A.Madrid Trash R.Madrid

<div class="g-plusone" data-annotation="none" data-size="tall"></div><img src="http://fcnaija.com/post/1423326810.jpg" /><br /><a name="more"></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12.6000003814697px; line-height: 18.0000019073486px;"> </span><br /><h2 style="-webkit-backface-visibility: hidden; background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Oswald, sans-serif; font-size: 28px; line-height: 32px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 620px;">Real Madrid were taken apart by Atletico Madrid at the Estadio Vicente Calderon with Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale spectators as Diego Simone’s side ran riot in a 4-0 victory.</h2><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It is the first time in 64 years that Real have lost three straight games in the ground of their neighbours but this was different – this was embarrassing for the richest club in football, smothered from the first kick to last by their poor-relations city neighbours.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Real’s £250m forward line of Bale, Ronaldo and Karim Benzema mustered just one shot in a first half dominated by Atletico Madrid who scored twice through Tiago and Saul.<br />And in the second half the suffering CONTINUED when the brilliant Antoine Griezmann added a third and Mario Mandzukic made it four.</div><blockquote style="background-color: white; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 1px; color: #777777; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px; margin: 10px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A shell-shocked Carlo Ancelotti said after the game. ‘They deserved to WIN because they won in every facet: they won the battle and they won the football match. We will have to change our attitude going forward.</strong></div><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">‘We were second to everything; we lost all the aerial challenges, we weren’t in the game. None of our players played well. It’s the worst performance since I have been the manager.’</strong></div><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Simeone said: ‘The way the players carried out the plan was brilliant. We went about the job very seriously and now we need to keep going forward the same way.’</strong></div></blockquote><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Asked if they were now title candidates he said: ‘We still take it one get at a time.’ And when it was put to him that it was one of his greatest games in charge of Atletico Madird he said: ‘No, it was just another a league game’.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Atletico Madrid shot out of the blocks. In contrast Real Madrid were strolling and it wasn’t long before they were paying the price for that lack of intensity. Gabi’s Corner on 13 minutes was brought down by Mandzukic who laid it back to Tiago on the edge of the area.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The former Chelsea midfielder shot through a crowded penalty area and Iker Casillas fumbled the effort and allowed it to squirm over the line. ‘Iker Iker’ sung the Atletico Madrid supporters. They had been given a helping hand by Real’s keeper, not that they needed it.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Real Madrid were playing without three of their first-choice back four and it was showing with Fabio Coentrao struggling to deal with Arda Turan and Nacho and Raphael Varane not able to handle Mandzukic.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Perhaps their preoccupation with the Croat striker was the reason why they left Saul in so much space in the penalty area on 19 minutes. The young midfielder who was out on LOAN at Rayo Vallecano last season and interesting a host of Premier League clubs had only been on the pitch for nine minutes replacing the injured Koke.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Siqueira got away from Dani Carvajal, dribbled along the byline and pulled the ball back where Saul finished with an acrobatic scissor kick past a this-time faultless Casillas.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Carvajal had received no support from Bale who had more importantly been anonymous in attack down the Madrid right. Likewise Ronaldo was missing in action down the left. By half time Carlo Ancelotti had seen enough and put Ronaldo at centre forward bringing, on Jese at the EXPENSE of Sami Khedira but it made no real difference.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Real were fortunate to only be two goals down at half-time. Griezmann had scored what would have been a third only to be incorrectly flagged offside. 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A.Madrid Trash R.Madrid

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Canadian university offers chance to study Cristiano Ronaldo

<div class="g-plusone" data-annotation="none" data-size="tall"></div><a class="twitter-share-button" data-count="none" href="https://twitter.com/share">Tweet</a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');</script><a class="wa_btn wa_btn_s" data-href="" data-text="Take a look at this awesome website:" href="whatsapp://send" style="display: none;">Share</a><br /><br /><img src="http://static.goal.com/700800/700822_heroa.jpg" /><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;"></span><br /><a name="more"></a>A Canadian university is offering fans of Cristiano Ronaldo<span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;"> the opportunity to take a course in the </span>Real Madrid <span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">star.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">The University of British Columbia Okanagan is enrolling for a fourth-year sociology module on Ronaldo due to his popularity and influence on Portuguese and global society.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">Luis LM Aguiar, associate professor of sociology in UBC Okanagan’s Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, said: "Sociology is nothing if not the delving into the processes of structuring identities and experiences and exposing the social forces that push these processes.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">"In this case, I'm interested in how Ronaldo has been used to construct several discourses about who he is, what makes him distinct as a footballer, what is his relationship to Portugal, Madeira (his hometown) and indeed Portuguese identity."</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">During the semester-long course, students will examine the stereotypical image of Ronaldo and the Portuguese diaspora.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">"Ronaldo is said to embody features and characteristics of speed, strength, competetiveness, dogged work ethic, discipline, and adaptability," added Aguiar on </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">news.ok.ubc.ca</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">"These features are also in a sense 'very Portuguese' since the Portuguese outside the homeland are nothing if not constructed as hard workers, disciplined and determined. Even as a global athlete transcending geographical boundaries, Ronaldo cannot  escape the stereotypical constructions of 'the Portuguese'.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">"My two greatest passions are football and critical sociology. A course on Cristiano Ronaldo gives me the opportunity to combine the two.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">"While I’m an admirer of Ronaldo, I’m also a sociologist interested in understanding the social and economic forces driving the various constructions of this athlete and what this says about our contemporary values and culture."</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" />

