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  • La Liga: Mbappe reacts to El Classico defeat

    La Liga: Mbappe reacts to El Classico defeat

    Real Madrid Kylian Mbappe has admitted his side’s 4-3 La Liga defeat to arch-rivals Barcelona on Sunday was ‘painful.’

    The 26-year-old scored a hattrick for Los Blancos, but it wasn’t enough to stop Barcelona taking a huge step towards the La Liga title.

    Hansi Flick’s side are now seven points clear of Real Madrid with three games to go, meaning if they win their next game against Espanyol, they will be crowned champions.

    On a personal level, Mbappe will doubtless be delighted to score the most goals in a debut season for Real Madrid (38 goals in 52 games), a record previously held by Ivan Zamorano (37 goals in 45 games).

    Real Madrid will likely go without a single piece of silverware this season but Mbappe took to Instagram to send a defiant message to his fans.

    Xabi Alonso now looks set to replace Carlo Ancelotti at the end of the season with the legendary Italian taking charge of Brazil for the upcoming 2026 World Cup.

  • El Classico: We will push for a rematch against Real Madrid if……. Barcelona president, Laporta

    El Classico: We will push for a rematch against Real Madrid if……. Barcelona president, Laporta

    Joan Laporta, the president of Barcelona has said that  they will ask for a rematch of Sunday’s La Liga clash against Real Madrid, if they can prove beyond reasonable doubt that Yamal’s goal was an incorrect call.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that Jude Bellingham scored a late winner as Real won the El Clasico 3-2 at the Santiago Bernabeu.

    But there was a moment of controversy, after Lamine Yamal thought he had given Barca the lead with a flick from a corner, with the scores still at 1-1.

    Yamal’s strike seemed to have crossed the line before  Ukrainian goalkeeper, Andriy Lunin,  managed to push the ball away from clearly entering the net.

    But La Liga has no goal-line technology in play and as a result, the referee waved play on and the VAR couldn’t ascertain  if it had indeed crossed the line, with only two angles available on the replay.

    Laporta has now confirmed they are waiting for all the images and audios from the incident.

    “We asked the RFEF to provide us with all the images and audios of Lamine’s cancelled goal.

    “If it was a legal goal, we do not rule out asking to re-play the match.

    “We will go further, we do not rule out anything.”

  • El Classico: Real Madrid extend gap to 11 points, beat Barcelona 3-2 at Bernabeu

    El Classico: Real Madrid extend gap to 11 points, beat Barcelona 3-2 at Bernabeu

    Real Madrid have established an 11 point gap between it and second place Barcelona on the La liga table.

    This is following an exciting 3-2 win over the Catalans in an thrilling El Clasico clash on Sunday night at the santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid.

    Andreas Christensen opened the flood light of goal  with a powerful header, before Vinicius Jr equalized from the spot.

    Fermin Lopez put Barca in front again, but Lucas Vazquez popped up unmarked at the back post to make it 2-2.

    English boy, Jude Bellingham blasted  home the winner in added time, as Carlo Ancelotti’s men took a big step towards winning the La Liga title.

    Real are also on course for the double this season, as they play Bayern Munich in the Champions League.

  • El Clasico: Bellingham’s double sinks Barcelona at home

    El Clasico: Bellingham’s double sinks Barcelona at home

    England and Real Madrid midfielder, Jude Bellingham scored two second half goals against FC Barcelona in Saturday’s El Clasico to secure all three points for Los Blancos away from the Santiago Bernabéu.

    Barcelona came into the El Clasico game unbeaten and took the lead as early as the sixth minute of the thrilling encounter.

    Ilkay Gundogan scored  the opener, before Bellingham unleashed a ferocious shot past Marc-André ter Stegen to make it 1-1 in the 68th minute.

    The England international then lashed on to a pass from senior midfielder, Luka Modric in the closing stages of the game to score the winner for the visitors.

    Real Madrid overtook Barcelona on the log with 28 points, while the home side are presently occupying the second spot with 24 points after 11 games each.

  • La Liga : Injury boost for Barcelona ahead el-classico clash with Real Madrid

    La Liga : Injury boost for Barcelona ahead el-classico clash with Real Madrid

    Barcelona forward, Robert Lewandowski and Pedri will recover in time for the much anticipated el-classico clash  between Real Madrid and Barcelona on October 28,  club medics have said.

    Pedri suffered a thigh injury in late August during training, while Robert Lewandowski injured his left ankle during the club’s Champions League clash against FC Porto earlier this month.

    Lewandowski will recover in a week’s time while midfieder Pedri is gradually nearing a return after missing the last 10 games for the Catalan giants.

    While the duo’s return before the all-important El Clasico on October 28 is a piece of welcome news for Barca, midfielder Frenkie de Jong and defender Jules Kounde are ruled out of action.

    Raphinha is also on his way to recovery and might make the matchday squad for the clash against Los Blancos.

  • La Liga releases 2022/2023 fixtures

    The LaLiga fixture list for the 2022/2023 season was released by the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) on Thursday.

    With the 2022 World Cup finals in Qatar set to commence in November 21, 2022, football leagues worldwide have had to alter their schedule. However, the start date for La Liga isn’t too different from the previous season.

    Despite the mid-season break to accommodate the 2022 World Cup, the 2022-23 season of La Liga is scheduled to start on August 12.

    The start date for the upcoming season is only one day earlier than when the 2021-22 campaign got underway.

    Champions Real Madrid will open their campaign with a trip away  to newly promoted Almeria, while Barcelona play at home to Rayo Vallecano.

    The El Classico  game between  Rivals Real Madrid and Barcelona  will hold on the October 16 ,2022.

    The game on Match Day 9, will be played at Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu stadium, with the return fixture at Barcelona’s Camp Nou taking place on the weekend of March 19, 2023.

    Atletico Madrid, who finished third last season, begin the season away at Getafe while Sevilla, who finished fourth in the final Champions League spot, will travel to Osasuna.

    The 2022/23 LaLiga season will begin on the weekend of August 14, 2022, and end on the weekend of June 4, 2023.

  • El-Classico: Real Madrid to play Barcelona in Las Vegas

    The rivalry between the Spanish teams will continue in the pre season as Real Madrid and Barcelona trade tackles in the North America.

    Barcelona will play a pre-season El Clasico against Real Madrid in the United States next month, the two clubs announced on Friday.

    The much talked about pre-season el-classico is billed to hold in Las Vegas on July 23 as a form of preparation against next season.

    The 65,000-capacity Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas will host the game on July 23.

    Madrid will then take on Club America in San Francisco three days later, before playing Juventus in Los Angeles on July 30.

    Barcelona take on Inter Miami on July 19 and Juventus on July 26 in Dallas. Xavi’s men will finish their US tour against the New York Red Bulls on July 30.