Friday, August 26, 2011

BARCELONA 2-0 Porto UEFA Super Cup Result

BARCELONA 2-0 Porto UEFA Super Cup Result 
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FC Barcelona Starting 11: Valdes, Alves, Mascherano, Abidal, Adriano, Keita, Xavi, Iniesta, Pedro, Villa and Messi

On the bench; Oier, Fontas, Sergio, Thiago, Cesc, Dos Santos and Alexis

Porto Starting 11: Helton, Sapunaru, Rolando, Otamendi, Fucile, Guarin, Souza, Moutinho, C. Rodriguez, Kleber, Hulk

On the Bench: Defour, Bracali, Maicon, Fernando, Djalma, Varela, Belluschi

The Match is Kick-off Shortly

The Match is underway

min 39; mistake from Guarin who doesn't see Messi and attempts a backpass - the Argentine takes it around Helton to make it 1-0

Half Time: Barcelona 1-0 Porto

Second Half: 88' Fabrigas Score From Messi's Assist Make 2-0

Thursday, August 25, 2011

The footballers' strike has been called off

The footballers' strike has been called off

The Asociacion de Futbolistas Profesionals (AFE) has called off the strike scheduled for the second day of league action after reaching an agreement with the Liga de Futbol Profesional (LFP). So there will be football this weekend after all.
First league match moved to 22 January and 22 January 2nd leg first match moved to 2 may 2012.
The footballers' strike has been called off now that an agreement between the Association of Spanish Football Players and La Liga has been reached. Real Madrid's Week 1 match against Athletic Bilbao will now be held on 22 January. The game scheduled on that date, also against Athletic, will be played on 2 May.


Now that the AFE strike is over, the league season can begin with matches in the First and Second Divisions. Barcelona play Villarreal at the Camp Nou on Monday (19.00 GMT).The AFE and LFP have proposed to the RFEF that the cancelled first day of action can be played instead on January 22, when the second half of the season was due to start (which will be moved to May 2 and will be the second to last day of matches).

Barcelona vs. Porto : UEFA Super Cup Preview

Barcelona vs. Porto : UEFA Super Cup Preview


Both Josep Guardiola and Vítor Pereira believe fans in Monaco could be in for a treat when FC Barcelona and FC Porto vie for UEFA Super Cup glory at Stade Louis II on Friday.


Something will have to give when the two dominant forces in European football this year contest the UEFA Super Cup, with Josep Guardiola predicting a potential classic as his FC Barcelona team tackle FC Porto in Monaco on Friday.

While Barcelona tiki-taka'd their way to UEFA Champions League and Liga glory last season, Porto claimed their national title without losing a game and added the UEFA Europa League and Portuguese Cup for good measure. Both clubs' trophy cabinets have been further swollen this month by domestic Super Cup triumphs – Real Madrid CF (5-4 on aggregate) and Vitória SC (2-1) the beaten teams – meaning two sides high on confidence will dispute the annual curtain-raiser to the European season.

Looking back at the mesmerising 3-1 UEFA Champions League final victory at Wembley and forward to taking on Porto, Guardiola said: "Finals are meaningful when you play against clubs with a great history – it was an honour to play against Manchester United and it's an honour to play against one of the strongest teams in the world now in Porto. Mathematically their figures are impeccable and when you watch them play you can see they do things very well. I think it will be an excellent final, just like the Champions League was."

Pedro Rodriguez, Lionel Messi and David Villa were on target in London in May and are expected to line up in a Barcelona XI missing injured central defenders Carles Puyol (knee) and Gerard Pique (calf). Eric Abidal – the man who lifted the European Cup after recovering from surgery on a liver tumour – and Javier Mascherano are tipped to deputise, with marquee summer signings Cesc Fabregas and Alexis Sanchez perhaps offering considerable support from the bench.

In his first European outing since replacing his Chelsea FC-bound former boss Andre Villas-Boas, new Porto coach Vitor Pereira must find a way to stop Messi, crowned the inaugural winner of the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award on the eve of the game, scoring his first UEFA Super Cup goal at the third attempt. "You can't stop Messi with any special tactic," he said. "You stop him with a strong team performance, by concentrating defensively, covering each other and anticipating intentions. You will see our own game plan and identity; you don't adapt to your opponent."

