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Barcelona coach Koeman given two-match ban

Ronald Koeman during the match between FC Barcelona and Granada CF, corresponding to the week 5 of the group A of the Liga Santander, played at the Camp Nou Stadium, on 20th September 2021, in Barcelona, Spain.Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman has been handed a two-game touchline ban by the Spanish soccer federation's competition committee after being shown a red card in Thursday's goalless LaLiga draw with Cadiz.Koeman was dismissed in the dying seconds of the match for dissent after Sergio Busquets had kicked a second ball that was on the pitch into an opposition player to get the game stopped.The Dutchman will be absent from the touchline for Sunday's home game with Levante and next week's trip to champions Atletico Madrid.Barcelona, who are seventh in the standings with nine points from fi...
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Ronald Koeman to stay on as Barcelona boss

Ronald Koeman head coach of Barcelona gives instructions to Oscar Mingueza during the La Liga Santander match between FC Barcelona and Granada CF at Camp Nou on September 20, 2021 in Barcelona, Spain.Ronald Koeman will reportedly be in the Barcelona dugout for Sunday's La Liga clash against Levante, with club president Joan Laporta not planning any drastic moves regarding the managerial position at Camp Nou.Barcelona are unbeaten in the league this season but have won just two of their five matches and already sit seven points behind division leaders Real Madrid in the table.There had been suggestions that Koeman had to beat Granada and Cadiz to stand a chance of keeping his job, but the Catalan outfit were held to draws in both matches.The La Liga giants are now preparing to take on Levan...
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Barcelona Held By Cadiz As Pressure Mounts On Ronald Koeman

Memphis Depay of Barcelona and Tomas Alarcon of Cadiz compete for the ball during the La Liga Santander match between Cadiz CF and FC Barcelona at Estadio Nuevo Mirandilla on September 23, 2021 in Cadiz, Spain.Barcelona made it three games without a victory on Thursday as a goalless draw with Cadiz further weakened Ronald Koeman's position as coach. Frenkie de Jong was sent off in the 65th minute at the Ramon de Carranza stadium but holding on for a draw will earn little credit for Koeman, who was also shown a red card in injury-time. Whether Koeman is still in the post for Barca's game at home to Levante on Sunday remains to be seen but it appears now to be more a matter of when the club can find a replacement than if he will continue in charge."You have to always try to win each gam...
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Asensio bags hat-trick as Real Madrid hit Mallorca for six

Marco Asensio (L) of Real Madrid CF competes for the ball with Kang In Lee (R) of RCD Mallorca during the La Liga Santander match between Real Madrid CF and RCD Mallorca at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on September 22, 2021 in Madrid, Spain.Marco Asensio scored his first hat-trick for Real Madrid on Wednesday against Mallorca, his boyhood club, as Madrid cruised to a 6-1 win to go top of La Liga.Karim Benzema capitalised on an early Mallorca mistake at the Santiago Bernabeu before three goals in five minutes put Madrid 3-1 ahead, two Asensio strikes coming either side of a curling effort from Mallorca's Lee Kang-in.Asensio completed his treble with a bending shot of his own in the second half and went off to a standing ovation, leaving Benzema to add his second and Isco to tap in Madrid's six...
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Ronald Koeman calls for patience at struggling Barcelona

Head coach Ronald Koeman of FC Barcelona looks on during the UEFA Champions League group E match between FC Barcelona and Bayern Muenchen at Camp Nou on September 14, 2021 in Barcelona, Spain.Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman took no questions in a brief news conference on Wednesday and instead read a statement saying the under-performing club were in a period of transition and the process required patience.The Dutch coach’s position has become more precarious in the last week following a 3-0 thrashing at home to Bayern Munich in the Champions League and Monday’s surprise 1-1 draw at home to Granada in LaLiga, leaving his side with eight points from their opening four games.Speaking ahead of Barca’s LaLiga game away to Cadiz on Thursday, he said the club trusted him to lead the team through a ...
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Luis Suarez’s late double against Getafe sends Atletico Madrid to top of league table

