EL CLASICO 2015

This game has become even more important because of what’s at stake. Barcelona could almost clinch another La Liga title if they come out on top. Real Madrid would take over if they manage to beat Barcelona on the road.

Some of the most highly-rated players take part in this show. Gareth Bale is the player that holds the record as the most expensive footballer. Then you have Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi who lead Goal.com’s Rich List. If you combine both squads, the starting XI on display is worth around €930m, with substitutions it goes over €1 billion.

El Clasico features some of football's most expensive players

People from around 100 countries are expected to tune into the game. Broadcasters are able to reach out to 500 million fans around the globe. Bein Sports en Español viewership reached 1,009,000 at its peak during the most recent edition of this confrontation.

100 cameras are set up around the stadium to give fans every angle of the action

Picture Mocking FIFA's 2022 World Cup Bid In Qatar Goes Viral

Lionel Messi Comments on 2014 Struggles, Barcelona's Success in 2015

Lionel Messi has acknowledged the "challenge" of overcoming last year's woes with Barcelona, suggesting both he and the team are improving as 2015 rolls on.

The Argentinian struggled with injury problems at the start of 2014 and failed to consistently replicate his terrific form of years gone by, highlighted by Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo securing the Ballon d'Or for a second consecutive season.

However, Messi is positive after finding his lethal touch once more, telling Mundo Leo (h/t AS, via Football Espana):

"The truth is that I wanted to start this year as well as possible. I knew it hadn’t been a great year, where I had a lot of problems on and off the pitch. It was a challenge to change the whole image I had projected last season. And to get it back what it was in previous years. That was my goal and that’s how I wanted to start the season."

New Chelsea Signing Juan Cuadrado Was a Massive Manchester United Fan as a Boy

Rivas is quoted by the paper
"When he was with us he was a big fan of Manchester United.

At that time, around the year 2000, they had a fantastic team, they were the best team in the world and they were very popular in Colombia.

Playing for Manchester himself, it naturally was close to his heart. He dreamed of playing for them—maybe he still does! as saying:"

On this day in 1958, 23 people lost their lives in the Munich Air disaster. The sporting world has paid respect. RIP!

Fifty seven years ago today, flying back from a European Cup tie against Red Star Belgrade, the plane carrying Manchester United's Busby Babes stopped to refuel in Munich. It would never leave Germany. Twenty three of the passengers, including eight journalists, the plane's captain, a travel agent, three members of the club staff and eight of the Babes, would never see their families again, as the plane tried and failed to make it's way off the snow ridden Munich runway.
The Munich Air Disaster is not only embedded forever in Manchester United's history, but in the history of the city itself and football around the world, as fans from around the globe put rivalries aside to pay tribute to one of the most beloved and cherished teams English football has ever had the priviledge of calling its own.

A Very Happy Birthday to Cristiano Ronaldo Neymar Jr. Carlos Tevez Adnan Januzaj

A Very Happy Birthday to Cristiano Ronaldo [30], Carlos Tevez [30] Neymar Jr. [23] and Adnan Januzaj [20]

Neymar Jr., Leo Messi, Luis Suarez and the stars of FC Barcelona as you've never seen them before.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XeZm-Znkpc

Neymar showing off his skills with a bottle of sun cream? Check.

Lionel Messi as a supreme karate master? 

Luis Suarez as a cowboy? 

Some Beach Boys? 

The new Qatar Airways advertisement, featuring the stars of Barcelona, has landed. While undoubtedly silly, it is all kinds of fun.