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Atletico Madrid gagal meraih Double Winner setelah kalah 0-2 dari Sevilla pada final Copa del Rey semalem
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Cup glory for Sevilla
Soccernet - May 20, 2010, 8:18 AM UK


Goals from wingers Diego Capel and Jesus Navas earned Sevilla a Copa del Rey final victory over Atletico Madrid and their first trophy since 2007 at the Nou Camp on Wednesday.
The goals came early and late in the game, with Capel's strike giving Antonio Alvarez's side a dream start after five minutes and Navas' effort clinching the game in stoppage time.

Defeat ended Atletico's hopes of a historic cup double following the Europa League final win over Fulham last week.

Between the two goals, they were the better side, but were unable to break down a Sevilla side which claimed their fifth Copa del Rey success.

The Nou Camp was a sea of red and white - the colours of both teams - for the match, but it was Sevilla's followers who first had reason to cheer.

The Andalusians came close after just three minutes, when Navas got away down the right flank and set up Frederic Kanoute, who shot wide.

It was an early sign of how dangerous Sevilla could be on the break and in their next foray forward, Alvarez's side took the lead.

Navas saw his shot blocked and the ball fell to Capel, who curled an exquisite left-footed shot into the corner past a despairing David De Gea.

Atletico, who just a week ago ended a 14-year trophy drought with an extra-time win over the Cottagers, needed a response, and they almost found one straight away.

Just three minutes after Sevilla's opener, Atletico bombarded their opponent's goal with three shots in the space of a few seconds, but the Andalusians somehow managed to survive.

Aguero, Forlan and finally Tiago all saw their efforts blocked.

Luis Perea's shocking mistake then let in Sebastien Squillaci after 25 minutes, but the Frenchman's shot was tame and De Gea saved comfortably.

Atletico were enjoying the majority of the possession, though, and ended the half on top. Aguero headed wide with an open goal gaping after Palop had flapped at a corner.

The Sevilla keeper had saved well from Forlan before that, while the Uruguay striker also failed to hit the target from another decent opportunity.

But Atletico struggled to find their rhythm again early in the second period. Tiago tested Palop from distance early on, but Sevilla were soaking up the pressure quite comfortably after that and should have gone two ahead just short of the hour mark when Kanoute's clever back-heel found Alvaro Negredo unmarked with just De Gea to beat, but the Spain striker shot straight at the Atletico keeper and the chance was lost.

Players and coaches were then involved in a brawl on the touchline following Perea's sliding tackle on Capel in which he got both ball and man.

When the game got back under way, Atletico dominated. Forlan, Aguero and Raul Garcia all came close, but Sevilla were defending bravely and still looked dangerous on the break. Atletico threw everything at the Andalusians in the closing stages and that left space at the back.

Navas exploited that space, racing forward, taking the ball around De Gea and firing the ball past Alvaro Dominguez who was on the goalline.

The goal sparked wild celebrations and a pitch invasion as Sevilla, who clinched Champions League qualification in dramatic fashion at the weekend, celebrated a victorious end to the season.

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A-Z of Spanish football


A is for… Anti-Madridismo
Loudly boasting the world’s greatest players whilst armed with a giant chequebook, a sycophantic media and a self-professed ‘universalism’, Real Madrid’s mission is to ‘evangelize’ the world. Which not only makes them Spain’s most loved club, but also its most loathed. Already the alleged ‘government’s team’ and cheating recipients of refereeing favours, these days preening, arrogant Madrid are even more unpopular. Anti-Madridismo has become a defining feature of Spanish football, not just at Atletico and Barça. If you can see Madrid away, do. And brush up on your swearing before you go.

B is for… Bocadillo
Never mind the scarf, hat or replica shirt, it’s the bocadillo and the pet food [see ‘S’] that truly marks the Spanish football fan. All over the country, fans arrive at games armed with a giant bocadillo (French bread sandwich) wrapped in tinfoil like a silver baton, and ready to observe the strictest etiquette: nobody touches their bocadillo until half-time (not a single second before). That whistle is the cue for everyone to rip greedily at the foil. Open too soon, too late, or go without and you’ll be forever marked out as an amateur or a foreigner. Or, worse still, both.