Luis Suarez of Atletico de Madrid celebrates with teammate Stefan Savic of Atletico de Madrid after scoring their team's 1st goal during the La Liga Santander match between Getafe CF and Club Atletico de Madrid at Coliseum Alfonso Perez on September 21, 2021 in Getafe, Spain.Luis Suarez scored twice, including an injury-time winner, as Atletico Madrid came from behind to beat 10-man Getafe 2-1 and move top of LaLiga on Tuesday.Hosts Getafe took the lead through Stefan Mitrovic on the stroke of half-time, but the game changed when Carles Alena was sent off in the 74th minute.Reigning champions Atletico are now a point clear of city rivals Real Madrid who host Real Mallorca on Wednesday."In the first half, we had a lack of movement, of dynamism, and the match was flat until the opponents' go...
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Joan Laporta determined to bring Pep Guardiola back to Barcelona

President of FC Barcelona Joan Laporta attends a press conference after the announcement that Lionel Messi will be leaving the club at Camp Nou on August 06, 2021 in Barcelona, Spain.Barcelona president Joan Laporta wants Pep Guardiola to return to the club, either as a manager, the position he previously held from 2008 to 2012, or sporting director.La Blaugrana's start to life in the post-Lionel Messi era has been rough, with Barça taking eight points from their opening four La Liga games.Ronald Koeman oversaw an unthinkable route one performance in their draw at home to Granada on Monday, and Barcelona look very unlike the Guardiola sides from last decade.Now, El Nacional report Laporta 'will do everything in his power' to bring the current Manchester City boss back to the club, although...
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Ronald Koeman reacts to Barcelona’s draw with Granada

Coach Ronald Koeman of FC Barcelona, during the La Liga Santader match between FC Barcelona and Granada CF at Camp Nou Stadium on September 20, 2021 in Barcelona.Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman has offered his thoughts on Monday’s 1-1 draw with Granada and seemed to think his team had done “pretty well” all things considered.The hosts were without a host of players through injury but put in a pretty shambolic showing and only escaped with a point thanks to a late Ronald Araujo header.Here’s what Koeman made of it all:“Look at our squad list,” he said. “We did what we could. We don’t have the players from the tiki-taka days. We have to play with our own style.“I think we did well and, with some more time, we could have won. The basic system was 4-3-3 in the first half, then I had to make chan...
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Ronald Koeman sacking would cost Barcelona £10m

Ronald Koeman, head coach of FC Barcelona looks on during the La Liga Santander match between FC Barcelona and Granada CF at Camp Nou on September 20, 2021 in Barcelona, Spain.La Liga giants Barcelona would reportedly have to pay around £10m if they decided to sack head coach Ronald Koeman.The Dutchman is subject to rife speculation about his future at Camp Nou, after enduring a turbulent 12 months at the helm.A recent report has suggested that several members of the Catalan club's hierarchy have asked for the 58-year-old to be sacked, as they do not believe he is the right man to take the club forward.However, according to the Daily Mirror, it would cost Barcelona around £10m if they relieved Koeman of his duties, a figure they currently cannot afford to spend amid their severe financial ...
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Real Madrid score twice in last five minutes to stun Valencia

Karim Benzema of Real Madrid celebrates with teammate Luka Jovic after scoring their side's second goal during the La Liga Santander match between Valencia CF and Real Madrid CF at Estadio Mestalla on September 19, 2021 in Valencia, Spain.Real Madrid moved to the top of La Liga on Sunday after scoring twice in two minutes to pull off an incredible late comeback against Valencia.Valencia looked set for victory at Mestalla when Hugo Duro scored against his former club in the second half but the in-form Vinicius Junior equalised in the 86th minute before Karim Benzema headed home in the 88th for a 2-1 away win.Real Madrid remain unbeaten this term, having now won five and drawn one of their first six matches in all competitions under returning coach Carlo Ancelotti.Valencia, who stay third, h...
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Memphis Depay calls on Barcelona to learn lessons from Bayern Munich defeat

