REAL MADRID PRE-SEASON CALENDAR | AUSTRALIA - CHINA

This piece may interest the Real Madrid fans especially in Australia & China. The Spanish Football Club will be travelling to these parts of the World pre-season. Below are some details & information:

Following the International & Summer break, the Real Madrid players will return to Madrid for their pre-season training on either July 10 or 11 before travelling in their Summer tour.

Australia: International Champions Cup | Schedule | 
Sat, July 18: Roma vs Real Madrid | 11AM CEST | Stadium: Melbourne, VIC.
Fri, July 24: Real Madrid vs Manchester City | 12PM CEST | Stadium: Melbourne, VIC.

China: International Champions Cup | Schedule
Mon, July 27: Inter vs Real Madrid | 3AM CEST (Tuesday, July 28) | Stadium: Guangzhou.
Thu, July 30: Real Madrid vs Milan | 3AM CEST (Friday, July 31) | Stadium:  Shanghai.

Madrid: The team will return to Madrid to continue their pre-season training before flying to Munich.

Munich: Audi Cup * 
Tue, August 4: teams TBA | Games: two semi-finals
Wed, August 5:  teams TBA | Games: Third place playoff and final

*The kick-offs on both days are at 6:15PM and 8:45PM CEST

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REAL MADRID TOUR AUSTRALIA - CHINA PRE SEASON 2015

Good news for Australian & Chinese Soccer & Real Madrid followers & fans.

Real Madrid will start the next season on July 10. After a few days in "Valdebebas - Madrid", the Spanish Football team will depart for Australia, country where they will play two matches within the "Guiness International Champions Cup" and in which Clubs like Inter Milan and Manchester City have already given their OK. Melbourne will be the centre of operations.

The next stage of the Real Madrid summer pre-season tour is China, country where two matches will be played, in addition to various promotional events and other related to the "Real Madrid Foundation"

The next "final" stage will be Munich - Germany, to close the pre-season tour with the dispute in an official tournament TBA.

The estimates made by Real Madrid Directives is that the Club will earn between 12 and 15 million euros during the mentioned pre-season summer 2015 tour.

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REAL MADRID PRE-SEASON GAMES & MATCHES CALENDAR

Real Madrid left Spain today for Los Angeles USA to continue with their pre-season & to play some interesting quality Friendly matches that make up part of the 2º edition of the "International Champions Cup". There the Spanish Football Club will play teams like Inter Milan, AC Roma & Manchester United, plus hook up with the remaining squad players current on summer vacation after their World Cup participation or recently signed.

REAL MADRID Pre-season dates & matches:

27th of July: Real Madrid - Inter de Milan (Berkeley, USA)
30th of July: Real Madrid - AC Roma (Dallas, USA)
2nd de August: Real Madrid - Manchester United (Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA)
5th of August: TBC if Real Madrid makes the Final (Miami USA) (2º edi. "Internationals Champions Cup")

12th of August: Real Madrid - Sevilla FC (UEFA European SuperCup de Europa /Cardiff, Wales)

16th of August: Real Madrid - Fiorentina (Warsaw, Poland)

20th of Ausgust: Atletico de Madrid - Real Madrid (Spanish SuperCup /away)
27th of August : Real Madrid - Atletico de Madrid (Spanish SuperCup /return)

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SPANISH FOOTBALL | SEVILLA FC LOOKING GOOD FOR SEASON 2013 - 2014

Spanish Football Clubs FC Barcelona & Real Madrid CF have been getting the mayor headlines of most Spanish Sports papers while they sign the big names & travel around the World. However, there is another Spanish Football Club also doing their work this pre-season & doing it well.

Sevilla FC has sold two important players in Jesus Navas & Alvaro Negredo to Manchester City which has filled their bank account. One would think that the team would suffer after losing two vital pieces but the technical staff has been working hard signing some good players this summer. Without the "big noise" of others Sevilla has been scouting the market & incorporating players which have maintained or better the team if we are to use the pre-season as a reference. Names not so household locally but just as impressive in quality like Raul Rusescu, Kevin Gameiro, Carlos Bacca, Marko Marin ... etc., just to say a few.

