Barcelona has ever been one of the most likely winners of Spanish domestic league, but this is also a reality that other two equally probables: Real Madrid and Real Sociedad give it a tough fight every year, especially during the middle of the season and this is what seems to be happening with Blaugrana. Until now, they were ruling the leaderboard, in fact, they enjoy the high spot for last eighteen months, but when Valencia defeated them on their home turf in La Liga on Saturday, everybody starts talking about their apparent fall in the Primera Division. However, for now, club manager Gerardo Martino is highly optimistic to bounce back in the first leg of Copa del Rey semis with Real Sociedad, but it would not be an easy task looking at the form of Sociedad off late. Indeed, Catalan media is making Barca’s first home loss in the last eighteen months a national issue and holding various discussions about the downfall at a crucial time. According to many experts, this is just a … [Read more...]

Every confrontation within a match is followed by disciplinary action, but when such an incident involves some of the high profile names, clubs try their best to rescue them without a match suspension or just want a monetary fine instead. Real Madrid is one such club who is known for its firmness with teammates and if such team members are Gareth Bale or Cristiano Ronaldo, they can hire any legal expert in the world to defend them. Actually, Ronaldo raised his hand when shown a Red Card during the La Liga draw at Athletic Bilbao which was later reported to Spain’s Competition Committee for reference and adequate action. Though, no hearing has happened until now, but according to media reports, Spanish giant is preparing a solid defense in Ronaldo’s favor with excuses like it was just a frustration not intended towards referees, or something like this. Real has to play first leg of the Copa del Rey semifinal with Atletico Madrid on Wednesday and if Ronaldo is served with any match … [Read more...]

Twists and turns have ever been a Premier league specialty where leaderboard’s top positions keep changing throughout the event. The teams who used to be on the top at the beginning are nowhere around the peak spot in the middle, while teams like Manchester City who started their campaign with not so happy moments are now ruling the table. This is a rather even more interesting to see that other neighbors on the table are now equally favorable to take the league title home and one such team is Chelsea who has been as optimistic campaigner throughout the season as its second term manager would have expected. They are not only the biggest threat for City or even Arsenal, but they are also equally capable of reversing any game. This is what happened in the last night when they defeated City in a nail biting finish. Though, Blues took the lead in the first half itself, but they had to fight throughout ninety minutes to secure their lead and ultimately earn full three points out of the … [Read more...]

This season seems to be one of the worst one for league defender as they are breaking another record every other day – not for their wins but for their defeats. Yes, we are talking about Manchester United and their miserable show this season which continues to be on the peak. Saturday was another disastrous day for them when they could not overcome even Stoke and lost by 2-1. In fact, the win was more memorable for Stoke since it has been struggling throughout the season to be in the highlight and they are right on the top after defeating a defending champions, especially considering the fact that it was their first win against United since 1984. Like always, Mayes is on the point of every United’s fan for his strange decisions inside the field which cost them not just a match but three important points as well. If we compare both teams on paper, United was way ahead than their opponents, in fact, when they started with the famous triplets: Juan Mata, Robin van Persie, and Wayne … [Read more...]