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SPANISH CUP 2º LEG Q/FINAL 2008 THURSDAY GAMES

RACING DE SANTANDER & FC BARCELONA join Valencia CF
& Getafe in the semi finals of the SPANISH CUP after the last two
matches of the 2º leg Q/Finals were played tonight.

ATHLETIC DE BILBAO drew 3-3 at home against RACING, but
lost the Q/final because Racing came into the game with a 2 goal
advantage from the 1º leg.
The goal scorers for Athletic were AMOREBIETA (18th min),
MUÑOZ (24th min) & SUSAETA ( 55th min).
For Racing the scorers were DRUSCHER ( 53thmin), TCHITE (72th)
& SERRANO (91stmin).
As one can see the 1º half was all Bilbao & the 2º half all Racing, the
end result, Racing make history & go into the semis.

The 1º leg was a 0-0 draw at VILLAREAL, the 2º leg finished in a 1-0
victory for FC BARCELONA with the only goal coming from
Frenchmen THIERRY HENRY with a header in the 40th min.
It was a tough affair with Villareal defender Cygan being sent off with a
red card & Villareal playing with 10 men since the 44th min.
Messi missed a penalty late in the 2º half , with Henry not being given his
2º goal due to off-side. End result, Barça through to semis.

EUROPEAN CUP FINAL 2010 IN MADRID

UEFA has announced that the mitical Real Madrid stadium "Santiago
Bernabeu" ( below) will host the final of the European Cup in 2010,
as published by "AS".
It will be the first time that a final will be played on a Saturday & has
won over the "new" Wembley Stadium in London.

The last time that the "Santiago Bernabeu" stadium hosted a
European Cup final was in 1980, that is, 30 years ago ( taking

2010 as the next final). Good news for Spanish Football & fans

overall.

FORMULA 1: FERNANDO ALONSO & RENAULT OFFICIAL PRESENTATION

Here is a quicky for all the Spanish & non-Spanish auto fans would
wish to know wants up with FERNANDO ALONSO

Well today in Paris ( France) Renault presented officially to media
its drivers Alonso & Nelsinho Piquet along with the new look R28
automobile. Good luck to both.

SPANISH CUP 2º LEG Q/F VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS AT.MADRID - VALENCIA CF & MALLORCA - GETAFE

Missed yesterdays SPANISH CUP 2º leg Q/Final games between
At.Madrid & Valencia, plus Mallorca & Getafe?
Wish to see the goals & highlights?

SPANISH CUP 2º LEG Q/FINAL 2008 WEDNESDAY GAMES

Two games played tonight in the 2º leg of the SPANISH CUP
Q/FINALS that have given the following results, scorers & images.

VALENCIA CF took its one goal advantage to ATLETICO DE
MADRID, & it was the key the opened the door for them to qualify
for the semi-finals. The presence of the Argentine Football leyend
MARADONA (above) to see the game & cheer on Atletico was not
enough, although Atletico won 3-2. However, the two away goals
count for double & here is the explaination, as history repeats itself

for Atletico & puts a question mark on their future.

It was a fabulous game & the nerves were on edge the 90 mins, as

Atletico fans prayed for the miracle, but only saw the hand of some

bad luck & a twisted destiny.
Atletico started well with an own goal by Valencia player MIGUEL,

that was then added on to by a 2º goal by AGUERO in the 19th min.
But, then in the 28th min Atletico defender CLEBER SANTANA put

in an own goal for Valencia, that MATA added to in the 35th min to

equalize for Valencia.
It was gloom for Atletico when VALERA headed in the 3rd for Atletico

in the 59th min to open the gates of a miracle. But the final whistle blew

& Valencia, although they lost, went through into the semis & calmed

their own personal nightmare.
Its Atletico´s 4th straight loss & they now show signs of "crisis". How
football changes things!