Memphis Depay of FC Barcelona shows his dejection during the UEFA Champions League group E match between FC Barcelona and Bayern München at Camp Nou on September 14, 2021 in Barcelona, Spain.Barcelona star Memphis Depay has called on his teammates to learn lessons from their midweek defeat to Bayern Munich.La Blaugrana kicked off their 2021/22 Champions League campaign with a disappointing 3-0 Camp Nou loss to the Bavarian powerhouse.Bayern shrugged off the home side’s challenge with ease in Catalonia as Ronald Koeman and his players were given sharp dose of reality from the 2020 champions.However, despite their frustrating start to European competition this season, Memphis believes there are real positives to on the horizon for Koeman’s young team.“Obviously the result against Bayern was ...
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Valencia, Real Madrid to test each other’s credentials on Sunday

Coach Carlo Ancelotti of Real Madrid during the La Liga Santander match between Real Madrid v Celta de Vigo at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on September 12, 2021 in Madrid Spain.The top two sides in La Liga go head to head when Real Madrid visit Valencia on Sunday evening.Real Madrid travel to the Mestalla as league leaders, with three wins and a draw from their opening four league games, and after a morale boosting 1-0 win away to Inter Milan on Wednesday to open their account in this season's UEFA Champions League. The positive start to the campaign under Carlo Ancelotti is down mainly to Karim Benzema maintaining his form from last season, while Vinicius Jr appears to have finally taken a step forward, adding the ability to score key goals and complete passes to his undoubted pace and...
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Report: Sergi Roberto to sign new Barcelona deal next week

Sergi Roberto of FC Barcelona with the ball during the UEFA Champions League group E match between FC Barcelona and Bayern München at Camp Nou on September 14, 2021 in Barcelona, Spain.Barcelona's Sergi Roberto is set to put pen to paper on a new deal with the club next week, according to a report.The versatile Spaniard has entered the final year of his existing deal with the Blaugrana and was briefly linked with a move to Manchester City earlier in the summer.However, Roberto has started the 2021-22 La Liga season strongly - scoring two goals and setting up one more in his side's opening three games from a central role - but he was supposedly left distraught after being booed by his own supporters in their Champions League loss to Bayern Munich.Now, Marca reports that the fans' hostility ...
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Cadiz cling on for first La Liga win

Santi Mina of Celta de Vigo reacts during the La Liga Santander match between RC Celta de Vigo and Cadiz CF at Abanca Balaidos Stadium on September 17, 2021 in Vigo, Spain.Cadiz have clung on for a 2-1 victory at Celta Vigo to end their winless start in the Spanish league.Anthony Lozano and Luis Alfonso Espino scored five minutes apart at the end of the first half to give the visitors the win in Vigo on Friday.Santi Mina pulled Celta closer by scoring in the 64th minute but the hosts couldn't find the equaliser after twice hitting the woodwork in stoppage time at the Balaidos Stadium.Espino's goal came after Salvi Sanchez missed a 43rd-minute penalty for Cadiz.Cadiz had lost two games in a row after opening with consecutive draws.It was the third consecutive loss for Celta and their fourth...
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Report: Barcelona have no immediate plans to sack Ronald Koeman

Barcelona's Dutch coach Ronald Koeman (R) and players attend a training session at the Joan Gamper training ground in Sant Joan Despi on September 13, 2021, on the eve of their UEFA Champions League football match against Bayern Munich.Ronald Koeman is reportedly not in any immediate danger of being sacked as Barcelona boss despite the recent speculation surrounding the Dutchman.The 58-year-old has overseen a solid start to the 2021-22 La Liga season, with the Catalan giants, who finished third in Spain's top flight last term, collecting seven points from three matches.Barcelona suffered a 3-0 home defeat to Bayern Munich in their Champions League group-stage opener on Tuesday, though, which led to speculation surrounding Koeman's future.A recent report claimed that club president Joan Lap...
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Barcelona offer Jordi Alba injury update

