REAL MADRID | KAKA RUNNING & ON TRACK FOR 2011 RECOVERY

Good news & a great image below for Real Madrid fans & all World Football followers. Brazilian midfielder KAKA began running today at the Real Madrid training session as he takes his recovery onto the "next" level. Kaka had his knee operated last August & has been following very closely & with care his special therapy programme to which the specialist have given the "green light" to begin running

SPANISH PAPER PREDICTS XAVI HERNANDEZ WINNER OF FIFA GOLDEN BALL AWARD 2010

Barcelona based Sports Daily “Mundo Deportivo” has elaborated their own survey on which players are the favourites for this year FIFA Golden Ball Award 2010. According to the paper they have interviewed 75 World Football personalities; active players, international Coaches & retired prestigious players, to give an orientation of how things will go before FIFA announces officially the 3

Gameweek 16 Rankings

Sorry for the delay again this week, some joker at my job has got it in his head that any of those pesky clients are worth more than fantasy football rankings. Has he seen my team? I haven't topped 50 points for five weeks. Five weeks! Hopefully the below will help:

Clean Sheet Rankings

1. Sunderland
2. Chelsea
3. Liverpool
4. Blackburn
5. Arsenal
6. Birmingham
7. Stoke
8. Man City
9. West Brom
10. Bolton
11. Tottenham
12. Wigan
13. Newcastle
14. Wolves
15. Everton
16. Fulham
17. West Ham
18. Aston Villa

Attacking rankings (team goals)

1. Liverpool (2.67)
2. Sunderland (1.87)
3. Arsenal (1.76)
4. Chelsea (1.76)
5. Blackburn (1.66)
6. West Brom (1.42)
7. Stoke (1.36)
8. Birmingham (1.25)
9. Man City (1.14)
10. Newcastle (0.93)
11. Bolton (0.82)
12. Wigan (0.78)
13. Tottenham (0.74)
14. Fulham (0.67)
15. Aston Villa (0.44)
16. Wolves (0.44)
17. Everton (0.31)
18. West Ham (0.30)

Captain Stats

1. Tevez - Tevez has strangely been a lot better away from Eastlands (7.43 PPG) than at home (4.86 PPG) but has been very useful against sides conceding more than 1.5 GPG (7.25 PPG).
2. Malouda - quietly added 9 points in the past two weeks having stunk up the joint for months. He's been very useful at home (7.71 PPG) and against middling teams (5.00 PPG) so a goal or assist/bonus can be expected. Solid. 
3. Drogba - struggling badly of late and hasn't been great against the middling teams (4.75 PPG). His home form (6.86 PPG) offers some encouragement but nothing to be too excited by. Drogba is a potential play rather than one based on stats at the moment.
4. Torres - Torres has the best fixture of all teams but he's struggling against mid table teams to date this year (2.17 PPG). He's decent at home 5.86 PPG but like Drogba this pick is based on potential and skill rather than historical fact.
5. Chamakh - At his best at home and against weaker opposition, Chamakh is a useful play this week. He's notched 5.43 PPG at home and over 5 points against teams who average more than a goal a game conceded and so he could be good for a goal or assist this week as Arsenal look to continue their title push.
6. Arshavin - AA has quietly added 27 points over the past four weeks, which puts him sixth behind only Van der Vaart, Chamakh, Bale and Elmander. He's averaging just shy of 5 PPG at home and while the stats say he has struggled against mid-level teams 2.75 he has managed over 6 PPG against the best and worst so you can probably chalk this down to statistical anamoly. In short he is a high risk high reward player but who'd bet against a Russian for more success this week.  

Man Utd, Blackpool and their players have of course been omitted due to United's game with Blackpool being cancelled.

EUROPA LEAGUE 2010 - 2011 GROUP MATCHES | VILLAREAL WINS SEVILLA FC LOSE

Mixed night for Spanish Teams playing their EUROPA LEAGUE group matches with a win & a loss. Here is a brief summary with the results & the scorers of the Villareal & Sevilla FC games.



Rossi : photo courtesy of marca.com

VILLAREAL took their great Spanish League form into their European Group D  participation with another solid performance defeating Croatian Club DYNAMO ZAGREB 3 - 0.

EUROPA LEAGUE 2010 - 2011 GROUP B H MATCHES | RESULTS | ATLETICO DE MADRID 2 ARIS SALONIKA 3 OB ODENSE 1 GETAFE 1

Not a good night for SPANISH FOOTBALL in the two games played of the EUROPA LEAGUE Group matches. Here are the results & the scorers from the already mentioned games.



Short lived joy for Aguero who scored.

ATLETICO DE MADRID hosted Greek side ARIS SALONIKA & needed a win to secure the second Group B spot to move on in the competition. Instead they lost 2 - 3 & have complicated seriously

REAL MADRID 2010 | HIGUAIN INJURY, RONALDO INJURY, RED CARD SUSPENSIONS, UEFA FINES... | BAD WEEK

How Football can change the course of Clubs & the life of persons is already well known. REAL MADRID is understanding the saying that goes “…when it rains it pours” as today was confirmed that Argentine forward GONZALO HIGUAIN has a back hernia that may put him out of action 3 months. The player was tested this morning & the injury was confirmed & now it has to be decided if he undergoes

FOOTBALL - SOCCER LESSONS | FC BARCELONA "EL CLASICO" | THE 2º GOAL XAVI HERNANDEZ | VIDEO

The Monday night Spanish League - Liga Round 13 match, otherwise known as "El Clasico", between FC BARCELONA & REAL MADRID  (5 - 0) is still causing news & analysis. This time from a more technical angle from Football lovers & professionals whom have enough material to study & show students the "Art" of playing Football: touch Football.

FC Barcelona has implanted a style that has become World