Sevilla FC has qualified themselves for the Europa League stages in an impressive fashion with bags loads of goals & yesterday defeated English giant Manchester United 1 - 3 in a pre-season friendly. The goals of this match were 0-1, Min. 21: Vitolo. 0-2, Min. 25: Marin. 1-2, Min. 64: Valencia. 1-3, Min. 91: Rabello. One of the new names to watch for Sevilla fans this year is Marko Marin who is a class act & on loan from Chelsea FC.

Granted its pre-season, however Sevilla FC comes into the new Spanish Football season solid & strong. Looks like they can give the other Clubs a run for their money. 

LATEST: Sevilla FC transfers its Chilean International midfielder Medal to Cardiff City for 11M€.

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NEYMAR DEBUTS WITH FC BARCELONA

It is the photo that FC Barcelona fans have been waiting all year. The debut of Brazilian Football sensation Neymar with his new Spanish Football Club. 

The forward came on late , around the 77th min mark, to replace Alexis in a pre-season match against Polish Club Gdansk which ended 2 - 2. The Brazilian was fiercely followed & one may say was welcomed to European Football with some "rough" marking. Something Neymar will have to become used to which explains his tonsil remove operation this summer so as to gain some more muscle. The Brazilian said post-match that he needs more time to adapt. Naturally as the fans are too excited & expect immediate results. 

While the Brazilian attracted all the camera flashes , TV close ups & signature petitions, his team-mate Argentine Lionel Messi scored last night one of his teams goals along with young midfield promise Sergi Roberto.

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PRE-SEASON GAME RESULTS | FC BARCELONA LOSES REAL MADRID DRAWS

Pre-season games & tests for Spanish Football Clubs FC Barcelona & Real Madrid. The first travelled to Munich to face Bayern, while the second flew to Lyon to play Olympique. The non-Spanish Clubs are fitter with more pre-season training & with more matches under their belts & in both cases it showed as the Spanish Teams have only been training for just more than a week. Added to this the Spanish Internationals of both Spanish Teams are still on holidays with their positions being filled by youngsters trying to catch the eye of their current Coach. This is positive as it guarantees intensity but the tactical discipline has yet to be fully assimilated.

Bayern Munich defeated FC Barcelona in front of their home crowd 2 - 0 very easily. The Germans were superior physically with more "pre-season kilometres" under their belts. New Coach Guardiola has made some tactical changes onto the team which has given more dynamism in midfield & upfront. Lahm is now a midfielder & he scored the first goal in the 14th min via a header, Ribery was dangerous & quick, while new signing & ex-FC Barcelona promise Thiago looked good spreading the ball around with class.

FC Barcelona looked out of groove without their Spanish Internationals & Messi alone could not solve everything. It was hard work tonight as Barça was not accustomed to not having the control of the ball.

The second half saw a complete change of team by Barça with the bench being given a run, & Bayern got their second via Mandzukic in the 87th min.

No real conclusions for FC Barcelona, however Bayern Munich look very strong & solid.

Match Details:

Bayern Munich 2: Neuer (Starke, 46); Dante (Van Buyten, 59), Alaba, Rafinha (Can, 74), Boateng Kirchhoff, 68); Kroos (Schweinsteiger, 68), Thiago (Pizarro, 74), Lahm (Gustavo, 59); Ribéry (Contento, 68), Robben (Shaqiri, 46), Müller (Mandzukic, 46).

FC Barcelona 0: Pinto (Oier, 46); Montoya (Sergi Gómez, 46), Bartra (Sergi Samper, 46), Mascherano (Ilie, 46), Adriano (Patric, 46); Song (Roman, 46), Dos Santos (Espinosa, 46), Sergi Roberto (Planas, 46); Alexis (Quintilla, 44), Tello (Dani Nieto, 46), Messi (Kiko Femenia, 46).

