Football in Spain

A Thiago Alcantara strike and Sandro Wagner’s first Champions League goal capped Bayern Munich’s 3-1 win at Beşiktaş on March 14, putting an end to the home side’s dream season on the Europea stage.

Atletico Madrid’s Antoine Griezmann goes up against Barcelona on March 5, looking to derail the title charge
of a club he may yet join in the summer.

Real Madrid looked poised to sweep Barcelona away in La Liga after beating it so comprehensively in the Spanish Super Cup in August yet by the end of Dec. 23’s “El Clasico” it could be a remarkable 14 points behind its bitter rival.

The northwestern province of Çanakkale is set to become home to a special cat village where hundreds of felines will live, be taken care of, and available for adoption.

The people of Barcelona FC made an impressive video of their first day in Greece for the Champion’s League game with Olympiakos.

It starts with were scenes from the landing of the mission to “Eleftherios Venizelos” airport and one of the first people to see is Lionel Messi.

Israeli police arrested a fan who had entered the pitch after the loss of the national team from Spain in the world qualification. He tried to get closer to Real Madrid's player,Isco, holding a knife in his hand.

The Spanish team achieved a 1-0 victory in their visit, thus ending Israel's dreams of qualifying to the World Cup in Russia in 2018.

Six minutes were enough for Athletic Bilbao to overturn Panathinaikos's two-goal lead and establish themselves as favorites for the Europa League group stage following Thursday's qualifying play-off first leg clash at Apostolos Nikolaidis stadium in Athens.

Panathinaikos squandered a 2-goal advantage over their highly regarded Spanish rivals Athletic Bilbao and lost 3-2 at home in their first leg Europa League match in Athens. The greens scored one in each half (Lod 29’) and Cabezas (55’), but their opponents responded with three quick goals in the space of only 6 minutes to take a strong lead in the second leg in Spain.

Levski's management continues with their shopping spree as the Bulgarian club bought a player with more than 50 goals in England. The Spanish playmaker Jordi Gomez started his career as a youth of Barcelona and also played for Espanyol, Wigan, Swansea, Sunderland and Blackburn.

Real Madrid have clinched a spot in the 2016-17 Champions League final after knocking out local rivals Aletico (4-2 agg.). Real, who have lifted the coveted trophy 11 times and were runners up three more times, will face 2-time winners Juventus from Italy at Principality Stadium in Cardiff on June 3.