Although Pereira hailed Barcelona as "the best team I've seen in my lifetime", he urged his side to take to the field as equals. "We're here on our own merit following a great season. We know Barcelona are a great team, but we're not here to see them play. We came here to win this game so we have the ingredients for a great spectacle." Porto fans should get a first glimpse of new recruit Steven Defour, the Belgian international's arrival softening the blow of the departure of Falcao – the striker whose 17 goals, including the winner in the Dublin final, propelled the Dragons to UEFA Europa League success.

These are certainly glory days at the Camp Nou, yet Guardiola shrugged off suggestions that his charges are creating a new footballing era – "I've said it time and time again that this will be decided by history" – and that they are unbeatable. However, he accepted that his players have benefited from two testing matches against their biggest rivals. "Facing other big teams helps you improve and the [Super Cup] games against Real Madrid were excellent preparation," he said. "We just hope the beautiful weather and the yachts won't distract us.

Barcelona and Porto's mixed Super Cup record

European champions FC Barcelona make a record eighth appearance in the UEFA Super Cup when they face UEFA Europa League holders FC Porto, a side with a special resonance for Lionel Messi.

FC Barcelona have set a UEFA Super Cup record just by reaching the Stade Louis II showpiece and both they and FC Porto are hoping to bring their number of wins level with their total losses in the event.

UEFA Super Cup pedigree
• UEFA Champions League holders Barcelona have made it to the annual showpiece for a record eighth time.

• Although they will move one ahead of the mark they previously shared with AC Milan of seven appearances, the Italian side have lifted the trophy five times to Barcelona's three – in 1992, 1997 (the last of the two-legged fixtures) and 2009.

• Barcelona's record four losses came in 1979, 1982, 1989 and 2006; the latter was their only defeat as European champions, compared with victories in 1992 and 2009.

• UEFA Europa League winners Porto are making their fourth appearance: they triumphed in 1987 before losing both previous Monaco trips, in 2003 and 2004. Their 2-1 defeat by Valencia CF in 2004 is the only preceding Spain v Portugal UEFA Super Cup.

• As in 1987 and 2004, Porto go into the game with a different coach from the one that won their qualifying competition. In 1987 Artur Jorge oversaw the Dragons' European Champion Clubs' Cup victory, yet by the time of the UEFA Super Cup Tomislav Ivic was at the helm for the 1-0 away and home successes against AFC Ajax (the second leg played in January 1988).

• In 2004 Jose Mourinho, as with Andre Villas-Boas this summer, departed for Chelsea FC. Victor Fernandez was in charge in Monaco for the loss to Valencia seven years ago; Vitor Pereira does the honours this time.

• Barcelona coach Josep Guardiola played in one UEFA Super Cup game, the second leg of the 1992 final which was played on 10 March 1993. His side concluded their 3-2 aggregate win against SV Werder Bremen with a 2-1 home victory, in which the visitors' Oliver Reck was dismissed after 30 minutes.

• Guardiola oversaw the 2009 triumph – 1-0 after extra time against FC Shakhtar Donetsk. Substitute Pedro Rodriguez got the goal in the 115th minute.

• The Blaugrana lineup for that match was:
Valdes, Alves, Puyol, Pique, Abidal, Toure (Busquets 100), Xavi, Keita, Messi, Henry (Bojan 96), Ibrahimovic (Pedro 81).

• Victor Valdes, Carles Puyol, Lionel Messi and Xavi Hernandez also played in the 3-0 defeat by Sevilla FC in 2006. Current Barcelona players Adriano and Daniel Alves were on the winning side, with Alves named man of the match by the UEFA technical study group.

• Alves and Seydou Keita featured in Sevilla's 3-1 loss to Milan the following year.

• Sergio Busquets' goalkeeping father, Carlos, was an unused substitute in both legs of the 1992 and 1997 editions.

• Should Barcelona win, Guardiola would become the sixth coach – and the first Spaniard – to lift two UEFA Super Cups. The current five are:
Raymond Goethals (RSC Anderlecht 1976 and 1978)
Arrigo Sacchi (Milan 1989 and 1990)
Sir Alex Ferguson (Aberdeen FC 1983 and Manchester United FC 1991)
Louis van Gaal (Ajax 1995 and Barcelona 1997)
Carlo Ancelotti (AC Milan 2003 and 2007)

• However, coaches with past success in the competition have lost the last four editions: Juande Ramos (Sevilla, 2007); Sir Alex (Manchester United, 2008); Mircea Lucescu (Shakhtar, 2009); Rafael Benitez (FC Internazionale Milano, 2010).

