Messi vs Ronaldo in Barcelona 2-2 Real Madrid draw
Real Madrid played their best game against Barcelona in the Mourinho era as they held Barcelona to a 2-2 draw at Camp Nou, but were eliminated by a 4-3 aggregate and allowing the Catalans to go through to the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey.
After losing the first leg in Madrid 1-2, Real Madrid dominated a fantastic game that could have gone either way. José Mourinho did not come up with a surprise line-up against his main rival as he had done on their previous 10 encounters and most importantly, played good attacking football.
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Cristiano Ronaldo scores in Real Madrid 4-1 Athletic Bilbao game
Portuguese international Ronaldo scored two goals to help Real Madrid beat Athletic Bilbao 4-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium this Sunday on the 19th round of the Spanish league.
José Mourinho made a couple of changes to his team after their loss in the Copa del Rey Clasico last Wednesday, with Granero and Varane being given a chance in the starting line-up in the absence of Pepe and Ricardo Carvalho.
The Basque team who has been playing good football lately, opened the scoring with a goal by Fernando Llorente after a lovely centre by Javi Martinez from the right, with just 13 minutes of play.
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Cristiano Ronaldo in Real Madrid 1-2 Barcelona game
José Mourinho lost the battle with Pep Guardiola once again. Barcelona went to the Santiago Bernabeu to beat Real Madrid 2-1 in the first leg of the Copa del Rey quarter finals, despite an early goal from Cristiano Ronaldo and going into the interval with a 1-0 lead.
The Portuguese coach had two surprises in his starting line-up by bringing in the Turkish international Altintop (rarely used this season) on the right side of the defense and Ricardo Carvalho in the center of defense, after being away for months recovering from an injury.
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Callejon scores winner in Mallorca 1-2 Real Madrid
It was tough night for the Spanish league leaders Real Madrid, who staged a comeback in their away game against Mallorca after being 1-0 at the interval, giving them an 8 point lead over Barcelona who will be playing tomorrow against Betis at Camp Nou.
Israeli international Hemed opened the scoring on 39 minutes to put Mallorca ahead, by taking advantage of a defensive error by the merengues. From a corner kick, Hemed deflected the ball with a beautiful flying header for a fantastic goal.
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Cristiano Ronaldo did not score against Malaga
Real Madrid are through to the quarter finals of the Copa del Rey after their 1-0 away win to Malaga at “La Rosaleda” Stadium, to move through with an aggregate of 4-2 from both games.
The solitary goal by Benzema on the 72nd minute was the result of a horrible blunder by Malaga’s goalkeeper Willy Caballero who allowed the ball to slip through his hands and into the nets, to the dismay of Manuel Pellegrini’s men and the home crowd.
The game started at a fast pace for both teams as they attempted to gain an early lead, but it was Real Madrid that slowly started to control the game with more ball possession and more determination to win.
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Lionel Messi wins his third Golden Ball Award
Lionel Messi added another pillar to his immortality in football by winning his third consecutive award for best footballer of the year, the FIFA Ballon d’Or (Golden Ball) award, at an awards gala in Zurich.
This win by Messi (with 47.9% of the vote) came as no surprise after a magnificent season in which he won five major trophies for Barcelona, including the Spanish League and the Champions League. Cristiano Ronaldo (who recently won the “Golden Boot” award) came second with 21.6% of the vote, while Messi’s teammate Xavi came in third with 9.2%.
Messi, or “flea”, as he is commonly called because of the way the ball seems to stick on his left foot is undoubtedly a fabulous player in the form of his dribbles, passes or goals.
In the history of this trophy created in 1956 by French football magazine France Football, Frenchman Michel Platini was the only player who won the trophy three times in a row (1883-85), but at the time the prize was reserved for European players only.
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Cristiano Ronaldo scores last goal in Real Madrid 5-1 Granada
Cristiano Ronaldo scored the last goal of the game that saw Real Madrid easily beat Granada by 5-1 at the Bernabeu Stadium for the 18th round of La Liga.
The first half of the game saw Real Madrid with a small advantage over Granada. Karim Benzema opened the scoring on 19 minutes after a classy flick of the ball from Cristiano Ronaldo, but the response by the visitors came just 3 minutes later on 22 minutes, from a lovely Mikel Rico header to tie the game 1-1.
Real Madrid went up 2-1 on the 35th when Sergio Ramos headed in from an Ozil corner kick, giving the Merengues a deserved lead going into the interval.
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Cristiano Ronaldo during Real Madrid 3-2 Malaga game
Real Madrid produced a magnificent comeback in the second half to beat Malaga 3-2 after being 2-0 down at half-time, in the first leg of their round of 16 game and are now favorites to reach the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey.
After a slow and cautious start by both teams, Malaga stunned the Santiago Bernabeu crowd with an early goal after just 10 minutes of play when Sergio Sanchez headed the goal, his first for the team from Andalusia, after a corner kick by Carzola.
Malaga scored their second goal on the 29 the minute, and silenced the Madrid fans when once again when Cazorla curled his corner kick into the area where Demichelis headed the ball into the back of the net past the unusually slow Iker Casillas, to give Manuel Pellegrini’s side a surprising but deserved 2-0 lead at the interval.
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