La Liga: Cristiano Ronaldo score double with Karim Benzema and stay in touch with Lionel Messi for Pichichi and Golden boot trophy

Real Madrid recovered from two consecutive 1-1 draw with Malaga and Villarreal and secured a 5-1 win over Real Sociedad. All three Real Madrid top scorers were on target with Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo score two goals each and Gonzalo Higuaín scored one.  Cristiano Ronald level goals with Lionel Messi and keep Pichichi and Golden boot trophy open for any one of the two as they make a huge gap with other top scorers in Europe.

It was nice game for Jose Mourinho as he get opportunity to rest his top strikers ready for first-leg Champions League tie against APOEL Nicosia on Tuesday which they would like to finish the tie before second match.

Ronaldo became the fastest goal scorer to reach 100 Spanish league goals. He scored 101 goals in 92 games (1.098goals/game), 13 games less than Ferenc Puskas who score 100 in 105 games (0/952goals/game. Alfredo Di Stefano  score 100 goals in 115 games (0.87goals/game. The ratiodid with 115Real Madrid lead the La liga log by 6 points Barcelona on second spot, the two will meet at Nou Camp on 22 April for El Classico.

Real Madrid vs Real Sociedad all goals summary

Gonzalo Higuaín (6')   1-0

Cristiano Ronaldo (32')   2-0

Karim Benzema (40')   3-0

Xabi Prieto (41')   3-1

Karim Benzema (49')    4-1

Cristiano Ronaldo (56')   5-1

Real Madrid vs Real Sociedad video highlights all goals

Champions League draw: Real Madrid vs Barcelona EL-classico might be the final

Champions Barcelona to face 7 times Champions league champions AC Milan

Champions league holders, Barcelona have been drawn against AC Milan in quarter finals of Champions league. The two met at champions league group stage where they drew 2-2 first leg at Now Camp and Barcelona went to win second tie 3-2 at San Siro. Pep Guardiola’s squad won Champion league trophy 3 times in past 6 seasons and face AC Milan, 7 times Champions league champions. Barcelona had advantage of playing second leg at home in quarter final as well as in semifinal against Chelsea or Benfica.

Chelsea draws Benfica after seeing of Valencia and Napoli in tough second legs

Chelsea will met Benfica in quarter final and wish they won’t make situation difficult by their poor performance on first leg as they did against Valencia and Napoli. The Blue s drew 1-1 against Valencia and forced to fight for a place in round of 16 with 3-0 victory. The tough mountain to climb was after losing 3-1 against Napoli in first leg, they managed just to level the tie with 3-1 victory and sneak through after a goal in extra time make the score 4-1 and 5-1 aggregate. Benfica knocked out Zenit St Petersburgnd on round 16.

Bayern Munich have Marseille first obstacle for setting final in Allianz Arena

Bayern Munich will play Marseille, the French team see-off the Inter Milan with away goal rule and may be avoid rematch of 2 years ago finalists, Bayern Munich and Inter Milan. Bayern Munich having lost first leg against Manchester United Killers, Basel, they crashed Basel 7-0 in second leg with Mario Gomez Bundesliga and Bayern Munich top scorer hitting 4 goals to make his goal tally to 10

Jose Mourinho draw Apoel FC and on book Real Madrid a already at Semi final

Real Madrid is more favored to be at Semi final as they have been paired with Apoel FC. Ronaldo might use this fixture to get close to Messi in terms of champions league goals. After this stage Real Madrid or may be Apoel will met the win between Bayern Munich and Marseille. If Real Madrid and Bayern Munich win quarter final tie, they will make a date for another mouth watering fixture.

With this champions league draw, the chance to have another El Classico is there. Many football fan if not for their teams, they would like to see Real Madrid vs Barcelona once more. This will be a very tense and very emotional game for fans, players as well as managers and I would not like this to happen at Champions league final.

The quarter-finals will take place on March 27 & 28 and April 3 & 4 first and second legs respectively. Two weeks later semi-finals on April 17 & 18 and April 24 & 25 and final set to be on May 19 at Munich.

Champions League draw - Quarter-finals

APOEL Nicosia vs Real Madrid

Marseille vs Bayern Munich

Benfica vs Chelsea

AC Milan vs Barcelona

Champions League draw - Semi-finals

Marseille or Bayern Munich vs APOEL or Real Madrid

Benfica or Chelsea vs Milan or Barcelona

Copa del Rey quarter final video: Barceloana win 2-1 to level 86 wins each in fourth El Clasico of 2011-2012 as Ronaldo, Puyol and Abidal score

Barcelona equal Real Madrid record wins in El Clasico

Real Madrid faced Barcelona in Copa del Rey quarter final at Santiago Bernabeu, a fourth El Classico of 2011-2012 season and failed to defend their head to head record as Barcelona won 2-1 to level El Clasico record to 86 each after the encounter after 218 meetings. So far this season the clash of Spain giant club can occur six times this season, second leg Copa del Rey quarter final and remaining La Liga encounter. Six encounters will be a record meeting of Los Blancos and Catalans. 
Real Madrid vs Barcelona 12 minutes video highlights

There is also possibility of more Real Madrid vs Barcelona matches if they meet in Champions league. Maximum possible encounters are 9, but the ninth can only occur if European Super cup final which won’t occur this season because for that to occur one club have to be champions of Champions league and another champion in Europa cup. Fantastic news football records can be made today and this just add more flavour to this best El Clasico could be.

Lionel Messi El Classico records delayed

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were important players in the encounter and each tried to prove his wealth. Messi has scored 13 goals in El Classico one less than Cesar though Real Madrid players Di Stefano and Raul, have scored more. Ronaldo opened the score in eleventh minutes but Barcelona levelled the score through Carles Puyol and later Eric Abidal fired a decisive goal on 77 minutes.

Real Madrid vs Barcelona - Cristiano Ronaldo 1-0 (11')

Real Madrid vs Barcelona - Carles Puyol 1-1 (49')

Real Madrid vs Barcelona - Eric Abidal 1-2 (77')

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi leading La Liga top scorers

Real Madrid are going to the El Classico with 5 point advantage in La Liga thanks to Ronaldo who has scored 2 more goals than Lionel Messi in La Liga this season and the clash could easily change these La Liga top scorer stats. Mourinho might miss the service of Angel Di Maria who leads La Liga with most goals assists while Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola FIFA Men’s Football Coach of the Year have Jose Pinto between the post and Pep label cup tie as crucial. It an important clash that will see change in the number of trophies between the two clubs. Real Madrid has won 73 trophies and Barcelona 70 and Athletic Bilbao follow with only 32 trophies.

Real Madrid starting lineup: Casillas, Ramos, Carvalho, Pepe, Coentrao, Alonso, Diarra, Altintop, Ronaldo, Benzema, Higuain.

Barcelona starting lineup: Pinto, Puyol, Abidal, Alves, Pique, Fabregas, Iniesta, Xavi, Busquets, Messi, Sanchez.