C is for… Cantera
Spanish fans always seem to be banging on about rock-face excavation, for cantera means quarry but also refers to locally-mined talent or a club’s youth-team. Athletic Bilbao only use players from the cantera vasca (Basque quarry; those born or brought up, in footballing terms, in the Basque Country), while Real Madrid’s policy is often referred to as cracks y cantera (superstars and quarry).

D is for… Día Después, el
Now in its 14th year, Monday nights wouldn’t be the same without El Día Después (The Day After), the show that revolutionized football coverage and made producer, director and presenter Michael Robinson Spanish television’s biggest star. Part-Fantasy Football League, part-Football Focus and part-Match of the Day, El Día Después is a brilliant celebration of the politics, culture, society, theatre and madness of Spanish football. A show that puts everything else [see ‘E’, especially] to shame.

E is for… Estudio Estadio
Spain’s painfully ’70s Sunday night round-up and tackfest, a national institution despite ‘trendy’ graphics that might, just, have looked avant-garde when the programme first aired over 30 years ago. Hosted by the wet Juan Carlos Rivero and the cheesy Iñaki Cano with his brilliantly bushy moustache, it’s also the home of uber-interviewer and camera-lover Quique Guash – the self-styled players’ friend with the kind of nuclear orange tan normally reserved for stiletto tottering 45-year-olds at a Doncaster disco.

F is for… Fútbol sala
Why do Spaniards have such silky skills and tiny balls compared to the lump-and-hoof, battling English? Maybe the ubiquitous fútbol sala is the key – virtually non-contact, technique-dominated five-a-side with handball-style goals and a ball that doesn’t bounce or lift; that can’t be hoofed or headed; that one ex-Oviedo star aptly described as, ‘like a pudding’.

G is for… Galáctico
Inspired by Real Madrid’s out-of-this-world superstars, galáctico has become the most overused word in Spain and an infuriatingly easily wheeled-out headline. According to the sports press, there is a ‘Galactic Welcome’ every time Madrid’s players arrive anywhere, president Florentino Pérez's daughter getting hitched was a ‘Galactic Wedding’ and the club's healthy economic state was, really, a ‘Galactic Superavit.’

H is for… Hijo de puta
Son of a bitch; a phrase you’ll need to really enjoy any match and certainly the first thing you’ll learn, as David Beckham can testify. According to one overcome writer, Becks “arrived barefoot, like Christ” only to depart like Beelzebub nine months later having tried out his one bit of Spanish on a linesman. And been sent off.

I is for… I Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You
Spanish fans might have some comedy chants, but there are few real songs, aside from the official club hymns, which – Atlético apart – nobody actually sings during the match. One the Spanish do enjoy, though, is I Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You, adapting the ‘I love you baby’ chorus to Rob-er-to Caaaar-los or any other suitably named player.

J is for… Jornada
The jornada (lit. working day) is the latest round of games. So, Jornada 7 is the seventh week of the season; like UEFA speak’s ‘Match Day 7’ only without sounding completely stupid.

K is for… King’s Cup
(Copa del Rey). Spain’s devalued Cup competition is experiencing something of a revival, thanks to Madrid’s recent habit of getting to the final. And losing. Their defeat to Deportivo, on their 100th birthday and in their own stadium with Depor fans singing ‘happy birthday to you’, was an Anti-Madridista’s dream come true.

L is for… Lo que el ojo no ve Or
‘What the Eye Doesn’t See’. The most emblematic section of El Día Después [see ‘D’], where cameras catch what you didn’t – like the linesman who told a player to ‘go and take it up the arse!’

M is for… Maletín
The star of every season’s final weeks. As teams with nothing to play for face the direct rivals of teams with a lot to play for, the infamous maletín (suitcase) makes a sneaky appearance. Supplied by an interested third party, the suitcases are there to encourage otherwise unmotivated teams to try a little harder and are, so the allegations go, stuffed with food, wine and cigars. And sometimes even bundles of cash.

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N is for… Newspapers
Spain’s best-selling newspaper – by miles – is the sports daily Marca, shifting well over two million copies. Meanwhile, AS, Sport and El Mundo Deportivo, also sports (ie football) dailies, outsell most real newspapers too. Marca and AS make no secret of their preferences, dedicating eight pages a day to their beloved Real Madrid and sniping at their rivals, while Sport and Mundo Deportivo do the same for Barça. Even if there’s nothing much to say: when Madrid travelled to freezing Moscow, Marca helpfully published some photos of woolly gloves, scarves and hats.

