable 1-0 win over Espanyol, as the Frenchman reached 200 career goals for club and country. The visitor looked considerably more threatening in the first half, with Jan Oblak having to be at his best to deny Borja Iglesias and one-time Atletico striker …
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