Goals: 1-0, min 14: Lahm. 2-0, min 87: Mandzukic.

Same story at Lyon with Real Madrid suffering in the first half with an aggressive & psychically strong Olympique. The Spanish Team Coach Ancelotti experimented with his players & with positions & this may have added to the "in-coordination" shown.

The final result was a 2 - 2 draw thanks to the Real Madrid "bench" & the "reserve players" that showed some grit while Lyon lowered their intensity due to tiredness. 

The first half was dominated by the French & they were rewarded with a fabulous goal in the 19 min by Grenier. In the second half Lyon got its second via Lisandro in the 60th min after a defensive mistake. Lyon also made changes & gave bench players & youngsters a run.

Real Madrid reacted thanks to the hard work of the 2º half players like Khedira, Modric, Casemiro - excellent by the way - & Morata.  A Cheryshev run saw him fouled in the French box which gave a penalty to Real Madrid which Morata converted in the 78th min. Modric hit the bar & in the 84th min Casemiro scored the equalizer for Real Madrid.

Early days for any definite conclusions with the Real Madrid Spanish Internationals still on vacation & Varane with Xabi Alonso recovering from injury. The danger signal is Karim Benzema who looks totally out of place & at times totally lost. This is a player that will need some work from the Coaching staff, or the other option , a new signing to guarantee a class striker for Real Madrid. Benzema is worrying at this early stage.

Match details:

Olympique Lyonnais 2 : Anthony Lopes, Miguel Lopes (min. 84,Zefane), Bisevac, Fofana (Umtiti, min. 45), Dabo, Gonalons,Malbranque (Ferri, min. 85), Lacazette (Bahlouli, min. 72), Grenier(Mvuemba, min. 72), Danic (Fekir, min. 81), Lisandro.

Real Madrid 2 : Diego López; Carvajal (min. 75, Quini), Nacho,Pepe (Mateos, min. 61), Cheryshev, Illarramendi (Casemiro, min. 33),Di María, Ozil (Modric, min. 45), Isco (Casado, min. 60), Cristiano Ronaldo (Morata, min. 62), Benzema (Khedira, min. 45).


Goals: 1-0 Clement Grenier (min. 19), 2-0 Lisandro (min.60), 2-1 Morata (pen.) min. 78 & 2-2 Casemiro (min. 84)

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FC BARCELONA PRE-SEASON SCHEDULE - CALENDAR 2013

Not only does Real Madrid CF begin its pre-season today, so does FC Barcelona. As with Real Madrid, Barça has an intense pre-season of friendly matches & travelling that takes the squad around Europe & Asia (5/8 - 10/8).

Today Spanish Sports daily "Sport" has elaborated the below image to highlight the Clubs schedule along with dates, matches & location. Its in Spanish but very easy to figure out & understand. 

courtesy of "sport.es"

If your in one of the towns on the calendar you may wish to drop by & see the team.

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REAL MADRID PRE-SEASON SCHEDULE - CALENDAR 2013

Spanish Football Club Real Madrid CF begins today its pre-season under new Coach Carlo Ancelotti & Zidane as his assistant  The new signings - Carvajal, Isco, Illarramendi - all Spanish youth promises has lifted local fan expectations. 

As with past years Real Madrid will be travelling to different places for warm up matches, for example, UK, France, Sweden & USA.

Here is a pre-season schedule - calendar - of games & places:

AFC Bournemouth - UK: 21 july, Sunday 20.45 (Sp.time)
Olympique de Lyon - France: 24 july, Wednesday 21.00
PSG - Sweden: 27th july, Saturday 20.00
Los Ángeles Galaxy - USA: 2th of August, Friday 04.30 (Sp.time)
Juventus or Everton - USA: 4th of August, Sunday 02.00 (Sp.time)
Rival to be confirmed - USA: 6/7th of August, hour TBC
Inter de Milan - USA: 10th of August, Saturday 20.00 (Sp.time)
Al-Sadd - Madrid : 22nd of August, Thursday 22.30


The Spanish Football League - Liga - begins on the 17th of August with the first match against Real Betis.