O is for… Olé
OK, so everyone’s doing it these days – if and when their side manages to string a couple of passes together – but the Spanish started it. And they say it right. Olés aren’t the only thing taken from bullfighting, either: football stadiums also meet extreme brilliance and complete rubbish with a pañolada or hanky wave.

P is for… Peña
Even the most useless Spanish clubs have countless peñas, or supporters’ associations, usually based in a local bar with hams hanging from the ceiling and often named after a player (who’s then expected to donate shirts and turn up smiling at least once a year). In a country with a limited culture of away travelling, peñas based in enemy territory are often the only ones supporting their team, while they also arrange trips, show the games on telly, and dish out tickets. A great place to watch the match if you can’t get in.

Q is for… Quiniela
Spain’s football pools. Spanish dictator General Franco was one famous winner and so would Iker Casillas’s dad have been – had his son only remembered to post the coupon.

R is for… Real
As in Real Madrid. Just don’t call them that – Real on its own means nothing more than ‘royal’ and Madrid are not alone, far from it. There are Reals from Oviedo, Mallorca, and just about everywhere else. No one is simply Real: Madrid are ‘el Real’, but normally just Madrid, while ‘la Real’ are Real Sociedad [de Fútbol] (Royal Football Society), never just Sociedad. And while we’re at it, a few more pointers – place names tend to get dropped where the title is snazzy and not just ‘Real’ (Zaragoza, Valladolid, Betis) or unless someone else got there first. So, it’s Deportivo (which is simply Spanish for Sporting) not La Coruña, while poor Deportivo Alavés are just Alavés (ie from Alava province). Likewise, it’s Celta not Vigo, Rayo (bolt of lightning/stripe) not Vallecano (from Vallecas), and Racing rather than Santander. Athletic are from Bilbao while Atlético are from Madrid. Oh, and finally, there’s no such thing as the Primera Liga. The Spanish haven’t yet gone in for this ridiculous tournament name-change business – it’s La Liga and/or Primera (Division).

S is for… Sunflower seeds
Pipas in Spanish. Every ground is littered with empty sunflower seed shells. Skillfully shelled, separated and scoffed by Spaniards, sunflower seeds take some getting used to and most Brits give up, defeated and whining about rabbit food. But the Spanish can’t get enough: when Valencia visited Manchester United, Trafford’s pet shops sold out. Honestly.

T is for… Tosh
John Benjamin Toshack – Spaniards call him JB – has become a legend, even altering the official Spanish dictionary with his comedy habit of translating English idioms into Spanish. Literally. Like the time he got sacked for saying that pigs would fly over the Bernabeu, or when he had the poor, confused hacks hacking at their wrists with his bread and butter, water off a duck’s back and headless chickens.

U is for… Ultras
Normally wise to avoid this lot, even if all too often they’re the only ones making any noise. Every club has its ultras – hard core fans, usually with a political edge and sometimes (although not as often as the press would have it) a taste for fisticuffs. Amongst the most famous are Real Madrid’s Neo-Nazi Ultra Sur and Barça’s Catalan Nationalist Boixos Nois – the self-styled ‘Crazy Boys’ who spelt their own name wrong and accidentally became the ‘Boxwood Boys’.

V is for… Vinny Samways
Really. Vinny Samways is a superstar at Las Palmas, where he played for six years. Like Eric Wimp eating a banana, England’s Skinny Sideways underwent a dramatic transformation in Spain, where he was sent off on his debut and became a hardman, a headcase hero to thousands. Has just signed for Algeciras and owns a football bar in Marbella.

W is for… Wembley
Yes, Wembley. It’s not all white horses, people on the pitch and Stanley Matthews; Wembley is also very special for FC Barcelona, whose museum boasts an old team bench and turnstile. For it was there in 1992 that Ronald Koeman’s free-kick secured Barça’s only European Cup – a record that puts the Catalan ‘giants’ on a par with Aston Villa.

X is for… Xabi
Alonso and Hernández, two of Spain’s brightest young creative midfielders, with touch, vision and pretty passing … and, let’s face it, it was either them or Xylophone.