• Should Barcelona prevail for the second time in three seasons, it will be the quickest reclaiming of the trophy since AC Milan followed up their 1989 victory with another triumph in 1990.

• Barcelona have played one other match at the Stade Louis II, recording a 1-0 win at AS Monaco FC in the 1993/94 UEFA Champions League group stage. Guardiola was in the starting lineup, Hristo Stoichkov scoring after 13 minutes for Johan Cruyff's side.

• Porto have never played an away game at Monaco, the team they beat 3-0 in the 2004 UEFA Champions League final.

• Last year's contest was the first to involve the winners of the relaunched UEFA Europa League and Club Atletico de Madrid did the competition proud by beating Inter 2-0.

• In the 11 years since the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was abolished, the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League winners have overcome the UEFA Champions League holders six times.

• This will be the 14th UEFA Super Cup since the event was switched from a two-legged affair to a one-off game in Monaco. There will be a 15th match at Stade Louis II next August (or 16th if the 1986 tie between FC Steaua Bucureşti and FC Dynamo Kyiv is included), after which the 2013 edition will be staged at Prague's Eden Stadium following a UEFA Executive Committee decision on 16 June 2011.

Match background
• This will be the clubs' eighth encounter in UEFA competition and the first on neutral ground. Barcelona have won four and Porto three of the seven games; the Spanish side are on a run of three victories.

• They first met in the 1973/74 UEFA Cup first round, Porto prevailing 3-1 at home and 1-0 away. That remains Barcelona's only home loss to Portuguese opposition.

• The next encounter came in the 1985/86 European Champion Clubs' Cup second round, Barcelona winning 2-0 at the Camp Nou and progressing on away goals after a 3-1 defeat in Portugal.

• Barcelona also triumphed 3-0 in a one-off 1993/94 UEFA Champions League semi-final at the Camp Nou, with Guardiola in the lineup.

• Guardiola was also involved in the most recent meetings in the 1999/2000 UEFA Champions League second group stage, Barcelona winning 4-2 at home and 2-0 away. Guardiola and Puyol began both matches while Xavi was a half-time substitute for Phillip Cocu at Porto having been unused the week before.

• Barcelona also have a place in their opponents' history having faced the home club in the official opening game of the Estadio do Dragao on 16 November 2003. A 52,004 crowd – still the stadium record – saw Porto win 2-0 against a Barça team containing Xavi and, making his senior debut from the bench after 74 minutes, a 16-year-old Lionel Messi.

• The late Sir Bobby Robson managed both clubs, moving from Porto to Barcelona – along with Mourinho – in 1996.

• The first of Barcelona's 25 matches against Portuguese opponents in UEFA competition (W14 D5 L6) was the 1961 European Cup final against SL Benfica, who won 3-2 in Berne.

• The Azulgrana are on an 11-game unbeaten run against Portuguese sides dating back to a 1-0 loss at CF Os Belenenses in the UEFA Cup first round second leg on 30 September 1987; that result still took Barcelona through 2-1 on aggregate.

• During this sequence Barcelona have been held twice, 0-0 at Benfica in 1991 and 2006, and are on a three-match winning streak including their most recent Portuguese engagement – a 5-2 victory at Sporting Clube de Portugal on 26 November 2008 in the UEFA Champions League group stage.

• That last game and the Catalan side's 3-1 home success earlier in the same competition are Guardiola's only matches against Portuguese clubs as head coach. As a Barcelona player he was unbeaten in nine encounters with Portuguese teams, winning eight and drawing one.

• Porto have played 36 fixtures against Spanish clubs in UEFA competition; their record reads W12 D5 L19.

• In last season's UEFA Europa League they met Sevilla in the round of 32, winning 2-1 away and losing 1-0 at home; in the semi-finals they beat Villarreal CF 5-1 in Portugal before a 3-2 defeat in Spain.

