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Solari fielded the same eleven he did midweek, swapping Lucas Vasquez and Keylor Navas for Gareth Bale and Thibaut Courtois. Ernesto Valverde made just the solitary change, bringing Arthur back in midfield and shifting Sergi Roberto back to right-back. Real Madrid started brightly, as they so often do under Santiago Solari, and looked the dominant side for the first 10 minutes, as Barcelona struggled to find their footing in the Bernebau....

Vinicius Jr. opened the scoring for the hosts after bringing down a sublime long ball from Toni Kroos to beat Alisson Becker. Buoyed by their opener, Los Blancos sought to build on their dominance in the game. Real Madrid doubled their advantage on the night when Marco Asensio capitalised on a mistake from Trent Alexander-Arnold. Mohamed Salah pulled one back for Liverpool soon after the restart. But Real Madrid soon reasserted their ascendancy on the night when Vinicius Jr completed his brace after some deft work from Luka Modric....

The Brasilia-born teenager, whose technique and vision recalls former Madrid Galactico and 2012 LaLiga winner Kaka, signed for Madrid despite interest from many of Europe’s other top clubs. The Bernabeu outfit’s interest in Reinier fits with their long-standing policy of recruiting outstanding young talents from Brazil, most recently forwards Rodrygo Goes and Vinicius Junior, but previously current midfielder Casemiro [signed in 2013] and vice-captain Marcelo [2007]. Uruguayan midfielder Fede Valverde, now a fixture with the first team, also joined Los Blancos aged just 18 from his home country in July 2016....

Ronaldo shocked the football world when leaving Madrid for Juve in July, securing a €112million move to the Serie A champions. It brought Ronaldo’s nine-year Madrid stay to an end, having won four Champions League titles with them and as many Ballons d’Or. Madrid have started LaLiga’s new season well without Ronaldo, winning their first three matches, but Messi – who was surprised by his rival’s departure – is adamant they are not what they were with the Portugal talisman....

According to the official Real Madrid website (realmadrid.com), the Welsh international suffered “a traumatic dislocation of the peroneal tendons of his right ankle” during Tuesday night’s Champions League tie away to Sporting Lisbon, reports Xinhua. This is an injury which may or may not need surgery with the club explaining the treatment is “depending on the evolution” of the injury, but in the most optimistic of circumstances Bale will need around a month to recover....

In case you didn’t know… Bale has long been tipped to leave the Santiago Bernabeu after falling out of favour under Zinedine Zidane following the Frenchman’s return to the club as manager. Since joining the Spanish giants in 2013, the Welsh international has lifted a series of prestigious titles including the La Liga trophy and four Champions League crowns. Last month, Zidane made his feelings about the former Tottenham Hotspur star clear, announcing that it would be better for him to leave the club....

In case you didn’t know.. Los Blancos suffered four consecutive home defeats in the span of two weeks which saw them out of the Copa del Rey, Champions League and almost out of LaLiga title race. While Madrid were knocked out by Barcelona in the Copa del Rey, Ajax emerged as surprised winners in the Champions League round of 16 fixture to knock the defending champions out of the tournament....

In case you didn’t know… Rodrygo will arrive at Real Madrid in the summer after the club signed the player last summer for €45 million. Los Blancos’ hierarchy got their hands on Rodrygo after they completed the deal to sign another prodigy, Vinicius Junior. The highly-rated Brazilian has proven decisive for Santos and garnered wide interest from European heavyweights after his performance for Jorge Sampaoli’s side. The 18-year-old is known for his ability to dismantle opponents’ defence with his dribbling skills on the flanks....

Its official – Dani Carvajal is the first reinforcement of Real Madrid for the 2013-2014 season. Reportedly, Real exercised the buy-back clause included in Carvajal’s contract while selling him to Bayer Leverkusen in 2012. The whole deal is reported to be in the range of €6.5 million. Carvajal left Madrid for Bayer Leverkusen last summer, after failing to appear in a single official matches with Real’s first team. At Leverkusen his performances didn’t go unnoticed....