Canadian university offers chance to study Cristiano Ronaldo

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The 20-man squad for the Atlético clash

<div class="g-plusone" data-annotation="none" data-size="tall"></div><img src="http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheader=image%2Fjpeg&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1203355172643&ssbinary=true" /><br /><div class="m_section_news_header" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="display: block; font-size: 2em; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px;">Real Madrid travel to the Vicente Calderón for matchday 22 of the La Liga campaign.</span></div><div class="m_text_content" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="cap" style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px;">Carlo Ancelotti has named 20 players in his squad for the Real Madrid's La Liga matchday 22 meeting with Atlético in the Vicente Calderón (Saturday at 4pm CET).<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">REAL MADRID SQUAD:</strong><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Goalkeepers: </strong>Casillas, Keylor Navas and Pacheco.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Defenders: </strong>Varane, Coentrão, Marcelo, Carvajal, Arbeloa, Nacho and Diego Llorente.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Midfielders:</strong> Khedira, Kroos, Bale, Lucas Silva, Isco and Illarra.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Forwards: </strong>Cristiano Ronaldo,<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </strong>Benzema, Chicharito and Jesé.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">PRE-MATCH MEET-UP:</strong><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Friday 6 February at 8:30pm CET at Ciudad Real Madrid.</div></div><br /><a class="twitter-share-button" data-count="none" href="https://twitter.com/share">Tweet</a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');</script><a class="wa_btn wa_btn_s" data-href="" data-text="Take a look at this awesome website:" href="whatsapp://send" style="display: none;">Share</a>

The 20-man squad for the Atlético clash

Real Madrid travel to the Vicente Calderón for matchday 22 of the La Liga campaign. Carlo Ancelotti has named 20 players in his squad for th...

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FC Barcelona v Villarreal report

<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.3rem; margin-bottom: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.3rem; margin-bottom: 15px;"><img src="http://media3.fcbarcelona.com/media/asset_publics/resources/000/143/709/size_640x360/pic_2015-02-01_FCBvsVILLARREAL_47.v1422829244.JPG" style="background-color: transparent;" /></div><a name="more"></a><span style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Barça bounce back from a pair of one-goal deficits </span><br /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;" /><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.3rem; margin-bottom: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Neymar strikes just before the half; Rafinha and Messi finish the job</span><span style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> i</span>n what was billed as a major test for two teams that rode into Camp Nou riding a wave of impressive results, it was <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">FC Barcelona</strong>who had more answers as they came back twice from a goal down to subdue Villarreal and extend their winning streak to eight games in all competitions, their fourth straight in La Liga.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.3rem; margin-bottom: 15px;">The first quarter hour saw Barça monopolise possession, with the Yellow Submarine barely getting out of their own end in spite of their best intentions to string together enough passes to mount an attack. <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Luís Suárez</strong> had Barça’s first three scoring chances, although only one of them registered a shot on goal, as Suárez had a shot from point-blank range turned away by Villarreal keeper Asenjo on 13 minutes. Suárez had another chance in the 20th as his attempted bicycle kick was just off target.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.3rem; margin-bottom: 15px;">As the half hour mark arrived, Villarreal raced out on a counterattack and, after a moment of indecision, Mario one-timed from outside the area, with <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Cheryshev</strong> just sticking out his foot to redirect past a diving Claudio Bravo and give Villarreal a 1–0 lead.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.3rem; margin-bottom: 15px;">Barça had trouble getting more opportunities until just before the half when Messi found Rafinha in the area. <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Rafinha</strong>’s shot was saved by Asenjo but the rebound fell right to Neymar, who banged it in to draw even.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.3rem; margin-bottom: 15px;">Barça wanted to ride that energy back out onto the field after the break, but in the 51st minute, Villarreal went back on top after Piqué misjudged a ball near midfield. <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Giovani</strong> flew in and carried to the end line where, running out of real estate, he made a hard cut to avoid<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Bravo</strong> and find Vietto waiting alone to tap into the open goal. Camp Nou went silent.</div><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.8rem; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 20px;"><br /></h2><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.3rem; margin-bottom: 15px;">But just as the silence turned to a general sense of uneasiness, Rafinha got one right back after finishing off a sequence that saw both Messi and <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Neymar</strong> denied.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.3rem; margin-bottom: 15px;">The cheering fans were just retaking their seats in the 55th when they were greeted with yet another surprise, as none other than Leo Messi put the <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">culers</em> on top 3–2 by depositing a right-footed shot from outside the penalty area. He was assisted on the play by <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Suárez</strong>.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.3rem; margin-bottom: 15px;">Finally out in front, the <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">blaugranes</em> took a deep breath and slowly wore down Villarreal in the final 30 minutes. The visitors didn’t create any more danger as they fell for the first time since November. For Barça, the win proved their resilience, a powerful trait to have, as they march toward a decisive stretch of the season.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.3rem; margin-bottom: 15px;">Fcbarcelona.com</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.3rem; margin-bottom: 15px;"><br /></div>

