Sid Lowe at the Camp Nou Real Madrid’s Mesut Ozil, left, congratulates Cristiano Ronaldo on his winning goal at Barcelona in el Clásico. Photograph: Alberto Estevez/EPA Their hope lasted two minutes and nineteen seconds. Just when Barcelona thought there was a chance they might rescue the La Liga title, just as this stadium erupted...
Sid Lowe Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo prepare to square off again. Photograph: Andreu Dalmau/EPA It was not supposed to be this way. These two unstoppable beasts were supposed to stride towards each other, floor shaking with every thumping step, swatting others out the way until they came head to head...
Reuters Barcelona’s midfielder Xavi believes it is all or nothing for his side against Real Madrid. Photograph: Lluis Gene/AFP/Getty Images Barcelona‘s chances of retaining their La Liga crown rely on them beating the leaders Real Madrid in el clásico at the Camp Nou on Saturday, their midfielder Xavi has said. José Mourinho’s Real hold...
Press Association José Mourinho was speaking ahead of Real Madrid’s Champions League quarter-final second leg against Apoel Nicosia. Photograph: Angel Diaz/EPA José Mourinho has hit out at the latest round of transfer speculation involving Real Madrid and accused the Spanish press of trying to “destabilise” the La Liga leaders. Mourinho was angered by reports...
Jamie Jackson Benfica supporters are happy to see a side without Portuguese players as long as they are successful. Photograph: Armando Franca/AP The Lusophone connection is the tale of how a famous west London footballing parish became a Portuguese enclave. When José Mourinho moved from Porto to Chelsea in 2004, bringing the defenders Ricardo...
Associated Press Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo, the fastest man to 100 goals in La Liga, scores his 101st, his second against Real Sociedad. Photograph: Denis Doyle/Getty Images Cristiano Ronaldo became the fastest player to reach 100 goals in the Spanish league by scoring two to help leaders Real Madrid rebound from consecutive draws with...
Reuters Real Madrid’s Iker Casillas is unable to keep out a shot by the Villarreal midfielder Marcos Senna. Photograph: Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP/Getty Images Real Madrid conceded a late free kick to draw for the second time in four days as they were held 1-1 at struggling Villarreal, leaving the La Liga leaders six points clear...
Amy Lawrence Milan will be faced with the mercurial skills of Lionel Messi. Photograph: Javier Soriano/AFP/Getty Images This is not meant in any way as a slight against any of the six other teams who are still quite rightly enthusiastic about their Champions League prospects, but it cannot have escaped the attention of many...
Reuters José Mourinho watches Cristiano Ronaldo train in Madrid. Photograph: Ballesteros/EPA José Mourinho will stay at Real Madrid next season, insisted his Portuguese compatriot Cristiano Ronaldo, following speculation that the manager will be a target for Chelsea this summer. As Real prepared for Wednesday night’s Champions League meeting against CSKA Moscow at the Bernabéu,...