Speaking of miracles, MALLORCA looked like qualifying for the

semi finals after IBAGAZA in the 7th min & ARANGO in the 55th
put them 2º goals up against GETAFE, who only had the 1º goal

advantage from the 1st leg.
Then, when Mallorca were practically celebrating, the sky opened
& the miracle happened when GRANERO scored from a free kick in
the 81st min to give Getafe a valuable away goal worth double &

a berth into the Spanish Cup semis. Spectacular stuff!

Tomorrow the final 2º games will be played of the Spanish Cup

with:
At.Bilbao - Racing
FC Barcelona - Villareal

Two top games in which you can surf into SFS & see the results,
scorers & images.

FC BARCELONA JOIN TOTTENHAM, LYON, REAL MADRID, LIVERPOOL, MAN UTD IN PUSH FOR GARAY

It´s the type of headline all young 21 year old footballer wishes, to have
the best clubs in Europe "fighting" to get your services.The RACING
DE SANTANDER Argentine defender GARAY (pictured) is being
thrown flowers by LYON, TOTTENHAM,REAL MADRID,
LIVERPOOL, MAN UTD & now FC BARCELONA has entered the
picture, according to radio "Cadena Ser" & daily "Sport". So much so,
that Barça directives are following the player & have made a 17M€ offer.

That offer is 3M€ short of his contract release clause, & to add a hurdle
Real Madrid has an agreement with Racing that Real has 1º option in any
transfer deal. But Lyon, may surprise everyone & pay the 20M€ & thus
taking the player directly. The other mentioned clubs have´nt given up as well,
specially Tottenham who have come in the picture with force.
So Fc Barcelona has competitors & it looks like an interesting battle ahead
for this talented defender who scores goals. Stay tuned!

Leave you with an interesting VIDEO on Garay done 10 months ago, worth
watching to know better the player.

REAL MADRID & SEVILLA FC REGAIN KEY PLAYERS

Bad news for African Nation MALI today after being eliminated
by IVORY COAST 3-0 in the AFRICAN NATIONS CUP

However, for Spanish teams REAL MADRID & SEVILLA FC the
result could not have been better because they can now recover
& get back into their squads two vital players for their teams

DIARRA ( above) , KANOUTE ( below) & KEITA will be flying
back asap to their respective teams - Real & Sevilla - as all three are
members of the Mali National side.

DEPORTIVO A CORUÑA NEWS 2008: WILHELMSSON TO DEPOR?

According to Swedish daily "Aftonbladet" & Spanish paper "Marca"
Spanish 1º Division club DEPORTIVO is close to sealing the loan of
Swedish International & English Premier League club BOLTON
player CHRISTIAN WILHELMSSON until the end of the season.

Deportivo, who are struggling this season at the botton of the league ladder
have confirmed that they are negotiationg with Bolton for the 28 year old
player. Stay tuned!

RCD ESPANYOL: EWERTHON TO FILL TAMUDO GAP

Brazilian forward EWERTHON (below) is back & going to RDC
ESPANYOL until the end of this season on loan from German side
STUTTGART, with REAL ZARAGOZA´s permission. Why? The
player still "belongs" to Zaragoza who loaned him to Stuttgart , &
now returns to Spanish Football with Espanyol.

The player is called upon to fill the huge gap left by the injuried
Espanyol Captain & goalscorer Raul Tamudo who is out for
2 months. The Brazilian has talent, goal & Spanish Football
experience as proved last season while at Zaragoza.

Great news for FC BARCELONA after letting slip 2ºpoints this

weekend & allowing the "enemy" - Real Madrid - to escape ahead
on the classification table with 9ºpoints lead.
Brazilian "crack" RONALDINHO was given today the OK by the
medical team to get back on the turf & do his thing: play football.

Ronaldinho has missed the last 8 games for Barça & could make his

return next Thursday in the 2º leg of the Q/Final match of the Spanish
Cup against Villareal. The Brazilian has been training hard & "looking
after himself" to get back in top form & give the fans some joys & hopes.

