May 17, 2013 @ 11:34 Atlético Madrid go head-to-head with city rivals Real Madrid on Friday night in the Copa del Rey final at the Bernabéu in search of an historic win. Diego Simeone’s side have not beaten los Blancos since 1999 and suffered a 2-1 home defeat to Real [...]

April 14, 2013 at 10:34 pm Velasco Carballo has been chosen as the referee for the Copa del Rey final between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid on May 17.  It is a unique appointment, as usually referees in Spain cannot officiate matches involving teams from their autonomous regions. But the proposal to [...]

Sevilla: Beto, Coke, Fazio, Botia, Alberto, Medel, Kondogbia, Rakitic, Navas, Reyes, Negredo  Atletico Madrid:  Courtois, Juanfran, Miranda, Cata Diaz, Filipe, Tiago, Gabi, Raul Garcia, Arda Turan, Diego Costa, Falcao Atletico Madrid travelled to Seville knowing that a draw would see them through to a glamorous Copa del Rey final against their rivals, [...]

Barcelona Jose Pinto – 5 Pinto was the busier of the two goalkeepers. He made some decent saves but couldn’t do anything about the goals he conceded. Dani Alves – 5 Having been given the important role of shutting down Ronaldo, Alves made some crucial challenges but ultimately his efforts [...]

February 27, 2013 at 2:15 am Photos taken by La Liga News TV reporters Graham Owen and Oli Shapley at the Camp Nou for the Copa del Rey 2013 Semi-Final second leg between Barcelona and Real Madrid in El Clasico on Tuesday 26th February.             [...]

February 25, 2013 at 9:16 pm Lionel Messi has urged his team to “pull themselves together” if they are to beat Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey on Tuesday.  Barcelona drew 1-1 with Madrid at the Bernabeu in the first leg but Tito Vilanova’s men lost to AC Milan [...]

January 25, 2013 at 4:32 pm Malaga 2 – 4 Barcelona (4-6 agg) After a thrilling 2-2 draw at Camp Nou, the stage was sent for a fantastic battle between two of Primera Division’s high fliers in this Copa del Rey quarter final second leg. Barca took the lead on [...]

January 21, 2013 at 8:22 pm Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova will miss Barcelona’s match against Málaga in the Copa del Rey on Thursday. The 44-year-old will undergo treatment for cancer of the salivary gland. Barcelona-based sports paper El Mundo Deportivo said Vilanova was flying immediately to New York for treatment [...]

January 11, 2013 at 7:01 pm Real Madrid 4 – 0 Celta Vigo (5-2 agg) Cristiano Ronaldo terrorised the Celta Vigo defence and rounded his stellar performance off with a hat-trick as the Galacticos head through to the quarter finals. Ronaldo opened the scoring with a stunning goal from the [...]

Eibar 1-1 Málaga Eibar: Añibarro 74′. Málaga: Onyewu 90′. Málaga were spared of an embarrassing defeat in their Copa Del Rey tie with Eibar after Oguchi Onyewu’s last-gasp equaliser.  In the first leg of their Copa match, Málaga were on the verge of losing to third-tier side Eibar after Txema Añibarro’s [...]