• Their only game on neutral ground against Spanish opposition was the 2004 UEFA Super Cup loss to Valencia.

• Five players have represented both Barcelona and Porto: Aloisio, Vitor Baia, Fernando Couto, Ricardo Quaresma and Deco.

Sunday, August 21, 2011

UEFA Super Cup 2011: FC Barcelona Vs. FC Porto

UEFA Super Cup 2011


FC Barcelona Vs. FC Porto
Date:
Friday 26 August,2011
Time:
18:45 GMT
Venue:
Stade Louis II, Monaco


The UEFA Super Cup is an annual football game between the reigning champions of the two cup competitions organized by UEFA; the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. It takes place at the start of the domestic season, in August, normally on a Friday.
From 1972 to 1999, the UEFA Super Cup was contested between the winners of the European Cup/UEFA Champions League and the winners of the European Cup Winners' Cup/UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. After the discontinuation of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, it has been contested by the winners of the UEFA Champions League and the winners of the UEFA Cup, which was renamed as the UEFA Europa League in 2009.The competition was originally played over two legs, one at each participating club's stadium, except in special circumstances. Since 1998, the final has been a single match, played at the Stade Louis II in Monaco. From 2013 onwards, various stadiums will be used.The current champions are Spanish club Atletico Madrid after they beat Internazionale 2–0 in the 2010 UEFA Super Cup. The most successful team in the competition is Italian side A.C. Milan, who have won the trophy five times.

The 2011 UEFA Super Cup will be the 36th UEFA Super Cup organised by the European football governing body UEFA. It will take place at the Stade Louis II in Monaco on 
26 August 2011. It will be contested by the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League winners Barcelona and the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League winners Porto.


FC Barcelona Squad:
No.              Position   Player
1                GK         Victor Valdes (3rd captain)
2                DF         Daniel Alves
3                DF         Gerard Pique
4                MF         Cesc Fabregas
5                DF         Carles Puyol (captain)
6                MF         Xavi Hernandez (vice-captain)
7                FW         David Villa
8                MF         Andres Iniesta (4th captain)
9                FW         Alexis Sanchez
10               FW         Lionel Messi
11               MF         Thiago Alcantara
13               GK         Jose Manuel Pinto
14               MF         Javier Mascherano
15               MF         Seydou Keita
16               MF         Sergio Busquets
17               FW         Pedro Rodriguez
19               DF         Maxwell
20               MF         Ibrahim Afellay
21               DF         Adriano
22               DF         Eric Abidal
24               DF         Andreu Fontas
—                MF        Alexander Hleb


FC Porto Squad:
No. Position   Player
1 GK    Helton (captain)
4 DF    Maicon
5 DF    Alvaro Pereira
6 MF    Fredy Guarin
7 MF    Fernando Belluschi
8 MF    Joao Moutinho
10 MF    Cristian Rodriguez
11 FW    Kleber
12 FW    Hulk
13 DF    Jorge Fucile
14 DF    Rolando
15 DF    Emidio Rafael
17 FW    Silvestre Varela
18 FW    Walter
19 FW    James Rodriguez
20 FW    Djalma
21 DF    Cristian Sapunaru
22 DF    Eliaquim Mangala
23 MF    Souza
24 GK    Beto
25 MF    Fernando
30 DF    NicolAs Otamendi
31 GK    Rafael Bracalli
35 MF    Steven Defour
DF    Alex Sandro
DF    Danilo
FW    Juan Manuel Iturbe

Real Madrid 2-1 Galatasaray

Santiago Bernabeu Trophy : Real Madrid Vs. Galatasaray

Match:
Real Madrid Vs. Galatasaray
Date
Wednesday 24/08/2011
Time
20:30 GMT
Venue
Santiago Bernabeu


Result:
Real Madrid 2-1 Galatasaray

Sergio Ramos(34')                           Selcuk Inan (11')                      
Benzema (53')



The Santiago Bernabeu Trophy is dedicated to the memory of long-time Real Madrid president Santiago Bernabeu. It is a friendly tournament organised each year by Real Madrid at the beginning of the season, somewhere around the end of August or the beginning of September.From 1979 to 1984 and in 1986 it was contested by 4 teams, with semifinals, third place match and final. In 1985 and since 1987 only one match between Real Madrid and an invited team was played.The 2002 tournament consisted again of 4 teams, on the special occasion of Real Madrid's centenary as the team were founded on March 6, 1902. In recent years it has also served as a game to present the new players on the squad brought in through the summer transfer market.