*SFS thanks "Mundo Deportivo" for the Barça header

FC BARCELONA NEWS & HUMOUR 2008

According to "Sport" & English dialy "Mail On Sunday", CHELSEA,
TOTTENHAM & NEWCASTLE are interested in the services of 30
year old Portugues International & FC BARCELONA midfielder
DECO, after the player announced that he may leave Barça at the
end of the season.

Lastly, in "Mundo Deportivo´s" cartoon section, "Pelotazos" by Kap, they
focus on Barça´s 1-1 draw yesterday that "gave" their arch rivals Real
Madrid two more valuable points, which increases that gap to 9ºpoints in the
Championship race. It´s self explained.

REAL MADRID 3 - VILLAREAL 2 - ROUND 21/ 2008 - VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS

SFS readers have requested the highlights of this great game. The
Copyright owner is asking the various sites to take it off. Try this one
below :O)

Real Madrid 3 vs Villareal 2 Highlights (2008)

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA - ROUND 21 /2008 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

Surprises, controversy & plenty of goals in Round 21 of "La Liga"
that added more spice to the Spanish 1ºst Division. Here are the
results, scorers & images of todays games.

Firstly, REAL MURCIA lost in a disputed game against LEVANTE,
with the latter winning 2-3 in the last minute with a goal that was
off-side.
Murcia started well with a goal by IVAN ALONSO in the 45th min,
but Levante pulled back with 2ºgoals in the 72nd & 81st via ALVARO
& RIGA. It looked like Murcia would win after it got ahead in the
88th with an own goal by KUJOVIC (own goal), but LEON got
the winner in the last moment for Levante while off-side. Controversy!

Third straight loss to ATLETICO DE MADRID ( the other was
the Cup match mid-week) away to MALLORCA with the 0-1
scoreline. The goal come via ARANGO in the 20th min to give
Mallorca the points & put the long faces on the Atletico players.
Atletico are not taking their chances, history is repeating itself, &
once again Reyes was again sent off with a Red Card leaving his
side with 10 men.

The other Madrid side GETAFE won 1- 3 away against
RECREATIVO with goals from ALBIN ( pictured above),
GRANERO & MANU DEL MORAL. The consolation goal
for Recreativo came from CAMUÑAS which was a real cracker.

ESPANYOL keep losing & are slipping from the higher places on
the ladder, they are feeling the effects of not having striker Tamudo
who is injuried & may soon shut the loan of Brazilian Ewerthon from
Stuttugart to help solve the problem.
REAL BETIS won 1-2 with goals from RIVERA & EDU
(pictured above) in the last minute with the winner. For Espanyol
LUIS GARCIA scored a brilliant free kick, but it was not enough,
Espanyol let another 3 points go away.

DEPORTIVO recovered their play maker Valderon after 1 year absent
with injury & it served as an omen with a 3-1 victory over VALLADOLID
at home. It was their 1º win after 4 months in front of their fans who
celebrated the goals from LUPO ( above), XISCO & GUARDADO. For
Valladolid VICTOR managed the consolation goal. These 3ºpoints give
Deportivo oxigen in their fight to avoid the relegation zone.

The only goal by ALMERIA by MELO ( above) gave his team the
0 - 1 over VALENCIA CF away & further sent Valencia into turmoil.
The home crowd turned their anger towards caoch Koaman chanting
"...go home, leave". Big problems at Valencia, they are 5points away
from the relegation zone!

RACING managed to avoid defeat & draw in the very last minute
2-2 against REAL ZARAGOZA. Racing scored first via BOLADO
in the 3rd min, but Zaragoza got into the game with goals from
DIEGO MILITO in the 60th min & CELADES in the 83rd min.
But when it looked like a Zaragoza victory, TCHITE ( above) scored
in the last moment to deprive Zaragoza & its new coach Irureta the
victory.

FC BARCELONA slipped away from home to ATHLETIC DE BILBAO
with a 1-1 draw to the delight of its arch rival Real Madrid. Barça just
could´nt finish off their chances, although young BOJAN got them on
the scoresheet first in the 34th min. However, LLORENTE in the 77th
min managed to grab the prized draw.

