So, what now for Real Madrid?
Los merengues were on top of the football world Sunday morning, having come back from a 2-0 second half deficit to defeat Sevilla, 3-2, at the Santiago Bernabeu Saturday night.
Less than two hours before Rafael van der Vaart poked in the injury time game-winner, Barcelona was held to a 2-2 [...]

The current wisdom suggests Atletico de Madrid is an impossible team to figure out.
Really, it’s the opposite. Take a look at what it did the week before, and then predict the exact opposite – it’s your best bet.
At the Vicente Calderon on Feb. 14, Atletico handed Barcelona its first league defeat of the season, 2-1. [...]

Last week’s Champion League action saw some of everything – great goals, goalkeeping howlers, dodgy refereeing decisions and one significant upset.
This week’s games, as a whole, look to be even tougher to call – anything can happen.
Today, a resurgent Stuttgart side hosts the competition’s defending champion, Barcelona. Also, the top team in France – Bordeaux [...]

It’s important to not form any conclusions when the Champions League round of 16 draw is made.
There are two months between the draw and the first legs, and a lot of things can change. What looks like a walk for Team X in December could prove to be a challenge in February, and Team Y’s seemingly [...]

After a two-month layoff, the UEFA Champions League returns to action today with the first two of eight round of 16 first round ties.
One of the more highly anticipated matches of the round sees AC Milan host Manchester United, while Olympique Lyonnais welcomes Real Madrid to the Stade de Gerland.
The return leg of both ties [...]

In what promises to be an entertaining match between two attacking teams, Sevilla will take on Atletico de Madrid in this season’s Copa del Rey final.
Sevilla – conquerors of holders Barcelona and Deportivo la Coruna in the prior two rounds – had a tough go of it in Wednesday’s semifinal second leg at Getafe. Holding [...]

Two years ago, Zaragoza was the classic “too good to go down” team that did, in fact, go down to Spain’s second division.
The club was coming off a sixth place finish in 2006-07, and with the likes of Pablo Aimar, Sergio Garcia, Ricardo Oliveira and a not yet calcified Roberto Ayala leading the way, many [...]

Two of Spain’s biggest clubs are one step away from the Copa del Rey final.
In Wednesday’s first leg semifinal, Sevilla defeated Getafe at the Sanchez Pizjuan, 2-0. Atletico de Madrid upped the ante today, romping over Racing Santander, 4-0, at the Vicente Calderon.
Sevilla and Atletico will have to defend those leads on the road in [...]

The ax has fallen on Ernesto Valverde at Villarreal.
Sunday’s 2-0 home loss to Osasuna was the final straw in a tough first season for Valverde at the helm of the Yellow Submarine.
Villarreal got off to a horrendous start this season, spending most of the first two months in the relegation zone after taking just three [...]

As La Liga begins the second half of its season, it’s time to look back at the first 19 match days.
There have been some things that have gone as expected, and there have been some surprises. To see examples of both, we need not look any further than my predicted table from before the season.
Let’s [...]