Real Madrid play neighbours Atlético at the Santiago Bernabéu tonight, in the final of the Copa Del Rey. But before the big game we here at El Centrocampista are on hand to take a look of s...
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Anyone could manage Barcelona, they said. Tonight, many Barcelona fans would disagree. Jordi Roura set out his team with their habitual starting eleven, with the only notable difference being tha...
ATLETICO MADRID 2-1 SEVILLA REAL MADRID 1-1 BARCELONA Follow @icentrocampista The post Copa Del Rey Goals and Extended Highlights: Semi Finals First Legs first appeared on El Centrocampista .
MALAGA 2-4 BARCELONA BETIS 1-1 ATLETICO MADRID VALENCIA 1-1 REAL MADRID SEVILLA 4-0 ZARAGOZA Follow @icentrocampista The post Copa Del Rey Goals and Extended Highlights: Quarter Finals Second ...
OSASUNA 0-2 VALENCIA CORDOBA 0-2 BARCELONA CELTA VIGO 2-1 REAL MADRID MALLORCA 0-5 SEVILLA ATLETICO MADRID 3-0 GETAFE Follow @icentrocampista The post Copa del Rey Highlights first appeared on E...
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FC Barcelona defeated Spanish third division side Alaves 3-1 at the Camp Nou tonight in a largely subdued affair, with the most excitement on offer coming from the fringe players using the tie as...
AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza The Copa del Rey produced some fantastic moments over the course of the season, highlighted by Espanyol’s late surge against Cordoba; Malaga’s choke job against ...
AFP PHOTO/JAVIER SORIANO The Copa del Rey was supposed to be a showcase for Athletic, a parameter of how much the club have progressed over the course of the 2011-12 season under Marcelo Bielsa. ...
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REUTERS/Joseba Etxaburu And so, in his 247th game in charge, Guardiola secured his 179th win as manager of Barcelona. In doing so, Barcelona won the 110th final of the Copa del Rey and collected ...
GETTY IMAGES Trophy number fourteen, check. It was almost inevitable that Pep Guardiola would end his four year reign as coach of arguably the greatest team in history with yet another win in a f...
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LLUIS GENE/AFP/Getty Images A cup final against mentor Marcelo Bielsa has to be the perfect ending for Pep Guardiola’s managerial reign at Barcelona. The clubs invade the Spanish capital as ...
GETTY IMAGES Football has a habit of throwing up moments of poetic brilliance, and nowhere else does that tend to occur than with Barcelona. As Pep Guardiola prepares to oversee what could be his...
GETTY IMAGES Two of La Liga’s most exciting footballing teams will meet at the Estadio Vicente Calderon on Friday evening to contest the final of the 108th Copa del Rey. Athletic Club de Bilbao...
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REUTERS/Vincent West Everything that you needed to know about how Athletic Bilbao performed in the Europa League final was epitomized in Iker Muniain’s posture after Atletico Madrid scored t...
UEFA.com Athletic Club de Bilbao are pursuing a rare double of Europa League and Copa del Rey this season – but at what price? For those unaware of economics and its key concepts, opportuni...
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The final of the Copa del Rey between Barcelona and Athletic Club could be played at the Vicente Calderon after Atletico Madrid offered the stadium to the RFEF. Negotiations are still being held ...
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Photograph: David Ramos/Getty Images The opening minutes of tonights crunch tie at the Camp Nou were deceptive. For a moment, as Valencia battered FC Barcelona from the first whistle, it looked l...
The fairytale is finally over for CD Mirandes, and what better place for their magnificent march in the Copa del Rey to come to an end the iconic cathedral of football, San Mames. A fitting place...
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As kickoff approached at the Mestalla, fans attempted to form a mosaic of the kind normally seen at the Bernabeu or the Camp Nou. With no disrespect intended, the result was somewhat pitiful and ...
With the ongoing war between Jose Mourinho and Marca continuing to dominate the headlines in the Spanish media, it seems everyone has forgotten there’s a football match to be played tomorrow. I...
The world has gone mad. As the dust settles on Pepe-gate, as I’m now naming it in a traditionally lazy fashion, the Spanish sports dailies aren’t quite sure what to make of the whole thing. D...
Getty Images After the first leg of what seems to be the almost ever present clásico game, a number of things stood out. Firstly, the shock inclusion of Hamit Altintop and Ricardo Carlvalho i...
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Barcelona again edged out their fierce rivals in another closely contested el clásico game at the Santiago Bernabeu. The teams lined up with Madrid taking a bit of a gamble in the shape of Ha...
GETTY Images/Manuel Queimadelos Alonso As is always the case in Spain, the monster that is El Clásico engulfed everything in its path this week. The Spanish press, already fixated on the big two...
Getty Images/Denis Doyle So that was La Copa Clasico 2012 part one. In the build-up, there were plenty suggesting that the last thing we needed was a seventh and eighth clash in a little over twe...
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Up until today, Jose Mourinho looked like a changed man. The ruse of the calmer, more sophisticated Jose Mourinho was being weaved with expert precision. As if by magic, the memories of the Spani...