REAL MADRID managed a very important win tonight against a tough
rival VILLAREAL by 3-2. The 3ºpoints & the draw by FC Barcelona put
Real now 9ºpoints ahead as leader of the Spanish 1º Division.

Real Madrid Brazilian forward ROBINHO ( pictured celebrating one of his

two goals ) was one of the main protagonists, along with Guti & the rest
of his teammates. Robinho scored first in the 8th min ahead of a superb pass

from Guti to set him up.

Villareal reacted in the 15th min thanks to its young Italian player ROSSI
(above) to level things, however ROBINHO got Real Madrid back in
track & ahead in the 52th min with his 2ºnd goal.
Then with 15min to go, the game went "crazy" with CAPDEVILA equalizing

for Villareal in the 75th min, to later have SNEIJDER ( below) score 4mins
later & put back into the lead Real Madrid.

From then on Real coach Schuster used the substitute "instrument" to

halt play & ease the tension, giving advice to his players to keep their

heads & secure the result.
Real Madrid now escape from their rivals after this win & are closer to
claiming the title. However, there is a long way still, but they have given
the rest a hard moral blow.

REAL ZARAGOZA TRANSFER RUMOURS: LIVERPOOL FC AFTER PABLO AIMAR?

News from English paper "Daily Mirror", which has been picked up
locally by "Marca" inform that English Premier League & European
Cup sub-Champions LIVERPOOL FC may make a move for the
currently injuried ( pelvis) & recovering Argentine & REAL ZARAGOZA
midfielder PABLO AIMAR.

Liverpool coach Benitez sees Aimar as a value asset for his team
as he coached the Argentine back in Valencia, & knows well what he can
add to the English side.
Its speculated that Liverpool will put 13M€ on the table to convience
Zaragoza that this is the best for both parties. Stay tuned!

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR AFTER CARLES PUYOL & VIDEO OF RONALDINHO, DECO & MOTTA AT THE BEACH

How´s this for news out of "Mundo Deportivo" that picked it up from
"Sky Sports". According to the latter TOTTENHAM HOTSPURS
representatives have flown to Barcelona to discuss the possibilty of
Barça Captain CARLES PUYOL going over to London. It is the wish
of Tottenham´s Spanish coach Juande to make 30 year old Carles
Puyol the new leader of the team in the future.
SFS wishes them luck as it is going to be difficult for the English club
to fulfill their wish.

This is for the fans. A video of Ronaldinho, Deco & Motta at the beach
practicing "futvolley". By the way, they don´t do it too badly at all.

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA - ROUND 21 /2008 SATURDAY GAME

Just one match played tonight of Round 21 of "La Liga" with a tough
affair between SEVILLA FC & OSASUNA with the former winning
2-1 in the last minute.

The 1º half was even with both sides wary of each other & went
into the break without scoring.
The 2º half saw both side going out with a different attitude & with
victory on their minds. The game was tough, so tough that the yellow
card was seen more than the ball at times.
The 1ºst to score was POULSEN in the 54th min for Sevilla & that made
Osasuna go all out. They were rewarded in the 68th min with a goal
by SOLA that equalized things.

Then it was an all in affair with 2 red cards to Osasuna , one off which
came about with a penalty ( or not) to Sevilla which LUIS FABIANO
scored in the 93rd min to give his team the final victory. Here is the VIDEO
of the highlights:

The rest of Round 21 games tomorrow, surf into SFS for all the results,
scorers & images.

RCD ESPANYOL & REAL MADRID TRANSFER TALKS 2008

RCD ESPANYOL see REAL MADRID forward ROBERTO SOLDADO

as the ideal replacement for injuried forward & Spanish International
RAUL TAMUDO. Since Tamudo´s injury the club has dropped in

effectiveness & goal slipping in the classification table, for this reason
"Marca" publish that Espanyol will go all out in the negotiations.