FC Barcelona v Villarreal report

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Cristiano Ronaldo given two-match ban

<div id="headline" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; outline-style: none;"><h1 class="story-header" itemprop="headline" style="font-size: 2.308em; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin: -2px 0px 18px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 6px;"><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/80581000/jpg/_80581410_ronaldoedimar_getty.jpg" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;" /></h1><h1 class="story-header" itemprop="headline" style="font-size: 2.308em; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin: -2px 0px 18px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 6px;">Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo given two-match ban after red card</h1></div><div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1" itemprop="description" style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.462em; line-height: 1.11; margin-top: 20px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 12px;">Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo has been given a two-match ban after his sending-off for kicking out at Cordoba defender Edimar on Saturday.</div><div style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 1.35; outline-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 12px;">The forward, 29, will miss the next two La Liga games against Real Sociedad and Sevilla but will be available for the derby against Atletico Madrid.</div><div style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 1.35; outline-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 12px;">The Portuguese, whose earlier punch at Jose Angel Crespo was missed by the referee, and was later dismissed on 82 minutes.</div>

Cristiano Ronaldo given two-match ban

Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo given two-match ban after red card Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo has been given a two-match ban af...

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Neymar wants Ronaldo Punished

<h2 style="-webkit-backface-visibility: hidden; background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Oswald, sans-serif; font-size: 28px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 32px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 560px;"><img src="http://soccerblitz.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/download-5-620x400.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" />Neymar believes <a name="more"></a>Cristiano Ronaldo “needs to be punished” for the action that led to his red card last weekend, though the Barcelona star did commiserate with his La Liga rival about the incident.</h2><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #282a2f; font-family: BentonSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-top: 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ronaldo kicked out in frustration at Cordoba’s Edimar on Saturday to earn himself a straight red card and apologised after the game. The Ballon d’Or winner faces a ban of up to four games from La Liga’s Competition Committee, according to AS.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #282a2f; font-family: BentonSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-top: 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Neymar said Ronaldo’s action was wrong, but also stressed that players can often be provoked into wild retaliations, such as Zinedine Zidane’s famous head-butt in the 2006 World Cup final, or his Brazil teammates’ reactions after he suffered a tournament-ending injury last summer.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #282a2f; font-family: BentonSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-top: 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“It’s easy to talk for those who aren’t there. All players are exposed to that and sometimes we deal with it. It’s bad, it’s a negative thing. We can’t do things like that, so I think he needs to be punished,” Neymar told reporters on Monday. “It’s hard too, because sometimes there might be a provocation, like happened to Zidane or to me. You need to work on that with your mind.”</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #282a2f; font-family: BentonSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-top: 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ronaldo will learn the length of his ban after the committee meets on Wednesday, but Neymar would not speculate on how long Real Madrid should be without their talisman.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #282a2f; font-family: BentonSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-top: 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“I don’t work in the Competition Committee. I don’t know. It’s a decision for the Committee,” Neymar said. “I only think about my own team. In our play and how we train. I don’t like talking about other teams, if they don’t talk about us. If I worked at the Committee I’d tell you how many games he should be banned for.”</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #282a2f; font-family: BentonSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-top: 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Neymar said the referees are right to limit violent play, but he said protection shouldn’t just be limited to top players.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #282a2f; font-family: BentonSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-top: 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Not just for me, but for everyone playing,” he said. “I think the referees should clamp down on tough play. It’s the referee who can look after the players.”</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #282a2f; font-family: BentonSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-top: 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The 22-year-old also rejected Johan Cruyff’s recent comments that Barcelona playing dual global superstars — Neymar and Lionel Messi — could lead to complications within the club.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #282a2f; font-family: BentonSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-top: 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“I don’t know. I respect Cruyff’s opinion. I think he was one of the best players in the world but yes, he’s wrong there,” Neymar said. “We’re getting better all the time and this is the start. We can do so much.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #282a2f; font-family: BentonSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-top: 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“I’ve no problem. I’ve shared a dressing room with lots of players. I never had problems with Ronaldinho. I respect Messi and I’ll always respect him. Of everyone I’ve seen play Messi is the best and I’ll always have so much respect for him.”</div>

