Barcelona will have a task on their hands in the Copa Del Rey after the 2016 winners were dealt a major blow at San Mames by Athletic Bilbao in the first leg of their round-of-16 contest. The Blaugrana were defeated 2-1 by the Basque outfit, who were reduced to nine men on Thursday. Athletic were … Read more
Real Madrid marked their return from the Christmas break with a fine 3-0 win over Jorge Sampaoli’s Sevilla in the first leg of the round-of-16 Copa Del Rey clash at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday. Some of the biggest names were unavailable for the Los Galacticos with Cristiano Ronaldo rested for the first game of … Read more
Barcelona return to action from the winter break with a round-of-16 Copa Del Rey clash against Athletic Bilbao on Thursday night and the Catalans will be looking to continue their recent good run of form with a victory over the Basque side. After a disappointing series of three draws in all competitions, the Blaugrana have … Read more
This year’s Copa del Rey finals is set to be tasty, very tasty indeed. It’s the ‘Derbi’ finale between Spain’s capital clubs Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid. Atleti booked themselves a spot in this year’s Copa del Rey final with a 4-3 aggregate win over Sevilla and Real Madrid stormed their way past the Catalans to set … Read more
Iker Casillas was on the receiving end of a vicious kick from Xabi Alonso, which forced him to be substituted on Wednesday evening in the Copa del Rey could have been worse. Early diagnosis has shown that the goalkeeper has suffered bruises and swelling to his index finger on his Left hand. Despite being left-footed, the Real … Read more
10 Men Malaga held Barcelona to 2-2 draw at the camp Nou in the Copa Del Rey Quarterfinals last night. Ignacio Camacho surprised everyone with a late leveller in the 90th minute. There is still a second leg to be played but Malaga will be happy to head home with two away goals. Barcelona … Read more
Copa Del Rey Round of 16 results: Bilbao 1-1 SD Eibar Cordoba 0-2 FC Barcelona Mallorca 0-5 Sevilla Atletico Madrid 3-0 Getafe Celta de Vigo 2-1 Real Madrid If 86 is not enough? Add two more to the tally. The Argentinian superstar made sure Barca are in a safe position to make it to … Read more