Bale has been restricted to nine appearances in all competitions for Madrid this season and last featured at Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League at the end of September – limping out of the action during the closing stages after opening the scoring in a 3-1 win. Real Madrid 11/2 to win UCL On that occasion, the 28-year-old suffered a calf injury that ruled him out of Wales’ decisive World Cup qualification defeat to the Republic of Ireland last month....

With manager Zinedine Zidane looking to offload James Rodriguez to Napoli, Los Blancos are on the lookout for cover in the attacking midfielder slot and the 25-year-old might fit that bill. In case you didn’t know… Manager Rafa Benitez had signed Miguel Almiron from MLS side Atalanta United for a club record fee of €24 Million in January. The youngster has already won admirers with his scintillating performances in the 2019 Copa America, having contributed 2 assists in 3 games for the Los Guaranies....

Whereas Real Madrid will aim to bounce back from their shocking 4-2 defeat at the hands of Real Sociedad and will try to avoid any further slip-ups. Ronaldo’s return from an injury is a morale booster. Venue: The first of the 2 league clashes will be held in Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu, where Atletico still hold the memories of the historic Copa Del Rey triumph over the hosts last year....

According to El Debate, the Spanish giants have ended their pursuit of Nkunku and will not sign any more players this summer. Carlo Ancelotti’s side have already strengthened their midfield by signing Aurelien Tchouameni from AS Monaco for €80 million. The Frenchman is seen as a long-term replacement for veteran midfielder Casemiro. The La Liga and Champions League champions also bolstered their backline by signing German defender Antonio Rudiger. The 29-year-old is set to join the Spanish giants on a free transfer after the expiration of his contract with Chelsea on June 30....

However PWInsider.com note that Bully Ray was actually suffering from an ear injury that was messing with his balance, so he explained the situation and the booking was called off. WWE have announced Kliq Week on the WWE network to mark the release of “The Kliq Rules” DVD and Blu-ray set. Kliq Week starts immediately after next Monday’s RAW: 0 votes

For over an year now, WWE RAW and SmackDown have provided us the extended three-hour format where we were promised better entertainment and more wrestling. But the WWE hasn’t got any closer to providing what it promised. Quite often we are subjected to boring and frustrating video flashbacks and backstage talk that add less flavor to the show. This is one of the main reasons why both shows, SmackDown in particular, have lost a lot of viewers....

Snyder’s major motion picture directorial debut was 2004’s zombie apocalypse film Dawn of The Dead. Since then, on top of Justice League, he has directed 300 (2007), Watchmen (2009), Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’hoole (2010), Sucker Punch (2011), Man of Steel (2013), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), and Army of the Dead (2021). He has also acted as a writer and producer on several other films, including many DC movies, the 300 sequel, and the Army of the Dead prequel....

It’s worth mentioning that Pakistan’s Fakhar Zaman holds the record for scoring the fastest 1000 runs in ODIs (18 innings). Gill is now the second joint-fastest player to achieve the feat after Pakistan’s Imam-ul-Haq (19 innings). Gill eclipsed Kohli when he scored his 106th run during his third ODI century. He shared a decent 60-run stand with India captain Rohit Sharma for the first wicket. He then shared another fifty-plus partnership (65-run) with Suryakumar Yadav to recover the hosts from 110/3....

“It’s been a positive year. This call-up, especially, we’ve enjoyed a lot. It was very productive. For the first time we had the 13 players from Europe and Giovani dos Santos.” Osorio said at a news conference after Tuesday’s 0-0 draw against Panama. “Today those who played contributed and once again generated international competition in the group. We hope that they might return to their clubs, keep being influential, get minutes and for the next cycle we’ll be able to have something very similar....

Also breaking the National and Meet record was the top three finishers in the boys under-16 1000 metres sprint medley Tamil Nadu A (L Ravikumar, MS Arun, T Santosh Kumar, R Balakrishnan), Haryana A (Nuzrat, Pradeep, Baljeet, Anuj Sangwan) and Delhi A (Ashwani Shokeen, Nikhil, Beant Singh, Arif Khan). While the Tamil Nadu foursome clocked one minute, 58.02 seconds, Harayana A stopped the clock at 1:58.19 and Delhi returned 1:58....