Galatasaray to face Real Madrid in the Santiago Bernabeu Trophy

The 33rd edition of the competition will take place on 24 August.Real Madrid will face Galatasaray in the 33rd edition of the Santiago Bernabeu Trophy on Wednesday 24 August. Jose Mourinho's side will defend the title they won last year against Peñarol Montevideo.Galatasaray will be the first Turkish side to participate in the competition. They finished eighth in the Turkish league last season and recently strengthened their squad with the signings of Ujfalusi and Elmander.Real Madrid and Galatasaray have faced each other three times. Their first match was in the 2000 European Super Cup, which the Turks won thanks to a goal in extra time. They came face to face again a few months later in the Champions League quarterfinals; Galatasaray won the first leg in Istanbul 3-2, but the Whites sealed their pass to the next round with a 3-0 win at the Bernabeu in the return match.

Real Madrid Squad:

No.             Position      Player
1               GK        Iker Casillas (captain)
2               DF         Ricardo Carvalho
3               DF         Pepe
4               DF         Sergio Ramos (vice-captain)
5               MF         Fernando Gago
6               MF         Sami Khedira
7               FW         Cristiano Ronaldo
8               MF         Kaka
9               FW         Karim Benzema
10              MF         Mesut Ozil
11              MF         Esteban Granero
12              DF         Marcelo (vice-captain)
13              GK         Antonio Adan
14              MF         Xabi Alonso
15              DF         Fabio Coentrao
17              DF         Alvaro Arbeloa
18              DF         Raul Albiol
19              DF         Raphael Varane
20              FW         Gonzalo Higuaín
21              FW         Jose Callejon
22              MF         Angel di Maria
—               MF         Lassana Diarra
—               MF         Royston Drenthe
—               MF         Nuri Sahin
—               MF         Hamit Altıntop
—               MF         Pedro Leon

Galatasaray Squad:

No. Position     Player
1 GK   Aykut Ercetin
3 DF   Caglar Birinci
4 MF   Felipe Melo
5 DF   Gokhan Zan
6 MF   Ceyhun Gulselam
7 MF   Aydın Yılmaz
8 MF   Selcuk Inan
9 FW   Johan Elmander
15 FW   Milan Baros
17 DF   Tomas Ujfalusi
18 MF   Ayhan Akman
22 DF   Hakan Balta
25 GK   Fernando Muslera
26 DF   Semih Kaya
27 DF   Emmanuel Eboue
28 FW   Bogdan Stancu
35 MF   Yekta Kurtulus
52 MF   Emre Colak
55 DF   Sabri Sarıoglu
61 MF   Engin Baytar
66 FW   Anıl Dilaver
76 DF   Servet Cetin
80 MF   Colin Kazim-Richards
86 GK   Ufuk Ceylan

Joan Gamper Trophy: Barcelona 5-0 Napoli

Joan Gamper Trophy : Barcelona Vs. Napoli

Joan Gamper Trophy
FC Barcelona Vs. SSC Napoli
22-08-2011         18:30 GMT
Venue: Camp Nou
Result

FC Barcelona 5-0 SSC Napoli
1-0 Cesc (min 25)
2-0 Keita (min 31)
3-0 Pedro (min 61)
4-0 Messi (min 65)
5-o Messi (min 77)