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Arsenal COMPLETE the signing of Gabriel Paulista and send Joel Campbell on loan

<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white;"><img src="http://www.villarrealcf.es/media/k2/items/cache/bffce9c0f71d406cfc3324ec4df287f2_L.jpg" /></span><br /><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white;"><br /></span><br /><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 10px 15px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white;">Villarreal CF </span><br /><a name="more"></a><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white;">and Arsenal FC have come to a preliminary agreement, that will be completed on Monday, for the transfer of Brazilian defender Gabriel Armando de Abreu. Once Gabriel passes the physical examination, he will join the Gunners in the Premier League.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 10px 15px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white;">In one and a half season in Villarreal, Gabriel has played 50 matches through al the competitions and has been key for Marcelino's team, proving himself as an outstanding professional. Before signing for the Submarine, Gabriel played for EC Vitória, with which he promoted to Brazil's Serie A.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 10px 15px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white;">Villarreal wants to thank Gabriel for his dedication and professionalism during his time in the club and wishes him best of luck in his career.</span></div><br />

Arsenal COMPLETE the signing of Gabriel Paulista and send Joel Campbell on loan

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Official: Joel Campbell is loaned to Villarreal CF

<div style="background-color: #001f3a; color: #56595e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 10px 15px; padding: 0px;"><img src="http://www.villarrealcf.es/media/k2/items/cache/96edda9acfffdc9feec33917b21a707c_L.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" /></div><div style="background-color: #001f3a; color: #56595e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 10px 15px; padding: 0px;">V</div><a name="more"></a>illarreal CF and Arsenal FC have come to an agreement to loan Joel Campbell (26/06/1992, San José), who after the physical examination will play in the Submarine until the end of the season. The official presentation will be confirmed shortly.<br /><div style="background-color: #001f3a; color: #56595e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 10px 15px; padding: 0px;">Campbell is a strong and skilled wingman whose qualities are his speed and dribbles. He can play both on the right wing and forward. Campbell has already proven himself as a quality player in Spain while on loan for Betis during the 2012/2013 season, playing a total of 28 matches and scoring 2 goals. Only 22 years old, he exploded as a player during the World Cup in Brazil. Costa Rica managed to reach the round of 8 and he was one of the big players of his team.</div><div style="background-color: #001f3a; color: #56595e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 10px 15px; padding: 0px;">During his footballer career, Campbell has played for Arsenal, Olympiakos, Real Betis, Lorient, Deportivo Saprissa and Puntarenas. His best season was last year with Olympiakos, scoring 11 goals (league 8, Champions League 2 and Greek Cup 1). Campbell has won the Greek Superleague (2013/2014), the Community Shield (2014/2015) and the Center American Cup (2014).</div><div style="background-color: #001f3a; color: #56595e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 10px 15px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div>

Official: Joel Campbell is loaned to Villarreal CF

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Six Best Barcelona Player Roast Elche