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REAL MADRID CF | USA TOUR PRE-SEASON SUMMER DATES - GAMES SCHEDULE 2013

Spanish Football Sports has many US readers & I thought they may wish to know the pre-season Real Madrid USA Tour dates with matches. Its the fourth year in a row that Real Madrid CF fly off to the US for their pre-season & in the process meet up with other local & European Clubs to play games. This year there will be the "Champions Cup Tournament" where Real Madrid is one of many,  & then Real Madrid will add a couple of Friendly games before flying back home.

The Spanish Internationals competing in the FIFA Confederations Cup will join the squad around the 24th of July & may fly from Madrid or go directly to Los Angeles where the touch base camp will be the Los Angeles UCLA installations. 

Proposed schedule:

US "Champions Cup Tournament", apart from Real Madrid other Clubs that will participate are Milan, Juventus, Inter de Milan, Chelsea, Everton, LA Galaxy y Valencia. Tournament dates 27th of July - 7th of August 

Below is the calendar (schedule) with TBC being due to the results of the other teams in the tournament.

Real Madrid - LA Galaxy,  Phoenix 1st August (19:30 local)
Real Madrid - Everton or Juventus, Los Angeles 3rd of August  (17:00 local)
Real Madrid - (TBC),  Miami 6th or 7th of August Team TBC (18:30 or 21:00 local)

Real Madrid - Inter de Milan,  Saint Louis 10th of August (13:00 local) - Friendly match

So if you live or are travelling to either Phoenix, Los Angeles, Miami or St Louis, you may wish to see some great pre-season Soccer.

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FC BARCELONA PRE-SEASON SCHEDULE 2013-2014

Barcelona based Spanish Sports paper "Sport" published today the FC Barcelona pre-season 2013 - 2014 schedule that I post today because it may be of interest to all the fans & followers. The below image is in Spanish & I will put down a resumed summary to make it easy to follow.

Courtesy of sport.es

Summary:

• 15 June players get back to work
• 20 June Friendly Game in Poland (Gdansk)
• 24 June Friendly Game in Germany ( Bayern Munich)
• 27 June Friendly Game in Norway ( Olso)
• 29 June incorporation from holidays of all Brazilian & Spanish Internationals
• 2 of August "Joan Gamper Trophy" at Barcelona ( team TBA)
• 3 - 4 August "Peace Tour" : Israel & Palestine ( Football clinics)
• 5 of August begins "Asian Tour"
• 7 of August Friendly game Bangkok Thailand , Thai national team
• 8 of August arrive Kuala Lampur Malaysia
• 10 of August Friendly game Malaysian national team
• 11 of August, back to Barcelona Spain
• 17 & 18 August , start of the Spanish Football - Liga - season 2013-14
• 21 of August , Spanish SuperCup 1º leg Atletico de Madrid
• 28 of August , Spanish SuperCup 2º leg Atletico de Madrid

Busy schedule & intense summer of Football. 

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REAL MADRID PRE-SEASON 2013 SCHEDULE | USA VISIT

Spanish Soccer - Football Club Real Madrid has let know its 2013 pre-season schedule. Spanish Football Sports has lots of American readers & friends & there is a good part of the pre-season that is down for the US. I thought that it may interest in case your in the planned US cities & wish to visit to see your favourite Football stars.

Apart from the US , Turkey & Sweden will also be part of the pre-season tour. Below is a map down by Spanish Sports paper "Marca".

The pre-season tour kicks off July 22 in Turkey ( Istanbul ) with a friendly against Galatasaray & another in the same city against a still to be announced German or English Club.

It is then off to Sweden & the city of Gotenberg on the 27th of July for a Friendly match against Paris St Germain. After this they fly off the US to Los Angeles for the now traditional UCLA Campus pre-season sessions. 