However, two hurdles Espanyol must overcome:

1. Coach Schuster does not wish to let Soldado go, specially now that
Saviola is injuried. Schuster does´nt wish to have a gap upfront in case

V.Nistelrooy gets injuried

2.Real Madrid only desires to sell & not loan. The price no less than
5M €

But, according to "Sport", Espanyol has PLAN B. The other possiblity
is ex-Zaragoza player & now STUTTGURT, Brazilian EWERTHON.
The Germans would look favourably at a loan.

Stay with REAL MADRID, the sometime over enthusiastic daily
"Marca" publish on their cover today that Real is negotiating with
Brazilian club SANTOS for the 18 year old foward TIAGO LUIS -

"the next Messi" ( Marca´s words not SFS). SFS will stay tuned
on developments, until then SFS has found this video of the youngster

in action with 2º goals for his current team.

VIDEO: 30 GREAT FOOTBALL/SOCCER GOALS

SFS has been surfing the Web & has come across this VIDEO from
"Edum" who has put together 14.37 mins of the "30 Best Goals"
according to his criteria, which is´nt bad at all. So I thought I´ll bang
it on SFS for the readers as its full of Spanish & "La Liga" based players.
You may notice a few goals missing, but hey, what the hell, they are
all great. Enjoy!

The 23 year old FC BARCELONA & Spanish International midfielder
ANDRES INIESTA ( below with Barça President Laporta) is a very
fine player, SFS would add, a real gem. Fc Barcelona know this & wish

to secure their treasure for themselves & from other clubs.

Today Barça & Iniesta extended their contract until 2014, with the
player bettering his salary & the club increasing his release clause

from 60M€ to 150€. As we can see from the image both parties are

happy & the reason is the Barça keeps a young & excellent player as

the below video illustrates ( fine music by "Arctic Monkeys"):

LYON OFFER 15M€ FOR RACING PLAYER GARAY

RACING DE SANTANDER 21 year old Argentine forward
EZEQUIEL GARAY ( pictured) is a very fine Football player, &
half of Europe knows it. So much so, the French team LYON has
put on the table 15M€ in order to convience the Spanish club to let
to young player fly over to France.

English Premier League club, TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR, tried
earlier with a 10M€ offer that was rejected & Real Madrid was
in there testing the waters as well.

What´s certain is that Garay is on his way for big things.

FORMULA 1: LEWIS HAMILTON STILL SLEEPS WITH ALONSO

Translated literally the headline from Spanish daily "Marca" the
words from Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton: "Alonso tought me
what I should never do". Interesting effort to reach new heights
of thought from a driver who has not won absolutely nothing to
brag about & lost last years Formula 1 Championship to inexperience
& over confidence. But hey! were all human, right,... right !

Mr. Lewis, a true professional with class never speaks continously
about fellow Formula 1 professionals, specially if that person in which
you speak off is no longer in your team to cause you any "problems".
If SFS is not mistaken, Alonso is no longer at McClaren due to your
behind the scenes knife sharpening, crying & childish tantrums.

However, this fascination with Fernando Alonso looks to be entering
into the "psychlogical problems" zone for Mr.Lewis, perhaps paranoia.
Get some professional help son.

SFS does agree in one thing with Hamilton words; everyone should
learn what not to do thanks to Lewis Hamilton. Shut up, get on with
your work & at least win - if you can - back to back World Formula 1
Championship titles & then we may actually take you seriously. Look
around you Mr.Lewis your in a mans sport, so begin to act as one. Opps,
sorry forgot, your actually a fine actor indeed.

HANDBALL: SPAIN CRASHES IN THE 2008 EUROPEANS

From glory to disaster, thats the Spanish National Handball teams
Curriculum for the European Handball Championships. Their
overall finishing position is Nº9 & have to play again in upcoming
tournaments to see if they can get to the Pekin 2008 Olympics via
the "back door".

The only reason SFS finds at this moment is the unlucky run with
injuries of "key" players & the changing of the "glorious" old guard.
Lets hope Spain can lift from this.