<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.3rem; margin-bottom: 15px;"><img src="http://media3.fcbarcelona.com/media/asset_publics/resources/000/142/280/size_640x360/2015-01-24_ELCHE-BARCELONA_14.v1422125657.JPG" style="background-color: transparent;" /></div><a name="more"></a>Elche fans are no doubt grateful that their team won’t have to play Barça again this <span class="q90zv9" id="q90zv9_10" style="border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; height: 13px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">season</span>, or <span class="q90zv9" id="q90zv9_8" style="border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; height: 13px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">indeed</span> this month, as Luis Enrique’s side ran riot at the Manuel Martinez Valero Stadium to chalk up six goals - that’s 15 in the three January games against Fran Escriba’s team. Gerard Pique opened the scoring in the first half, with Messi and Neymar getting <a href="http://www.fcbarcelona.com/football/first-team/match-archive/2014-2015/league/round-20/elche_fc-barcelona#" id="_GPLITA_0" in_rurl="http://s.srv-itx.com/click?v=VVM6ODAwMDI6NzMxODphIGJyYWNlOmIxOGZhMWI0NzM3NGM5NzQ3MTI3M2NjZDY5MDI5MTU3OnotMjI0Ny0xNjM4OTc1NDp3d3cuZmNiYXJjZWxvbmEuY29tOjIzNjE1NTo2MWE3ZDVhMGI0NDY5ZmNkN2UwNjBiZjUxMGEzZGExNjozZmM5NzBlMWE3NjI0YjlmOWRiOGMyZWM2NWFhODEwZDowOmRhdGFfc3MsNzI4eDEzNjY7ZGF0YV9mYixubzs6MjgxNzg5NjU&subid=g-16389754-c7db94745a8b486ea40c583352ef0750-&data_ss=728x1366&data_fb=no&data_tagname=P" style="background: transparent !important; border: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block !important; float: none !important; font-weight: bold !important; height: auto !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: 0px !important; min-width: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-transform: uppercase !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;" title="Click to Continue > by InText">A BRACE<img src="http://cdncache-a.akamaihd.net/items/it/img/arrow-10x10.png" style="background: transparent !important; border: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block !important; float: none !important; height: 10px !important; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px !important; max-width: 100%; min-height: 0px !important; min-width: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: super !important; width: 10px !important;" /></a> each after the break before Pedro made it a round half dozen in injury time.<br /><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.8rem; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 20px;">Squad rotation</h2><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.3rem; margin-bottom: 15px;">With Luis Suarez, Busquets, Iniesta and Dani Alves all on the bench with one eye on Wednesday’s Cup<span class="q90zv9" id="q90zv9_9" style="border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; height: 13px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">game</span> against Atlético Madrid, Luis Enrique began the game with Alba, Bartra, Piqué and Montoya at the back, Mascherano moving into the holding midfielder’s role and Pedro partnering Messi and Neymar up front. If the fans were expecting the goals to pour in early on after the team’s 9 goals in the Cup against Elche earlier this month, they would have been disappointed as it was a cagey start to the game, with Elche looking quite lively and pulling a couple of good low stops from Bravo in the opening exchanges.</div><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.8rem; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 20px;">Piqué opens the scoring</h2><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.3rem; margin-bottom: 15px;">However, as Barça began to control the game and hold onto the ball, Elche were forced into a series of fouls – with 5 yellow cards in the first 45 minutes. Pelegrin was the third name in the ref’s book for a foul just outside the box on Pedro on 34 minutes and Xavi took a quick free kick to the back post, where Piqué chested the ball down and volleyed home from close range for the opener.</div><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.8rem; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 20px;">Messi and Neymar double up and Pedro makes it six</h2><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.3rem; margin-bottom: 15px;">Elche actually started the second half well, with a couple of half breaks after some sloppy defending from Barça, but when Neymar was fouled in the box by the unfortunate Pelegrin on 52 minutes, Messi made no mistake from the spot and the flood gates were about to open. The hosts weren’t helped by a red card for Fajr on the hour and soon Messi and Neymar were weaving patterns through the home defence. Two goals in two minutes from the Brazilian – both set up by Messi – made it four and a lovely through ball from Bartra sent in the Argentinean for his 21<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">st</span> league goal of the season on 87 minutes. That looked to be that before Neymar raced down the right in the final seconds and crossed for Pedro to tap home and make it six.<br />Fcbarcelona.com</div>