Bayern Munich's Canadian midfielder Alphonso Davies vies for the ball with Barcelona's Spanish defender Jordi Alba (R) during the UEFA Champions League first round group E football match between Barcelona and Bayern Munich at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on September 14, 2021.Barcelona have confirmed that Jordi Alba suffered a hamstring injury during Tuesday’s Champions League defeat to Bayern Munich at the Camp Nou.The left-back was a doubt before the match, and didn’t take part in the morning’s activation session, but still started the game against the Bundesliga champions.However, Alba asked to be taken off late off and was replaced by Alex Balde for the last 15 minutes of the clash.Barca confirmed afterwards that Alba has a hamstring problem and needs further tests to determine th...
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Barcelona striker Braithwaite to miss at least 4 weeks after dislocating knee cap

Martin Braithwaite of FC Barcelona runs with the ball during the La Liga Santander match between FC Barcelona and Getafe CF at Camp Nou on August 29, 2021 in Barcelona, Spain.Barcelona striker Martin Braithwaite is set to undergo knee surgery.The Denmark international, 30, suffered injury to his left knee in the 2-1 win against Getafe on 29 August.Barcelona said the injury had not responded to “conservative treatment” and he will have surgery in the “coming days.”It adds to the club’s woes in attack with new signing Sergio Aguero yet to make his debut following a calf injury.Aguero, 33, is not expected to return until October.Spain forward Ansu Fati, 18, is also yet to feature for Barcelona this season as he continues to recover from knee surgery.Former Middlesbrough frontman Braithwaite h...
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Benzema hat-trick & Camavinga debut goal earn Real Madrid win on Bernabeu return

Real Madrid's French forward Karim Benzema celebrates scoring his team's second goal during the Spanish League football match between Real Madrid CF and RC Celta de Vigo at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid on September 12, 2021.Real Madrid returned to the Santiago Bernabeu after 560 days away and Karim Benzema ensured it was a happy homecoming as his hat-trick inspired a thrilling 5-2 fightback against Celta Vigo on Sunday.Benzema twice had to pull Madrid level after Santi Mina and Franco Cervi each put Celta ahead, goals that were greeted with whistles inside the Bernabeu where 19,874 fans attended for the first time in a year and a half.But Benzema kept his team in it and Madrid motored in the second half, Vinicius Junior finishing after racing onto the France forward's through-ba...
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Atletico Madrid secure added time win at Espanyol

Thomas Lemar of Atletico de Madrid celebrates scoring his side's 2nd goal during the LaLiga Santander match between RCD Espanyol and Club Atletico de Madrid at RCDE Stadium on September 12, 2021 in Barcelona, Spain.Defending La Liga champions Atletico Madrid sealed an added time 2-1 win away at Espanyol on their return to domestic action.Los Rojiblancos maintained their unbeaten start to the 2021/22 campaign with French international Thomas Lemar scoring the winner in the 99th minute.Both sides had chances to edge in front in the opening stages with Adri Embarba denied and the returning Antoine Griezmann heading just wide.However, despite enjoying more possession before the break, Diego Simeone’s side fell behind as Raul de Tomas nodded home Embarba’s cross.Simeone’s side looked to increas...
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Atletico Madrid chief admits Saul Niguez wanted to leave

Saul Niguez poses for a photograph as he signs for Chelsea FC at Chelsea Training Ground on September 01, 2021 in Cobham, England.Atletico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo has confirmed Saul Niguez did want to leave the club this summer.Spanish international Niguez as linked with a move away from the defending La Liga champions ahead of the 2021/22 campaign after slipping down the pecking order for Diego Simeone.Despite initial interest in a permanent exit from the Spanish capital, the 26-year-old eventually joined Premier League giants Chelsea on a season long loan deal.The move was completed in the final minutes of transfer deadline day last month, but despite the apparent last minute nature of the transfer, Cerezo insisted an exit was always on the cards.“Saúl wanted to leave. We accepte...
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