The slow bicycle race for La Liga’s final Champions League spot | Sid Lowe
Atlético, Málaga, Athletic and Espanyol are taking up position behind Levante in the battle for the fourth and final placeThe team that finished fourth last season, taking the final Champions League place, are 16th, a solitary point from the relegati...
Getafe 0-1 Real Madrid | La Liga match report
Real Madrid maintained their seven-point lead over Barcelona at the top of La Liga with a 1-0 victory at their city rivals Getafe.The defender Sergio Ramos scored the only goal, heading home Mesut Ozil's corner after 18 minutes. "It was an evenly match...
James Richardson’s European football papers review – video
This week's perusal of the papers reveals Raúl's drug scandal, Lothar Matthäus's reality television show, a manager back in Serie A less than a year after a 5kg tumour was removed from his stomachJames RichardsonMatt HallRichard Sprenger
Even great survivor Manolo Preciado may not be able to ride out this storm | Sid Lowe
Sporting Gijón's 5-1 hammering by Sociedad raises real questions about the future of La Liga's longest serving managerHis wife died, his son too, and then his father passed away. He got knocked down but he got up again. And again. And again. "I could,...
Real Madrid 3-1 Real Zaragoza | La Liga match report
Real Madrid put their Copa de Rey exit to Barcelona firmly in the past when they came from behind to beat the La Liga strugglers Real Zaragoza 3-1 at home on Saturday.José Mourinho's side recorded their 17th league victory from 20 games to move to 52 ...
Mourinho meltdown and hints of civil war at Real Madrid | Sid Lowe
The Portuguese wants to know who plunged the knife into his back after a training ground conversation was leaked to the pressThere were just hours to go until Real Madrid's match against Athletic Bilbao and Madrid were about to finish the first half o...
Real Madrid 4-1 Athletic Bilbao | La Liga match report
José Mourinho shrugged off the first public outcry by Real Madrid fans against him saying the whistling during the 4-1 home win over Athletic Bilbao on Sunday comes with the job at a club where "they jeer the biggest names in football".Four days after...
