Knee injury rules Italy’s Giuseppe Rossi out of Euro 2012
• Villarreal forward suffers recurrence of cruciate injury• Rossi sidelined for six months and facing surgeryThe Italy and Villarreal striker Giuseppe Rossi will miss this summer's European Championship after rupturing a cruciate knee ligament, rul...
Real Madrid see red as Villarreal hold them, 1-1
Madness and mayhem on and off the field. 4 red cards, a total of 14 bookings, and 40 fouls. Rui Faria (athletic trainer), Jose Mourinho, Sergio Ramos, and Mesut Oezil were all sent off. And oh, there were two...
Madrid lose their heads and more points as La Liga title race tightens | Sid Lowe
We saw a bit of everything in Real v Villarreal. What we did not see was anything that explained a fallout quite so nuclearHamilt Altintop slid in on Joan Oriol, referee Paradas Romero gave the foul, Marcos Senna struck the free-kick, Nilmar ducked and...
Villarreal 1-1 Real Madrid | La Liga match report
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 on Wednesday.Villarreal's Marcos Senna curled a free-kick around the wall and ju...
Villarreal’s plight: an emergency board meeting in a dugout says it all | Sid Lowe
Villarreal have sacked another coach after the Yellow Submarine sank closer still to La Liga's relegation zoneThree men sat on the bench and decided to sit a third man on the bench. Villarreal had just been beaten 1-0 by Levante. A last-minute Xavi Tor...
Real Madrid 1-1 Málaga | La Liga match report
Santi Cazorla's stunning stoppage-time free-kick gave Málaga a deserved point to halt Real Madrid's 11-match winning run in La Liga. Iker Casillas and Willy Caballero made smart stops to deny Salomon Rondon and Cristiano Ronaldo within the first five ...
Napoli’s Walter Mazzarri free to coach at Chelsea game after Cas appeal
• Three-game touchline ban temporarily suspended• Mazzarri watched 3-1 victory in first leg on TVNapoli's coach Walter Mazzarri will be able to watch his side bid to reach the last eight of the Champions League at Chelsea on Wednesday after having...
Villarreal 0-2 Napoli | Champions League Group A match report
Gokhan Inler and Marek Hamsik scored second-half goals to secure Napoli's place in the Champions League knockout round with a 2-0 victory at Villarreal on Wednesday.The result sealed second place in Group A for the Italian club ahead of Manchester City...
Champions League: matchday five – in pictures
We bring you all the action from the matchday five matches including the games in Naples and Manchester where wins for the two Manchester sides will put them into the next round of the Champions LeagueSteven Bloor
Roberto Mancini’s strategy found wanting on night of inflexibility | Richard Williams