When Real Madrid traveled to bottom-dwelling Osasuna on Saturday, nobody would have expected much of a match. The final score, a 3-1 win for Los Blancos, seems like a predictable result.
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Grading the Last 10 Spanish Signings at Real Madrid
In the summer preceding the 2009/10 campaign, Real Madrid boosted their squad with two big-name signings: Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo, with both deals dominating headlines and expectations for the season ahead. But they also signed four Spanish players: Xabi Alonso and Alvaro Arbeloa from Liverpool , Raul Albiol from Valencia and Esteban Granero from Getafe.
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King’s Cup: Real hopes hit by second successive defeat
IMAGE: Celta de Vigo’s Iago Aspas scores their opening goal against Real Madrid CF during the Copa del Rey quarter-final, first Leg match at the Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid on Wednesday. Photograph: Denis Doyle/Getty Images eal Madrid lost 2-1 at home to Celta Vigo in their Spanish King’s Cup quarter-final first leg on Wednesday to slump to their second defeat in a row following a record winning streak.
King’s Cup: Real hopes hit by second successive defeat
IMAGE: Celta de Vigo’s Iago Aspas scores their opening goal against Real Madrid CF during the Copa del Rey quarter-final, first Leg match at the Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid on Wednesday. Photograph: Denis Doyle/Getty Images eal Madrid lost 2-1 at home to Celta Vigo in their Spanish King’s Cup quarter-final first leg on Wednesday to slump to their second defeat in a row following a record winning streak.
Madrid to rest Ronaldo in Copa del Rey match against Sevilla
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane will not use Cristiano Ronaldo in the second leg against Sevilla in the Copa del Rey on Thursday. Zidane will also rest Luka Modric when Madrid tries to defend a 3-0 win from the first leg.
Madrid’s Vazquez and Kovacic sidelined by injuries
In this file photo dated Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016, Real Madrid’s Mateo Kovacic, right, challenges Osasuna’s goalkeeper Nauzet Perez during the Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid.
Real Madrid lose Vazquez, Kovacic to injury
Real Madrid will be without midfielders Lucas Vazquez and Mateo Kovacic when the team returns to action in 2017 after picking up injuries in their successful Club World Cup campaign. Vazquez suffered a right leg injury in the 4-2 final win over Kashima Antlers in Japan and will be sidelined for up to four weeks, according to Spanish sports daily As.