SPANISH CUP Q/FINALS 2008 - 1º LEG THURSDAY GAMES

The last two 1º leg SPANISH CUP Q/Final games were played tonight
with the following results & scorers.

RACING DE SANTANDER are half way already to the semis after
defeating ATHLETIC DE BILBAO 2-0 at home. The local heroes
were TCHITE who scored in the 74th min & four minutes later
the Polish "wonder" SMOLAREK

FC BARCELONA survived & are nicely set up for the 2º leg after
drawing 0-0 with VILLAREAL. Barça were without some important
players & did fine to hold out to allow them to fight again at "Camp
Nou" in the decider.

SPANISH CUP - 1º LEG Q/FINALS 2008

Two games played tonight of the SPANISH CUP 1º leg Q/Finals
with the other two scheduled for tomorrow.

GETAFE let off the hook MALLORCA with 1-0 victory after dominanting
a non-existent visiting side from start to finish. Said in other words, Getafe
could not finish the "killing" of its opponent that now has the chance to
turn the table in the 2º leg clash.
The score for Getafe was DE LA RED ( above).

Same story here as well, Valencia dominanted & "let off the hook"
Atletico, who will attempt to grab the tie at their home ground in
the 2º leg. Final score:
VALENCIA CF 1 ( Silva 32min) - ATLETICO DE MADRID 0

Tomorrows other & remaining Q/Final 1º leg clashes are :
Racing - Athletic de Bilbao
Villareal - Fc Barcelona

VILLAREAL TRANSFER NEWS 2008: SIGNS MARCO RUBEN FROM RIVER

News out from Argentina media & published in "Marca" confirm
the VILLAREAL has signed 21 year old Argentine & RIVER PLATE
forward MARCO RUBEN ( below).

The media speculate that the deal cost 7M€ & River will get 15% of
future transfer fees. Lets welcome the player over to "La Liga" &
wish him luck.

REAL MADRID PLAYERS MAKE THE BULK OF THE IDEAL TEAM FOR DECEMBER 2007

The "European Sports Magazines" have published their ideal 11
players for the month of December 2007, with REAL MADRID
members dominanting the final accumalative ideal team. Apart
from Real Madrid members, 2º other Spaniards are also included
giving the final list a Spanish favour.

The list of the ideal 11 team for December according to the "European
Sports Magazines" are:

Casillas (Real Madrid); Ramos (Real Madrid); Pepe (Real Madrid);
Gallas (Chelsea); Cambiasso (Inter); C.Ronaldo (Man Utd.); Kaka
(AC Milan); Baptista (Real Madrid); Torres (Liverpool); Iniesta
(FC Barcelona) & Cruz (Inter).

Here is the voting by the various European Magazines that make up
the voting organization:

Don Balon
Júlio César (Inter), Daniel Alves (Sevilla), Pepe (Real Madrid),
Vidic (Manchester United), Gallas (Arsenal), Cristiano Ronaldo
(Manchester United), Júlio Baptista (Real Madrid), Iniesta
(Barcelona), Julio Cruz (Inter), Kovacevic (Olympiacos) & Inzaghi
(Milan).

World Soccer
Casillas (Real Madrid), Nesta (Milan), Maldini (Milan),
Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Kaká (Milan), Anderson
(Manchester United), Diaby (Arsenal), Júlio Baptista
(Real Madrid), Benzema (O. Lyon), Fernando Torres
(Liverpool) & Toni (Bayern).

A Bola
Casillas (Real Madrid), Bosingwa (Oporto), Pepe
(Real Madrid), Ferdinand (Manchester United), Maxwell
(Inter), Júlio Baptista (Real Madrid), Cambiasso (Inter),
Pirlo (Milan), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United),
Santa Cruz (Blackburn) & Ibrahimovic (Inter).

Sport-Express
Casillas (Real Madrid), Maicon (Inter), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid),
Gallas (Arsenal), Molinaro (Juventus), Cristiano Ronaldo
(Manchester United), Cambiasso (Inter), Jiménez (Inter), Júlio Baptista
(Real Madrid), Nihat (Villarreal) y Fernando Torres (Liverpool).