Y is for… Ye-Ye
As in She Loves You, Ye[ah], Ye[ah]. A Beatles-inspired transliteration, Real Madrid’s Ye Ye Team won the 1966 European Cup, becoming the first in a long line of strangely enduring nicknames – the father of Madrid’s Emilio Butragueño-led ‘Vulture Squad’, Johan Cruyff's Barcelona ‘Dream Team’ and the current galácticos.

Z is for… Zamora
Every year Spain’s statistically best goalkeeper is presented with the Zamora award named after Ricardo Zamora, the Divine One. So famous was Zamora, who played for Barça, Madrid and Espanyol, that Stalin allegedly said of Spanish President Niceto Zamora in 1931: ‘Wasn’t he a goalkeeper?’ While the best goalie is the Zamora, the season’s top scorer is the Pichichi, but P was already taken.

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Luis Fabiano Isyaratkan Bertahan

Bola.net - Luis Fabiano mengisyaratkan bahwa dirinya mungkin akan tetap bertahan di Sevilla dan telah menolak adanya negosiasi lanjutan antara dirinya dengan beberapa klub lain.

Aksi pemain yang turut membela Brasil di Piala Dunia lalu ini membuat klub-klub Eropa lainnya tertarik untuk menggunakan jasanya, sebut saja antara lain Manchester City, Manchester United dan AC Milan.

Namun Fabiano juga tidak menampik kemungkinan ia akan tetap bertahan di Sevilla dengan menandatangani kontrak baru, dan itu akan menjawab spekulasi mengenai masa depannya.

"Memang benar ada beberapa klub tertarik kepada saya, tetapi saya belum mengadakan negosiasi lebih lanjut dengan klub lain. Saya sangat bahagia di Sevilla dan saya tidak pernah mengatakan bahwa saya akan ke Manchester United atau Milan. Mereka memang klub besar, tetapi Sevilla juga merupakan klub terbaik di Eropa," jelas pemain yang mencetak 3 gol di Afrika Selatan lalu.

Ia mengisyaratkan kemungkinannya untuk menandatangani kontrak barunya dengan Sevilla. Ia menuturkan, "Apakah saya akan menandatangani kontrak baru dengan Sevilla? Agen saya sedang bernegosiasi dengan presiden, tapi tidak ada tekanan sebab kami masih punya banyak waktu."

Ia menambahkan, "Saya harus kembali ke pelatihan pada tanggal 26 Juli nanti, dan saya sangat ingin segera kembali bekerja. Dalam Liga Champion musim lalu kami tidak melakukannya dengan baik, tapi kami akan masuk kualifikasi pada bulan Agustus nanti, dan kami harus memastikan bahwa kami memperoleh hasil 100% kemenangan di tingkat grup." (espn/fjr)

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Rangkuman Transfer Musim Panas: La Liga 2010-2011

Bola.net - Bursa transfer musim panas telah resmi ditutup pada 31 Agustus malam waktu setempat, dan sejumlah klub telah berhasil memanfaatkannya untuk menambal kekuatan mereka di berbagai lini.

Hal yang sama juga terjadi untuk 20 yang berkompetisi di La Liga Primera Division, dan klub paling sibuk di bursa transfer tentu saja dua tim papan atas yang selalu bersaing: Barcelona dan Real Madrid.

Barcelona lebih banyak mengandalkan kekuatan penggawa lama mereka yang sudah teruji kemampuannya, namun tak urung mereka juga merasa perlu untuk menambah amunisi di lini tengah dan depan. Alhasil, David Villa dan Javier Macherano pun didatangkan ke Camp Nou.

Sementara seteru mereka, Real Madrid pun tak mau kalah. Selain memboyong beberapa pemain untuk menambah gugusan bintang mereka, satu figur paling penting telah didatangkan ke Bernabeu: pelatih baru Jose Mourinho yang pernah mengecap sukses bersama Porto, Chelsea dan Inter Milan.

