Champions League - Roma-Real Madrid: Two months less to exit the crisis and move to quarters

With fewer games left until February for match against AS Rome and unable to compete in the Copa del Rey, Real Madrid will be in a unique position to address the two challenges that remain this season: Champions League and La Liga.

All bad news for Real Madrid in recent days . When they arrived some green shoots to the white club with the recovery of the injured and several victories followed, mounted the mess of elimination in the Copa del Rey and lost golden opportunity to catch up with the club in the head of the table .

However, there are always elements that make them optimistic the merengue group and their fans. As Rafa Benitez says, are the team that shot to door is completing a game in Spain, although it certainly lacks narrow your focus.

But regardless of the number of shots, goals or the flow of the game, whites have a clear advantage over its major rivals and is now in your hands properly use it.

The Italians played nine matches in Serie A, the same as Real Madrid in the league , but the difference is in the 'Cups'. While Madrid is eliminated, barring an unexpected final change, the Romanists have 3 matches on their way to the knockout European Cup. Must play this December 16th at an affordable rival Spezia Series B. make the quarter would play one more game on January 20 and reach the semis, have another engagement on 10 February.

The semifinals of the Club World Cup

River, champion of the Copa Libertadores on Wednesday will play against Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Barcelona will do the same on Thursday against the surprise Guangzhou Evergrande.

And the Club World Cup semi-finalists 2015, in its twelfth edition, has known River and Barcelona as leading candidates. The Gallardo will be measured against Sanfrecce Hiroshima , while the team of Luis Enrique will do the same against the surprise Guangzhou Evergrande .

The Millionaire rival, J.League champion, comes to complete very good performances in the World Cup. And it Sanfrecce Hiroshima, who on Thursday defeated Auckland City 2-0 in the preliminary round, had no trouble to eliminate TP Mazembe in the quarterfinals by the overwhelming 3-0 .

The other way, Guangzhou Evergrande team that has a strong presence in Brazil, including Luiz Felipe Scolari , Robinho and Paulinho, was the surprise with an extraordinary comeback in the final minutes against America , which beat the rival 2-1 to qualify for the semi-finals.

Thus, the first game of the semifinals of the Club World Cup will be between River and Sanfrecce Hiroshima, meeting on Wednesday December 16 will be held at 7:30 (time Argentina ) in Osaka. While Barcelona Lionel Messi , meanwhile, will meet on Thursday 17 at Guangzhou Evergrande.

Deschamps says he can not treat equally Benzema and Valbuena

The French coach Didier Deschamps , said today that may not have the same treatment with Mathieu Valbuena with Karim Benzema , because the former is blackmailed by the second is charged as of alleged accomplice.

"A Mathieu will not reproached nothing and has nothing to reproach," said the coach on TV "TF1".

Deschamps said Valbuena decided, "privately" and denounce the case, "as it is under great media pressure," the issue has assumed great proportions.

"But in sporting terms there is no problem, which can not be said for Karim Benzema," said the French coach.

As was said yesterday, after the draw for the Euro, Deschamps indicated that it supported the decision of the president of the French Football Federation (FFF) Noel Le Graet, to temporarily divert Benzema selection until clear his legal situation.

The player of Real Madrid is charged with complicity in a case of blackmail, after intervening in a case in which a few people asked for money to Valbuena to not broadcast a video of a sexual nature in which he appeared with his wife.

Deschamps said "understand" the decision of Le Graet, not least because among the precautionary measures that the judge imposed Benzema figure to not contact Valbuena.

"I have that will make calls, but the important thing is the institution, the Federation and I think that from an ethical point of view the decision of the president is logical," he said.

Barca travel to Japan on a plane equipped as a 5 star hotel

The Barcelona depart for Japan to play the World Club Cup in luxury aircraft. This is the spectacular 380 Airbus, owned by Malaysia Airlines. The ship is a kind of five-star hotel with wings. Undoubtedly the hurdle template does not suffer the 13-hour trip that await you on board as incredible aerial machine.

It is the world's largest commercial aircraft, it can accommodate 853 passengers and a length of nearly 73 meters long and 24 high. It can go the distance ...

Five hundred Japanese waited FC Barcelona upon arrival in Japan

FC Barcelona arrived in Tokyo to participate in the Club World Cup in Japan, where he was greeted by five hundred Japanese fans before going to their place of concentration to rest and prepare for the game Thursday.

The plane he was traveling in the blaugrana expedition, from Barcelona, ​​landed at Tokyo's Narita airport at 8:50 local time today (23.50 GMT Sunday) after about 13 hours of flight and 40 minutes late.

Some 530 people received the Catalans with cheers, camera flashes and requests for autographs, and some of them had even spent the night at the airport to see close to their idols, according to a spokesman for the airport said the newspaper "Sports Nippon" .

Messi, Luis Suarez and the injured Neymar caught the attention of Japanese fans, massed behind a large security cordon.

The Catalan delegation, composed of 23 players plus coaches and managers, were then directed to their places of concentration.

The team and the coaching staff will stay in the city of Yokohama (south of Tokyo), where this afternoon held its first training in Japanese land Mitsuzawa Stadium, while the Japanese capital directive will stay.

FC Barcelona will play the Club World Cup semifinal on Thursday against Guangzhou Evergrande Chinese in the International Stadium Yokohama, at 19.30 local time (10.30 GMT).

Villarreal 1-0 Real Madrid: Roberto Soldado ....

The Villarreal match which won for the first part was. A nonexistent Real Madrid did not attend the party to finish the rest, which was a defeat which means pick the head of the league . Roberto Soldado took advantage of a mistake by Modric to score the only goal of the game and allows the Villarreal continue fighting to get into positions of Champions League .

He shot the yellow set. Bakambu stole the ball and threw to the goal of Keylor Navas to give the ball to Jonathan Dos Santos. Mexico, without thinking twice, shot door to shake the timber and the souls of the Whites. He was a soldier in 9 minutes' who stood before the Costa Rican goalkeeper to colarle the ball between the legs and make it 1-0. Modric terrible mistake, losing the ball in front and promoted the clearest chance of scoring.

Real Madrid did not seem to recover from the shock when the both against. Inaccuracies, lack of attitude and ideas in attack, blurred-and how the image of the set target. According happened minutes, the faint idea that players had more possession Benitez was increasingly common, but he could embarrass a team coming to play on Thursday. Villarreal deserved more, especially after a hand to hand Bakambu missed.

Merengue played a bad game and lost the chance to reach Barcelona and Atletico, Liga leaders ... The rest meant a new party for whites, who left with a much better attitude to the pitch. Continuous approximations clear chances and staged the first minutes of the second half. The three members of the BBC had in his boots several times the opportunity to put the tie on the scoreboard. However, the punch of Real Madrid again conspicuous by their absence and failed to break the meshes of the goal of Areola, luxury viewer to inaccuracies in the shooting of the meringues players.

The Rafa Benitez saw as the minutes passed quickly could not tie a game, for pride and intensity in the second 45 minutes, they deserved. James had in the 79 ', but after having left several rivals and penetrate the area of ​​Villarreal, his bad leg shot goes slightly wide of the right post.

The worst news of the day came with the injury to Marcelo , who left with signs of pain about 90 minutes'. However, the dismal first part of Real Madrid weighed more than his second effort, he could not avoid a defeat that means not take the sting of Barcelona and to fight for the first position.