Ronaldo gets OK to join Portugal
MADRID, Spain ● Cristiano Ronaldo’s shoulder injury is not serious and he will join up with the Portugal squad later on Monday, his club Real Madrid said. Ronaldo hurt his left shoulder attempting an overhead kick in the second half of Sunday’s 2-2 La Liga draw at Barcelona and although he appeared in [...]
Messi 2, Ronaldo 2
BARCELONA, Spain ● Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo both scored twice as Barcelona and Real Madrid drew 2-2 in a politically-charged Clasico on Sunday which kept the Catalan giants eight points ahead of their bitter rivals. Ronaldo put Madrid ahead after 23 minutes but Messi responded just after the half hour mark. The 98,000 crowd [...]
Real back on track with Rayo victory
MADRID, Spain ● Real Madrid kept Barcelona in their sights as an early goal from Karim Benzema put them on their way to a 2-0 win over Rayo Vallecano – but they remain eight points behind the Catalan side, who are yet to drop a point this season. Benzema struck after 13 minutes and Cristiano [...]
Floodlight ‘sabotage’ postpones Real Madrid match
MADRID, Spain ● Real Madrid’s La Liga match at Rayo Vallecano was postponed on Sunday after the floodlights failed amid reports of electrical cables being sabotaged. Rayo’s president Raul Martin Presa indicated he had reason to believe cables had been cut. “Vandals have cut cables, we have tried to solve the problem as quickly as [...]
Mourinho wanted to change seven players
MADRID, Spain ● Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho again criticised the attitude of a large part of his squad after the champions fell 1-0 at Sevilla, to slip eight points adrift of leaders Barcelona on Saturday. Real conceded after only two minutes at the Sanchez Pizjuan when Piotr Trochowski volleyed in unmarked at [...]
Worst start Real Madrid in 10 years
MADRID, Spain ● Real Madrid slumped to a 1-0 defeat at Sevilla on Saturday as Jose Mourinho’s defending champions suffered a second defeat in four matches, their worst start to a La Liga season in over a decade. Piotr Trochowski got the only goal for Sevilla as Real’s haul of just four points so far [...]
Trouble in Paradise: Ronaldo unhappy at Real
MADRID, Spain ● Cristiano Ronaldo refused to celebrate his 150th goal for Real Madrid on Sunday evening, citing “a professional issue” as the reason for being unhappy with the club. Ronaldo said he was upset with ‘people in the club’ after scoring two goals to lead Madrid to a 3-0 win over Granada on [...]
Ronaldo notches 150th goal
MADRID, Spain ● Cristiano Ronaldo hit a brace to reach a landmark 150 goals in 149 games for Real Madrid as they got their league campaign back on track on Sunday with a 3-0 win over ten-man Granada. Despite beating Barcelona to lift the domestic Super Cup in midweek the pressure was starting to grow [...]
Modric wins Super Cup during Real debut
MADRID, Spain ● Real Madrid took advantage of quick goals plus an early sending off to beat 10-man Barcelona 2-1 Wednesday to win the Spanish Super Cup on away goals after the two-legged tie ended 4-4. Gonzalo Higuain and Cristiano Ronaldo put Madrid in control with goals inside 23 minutes at the Santiago Bernabeu to [...]
