Spanish football expert and author of Barca, Graham Hunter, addresses the big questions for the Paddy Power Blog after Barcelona’s big defeat to Bayern Munich. The two questions I’ve most-often been asked since the Champions League semi-final demolition of Spain’s representatives by the physique and technique of the Bundesliga are: “Is this a total power-shift […]
Archive | Spanish football RSS feed for this archive
[VIDEO] Graham Hunter exclusive: Dortmund, Madrid, La Liga pride and Mesut Ozil rising to the occasion
European football expert Graham Hunter (@bumpergraham) is predicting Real Madrid’s experience and composure will prove key in getting a positive result in tonight’s Champions League semi-final with Borussia Dortmund in Germany. If it’s not to be a complete Bundesliga domination of this week’s Champions League semi finals then, ironically, Real Madrid might depend on a […]
Barcelona v Real Madrid: Lionel Messi can break yet another record in the El Clasico
By Andrew Robinson | Barcelona v Real Madrid Tonight sees the latest instalment of El Clasico take place, with the differing styles of Real Madrid and Barcelona set to go head to head again. They have played each other four times already this season and familiarity definitely breeds contempt. But with a place in the […]
Michael Laudrup 9/1 to replace Jose Mourinho at Real Madrid
After his Swansea City team demolished Bradford in the Capital One Cup Final manager Michael Laudrup could be set for a return to La Liga. Paddy Power has given odds of 9/1 that Laudrup will be the next manager of Spanish giants Real Madrid. The ex-Madrid player is heavily linked with the club and as […]
VIDEO: Spanish player who isn’t Xabi Alonso does a Xabi Alonso
It’s strange how we automatically label this type of goal ‘a Xabi Alonso special’. Strange because Alonso has only managed about to score about two of them in his entire career and most of his plentiful attempts end up going wide or floating tamely over the cross bar. Maybe people will start calling the lob […]
VIDEO: Real Madrid star’s amazing (and slightly rotten) chewing gum skills
This is amazing. Well, this is amazing as long as you can blindly ignore the hygiene implications and appreciate the skill required to do keepy-uppys with a piece of chewing gum and then flick it into your mouth. The player is Real Madrid striker, Alvaro Morata, currently breaking through at the Spanish giants thanks largely […]
Ronaldo and Real Madrid are pound for pound better than Manchester United. Here’s why…
The Champions League is back and Real Madrid take on Manchester United at the Bernabeu on Wednesday. Graham Hunter writes for the Paddy Power Blog on why United are going to find it hard to cope with former hero Cristiano Ronaldo When Steve McManaman produced the name of Manchester United to face Real Madrid during […]
Blame Swindon, Porto and Manchester City for ruining your accum
By Aidan Elder | Chief sports writer We got to enjoy another weekend of top quality goals, excitement and one hilarious Gareth Barry own goal. Hopefully you managed to navigate your way to at least one successful bet, but if not, you might want to blame one of these teams for ruining your accum. Here’s […]
Who to blame for your busted weekend accums
by Rob Dore With Aidan absent today it has been laid upon my shoulders to remind you of some of the high-profile odds-on selections which failed you over the weekend. France – 1/10 Opposition: Italy in Rome (Six Nations) What went wrong? Before Sunday’s trip to Rome France were 2/1 to win this year’s Six Nations […]
Transfer Deadline Day as it happened
It’s Transfer Deadline Day and we couldn’t be more excited if Mila Kunis just revealed she has a thing for sarky sports journalists who work for Irish betting companies based in Dublin. We’re in for a few hours of thrills, excitement and speculation. Or failing that, a few hours of the Sky Sports News presenters […]
Real Madrid v Barcelona: Swapping Ronaldo and Messi for Emile Heskey
By Josh Powell | El Clasico Real Madrid v Barcelona, Copa Del Rey, semi-final first leg, 8.00pm, Sky Sports 3 Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are the two greatest footballers on the planet today, regardless of what Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Nani or Mario Balotelli would have you believe. But what would happen if you replaced either man […]
Transfer Deadline Day News: Arsenal close in on David Villa
Vil’ It Happen for Arsenal David Villa was an unused sub in Barcelona’s Copa Del Rey victory over Malaga and some people have joined the dots to suggest it’s a sure-fire sign he’s definitely, absolutely, positively 150% on his way to Arsenal. Despite famously being averse to players over 30 and generally spending money, it’s […]
Blame some of these teams for busting your bankers accum
By Aidan Elder | Chief Sports Writer It’s time for our weekly look at the odds-ons shots you were cursing into your cornflakes about this morning. Here’s our round up of the shorter priced teams you may have included in your weekend bankers accum who ended up being more disappointing than Police Academies 2 to […]
Blame Real Madrid, Tottenham and PSG for busting your weekend accum
By Aidan Elder | Chief sports writer We got treated to another hugely eventual weekend of football across the continent. As ever, we tried to make our fortune with an ambitious accum so we could tell our boss where he could stick his job, but the fact I’m writing this piece should tell you how […]
Barcelona brilliance is becoming boring
By Elflaco | Guest blogger and all-round good guy So, Christmas is over. Funds are gone, it’s months before my next holiday, Carole from Accounts is talking me through all 109 photos on her phone of her 6-month-old baby in his Christmas outfits…and Barca are back on the telly. Sigh. Back to the grind. There […]
Sport News 24/7Most popular stories on the Paddy Power Blog
-
Here’s why you’d be mad to look past Just The Judge in the Irish 1,000 Guineas
-
[Video] Top 5 UFC Heavyweight Knockouts
-
Andy Gray exclusive: Here’s a 40/1 scoreline to get the beers in on Saturday night
-
Competition: Win a €/£50+ Free Bet by making sense of this gibberish
-
Domestic bliss tips the balance in Bayern’s favour
