Barcelona climbed to the top of the La Liga table (at least until Real Madrid play Villarreal later today) after defeating fierce rivals Atletico Madrid at the Vicente Calderon, 2-1.
Rafinha opened the scoring for Barca in the 64th minute with a goal that probably took a couple of years off Diego Simeone’s life.
Valencia pounced on Real Madrid with two goals in the first eight minutes Wednesday, and held on to win 2-1, which was certainly the thing that everyone expected to happen in this match. Yup.
A brilliant goal from Simone Zaza was followed by a counterattack goal from Fabian Orellana. Cristiano Ronaldo pulled one back for Madrid just before halftime, but it was too little, too late.
After putting three past tournament dark horse Napoli on Wednesday, Real Madrid quickly turned around and showed just how frightening a prospect they are this season by defeating Espanyol 2-0.
The gap on Barcelona is four points, and Real maintain a game in hand. Cristiano Ronaldo, having just celebrated his 32nd birthday, remains a wizard on the wing. And they said he couldn't dribble anymore.
Fernando Torres está acercándose rápidamente a los 33 años, ha demostrado que el físico es temporal, pero la clase es permanente. Este gol fue algo ridículo de parte de El Niño.
¡GOLAZO DE CHILENA! El Niño @Torres acaba de regalarnos posiblemente el mejor gol del año. ¡Madre mía! #AtletiCelta 1-1 pic.twitter.com/K2MkEcMPQc
Real Sociedad climbed above Atletico Madrid and into fourth place in La Liga after defeating Espanyol 2-1 on Friday. Carlos Vela’s sixth league goal, his second in two games, and Asier Illarramendi’s wonder strike secured the three points for Sociedad.
Vela opened the scoring in the 26th minute after brilliantly controlling a pass from Inigo Martinez and finishing with composure.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the foundation launched by the International Olympic Committee to combat performance-enhancing drugs in sports, has spoken out against Spanish football over its “alarming” lack of drug testing.
To paraphrase George Orwell, all fans are drunk, but some fans are drunker than others.
Drinking at matches is sometimes enjoyable and sometimes a big problem, and many fans, especially those in rabid supporters sections, ride a unicycle down that line. One fan at Osasuna vs. Real Sociedad Sunday was probably riding a unicycle at one point, but he fell off it.
Take a look at this guy.
Here's a tip: if you're at a match and you want a player to give you their jersey, bring something to bribe them with, like pork.
Hey, it worked on Sergio Ramos.
Real-captain Sergio Ramos ruilt shirtje met stukjes varkenslendehttps://t.co/bfWxoSEv6rpic.twitter.com/vGqFJpnW5g
— AD.nl/sportwereld (@ADSportwereld) February 2, 2017