Ansu Fati, Ferran lead Spain squad full of fresh faces

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Barcelona’s teenage forward Ansu Fati and new Manchester City signing Ferran Torres were among six debutants in the Spain squad coach Luis Enrique u...

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Pique pessimistic about Barca title hopes after Sevilla draw

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Barcelona defender Gerard Pique said his side have it all to do if they are to retain their Spanish title this season after being held to a 0-0 draw a...

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La Liga knocks down talk of June 20 restart

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La Liga has refused to confirm Leganes coach Javier Aguirre’s announcement that the Spanish soccer season will re-start on June 20 after being halte...

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Marvellous Messi hits four as Barca hammer Eibar

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Barcelona captain Lionel Messi was in a prolific mood as his side crushed Eibar 5-0 at home in La Liga on Saturday, scoring four goals to placate supp...

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Talking points from the weekend in La Liga

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Here are the main talking points from the weekend’s action in La Liga: MADRID GET ROUGH AND READY Real Madrid earned a scrappy 2-1 win at Alaves o...

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Barca secure win over Villarreal as Messi limps off

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Barcelona secured a much-needed 2-1 home victory over Villarreal in La Liga on Tuesday, racing into a two-goal lead inside 15 minutes before hanging o...

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Rested Messi to be unleashed against Girona

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Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde has sought to ration Lionel Messi’s game time with the aim of keeping his talisman fresh for the final gruelling st...

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Messi called off the bench to sink Leganes

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Lionel Messi came off the bench to inspire Barcelona to a 3-1 win over a dogged Leganes side on Sunday, creating one goal and scoring another to keep ...

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Madrid must focus more in early stages of games -Solari

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Real Madrid coach Santiago Solari has called on his under-performing side to halt their tendency to concede early goals as they look for some relief f...

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Espanyol beat Bilbao, pile pressure on Barcelona

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Espanyol swept into second place in La Liga after a Borja Iglesias first half strike secured them a 1-0 victory over Athletic Bilbao  on Monday. R...

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Criticism of Barca coach Valverde unfair, says former pupil Williams

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Embattled Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde is being treated unfairly by the Spanish media during the club’s winless run of three La Liga games, says...

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Barcelona and Real Madrid suffer humbling losses

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La Liga champions Barcelona slumped to a shock 2-1 defeat at struggling Leganes and Real Madrid were resoundingly beaten 3-0 by Sevilla on Wednesday a...

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Barca coach Valverde says Messi the best despite Modric award

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Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde believes his player Lionel Messi should have won FIFA’s ‘The Best’ award and not Real Madrid’s Luka Modric. ...

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No transfer deadline day moves for Real

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Real Madrid coach Julen Lopetegui has said that he does not expect the club to make any deadline day moves ahead of the transfer window closing later ...

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Balotelli scores as Mancini starts Italy reign with a win

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Mario Balotelli got new Italy coach Roberto Mancini off to a winning start by scoring the opener in a 2-1 win over Saudi Arabia in a pre-World Cup fri...

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Ronaldo and Bale score in Real draw as Zinedine son makes debut

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Real Madrid's final Champions League rehearsal was running perfectly on Saturday until Cristiano Ronaldo was substituted and Villarreal scored twice t...

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Barca visit in-form Levante with unbeaten season on the line

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Barcelona may have navigated their way past Real Madrid and Villarreal this week but their first ever unbeaten La Liga season is not quite over the li...

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Zidane says pursuit of history galvanises Real Madrid

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The possibility of reaching a third straight Champions League final is "galvanising" Real Madrid for their semi-final second leg against Bayern Munich...

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Zidane look to overcome Bayern in Champions League semis

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Zinedine Zidane may have won two consecutive Champions League titles but he refuses to admit a third would brand this his very own era at Real Madrid....

Messi takes Barcelona 11 points clear, Ronaldo hits four

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  Lionel Messi delivered another masterful performance as Barcelona sailed past Athletic Bilbao 2-0 on Sunday to take an 11-point lead over n...

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