On the 1st of August Real Madrid has a Friendly match in Los Angeles, followed by another in Phoenix on the 4th of August, Washington on the 7th of August & Miami on the 11th of August to then fly back to Madrid ( Spain).

There you have it. You may have Real Madrid in your town. If not you may want to pass by.

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REAL MADRID 5 AC MILAN 1 - VIDEO | PRE- SEASON 2012 FRIENDLY

Spanish Football Club REAL MADRID continues with its US Tour & series of friendly games, this time against AC MILAN & won 5 - 1. Below are the highlights of all the goals of the match, which I remind is pre-season.



Goals:
1-0 (23'): Di Maria. 1-1 (32'): Robinho. 2-1 (48'): Cristiano. 3-1 (65'): Cristiano, from a  Kaká pass. 4-1 (80'): Ramos,  header from a Kaká corner. 5-1 (88'): Callejon.

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PRE-SEASON | RAJA CASABLANCA 0 FC BARCELONA 8

Pre-season games are just that pre-season fine-tuning with Clubs testing players, especially their youngsters. Yesterday FC BARCELONA ( without their  Spanish Internationals ) travelled to Morocco to play RAJA CASABLANCA. The Spanish Football Club won 0 - 8 & the news - or no news - was that LIONEL MESSI scored a HAT-TRICK with two goals from ALEXIS & one each from ALVES, SERGI GOMEZ & DEUFOLEU. 


Barça are warming-up pre-season & their key players already look to be tuned-in:

Messi vs Raja Casablanca

Here is a video of all the goals ( lets hope Youtube does not take it down )

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REAL MADRID US TOUR 2012 PRE-SEASON

Spanish Football Club REAL MADRID flys off today to the United States for its pre-season overseas tour. The whole team, Kaka & Sahin included & the Internationals,  will be in Los Angeles tomorrow except Carvalho who stays in Madrid to clear up this future. 

Real Madrid will train on the UCLA Campus grounds & play four friendly matches:
2nd of August Los Angeles Galaxy
5th of August Santos Laguna ( Las Vegas)
8th of August AC Milan ( New York )
11th of August Celtic Glasgow ( Philadelphia )


The four matches have been titled the "World Football Challenge"


Good news for all the American readers of Spanish Football Sports which will have a chance to see Real Madrid. Hope its close to your town.

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REAL MADRID PRE-SEASON US TOUR

The United States is one of the main sources of web traffic for Spanish Football Sports & I receive plenty of emails from American readers & "football friends" asking about Spanish Football. With this in mind I thought I post up the REAL MADRID pre-season US Tour & the scheduled exhibition matches that are being negotiated to take place. Hopefully you live in one of the cities mentioned & will have a chance to go & watch Real Madrid in action.

Real Madrid - Ac Milan

Proposed schedule:
2-8-12 LA Galaxy - Real Madrid - Carson (California)
5-8-12 Real Madrid - Juventus FC - Las Vegas (Nevada)
8-8-12 Real Madrid - AC Milan - Nueva York
11-8-12 Real Madrid - Celtic FC - Philadelphia.

Same great games being negotiated with some excellent teams. As always check first locally to see if they are 100% shut & if so be sure to be at the stadium.

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FC BARCELONA WINS 2 - 0 AMERICA IN FRIENDLY GAME | US TOUR 2011

FC BARCELONA has wrapped up its pre-season US Tour with a 2 - 0 victory over Mexican club AMERICA. The Barça starting line-up was the following:


Valdés; Adriano, Busquets, Piqué, Abidal; Keita, Xavi, Iniesta, Thiago, Pedro & Villa;

a team that looked more like a Champions League clash line-up than a pre-season friendly. The only players missing here & those still on their break like Mascherano, Alves, Messi & new signing Sanchez. 


