real madrid´s failure leaves pellegrini exposed

... madrid (afp) - after spending over 250 million euros to build a second dynasty of 'galacticos' real madrid were expected to lift this season's champions league trophy in the may 22 final at their santiago bernabeu stadium,but that dream was shattered on wednesday as lyon eliminated real 2-1 on aggregate at the last 16 stage ... fabio capello, bernd schuster and juande ramos have gone through the managerial revolving door at the bernabeu in the past few seasons and the speculation will be growing about pellegrini on thursday morning in the wake of the lyon setback

madrid eye up £6.5m jose mourinho

... with the final of that competition to be held at madrid’s santiago bernabeu stadium in may, the emphasis on reversing that poor european form is, for the nine-time winners of the european cup, especially exaggerated

calf injury for van der vaart

... only 18 minutes had been played at madrid's bernabeu stadium, when van der vaart needed to be stretchered off

charity match: liga bbva 9 - africa united 8 (video)

... spain witnessed an extraordinary coming together of 50 professional footballers at the santiago bernabeu stadium on tuesday night as an exhibition match aimed at to fighting poverty in africa and raising funds to strengthen educational projects being carried out by unicef in africa was played out in madrid

beckham, ac milan to face man u in champions league play

... nine-time champion madrid -- whose santiago bernabeu stadium hosts the final on may 22 -- will take on lyon in france in the feb

pepe out for six months

... the spanish season is scheduled to finish on the weekend of may 15/16, while the champions league final - to be held at madrid's bernabeu stadium - is on may 22, and the world cup begins on june 11

diawara apology over ronaldo tackle

... diawara picked up a second yellow card and a sending off for the tackle in the champions league game on september 30 at the santiago bernabeu stadium

barcelona, real madrid both win in spanish league

... madrid dominated the early stages at santiago bernabeu stadium although manuel pellegrini's team failed to take advantage of its possession ... and i think he's been the victim of that passion," said madrid director general jorge valdano, who added that the first half of the game was "the best we have played in the bernabeu" this season ... barcelona looked in command for the first half half-hour at riazor stadium, its attacking trio of thierry henry, ibrahimovic and messi all putting deportivo's defence under pressure ... at the sanchez pizjuan stadium, valladolid's mateus "manucho" contreiras scored his second goal of the season with a diving header from diego costa's cross in the 34th

united, chelsea bid to build on winning start

... while the portuguese flyer chases down a win at the santiago bernabeu stadium against marseille in group c, which also contains ac milan, sir alex ferguson's side can build on their 1-0 success at turkey's besiktas ... the only french side to lift the european cup shipped four goals on their last visit to the bernabeu six years ago ... "for madrid to win the cup for a tenth time and at our own stadium is a great challenge, and we are all optimistic

exclusive: mikel alonso reflects on first match against brother xabi

... after tenerife's 3-0 loss to real madrid at the bernabeu, mikel alonso spoke exclusively to goal ... "to meet your brother on the field at the bernabeu stadium with real madrid is just simply beautiful ... "finally, mikel revealed that xabi still missed aspects of life on merseyside, but that he was happy at the bernabeu, stating, "he has a big respect and memory of liverpool, the stadium, the supporters, everything