Improving Real will qualify from tight group, says coach
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Real Madrid believe they will qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League after recording their second win in a row with an edgy 1-0 victory over Dynamo Kiev.
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Spain coach Luis Aragones is looking for a huge improvement from his side when they begin their World Cup qualifying campaign with a tricky tie against Bosnia on Wednesday.
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Defending champion Valencia&#39;s recent improvement will be put to the test when it visits runaway leader FC Barcelona in the Spanish league&#39;s 16th-round this weekend.
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Real Madrid owners are still trying hard to find why their team has been performing so terribly this season. A team with players like Ronaldo, Figo, Raul, Zinedine Zidane, and David Beckham should not find
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Sport: Striker's recovery from a fractured foot is ahead of schedule and he is close to full training with his club.
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Espanyol took a provisional place at the top of the Spanish table by virtue of a 1-0 triumph over Real Madrid. Walter Samuel saw red on his domestic debut and each club failed from the spot, but it was last
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Three teams went into Matchday 6 with an opportunity to qualify from Group B, with the big question being whether superstar-infested Real Madrid would be one of those to make it.
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Spain coach Luis Aragones told his fringe players to make his life difficult, and some of them lived up to the challenge. A Spanish squad full of substitutes beat Saudi Arabia 1-0 Friday to clinch first place in Group H. The backups tried to win a spot in the starting lineup for the round of 16 match in Hanover on Tuesday.
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In Europe, soccer clubs continued their efforts in final group matches to reach the knockout stage of the Champions League tournament.
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Valencia coach Claudio Ranieriâs job prospects are looking increasingly bleak after a goalless draw at home to Real Zaragoza. Ranieri was given a vote of confidence after last Sundayâs defeat by Getafe
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Euro giants Real Madrid, Juventus and Manchester United qualified for the European champions League groups stages as the established order in European football was respected.
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JUST three games into the Primera Liga season and Real Madrid have a new coach with little experience at the top level, a squad of under-achieving players and the problem of what to do with Jose Antonio Camacho.
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Real Madrid would like to forget this year. It has been terrible for them from every aspect. They have lost matches against the unlikeliest of opposition and might end another season without any major title.
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AZ Alkmaar coach Co Adriaanse knows his team have their work cut out to stay among the Eredivisie pace-setters ahead of Sunday&#39;s visit of champions Ajax.
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Foreign coaches and players often appear in a state of shock when first exposed to the conditions of professional soccer in the United States. The higher the level of their previous club, the greater the contrast when they arrive at their new team.
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Valencia coach Claudio Ranieri believes that his side&#39;s Champions League win at Anderlecht on Wednesday will be a turning point for his team, but believes they have to improve further if they are to qualify for the last sixteen.
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Real Madrid, Europe&#39;s most successful soccer team, hired Brazil&#39;s Wanderlei Luxemburgo as its fifth coach in 18 months in a bid to improve its performance in the second half of the season.