Bagaimana dengan klub lainnya? Berikut rangkuman transfer La Liga Primera 2010/2011:

ALMERIA
Pemain Masuk: Marcelo Silva (Danubio), Diego Valeri (Porto), Miguel Angel Luque (Barcelona B), Michael Jacobsen (Aalborg), Jose Leonardo Ulloa (Castellon), Stanley Okoro (Heartland FC).
Pemain Keluar: Chico (Genoa, 5 juta euro), Domingo Cisma (Racing Santander), Guilherme (Real Valladolid, pinjaman), David Rodriguez (Celta Vigo), Fernando Soriano (Osasuna, bebas transfer), Quillo (Recreativo Huelva).

ATHLETIC BILBAO
Pemain Masuk: Mikel San Jose (Liverpool, 3 juta euro), Mikel Balenziaga (Numancia, pinjaman).
Pemain Keluar: Joseba Etxeberria (pensiun), Armando (pensiun), Fran Yeste (Al Wasl, bebas transfer).

ATLETICO MADRID
Pemain Masuk: Fran Merida (Arsenal, bebas transfer), Diego Godin (Villarreal, 10 juta euro), Filipe (Deportivo Coruna, 12 juta euro), Mario Suarez (Real Mallorca), Diego Costa (Real Valladolid, pinjaman), Tiago (Juventus, pinjaman diperpanjang).
Pemain Keluar: Pablo Ibanez (West Bromwich Albion), Mariano Pernia, Eduardo Salvio (Benfica, pinjaman), Jose Manuel Jurado (Schalke 04, 11 juta euro).

BARCELONA
Pemain Masuk: David Villa (Valencia, 40 juta euro), Adriano Correia (Sevilla, up to 13.5 juta euro), Javier Mascherano (Liverpool, 22 juta euro)
Pemain Keluar: Yaya Toure (Manchester City, 29 juta euro), Dmytro Chygrynskiy (Shakhtar Donetsk, 15 juta euro), Thierry Henry (New York Red Bulls, bebas transfer), Rafael Marquez (New York Red Bulls, bebas transfer), Martin Caceres (Sevilla, pinjaman), Aleksandr Hleb (Birmingham City, pinjaman).

DEPORTIVO LA CORUNA
Pemain Masuk: Aythami (Xerez, kembali dari masa pinjaman), Michel (Valencia, pinjaman), Urreta (Benfica, pinjaman), Saul (Elche, bebas transfer), Ruben Perez (Atletico, pinjaman).
Pemain Keluar: Filipe (Atletico, 12 juta euro), Sergio Gonzalez (Levante), Brayan Angulo (pinjaman selesai), Mista (Toronto), Ruben Castro (Real Betis), Rodolfo Bodipo (Vaslui, pinjaman).

ESPANYOL
Pemain Masuk: Jesus Datolo (Napoli, pinjaman), Felipe Mattioni (Mallorca), Sergio Garcia (Real Betis), Aldo Duscher (Sevilla, bebas transfer).
Pemain Keluar: Fernando Marques (Parma), Nico Pareja (Spartak Moscow, 10 juta euro), Raul Tamudo (Real Sociedad, bebas transfer), Ben Sahar (Hapoel Tel Aviv, pinjaman), Moises Hurtado (Olympiakos)

GETAFE
Pemain Masuk: Adrian Colunga (Recreativo Huelva, 2.5 juta euro), Angel Arizmendi (Real Zaragoza), Borja Fernandez (Real Valladolid), Ivan Marcano (Villarreal, pinjaman), Victor Sanchez (Barcelona, pinjaman), Pablo Pintos (Lazio).
Pemain Keluar: David Belenguer (Real Betis, bebas transfer), Roberto Soldado (Valencia, 10 juta euro), David Cortes (Hercules, bebas transfer), Pedro Leon (Real Madrid, 10 juta euro), Adrian Gonzalez (Racing Santander).

HERCULES
Pemain Masuk: Cristian Pulhac (Dynamo Bucharest), David Cortes (Getafe, bebas transfer), Abel Aguilar (Udinese), Matias Fritzler (Lanus, pinjaman), Olivier Thomert (Le Mans), Nelson Valdez (Borussia Dortmund, 3.8 juta euro), Mohamed Sarr (Standard Liege), Piet Velthuizen (Vitesse), David Trezeguet (bebas transfer), Royston Drenthe (Real Madrid, pinjaman).
Pemain Keluar: Jorge Alonso (Real Valladolid, bebas transfer).

