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/ 16 December 2005
Real Madrid have their first match back in their Santiago Bernabeu stadium since Juan Ramon Lopez Caro took over as the Spanish giants’ latest coach two weeks ago when Osasuna visit on Sunday. Real are third with 28 points from 15 games but lie six points behind the leading pair.
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/ 24 October 2005
England skipper David Beckham was sent off as Real Madrid crashed to a 2-1 defeat to Valencia on Sunday leaving city neighbours Getafe to take top spot in the Spanish championship. Getafe, in only their second season of top flight football, beat Real Zaragoza 5-2 while Real’s four-game winning streak came to an end with their home defeat.
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/ 20 October 2005
David Beckham and Jonathan Woodgate made Real Madrid history on Wednesday as it was the first time that two Englishmen had scored in the same game for the Spanish giants. The England internationals, with Woodgate hoping to soon be back in England coach Sven Goran Eriksson’s plans after 17 months out injured, scored Real’s first and last goals in their 4-1 Champions League thrashing of Rosenborg.
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/ 13 September 2005
Villarreal goalkeeper Sebastian Viera was keeping remarkably calm on Tuesday despite the imminent arrival of the Manchester United artillery in the shape of Wayne Rooney and Ruud van Nistelrooy. Manchester United return to the Mediterranean coast for the first time since they triumphed in the 1999 Champions League and now face Villarreal in a group D match on Wednesday.
With Real Madrid now destined to end the season without a trophy for the first time in five years, the question on everyone’s mind on Monday was, what beckons for David Beckham? Rumours about a return to the United Kingdom started circulating last year when it became obvious that his wife, Victoria, was not going to settle in Madrid.
Uefa Cup holders Porto became the first Portuguese side for 14 years to make the final of Europe’s top club competition after beating Deportivo la Coruna 1-0 in their Champions League semifinal second leg on Tuesday. Brazilian striker Derlei got the only goal of the game from the penalty spot on the hour mark.
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/ 28 October 2003
Real Madrid will go back to the top of the Spanish first division, at least for 24 hours, if they can win at Real Zaragoza on Tuesday though they will be without David Beckham, who missed Real’s scrappy 3-1 win over Racing Santander on Saturday because of a strained right hamstring.
Jacques Freitag of South Africa won the men’s high jump at the World Championships in Paris on Monday to fulfil a prediction he made four years ago. Freitag sneaked over with his first attempt at 2,35m to throw down the gauntlet to the two remaining jumpers and neither man could pick it up.