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Francisco López oozes football. At 69, he continues to referee Sunday league matches after a life dedicated to the game. Francisco reflects on his footballing life, shares his love for the sport and explains what this passion can mean to others. His thoughts and the world he lives in represent football understood in its unspoiled and genuine ...

Barcelona made real Madrid pay after the visitors squandered a couple amazing opportunities early in the first half. Those missed chances by Real Madrid saw Barcelona take a 2-0 lead by halftime behind goals by Pedro and an amazing strike from Dani Alves. The second half continued to live up to expectations as Real Madrid leveled up the score, after ...

Karim Benzema gets behind the Barcelona defense and slots home from inside the box to bring things level in this heated Cope del Rey second leg match. This was a great piece of personal skill as Benzema cooly chipped the ball over Carlos Puyol and finished as he was falling down. This goal made things very interesting as Real Madrid now needed just one ...

Cristiano Ronaldo pulls a goal back for Real Madrid to give them hope in their Copa del Rey clash with Barcelona. Hit the jump to check out Cristiano Ronaldo's goal. (more...)

Let me just start this by saying you will rarely see someone hit a soccer ball this clean. When the ball comes across your body like this, especially at a decent pace like this ball was traveling, with a bit of spin having come off a deflection, it is very easy to get it all wrong. But Dani Alves showed perfect form and technique and got everything ...

Lionel Messi shows once again why he is the best player on the planet. He dissects the Real Madrid defense and then he splits the defense with a perfect pass that Pedro coolly slots home. When Messi slid this ball through it appeared that he was trying to get it to Cesc Fabrgas who was the player closest to him. But he once again saw a step ahead of ...

Barcelona v Real Madrid needs no introduction around here. It is undoubtedly the biggest rivalry in global soccer attracting television audiences of more than 400 million viewers. yes, that's right, 400 million people watch these games! These games are always testy and full of emotions both on and off the field. I think it's hard in many ways to ...

A big acquisition on the marketing front for adidas after capturing the signature of Real Madrid and Spanish National Team goalkeeper Iker Casillas who left Reebok. Check out adidas' Iker Casillas TV spot after the Jump........ (more...)