LEVANTE
Pemain Masuk: Gustavo Munua (Malaga), Xavi Torres (Malaga, pinjaman), Sergio Gonzalez (Deportivo Coruna), Nano (Real Betis, bebas transfer), Javi Venta (Villarreal, bebas transfer), Asier del Horno and Nacho Gonzalez (Valencia, pinjamans), Felipe Caicedo (Manchester City, pinjaman).
Pemain Keluar: Javi Guerra (Real Mallorca).

MALAGA
Pemain Masuk: Eliseu (Real Zaragoza, kembali dari pinjaman), Rodrigo Galatto (Litex Lovech), Sebastian Fernandez (Banfield, 3.5 juta euro), Javier Malagueno (Indios Ciudad Juarez), Sandro Silva (Botafogo), Edinho (PAOK), Rondon (Las Palmas, 3.5 juta euro), Kris Stadsgaard (Rosenborg).
Pemain Keluar: Fernando, Milan Stepanov (Porto, kembali dari pinjaman), Roberto Santamaria (Las Palmas), Valdo (Espanyol, kembali dari pinjaman), Victor Obinna (Inter Milan, kembali dari pinjaman), Xavi Torres (Levante, pinjaman), Gustavo Munua (Levante).

OSASUNA
Pemain Masuk: Dejan Lekic (Red Star Belgrade), Damia Abella (Real Betis, bebas transfer), Fernando Soriano (Almeria, bebas transfer), Asier Riesgo (Real Sociedad), Lolo (Sevilla), Nelson (Real Betis, pinjaman).
Pemain Keluar: Cesar Azpilicueta (Olympique Marseille), Dady (Bucaspor), Andres Fernandez (Huesca), Jokin Esparza (Huesca), Ludovic Delporte, Roversio (Real Betis).

RACING SANTANDER
Pemain Masuk: Francis (Xerez), Domingo Cisma (Almeria), Kennedy Bakircioglu (Ajax Amsterdam), Henrique (Barcelona, pinjaman), Ariel Nahuelpan (Coritibia), Alexandros Tziolis (Siena), Adrian Gonzalez (Getafe), Waldo Ponce (Universidad Catolica, pinjaman), Markus Rosenberg (Werder Bremen, pinjaman).
Pemain Keluar: Sergio Canales (Real Madrid, 4.5 juta euro), Xisco (Newcastle United), Nasief Morris (Apollon Limassol), Luis Garcia, Mohamed Tchite (Standard Liege).

REAL MADRID
Pemain Masuk: Angel Di Maria (Benfica, 25 juta euro), Pedro Leon (Getafe, 10 juta euro), Sergio Canales (Racing Santander, 4.5 juta euro), Sami Khedira (VfB Stuttgart, 12 juta euro), Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea, 8 juta euro), Mesut Ozil (Werder Bremen, 15 juta euro).
Pemain Keluar: Christoph Metzelder (Schalke 04, bebas transfer), Raul (Schalke, bebas transfer), Guti (Besiktas, bebas transfer), Royston Drenthe (Hercules, pinjaman), Rafael van der Vaart (Tottenham Hotspur, dirahasiakan), Marcos Alonso (Bolton Wanderers)

REAL MALLORCA
Pemain Masuk: Jonathan de Guzman (Feyenoord, bebas transfer), Fernando Cavenaghi (Bordeaux, pinjaman),
Pemain Keluar: Aritz Aduriz (Valencia, 4 juta euro), Mario Suarez (Atletico Madrid), Borja Valero (Villarreal, pinjaman), Felipe Mattioni (Espanyol), Alhassane Keita (Real Valladolid, pinjaman).

REAL SOCIEDAD
Pemain Masuk: Joseba Llorente (Villarreal, 2.5 juta euro), Raul Tamudo (Espanyol, bebas transfer), Paco Sutil (Eibar), Jeffrey Sarpong (Ajax), Diego Ifran (Danubio).
Pemain Keluar: Franck Songo'o (Real Zaragoza, kembali dari pinjaman), Asier Riesgo (Osasuna).