One can suppose that Guardiola wants to lift the intensity & is already looking ahead to next weeks 1º leg Spanish Super Cup game against Real Madrid. Although no one has admitted it, winning the Spanish Super Cup will give the winning Team an important "psychological" edge that Barça dearly wants along with its long time rival who definitely will be looking for it as well.

David Villa: FC Barcelona 2011

Having said this, & seeing that Barça was today the relative dominating team, the 2 - 0 scoreline does not give that all inspiring lift in spirits when compared to the 7 straight pre-season wins of Real Madrid & with high scoring results they managed along with their victories.

DAVID VILLA scored again for Barcelona in the 23rd min with a good header & one can assume that he is evolving favourably during the pre-season, along with new Spanish International call up midfielder Thiago. KEITA managed the second goal in the 91st min after a hard worked second half were things failed to "flow" as normal. But a win is a win & the shoreline is respectable enough to limit local press & media speculations & questions on the form of the Barça team.

Therefore, the conclusion is that Guardiola will be glad to get back to Barcelona were he can prepare properly his team away from promotional & marketing distractions, not to mention, the extreme heat conditions of the US summer. Barça has some work to do if they are to equal the level of Real Madrid who look a few notches higher in preparation. Said this, for Guardiola its a common problem he has suffered in past pre-seasons with "distractions" & late incorporations that has halted his build up plans,  & has always started the new season slightly less than optimal to later run-over all opponents.


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REAL MADRID DEFEATS 0 - 6 TIANJIN TEDA IN FRIENDLY| CHINA TOUR 2011

REAL MADRID finishes its China Tour with a 0 - 6 victory over TIANJIN TEDA & now flies back to Spain to prepare for next weeks Spanish Super Cup 1º leg against FC Barcelona. A comfortable match for the Spanish Football Club that served to give all the players - new & regulars - a run, a chance to make a statement & to profile the starting 11 for the upcoming Spanish Football season. The only negative point was Sergio Ramos who felt some pain in his troubled back area & was substituted in the 39th min, lets hope it is not too serious as he has a Spain vs Italy Friendly mid-week that he could miss.

Real Madrid 2011

The first half was a practically a "Real Madrid B" side that gave two goals via a penalty transformed by KAKA in the 8th min & DI MARIA who scored in the 13th min. Two observations, Kaka is still way below the form or the playing style that gave him the Golden ball at Milan & looks like he will spend lots of time on the bench this season, & Gonzalo Higuain feels the pressure of the inform Benzema & was anxious to score, frustrated & even individualistic. The Argentine finally got his goal in the 64th min & was substituted.

Here we saw the perfect combination of a solid left hand side of the field block & - I would bet - four certain starters: Marcelo, Ozil , Cristiano Ronaldo & Benzema. All these four "substitutes" had a part to play in the following goals: RONALDO in the 71st min & BENZEMA twice in the 76th & 79th min. There could have been more but the Chinese goalie & defenders managed to stop the great Real Madrid combination plays of the above mentioned players

Special mention to young French Real Madrid defender VARANE who looked solid, comfortable & secure in this match, a game in which he played all 90 minutes & signals that  he may have a spot in the starting 11 , especially if the Ramos back injury is more than initially expected. Don´t wish to leave out COENTRAO who was everywhere on the field & gave a good performance while on.


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FC BARCELONA LOSE 1 - 4 CHIVAS GUADALAJARA IN FRIENDLY GAME

The time differences between Miama & Madrid halts me watching live the Football - Soccer games, I prefer at 02.00 local time to be resting. The surprise was to wake up & find that FC BARCELONA was defeated 1 - 4 by Mexican team CHIVAS DE GUADALAJARA in their friendly game. 

FC Barcelona

The higlights showed that FC Barcelona had a good first half with DAVID VILLA scoring early & even hitting the bar later. Barça Coach Guardiola then made up to 11 changes & that "experiment" allowed the Mexicans in & in a huge way. Some magnificent goals from all angles & all very acrobatic lifted the entertainment element for the spectators. However, no team likes losing & definitely not in this fashion to which Coach Guardiola acknowledged that their preparation relative to "others" is not going so well as he would like,  but then added that he will solve it. 