Joan Gamper Trophy
The Joan Gamper Trophy is an annual friendly football competition held in August, before the start of Spanish club FC Barcelona's La Liga season. The competition is hosted by FC Barcelona at the Camp Nou stadium and is named in honour of Joan Gamper, a founding member, player, and later president of the club. The competition was inaugurated in 1966 by Enric Llaudet, one of Gamper's successors as club president.
Initially, four teams participated in the competition, which featured two semi-finals, a third-place play-off, and a final. For the first competition in 1966, Barcelona were joined by Belgium's RSC Anderlecht, France's FC Nantes, and Germany's FC Koln. Barcelona beat the German team 3–1 in the final. Koln subsequently won the competition in 1978 and 1981 and were runners-up in 1979, making them the only team, other than the hosts, to win the competition more than once. The next edition saw the first appearance of another Spanish team, Atletico Madrid, who along with the hosts, were joined by German side Bayern Munich, and Argentina's Boca Juniors. The latter two clubs are among the most regular guests. Bayern were runners-up in 1984, 1987 and 2006, while Boca became the first of several South American guests to be invited and have since returned in 1977, 1984, 2003 and 2008.Subsequent competitions have included teams from the Italian Serie A, while the German Bundesliga has also provided regular entrants. Other Spanish La Liga clubs have also occasionally been invited, including Tenerife and Valencia, who were winners in 1993 and 1994, respectively. Since 1997, the competition has only featured a one-off game, the tournament being shortened due to an increased fixture list and a shorter close season. If the match is tied after the 90 minutes, no extra-time is played and the winner is decided after a penalty shootout.


The 2011 edition, to be held on August 22nd, will see the first appearance of SSC Napoli.

FC Barcelona Squad:
No.                  Position           Player

1                      GK      Victor Valdes (3rd captain)
2                      DF       Daniel Alves
3                      DF       Gerard Pique
4                      MF      Cesc Fabregas
5                      DF       Carles Puyol (captain)
6                      MF      Xavi Hernandez (vice-captain)
7                      FW      David Villa
8                      MF      Andres Iniesta (4th captain)
9                      FW      Alexis Sanchez
10                    FW      Lionel Messi
11                    MF      Thiago Alcantara
13                    GK      Jose Manuel Pinto
14                    MF      Javier Mascherano
15                    MF      Seydou Keita
16                    MF      Sergio Busquets
17                    FW      Pedro Rodriguez
19                    DF       Maxwell
20                    MF      Ibrahim Afellay
21                    DF       Adriano
22                    DF       Eric Abidal
24                    DF       Andreu Fontas
—                     MF      Alexander Hleb

SSC Napoli Squad:
No. Position Player
1 GK Morgan De Sanctis
2 DF Gianluca Grava
4 DF Victor Ruiz
6 DF Salvatore Aronica
7 FW Edinson Cavani
8 DF Andrea Dossena
9 FW Giuseppe Mascara
11 MF Christian Maggio
14 DF Hugo Campagnaro
15 GK Roberto Colombo
17 MF Marek Hamsik (vice-captain)
18 DF Juan Camilo Zuniga
19 MF Mario Santana
20 MF Blerim Dzemaili
21 DF Federico Fernandez
22 FW Ezequiel Lavezzi
23 MF Walter Gargano
28 DF Paolo Cannavaro (captain)
34 MF Marco Donadel
83 GK Antonio Rosati
85 DF Miguel Britos
88 MF Gokhan Inler
99 FW Cristiano Lucarelli
DF Leandro Rinaudo
MF Mariano Bogliacino
MF Luca Cigarini
MF Jacopo Dezi
MF Daniele Mannini

Friday, August 19, 2011

Real Madrid Vs. Athletic Bilbao La Liga Match Postponed

Real Madrid Vs. Athletic Bilbao La Liga Match Postponed

Real Madrid Vs. Athletic Bilbao La Liga Match Postponed due to Players Strike. The start of the Spanish league season will be delayed by a strike after Spanish league officials and player representatives failed on a last-minute deal.The Association of Spanish Football Players said the strike will go ahead after talks failed Friday for improved salary guarantees in a new collective bargaining agreement.The Spanish league- home to top players Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo- may start in September after the AFE pledged to boycott the first two rounds because of labor conflict.

Barcelona Vs. Malaga La Liga Match Postponed

Barcelona Vs. Malaga La Liga Match Postponed

Barcelona Vs. Malaga La Liga Match Postponed due to players strike.


The start of the Spanish league season will be delayed by a strike after Spanish league officials and player representatives failed on a last-minute deal.

The Association of Spanish Football Players said the strike will go ahead after talks failed Friday for improved salary guarantees in a new collective bargaining agreement.

Spanish players representing all 42 teams in the top two divisions backed the first work stoppage in 27 years. The season was scheduled to start this weekend with three-time defending champion Barcelona at Malaga and Real Madrid playing Athletic Bilbao.

"The games are clearly unrealizable," AFE said in a statement on its website.