REAL ZARAGOZA
Pemain Masuk: Nicolas Bertolo (Palermo, pinjaman), Marco Perez (Boyaca Chico, pinjaman), Leo Franco (Galatasaray, bebas transfer), Matteo Contini (Napoli), Franck Songo'o (Real Sociedad, kembali dari masa pinjaman), Pablo de Barros (Gimnastic Tarragona, kembali dari masa pinjaman), Adam Pinter (MTK Budapest).
Pemain Keluar: Humberto Suazo (Monterrey, kembali dari pinjaman), Eliseu (Malaga, kembali dari pinjaman), Ruben Pulido, Angel Arizmendi (Getafe), Adrian Colunga (Recreativo Huelva), Jermaine Pennant (Stoke City, pinjaman), Francisco Pavon (Arles).

SEVILLA
Pemain Masuk: Tiberio Guarente (Atalanta, 5.5 juta euro), Mouhamadou Dabo (St Etienne, bebas transfer), Luca Cigarini (Napoli, pinjaman), Alexis Ruano (Valencia, 5 juta euro), Martin Caceres (Barcelona, pinjaman)
Pemain Keluar: Adriano Correia (Barcelona, up to 13.5 juta euro), Tom de Mul (Standard Liege, pinjaman), Marc Valiente (Real Valladolid), Marius Stankevicius (kembali dari pinjaman), David Prieto (Tenerife, pinjaman), Ernesto Chevanton (Lecce), Sebastien Squillaci (Arsenal), Aldo Duscher (Espanyol).

SPORTING GIJON
Pemain Masuk: Sebastian Eguren (Villarreal), Nacho Novo (Rangers, bebas transfer), Alberto Botia (Barcelona, pinjaman), Gaston Maximiliano Sangoy (Apollon Limassol).
Pemain Keluar: Francisco Maldonado (Cartagena), Kike Mateo (Elche), Diego Camacho, Pedro.

VALENCIA
Pemain Masuk: Aritz Aduriz (Real Mallorca, 4 juta euro), Tino Costa (Montpellier, 6.5 juta euro), Roberto Soldado (Getafe, 10 juta euro), Mehmet Topal (Galatasaray, 6 juta euro), Ricardo Costa (Lille), Sofiane Feghouli (Grenoble), Marius Stankevicius (Sampdoria, pinjaman)
Pemain Keluar: David Villa (Barcelona, 40 juta euro), David Silva (Manchester City, 30 juta euro), Nikola Zigic (Birmingham City, 7 juta euro), Carlos Marchena (Villarreal), Alexis Ruano (Sevilla, pinjaman)

VILLARREAL
Pemain Masuk: Borja Valero (West Bromwich Albion, pinjaman), Carlos Marchena (Valencia), Jozy Altidore (Hull City, kembali dari masa pinjaman)
Pemain Keluar: Damian Escudero (Boca Juniors), Joseba Llorente (Real Sociedad, 2.5 juta euro), Robert Pires, Ariel Ibagaza (Olympiacos, bebas transfer), Sebastian Eguren (Sporting Gijon), Ivan Marcano (Getafe, pinjaman), Diego Godin (Atletico Madrid, 10 juta euro), Javi Venta (Levante, bebas transfer), David Fuster (Olympiakos).

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wah udah musim aja yaa pemecatan pelatih ...
baru juga berapa match ...
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Sevilla sack coach Alvarez, turn to Manzano
ESPNsoccernet - September 27, 2010



Sevilla have sacked their coach Antonio Alvarez after their 2-0 loss at Hercules on Sunday, replacing him with Gregorio Manzano in a bid to get their season back on track.

Alvarez led the side to a Copa del Rey triumph and Champions League qualification last season but after losing to Braga in the Champions League play-off and capping off an underwhelming start to their domestic campaign with defeat at the newly promoted giant-killers, Sevilla decided to dismiss Alvarez.

Sevilla are yet to win at home in four matches in all competitions, including a disappointing 1-0 Europa League loss to Paris St Germain. The failure to fire at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan is believed to have weighed heavily in the club's decision to get rid of Alvarez.

Former Mallorca coach Manzano will take charge for the club's daunting visit to in-form Borussia Dortmund in the Europa League before they meet Atletico Madrid in Seville on October 3.

Manzano steered Mallorca to an impressive fifth place last season but the club were unable to agree to terms for a new contract, meaning it was only a matter of time before another club pounced as Sevilla have done.

[Diego]

hercules terus menuai perhatian yah, abis barca, sevilla di bal bal......

