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  • Cristiano Ronaldo Scores First, Lionel Messi Wins (Barcelona vs Real Madrid)

    If the season in Spain needed a kick start and the opening weekend wasn’t enough, the first Clasico of the season between Barcelona and Real Madrid for the Spanish Supercopa did the trick, with Cristiano Ronaldo opening the scoring, Pedro, Lionel Messi and Xavi answering back before Angel Di Maria made it (3-2) very interesting for the second leg next week.

  • Marouane Fellaini Ruins Robin van Persie Debut (Everton vs Manchester United)

    So Manchester United combined two players who scored 57 goals last season, Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie, for a total of 22 minutes. It didn’t help them score a goal or come out of Goodison Park with a point, losing 1-0 to Everton due to a fantastic header and match from Marouane Fellaini. Maybe […]

  • Roger Federer – Keeps Setting New Records

    With the right kind of rest and as long as it’s not clay, Roger Federer is the best tennis player in the world, once again. The next addition to his never ending list of titles is the 2012 Cincinnati Masters, beating Novak Djokovic 6-0, 7-6 in the final, winning his sixth title of the year.

  • Athletic Bilbao vs Real Betis – Match of the Weekend

    While most of the attention on Sunday went elsewhere, the best match happened at the San Mames in Bilbao, where Real Betis won an incredible thriller 5-3, beating Athletic in one of the craziest matches in quite some time, in the La Liga or anywhere else in Europe.

  • Lionel Messi Back to La Liga With Goal Double (Barcelona vs Real Sociedad)

    Quietly, without making too much noise, Lionel Messi began his 2012-2013 La Liga campaign like nothing has changed over the summer, scoring twice to back up his record breaking season right from the start, as Barcelona cruised to a 5-1 win over Real Socieded in a perfect start to their season.

  • Cristiano Ronaldo Doesn’t Score on Season Opener (Real Madrid vs Valencia)

    Gonzalo Higuain struck early in what seemed like would be an easy win for Real Madrid, but Jonas’ goal just before half time eventually endured and gave Valencia an unplanned point from the Santiago Bernabeu to open the season with a 1-1 draw, while Cristiano Ronaldo failed to open the season with anything more than frustrated faces.

  • Eden Hazard Enjoys Premier League Debut (Wigan vs Chelsea)

    Were Chelsea impressive in their first match of the 2012-2013 season? Not really, but Eden Hazard set up the first goal for Branislav Ivanovic with a wonderful pass and drew the foul that got the penalty, converted by Frank Lampard, giving Chelsea a 2-0 away win at Wigna to open their league campaign.

  • Liverpool FC – Brendan Rodgers Blames Referee for Loss

    Brendan Rodgers couldn’t have asked for a worst Premier League debut with Liverpool – Losing 0-3 to West Brom at the Hawthorns while losing his most important defender, Daniel Agger, to a questionable red card and also watching Joe Cole leaving the match injured, which is pretty much a given every time he’s on the pitch.

  • Mini Revenge at the German Super Cup (Bayern Munich vs Dortmund)

    Mini Revenge at the German Super Cup (Bayern Munich vs Dortmund)

    Does this mean this will be Bayern Munich’s year? Probably not, but at least the five match losing streak for Bayern against Dortmund is over. Two quick goals from Martio Mandzukic and Thomas Muller, giving Bayern the two goal lead after only 11 minutes was enough to secure their first win over Dortmund in more than two seasons, winning their fifth German Super Cup with a 2-1 win.

  • Fernando Torres Opener Not Enough in Charity Shield (Manchester City vs Chelsea)

    Played at Villa Park, the 2012 Charity Shield went to the champions, deservedly so, outplaying a pretty similar Chelsea to the one we saw last season in terms of style and what they try to accomplish in the match. Manchester City won 3-2 with goals from Yaya Toure, Carlos Tevez and Samir Nasri, while the FA Cup holders were mostly hurt by the sending off of Branislav Ivanovic.