Sport/Foot
Casillas (Real Madrid), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Córdoba (Inter),
Gallas (Arsenal), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United), Gerrard
(Liverpool), Cambiasso (Inter), Robinho (Real Madrid), Fernando
Torres (Liverpool), Van Nistelrooy (Real Madrid) & Julio Cruz (Inter).

Fanatik
Buffon (Juventus), Daniel Alves (Sevilla), Gallas (Arsenal),
Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Chivu (Inter), Iniesta (Barcelona),
Diego (Werder Bremen), Kaká (Milan), Cristiano Ronaldo
(Manchester United), Mutu (Fiorentina) & Anelka (Bolton).

Tips Bladet
Júlio César (Inter), Nesta (Milan), Gallas (Arsenal), Chivu (Inter),
Júlio Baptista (Real Madrid), Gerrard (Liverpool), Jiménez (Inter),
Van der Vaart (Hamburgo), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United),
Julio Cruz (Inter) & Aiyegbeni (Everton).

La Gazzetta dello Sport
Buffon (Juventus), Rafinha (Schalke), Gallas (Arsenal), Alex (Chelsea),
Fucile (Oporto), Júlio Baptista (Real Madrid), Touré (Barcelona),
Kaká (Milan), Van der Vaart (Hamburgo), Cristiano Ronaldo
(Manchester United) & Julio Cruz (Inter).

Voetbal International
Casillas (Real Madrid), Pepe (Real Madrid), Gallas (Arsenal), Alex
(Chelsea), Grosso (O. Lyon), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United),
Cambiasso (Inter), Júlio Baptista (Real Madrid), Fernando Torres
(Liverpool), Julio Cruz (Inter) & Elmander (Toulouse).

Kicker
Almunia (Arsenal), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Gallas (Arsenal),
Córdoba (Inter), Hleb (Arsenal), Júlio Baptista (Real Madrid),
Kaká (Milan), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United),
Fernando Torres (Liverpool), Inzaghi (Milan) & Julio Cruz (Inter).

Real Madrid goalkeeper IKER CASILLAS ( above) is having a
fantastic season & is getting his due European recognition

Interesting piece in "Marca" commenting on the list of injuries
that REAL MADRID is experiencing from its new signnings this
year. As we can see below (Robben; Saviola; Pepe; Heinze;
Metzelder & Sneijder), between all these new faces for this season
they have missed 64 games.
Lots of cash invested for so little return!

The most absent is Robben with 12 games, followed by Metzelde &
Heinze, which leads many to ask what criteria or policy does Real
Madrid follow in deciding their signnings. Perhaps SFS is mistaken
following this path & the answers come from the medical team,
the coaching staff, the coach or the directives who sign without knowledge.
The Spanish paper "Marca" does not go into that type of judgements,
it solely highlights the "unlucky" injuries that happen to fall on the
new signnings. The answers are left for each to ponder.
Whats your thoughts?

MOTOGP AND FORMULA 1: SPANIARDS WORKING HARD

For all our motor readers at SFS here is a brief post to let you know
that both MotoGp & Formula 1 are already hard at work along with
the corresponding Spanish Sportsmen in each area.

MotoGp is doing their thing - testing & fine tuning - at Sepang
(Malaysia) with the only bad news being that DANI PEDROSA (above)
fell in a spectacular fashion & injuried his hand. A serious reverse
so early that we hope does´nt set back his preparation.
Good news was the 9th place by 2 time 250cc World Champ JORGE
LORENZO, who has jumped up in catagory & is with Yahama &
teammate of Valentino Rossi.

In Formula 1, Spanish 2 time World Champ, FERNANDO ALONSO,
is already in control & putting to work his new automobile the R28
(Renault - pictured above) at the Cheste (Valencia SPAIN) circuit. The
performance is excellent & the sensations are very good, as Alonso is
surprising most with his times. Obviously lots of work ahead, but it seems
a good start for Fernando & Renault.

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