Barcelona and Sevilla will play each other in a critical Week 12 La Liga game. Latin Post.com previews the game, breaks down the teams and predicts who will win.
One of the greatest soccer players in the world may be switching leagues. Lionel Messi could be transferring from FC Barcelona to an English Premier League team sooner rather than later.
A year ago, Gareth Bale, left, and Neymar, right, were the major transfer stories of the summer. Barcelona and Real Madrid each broke the bank for these two stars, leading to growing speculation and controversy throughout the year. Which player has had a better 2014-15 season?
Week 12 of the La Liga season is set to begin, and Real Madrid and Barcelona are still battling for the top spot. Meanwhile, the defending champions, Atletico Madrid, have been struggling in recent weeks.
The 2014 La Liga season is 11 games complete and Real Madrid remains out in front for the second consecutive week. The season still has 27 weeks remaining, but it appears as if Real Madrid and Barcelona will fight it out with each other once again.
Brazil will look to extend their winning run under new head coach Dunga when they collide with Turkey in an international friendly match on Wednesday in Istanbul.
10 games into the 2014-15 La Liga Spanish Premier season, Real Madrid is in first place. Their rivals, FC Barcelona, trail them by just two points. Latin Post.com summarizes the teams and this season so far.
Barcelona was the unmovable object. The team that had not yet conceded in the Spanish League. The defense was rock solid. Claudio Bravo was terrific in goal. Lionel Messi and Neymar were playing really well together. Even the midfield passing game looked rejuvenated with Ivan Rakitic, Sergio Busquets and Andres Iniesta working well together.But then the team came back to earth in a bad way. A 3-1 drubbing at the hands of its worst rivals in a match that could have easily ended 5-1 if not for some poor finishing from Real Madrid's forwards.So what exactly happened? And what can be fixed?
Real Madrid cut down Barcelona's lead in the La Liga standings, handing Barca their first loss of the season, as Uruguayan Luis Suarez made his debut, assisting Neymar for a goal after coming off his suspension for biting Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini during the World Cup.
Forty goals were scored on Tuesday, a record for an eight-game night of UEFA Champions League's action that saw Shakhtar Donetsk' Luiz Adriano tie Lionel Messi's record for most goals in a game while Messi got closer to Raul's Champions League career record.
FC Barcelona striker Neymar and coach Luis Enrique played down reports that they were frustrated after Lionel Messi allegedly declined to be substituted during their 3-0 win against Eibar on Saturday at Camp Nou.
Argentina and Brazil square off in an international friendly between one another. This South American soccer rivalry dates very far back. Latin Post.com previews the game and predicts a winner.
Barcelona and Real Madrid are set to face up in a few weeks in what will be one of the most hotly anticipated games of the 2014-15 season. Both sides seem to be finding their identity and nowhere is this more important than on defense. Which side possesses the better defense?
Real Madrid and Barcelona made huge investments into their team this summer. For Real Madrid the summer was about improving the team that won the European championship while Barcelona was in an accelerated rebuild. The team was coming off a year without a single trophy and needed to inject new blood into its fading game plan. But more importantly, the team faced a year without being able to do more transfers in January or the summer of 2015.The teams are now four weeks into their respective season. While this is a rather small sample size it is a great moment to take stock of how their additions have contributed and whether they look to be major successes. More importantly, the two sides are slated to meet in a little over a month. The next few weeks should only add to expectations for the big game.
Brazil coach Dunga named his 22-man squad Wednesday for their upcoming friendlies against Argentina and Japan as part of the Gillette Brasil Global Tour in October.
Neymar made a triumphant return for Brazil as the striker led his squad to a 1-0 win in their World Cup rematch with Colombia on Friday at Sun Life Stadium in Miami, Florida.
The Spanish League gets underway this weekend. After much waiting, the world will get a chance to see what some of the best clubs in the world can do. From Real Madrid to Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, Latin Post.com previews this weekend's action and schedules.
New Brazil coach Carlos Dunga named his first squad since taking over as manager following the country’s disappointing performance in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
The 2014-15 edition of Champions League gets underway in a couple of weeks and Barcelona heads into the tournament in a rather uncomfortable situation. The Spanish side is coming off a year in which it missed the semifinals for the first since 2006-07. In that stretch, the team has won the tournament twice.