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Bale Bales RealMadrid out

<div class="medical_report inverted" style="margin: 0px 10px 20px; padding: 0px; zoom: 1;"><div class="m_text_content" style="color: #666666; margin: 0px 10px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7841646797722552770" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7841646797722552770" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7841646797722552770" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7841646797722552770" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="cap" style="line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Córdoba - Real Madrid" height="272" src="http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheader=image%2Fjpeg&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1203354646503&ssbinary=true" width="640" />Real Madrid</div><a name="more"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7841646797722552770" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7841646797722552770" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7841646797722552770" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7841646797722552770" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a>fought back after going behind in Cordoba and picked up three important points in their bid to lift the La Liga title. Things could not have gotten off to a worse start in the first <span class="el879" id="el879_4" style="border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; height: 14px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">game</span> of the second half of the season. A Bebé strike from outside the box hit Ramos's arm inside the penalty area. Ghilas converted the resulting spot kick in the 3’ to put the home side ahead.<br /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />A comeback was required against a team playing with lots of self-belief and a stadium packed with their home supporters, but there was practically a whole game still to play and the league leaders have already demonstrated their ability to achieve whatever objectives they set out for themselves. That is how the <span class="el879" id="el879_6" style="border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; height: 14px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">match</span> would play out. The Whites equalised before the half-hour mark. Ancelotti's <span class="el879" id="el879_5" style="border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; height: 14px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">training</span> ground moves did the trick yet again. James took one of the Whites' many corners of the encounter in the 27’, Bale flicked the ball on and Benzema intelligently brought it down in front of goal and fired it past Juan Carlos.</div><br /><br /><br /><figure class="m_news m_news_simple" style="background-image: url(http://www.realmadrid.com/StaticFiles/RealMadridResponsive/images/icons/svg/bullet_news.svg); background-position: 16px 33px; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-bottom-color: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-style: solid none; border-top-color: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-top-width: 1px; font-size: x-small; margin: 30px 10px 35px; padding: 30px 20px 30px 90px;"><blockquote style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7841646797722552770" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7841646797722552770" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7841646797722552770" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7841646797722552770" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">REAL MADRID HAVE NOW SCORED 13 GOALS FROM CORNERS THIS SEASON.</div></blockquote></figure><br /><div class="m_text_content" style="color: #666666; margin: 0px 10px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px;"><br />The Frenchman's goal did not change the outlook of the game. Real Madrid controlled possession of the ball and Córdoba tried to hit them on the break. The whistle blew for half time with these two contrasting styles still battling it out against each other. The second half got off to a<span class="el879" id="el879_1" style="border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; height: 14px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">more</span> exciting start. Both teams went out for the win and either one could have scored. Córdoba came close to getting a second when Varane fluffed a clearance and the ball fell nicely for Florin, who lobbed the ball over Casillas in the 70’ but saw his effort come off the crossbar.<br /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Dominance by the visitors</strong><br />All the chances belonged to the visitors from then on. Kroos, in the 31’ and Benzema, three minutes later, tried their luck from outside the box, but they were up against an inspired Juan Carlos. The task became even more difficult when Cristiano Ronaldo was shown a straight red in the 83’.<br /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Even so, the Whites looked for a <span class="el879" id="el879_7" style="border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; height: 14px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">winner</span> right until the end and the efforts of the ten men left on the pitch were eventually <a href="http://www.realmadrid.com/en/news/2015/01/1-2-real-madrid-come-back-from-behind-in-cordoba#" id="_GPLITA_2" in_rurl="http://s.srv-itx.com/click?v=VVM6Nzk4Nzg6MzI4NTpyZXdhcmQ6Y2NiOWM1YWVlZTgzNWMxZGQzOWFkZGRjOGZkN2E3YjE6ei0yMjQ3LTE2Mzg5NzU0Ond3dy5yZWFsbWFkcmlkLmNvbToyMzU4NDM6NTY3NTFiYzI2ODg0YmNhYzUzYzNkYmViOTcxNzVkMmQ6ODM3M2VhYjI5MjEzNGU1MDhhMDBiZmVmNTQ0NTA0YzQ6MDpkYXRhX3NzLDcyOHgxMzY2O2RhdGFfZmIsbm87OjQzNjMyOTc&subid=g-16389754-591141addcae4761b33e141cb264f949-&data_ss=728x1366&data_fb=no&data_tagname=P" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; color: #0255a5; display: inline-block !important; float: none !important; font-weight: bold !important; height: auto !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: 0px !important; min-width: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-transform: uppercase !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;" title="Click to Continue > by InText">REWARDED<img src="http://cdncache-a.akamaihd.net/items/it/img/arrow-10x10.png" style="-webkit-user-select: none; background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; display: inline-block !important; float: none !important; height: 10px !important; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px !important; max-width: 100%; min-height: 0px !important; min-width: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: super !important; width: 10px !important;" /></a>. A Bale free kick in the 87’ clearly came off Cartabia's hand, resulting in a penalty for Madrid and a second yellow card for the Córdoba man. Bale stepped up to take the spot kick two minutes later and shored up three important points against a courageous Córdoba performance.</div><div style="line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px;">Realmadrid.com</div></div></div><div class="opta_mods_row" style="margin: 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><div class="o_heat_map" style="border-top-color: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; margin: 0px 0px 20px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; zoom: 1;"></div></div>

Bale Bales RealMadrid out

Real Madrid fought back after going behind in Cordoba and picked up three important points in their bid to lift the La Liga title. Things co...