The Spanish league- home to top players Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo- may start in September after the AFE pledged to boycott the first two rounds because of labor conflict.

Barcelona's exhibition against Napoli on Monday also will go ahead.

Real Madrid La Liga Fixtures


Real Madrid La Liga Fixtures 2011/12

Date
Time
Home
Vs.
Away
Venue

Aug 21
Postp
Real Madrid
P - P
Athletic Bilbao
Santiago Bernabeu

Aug 28
18:00 GMT
Real Zaragoza
 v 
Real Madrid
La Romareda

Sep 11
15:00 GMT
Real Madrid
 v 
Getafe
Santiago Bernabeu

Sep 18
15:00 GMT
Levante
 v 
Real Madrid
Ciutat de Valencia

Sep 21
19:00 GMT
Racing Santander
 v 
Real Madrid
El Sardinero

Sep 25
15:00 GMT
Real Madrid
 v 
Rayo Vallecano
Santiago Bernabeu

Oct 2
15:00 GMT
Espanyol
 v 
Real Madrid
Cornella - El Prat

Oct 16
15:00 GMT
Real Madrid
 v 
Real Betis
Santiago Bernabeu

Oct 23
15:00 GMT
Malaga
 v 
Real Madrid
La Rosaleda

Oct 26
19:00 GMT
Real Madrid
 v 
Villarreal
Santiago Bernabeu

Oct 30
16:00 GMT
Real Sociedad
 v 
Real Madrid
Anoeta

Nov 6
16:00 GMT
Real Madrid
 v 
Osasuna
Santiago Bernabeu

Nov 20
16:00 GMT
Valencia
 v 
Real Madrid
Mestalla

Nov 27
16:00 GMT
Real Madrid
 v 
Atletico Madrid
Santiago Bernabeu

Dec 4
16:00 GMT
Sporting Gijon
 v 
Real Madrid
El Molinon

Dec 11
16:00 GMT
Real Madrid
 v 
Barcelona
Santiago Bernabeu

Dec 18
16:00 GMT
Sevilla FC
 v 
Real Madrid
Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan

Jan 8
16:00 GMT
Real Madrid
 v 
Granada
Santiago Bernabeu

Jan 15
16:00 GMT
Mallorca
 v 
Real Madrid
Iberostar Estadi

Jan 22
16:00 GMT
Athletic Bilbao
 v 
Real Madrid
San Mames

Jan 29
16:00 GMT
Real Madrid
 v 
Real Zaragoza
Santiago Bernabeu

Feb 5
16:00 GMT
Getafe
 v 
Real Madrid
Coliseum Alfonso Perez

Feb 12
16:00 GMT
Real Madrid
 v 
Levante
Santiago Bernabeu

Feb 19
16:00 GMT
Real Madrid
 v 
Racing Santander
Santiago Bernabeu

Feb 26
16:00 GMT
Rayo Vallecano
 v 
Real Madrid
Teresa Rivero

Mar 4
16:00 GMT
Real Madrid
 v 
Espanyol
Santiago Bernabeu

Mar 11
16:00 GMT
Real Betis
 v 
Real Madrid
Benito Villamarin

Mar 18
16:00 GMT
Real Madrid
 v 
Malaga
Santiago Bernabeu

Mar 21
20:00 GMT
Villarreal
 v 
Real Madrid
El Madrigal

Mar 25
15:00 GMT
Real Madrid
 v 
Real Sociedad
Santiago Bernabeu

Apr 1
15:00 GMT
Osasuna
 v 
Real Madrid
Reyno de Navarra

Apr 8
15:00 GMT
Real Madrid
 v 
Valencia
Santiago Bernabeu

Apr 11
19:00 GMT
Atletico Madrid
 v 
Real Madrid
Vicente Calderon

Apr 15
15:00 GMT
Real Madrid
 v 
Sporting Gijon
Santiago Bernabeu

Apr 22
15:00 GMT
Barcelona
 v 
Real Madrid
Camp Nou

Apr 29
15:00 GMT
Real Madrid
 v 
Sevilla FC
Santiago Bernabeu

May 6
15:00 GMT
Granada
 v 
Real Madrid
Estadio Los Carmenes

May 13
15:00 GMT
Real Madrid
 v 
Mallorca
Santiago Bernabeu