What was not mentioned that the first official Spanish Football new season clash starts on the 14th of August against Real Madrid in the 1ºst leg of the Spanish Super Cup. Although both teams say its a "minor" title a win here would give a psychological edge & put doubts into the minds of the losing Club. This loss today by FC Barcelona is just a pre-season Friendly preperation game defeat that serves to learn & fix mistakes, but the Super Cup is 10 days away & will give food for thought.  

Details:

FC Barcelona 1 : Pinto; Andreu Fontás (m.33, Sergi Gómez, m.62, Armando), Gerard Piqué (m.46, Sergio Busquets), Eric Abidal (m.62, Marc Muniesa, m.74, Adriano), Jonathan Dos Santos; Seydou Keita (m.81, Iván Balliu), Xavi Hernández (m.46, Andrés Iniesta), Tiago (m.62, Martí Riverola), Isaac Cuenca (m.62, Gerard Deulofeu); Carlos Carmona (m.62, Espinosa) & David Villa (m.46, Pedro).


Chivas Guadalajara 4: Luis Michel; Omar Esparza (m.90+1, Antonio Salazar Castillo), Héctor Reynoso (m.70, Arturo Ledesma), Mario De Luna (m.83, Ulises Dávila), Miguel Ponce (m.86, Julio Nava); Edgar Mejía (m.58, Jonny Magallón), Patricio Araujo (m.83, José Tostado), Xavier Iván Báez (m.55, Carlos Fiero); Marco Fabián (m.73, Jorge Mora), Alberto Medina (m.70, Giovanny Casillas) & Omar Arellano (m.70, Jesús Sánchez).


Goals: 1-0, m.3: David Villa. 1-1, m.60: Marco Fabián. 1-2, m.63: Marco Fabián. 1-3, m.72: Giovanny Casillas. 1-4, m.90+3: Ulises Dávila.

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MALAGA FC DEFEATS FEYENOORD 0 - 2 IN FRIENDLY

SPANISH FOOTBALL has a new"player" on "the scene" & big time. MALAGA FC defeated Dutch Club FEYENOORD away 0 - 2 in a friendly pre-season game to notch up their sixth victory in the pre-season. The Spanish Club has done some big spending on new players (up to 8) & the results are showing pre-season that the Club is on the right track, gaining steam & becoming a serious rival for other Spanish Football Clubs in the upcoming new LIGA season.

Malaga FC vs Feyenoord

Malaga started cold but slowly began finding the ball & their game. The Spanish Team was evolving so well that by half time one could say they were in total control. The goals came in the 46th min when new signing defender MONREAL scored & the second came in the 85th min when KRIS STADSGAARDS scored a nice "tap in" goal for the visitors.

Malaga, definately in "the groove" pre-season.

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FC BARCELONA DEFEATS BAYERN MUNICH 0 - 2 IN FRIENDLY

FC BARCELONA won the 4 team tournament held in Munich(Germany) after defeating 0 - 2 BAYERN MUNICH in the final.In the other game Porto Alegre won AC Milan in the penalty shoot out & finished third with Milan in last position after losing both its games. 

FC Barcelona - Bayern Munich 2011

After witnessing FC Barcelona & both their victories, my question is ..."does Barça really need Cesc Fabregas"? I say this because the man ( kid) of the match was midfielder THIAGO who played very well & scored both goals for Barcelona. The young Spanish Football International got on the score card in the 41st min after receiving in the goal square a pass from Soriano, & his second goal came in the 75th min with a "pearl" of a goal only in the top players league.

In conclusion, a good match & tournament for Barcelona who remain true to their style & Football, plus give the young players a showcase while leaving important names on the sideline. FC Barcelona look frankly good for the new season & will be the bench-mark to follow & attempt to beat in the upcoming new season.


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