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Three match Ban for Three times Ballon D'or winner

<div class="ui-droppable" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 20px 0px 80px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Cristiano Ronaldo Faces 3-Match Ban for Red Card vs. Cordoba" height="266" src="http://img.bleacherreport.net/img/images/photos/003/249/117/aad67f409a8d39234ad3786cbe2ea507_crop_north.jpg?w=630&h=420&q=75" style="background-color: transparent;" width="400" />Triple</div><a name="more"></a>Ballon D'Or <a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2341069-cristiano-ronaldo-faces-3-match-ban-for-red-card-vs-cordoba#" id="_GPLITA_1" in_rurl="http://s.srv-itx.com/click?v=VVM6MzM4MTU6MTA5Njp3aW5uZXJzOjZkODY5OTFjMjE2NmM4ODZhOTE3ZTQ0OWQ5ZGMzMzU2OnotMjI0Ny0xNjM4OTc1NDpibGVhY2hlcnJlcG9ydC5jb206MzM4Nzc6NWFiMTBlZjVhOTQ5NDBkZDBhNDkwM2RiZTM4Nzg5ZDM6MWJlMjQwNTJkMDRjNDgxM2EzOWI0NzMwYTU5YjEyODQ6MDpkYXRhX3NzLDcyOHgxMzY2O2RhdGFfZmIsbm87OjQ0MjE2MjI&subid=g-16389754-6513c4e62a894513a3e44fcac4698fcf-&data_ss=728x1366&data_fb=no&data_tagname=P" style="background: transparent !important; border: none !important; display: inline-block !important; float: none !important; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold !important; height: auto !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: 0px !important; min-width: 0px !important; outline: 0px; padding: 0px !important; text-transform: uppercase !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;" title="Click to Continue > by InText">WINNER<img src="http://cdncache-a.akamaihd.net/items/it/img/arrow-10x10.png" style="background: transparent !important; border: none !important; display: inline-block !important; float: none !important; font-size: 16px; height: 10px !important; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px !important; min-height: 0px !important; min-width: 0px !important; outline: 0px; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: super !important; width: 10px !important;" /></a> Cristiano Ronaldo saw triple match ban (red card) on Saturday afternoon after he was sent off for Real Madrid against lowly Cordoba.<br /><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 20px 0px 80px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Portugal superstar was given his marching orders on 82 minutes after striking out against an opponent, leaving the referee with little choice but to send the mercurial attacker off.</div>

Three match Ban for Three times Ballon D'or winner

Triple Ballon D'Or  WINNER  Cristiano Ronaldo saw triple match ban (red card) on Saturday afternoon after he was sent off for Real Madri...

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Real Madrid sign Lucas Silva

<img alt="Real Madrid sign Lucas Silva" src="http://static.goal.com/522800/522811_heroa.jpg" /><br /><a name="more"></a><br />Real Madrid<span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;"> have confirmed the signing of Brazilian starlet </span>Lucas Silva<span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;"> from </span>Cruzeiro<span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">.</span><br /><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">The midfielder has signed a five-and-a-half-year contract with the European champions, who have been linked with the South American for a while.</span><br /><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">The 21-year-old - who had been linked with a host of clubs over the past few months and is reported to have snubbed Arsenal to link up with Carlo Ancelotti's men - has featured for Brazil's Under-20 and Under-21 levels</span><br /><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">A statement released on Friday said: "</span><span class="em6kz" id="em6kz_2" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; height: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">Real Madrid</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;"> and Cruzeiro have reached an agreement for the transfer of the </span><span class="em6kz" id="em6kz_1" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; height: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">player</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;"> Lucas Silva, who has signed for the club until June 30, 2020.</span><br /><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">"The player will be presented on Monday, January 26, at 13:00CET at the Santiago Bernabeu, after undergoing a </span><a href="http://www.goal.com/en/news/11/transfer-zone/2015/01/23/8210972/real-madrid-sign-lucas-silva#" id="_GPLITA_0" in_hdr="" in_hover="" in_rurl="http://s.srv-itx.com/click?v=VVM6ODA0ODg6OTAwMjptZWRpY2F0aW9uOmJmYzkyNzg0NGFkMGNlOTIxMzViNzRiNGFhYmE3MjMwOnotMjI0Ny0xNjM4OTc1NDp3d3cuZ29hbC5jb206MjM4MjU3OjBhYWZiMjkxMzI5YmRkN2UzYWRhMGNmZWU0NWJmNDI0OjM2OTUwMzg2NGUyMTRkNDNhNjQ2NGYwYTcxN2VlMTgzOjA6ZGF0YV9zcyw3Mjh4MTM2NjtkYXRhX2ZiLG5vOzo1MjM2MDg1&subid=g-16389754-294c91842b3542999c6edb8080a9079d-&data_ss=728x1366&data_fb=no&data_tagname=DIV" style="background-attachment: initial !important; 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background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; display: inline-block !important; float: none !important; height: 10px !important; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px !important; min-height: 0px !important; min-width: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: super !important; width: 10px !important;" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;"> examination.</span><br /><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">"Later, Lucas Silva will go out on to the turf of the Bernabeu with the shirt of Real Madrid and meet the media in the press room</span><a class="twitter-share-button" data-via="SoccerGlee1" href="https://twitter.com/share">Tweet</a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');</script>