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ada ini yang Oom Diego ...
Nelson Valdez (Borussia Dortmund, 3.8 juta euro), David Trezeguet (bebas transfer), Royston Drenthe (Real Madrid, pinjaman).

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Barca and Real agree Monday night Clasico date
Soccernet - November 11, 2010


The first 'Clasico' of the season between Barcelona and Real Madrid will take place on a Monday night, the Spanish league has confirmed.

The two heavyweights will meet at the Nou Camp on November 29 to avoid a clash with the Catalan elections which take place in Barcelona a day earlier.

A statement on Real's official website confirmed the news. It read: "The football league has announced the matchday 13 clash between Barcelona and Real Madrid will be played on November 29 at 2100 local time.

"This is due to the 13th round coinciding with the elections for the parliament of Catalonia and the security problems that would create.''

Barca beat Real home and away in their Clasico encounters last season, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic scoring the winner in a 1-0 victory at the Nou Camp, before goals from Lionel Messi and Pedro gave Pep Guardiola's side a crucial 2-0 win at the Bernabeu to catapult them towards the Primera Division title.

The big two in Spain are again dominating La Liga this season; Jose Mourinho's Madrid are a point clear of Barca at the summit after winning eight of their opening 10 matches.

Meanwhile, Barca defender Gabriel Milito is expected to be out for up to six weeks with a thigh injury picked up in Wednesday's Copa del Rey victory over Ceuta.

The Argentina international scored early in the 5-1 win but then had to leave the field seven minutes before the break and was replaced by Eric Abidal. Milito has been plagued by injuries during his time at the Nou Camp and now faces a battle to play again before the winter break.

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Barca and Deportivo held to Copa draws
ESPNsoccernet - December 21, 2010


Barcelona were held to a goalless draw at home by Athletic Bilbao in the first leg of their Copa del Rey last-16 tie while the local derby between Valencia and Villarreal also finished 0-0.

The only one of the three cup ties played in Spain on Tuesday to produce any goals was the clash between Segunda Division Cordoba and top-flight Deportivo La Coruna, who shared a 1-1 draw.

The match at the Nou Camp pitted the two most successful sides in Copa del Rey history against each other - Barca having 25 crowns to Athletic's 23 - and was a repeat of the 2009 final which the Catalan side won 4-1.

Barca went into the encounter averaging more than four goals a game in winning their last 10 successive fixtures, but they could not find even one breakthrough tonight despite playing most of their star names, with Xavi, Andres Iniesta and Pedro Rodriguez starting and David Villa and Lionel Messi appearing as second-half substitutes.

Pep Guardiola's men dominated but Bojan Krkic and Iniesta were both denied by Athletic goalkeeper Gorka Iraizoz in the first half before Xavi volleyed a decent opening after the break and Villa had an effort ruled out.

Gerard Pique then had a great chance right at the end to earn his side a narrow advantage to take to San Mames when Messi picked out his run into the box, but the Spain international volleyed wide with his less-favoured left foot and Athletic were able to congratulate themselves on a job well done.

Further down the east coast of Spain at the Mestalla, hosts Valencia will also feel they should have built some sort of lead for their return leg against neighbours Villarreal.

Unai Emery's side had the Yellow Submarine on the back foot for much of the game but Aritz Aduriz, Pablo Hernandez, Juan Manuel Mata - who hit the post - and Ricardo Costa failed to make the most of the chances that fell their way.

Villarreal, who are five points and one spot above fourth-placed Valencia in La Liga, had a few opportunities of their own, including a decent opening late on for Nilmar, who was denied by home custodian Vicente Guaita when clean through.

In Tuesday's other match, Cordoba - one of only two remaining non-top flight club left along with Real Betis - played out a 1-1 draw with Deportivo La Coruna in testing conditions at a rain-drenched Estadio El Arcangel.

Depor took the lead with a 17th-minute penalty when Riki, who was adjudged to have been brought down by Cordoba goalkeeper Alberto Garcia, sent the home custodian the wrong way from the spot.

However, Cordoba drew level 20 minutes from time when Depor goalkeeper Manu made a mess of trying to punch clear a Jonathan Sesma free-kick, allowing Pepe Diaz to tap the ball in at the near post.

The remaining five last-16 first legs will be played on Wednesday night, with the return legs scheduled for the first week of next year.