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Real Madrid has finally signed Gareth Bale. The Welshman underwent a medical earlier today and was presented to the masses at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium.
Gerard Piqué says that Bale will do really well at Real and says that he’ll succeed in the Spanish League. More on Gerard Piqué’s words
It was a fantastic game at the Mestalla stadium last night where Barca beat Valencia by 3 goals to 1. It was end to end stuff and provided pure entertainment with Messi getting a hat trick and Valencia’s Postiga netting two.
Positive things can be taken away by both teams but without a doubt we are seeing Messi back to his best.More on the match
Barca manager Tata Martino is not using the club’s homegrown stars, it appears. The Argentine manager has not used Montoya, Bartra, Sergi Roberto, Tello, Dos Santos and Oier except for a few “bit parts” and who have only played a total of 22 minutes between them.More on Gerardo Martino
“Teams are very even and well-matched, there are going to be some great matches played,” said Messi.
Argentine Messi believes Barca should win all their games because of what it means and what the club stands for.More on Messi and the draw
It was end to end stuff and totally expected. It was a very physical Supercup final and Barca came off victorious although it ended in a 0-0 draw. Atletico’s Felipe Luis got shown the red card with little over 12 minutes to go for elbowing Dani Alves off the ball and Pedro got brought down in a controversial penalty incident which Messi missed. Read more on the Supercup final
Gerardo Martino was speaking about Brazilian Neymar and feels that by not throwing him in at the deep end, he has benefitted the young man. Martino points out that although everyone wants to see him including himself, the Brazilian is still a very young man.
The Argentine coach also refused to disclose whether Neymar Jr will start against Atletico Madrid tonight. More on Gerardo Martino’s comments
Leo Messi is back in training and likely for the second leg of the Spanish Supercup final against Atletico Madrid on Wednesday evening at the Nou Camp. Leo trained with his teammates yesterday after missing the second half of the Supercup and Sunday’s match against Malaga in the league where Barca won 0-1.
Doubtful though is hero Adriano who scored the only goal of the match. More on Messi and Adriano
Barcelona were made to suffer against Malaga at La Rosaleda last night for a one nil win. Bernd Schuster’s team was full of young players who were disciplined at the back but lacked finesse up front.
Malaga caused a few scares although it was up to Adriano to break the deadlock on the 44th minute with a wonderful strike to make it 1 nil. Match report on the Malaga vs Barca game