Real Madrid sign Lucas Silva

Real Madrid  have confirmed the signing of Brazilian starlet  Lucas Silva  from  Cruzeiro . The midfielder has signed a five-and-a-half-year...

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Messi thrashes Deportivo

<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #323232; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.35; margin-bottom: 16px; word-wrap: break-word;"><img src="http://level3.soccerladuma.net/cms2/image_manager/uploads/News/198349/7/default.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" /><span style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.35;">Lionel Mes</span></div><a name="more"></a>si was at his best for Barcelona with a hat-trick as his side beat Deportivo 4-0 in a Spanish La Liga match at the Muicipal de Raizor on Sunday night.<br /><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #323232; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.35; margin-bottom: 16px; word-wrap: break-word;">It was a quick start from Barcelona who opened the scoring after only ten minutes when Lionel Messi headed home a looping header after getting on the end of an Ivan Rakitic cross, 1-0.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #323232; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.35; margin-bottom: 16px; word-wrap: break-word;">Luis Suarez should have scored the away side’s second goal in the 23<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">rd</span> minute when David Iniesta slipped him clean through on goal, but with just the keeper to beat the Uruguayan flashed his shot wide.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #323232; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.35; margin-bottom: 16px; word-wrap: break-word;">Messi did double Barcelona’s lead in the 33<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">rd</span> minute with his second goal of the game after he broke into the box and dinked the ball over the onrushing keeper and into the back of the net, 2-0.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #323232; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.35; margin-bottom: 16px; word-wrap: break-word;">Deportivo nearly hit back three minutes later when Cuenca was presented with a clear cut chance from eight-yards out, but he skied his shot from close range.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #323232; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.35; margin-bottom: 16px; word-wrap: break-word;">Barcelona had the last say of the half when Iniesta clipped a wonderful ball over the Deportivo defence for Suarez, but his shot from close range was well-saved in the 42<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">nd</span> minute.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #323232; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.35; margin-bottom: 16px; word-wrap: break-word;">Lionel Messi made certain of all three points for Barcelona on the hour mark after concluding his hat-trick when he cut into the box from the right flank and fired a shot into the far corner, 3-0.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #323232; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.35; margin-bottom: 16px; word-wrap: break-word;">Salt in the wounds of Deportivo was an own goal scored by Dani Sidnei as he attempted to clear a Dani Alves cross, 4-0.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #323232; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.35; margin-bottom: 16px; word-wrap: break-word;">Barcelona closed out the game with relative ease in a win that sees them move within one point of league leaders Real Madrid.</div>

Messi thrashes Deportivo

Lionel Mes si was at his best for Barcelona with a hat-trick as his side beat Deportivo 4-0 in a Spanish La Liga match at the Muicipal de Ra...

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Two match ban for Moyes!!!!!!!!!!!

<img alt="David Moyes" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/80327000/jpg/_80327489_moyes.jpg" /><br /><div style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 1.35; padding: 0px 0px 12px;">Moyes <br /><a name="more"></a>has been banned by the Spanish Football Federation for one match for his dismissal by referee Carlos Velasco Carballo and one for climbing into the stands.</div><div style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 1.35; padding: 0px 0px 12px;">"I shouldn't have argued with the referee but I thought both of the decisions were incorrect," Moyes said earlier on Friday.</div><div style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 1.35; padding: 0px 0px 12px;">"But I left the dugout and I went to watch the game in the stands. I am a football supporter as well and I wanted to watch the game with the supporters.</div><div style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 1.35; padding: 0px 0px 12px;">"I've been a supporter all my life. I go to a lot of football games and I thought the supporters were very good."</div>

Two match ban for Moyes!!!!!!!!!!!

Moyes has been banned by the Spanish Football Federation for one match for his dismissal by referee Carlos Velasco Carballo and one for clim...

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