The big news in the world of soccer this weekend is the El-Classico. On 21st April the 6th El-Classico of this season took place which more or less decided the fate of Liga BBVA 2011-12. Real Madrid who was leading Barcelona by 4 points won the encounter 2-1 due to 17th and 73rd minute strikes by Sami Khedira and Cristiano Ronaldo respectively after Alexis Sanchez equalized in the 70th minute which took their points lead to 7.

This effectively ends Barcelona’s hope of winning the La Liga for the 4th straight time and Real Madrid sets up a La Liga title victory since 2007-08 under the leadership of now ex-England manager Fabio Capello.

Before this match began Barcelona had 81 points from 33 games while Real Madrid had 85 points from the same number of games. Barcelona who haven’t lost to Real Madrid since 2007-08 season in the league were heavy favorites to beat Real Madrid to cut down the lead to only 1 point.

Barcelona stating lineup had Valdes, Puyol, Mascherano, Adriano, Danialves, Busquets, Thiago, Xavi, Tello, Lionel Messi and Iniesta. Real Madrid starting lineup read Casillas, Ramos, Pepe, Coentrao, Arbeloa, Khedira, Xabi Alonso, Benzema, Ozil, Cristiano Ronaldo and Angel Di Maria.

Barcelona had most of the possession but it was Real Madrid who struck first after Khedira capitalized when Pepe’s header got loose. Then Barcelona fought back and managed to get an equalizer through Alexis Sanchez who just came off the bench on 70th minute. 3 minutes later through a magical pass by Ozil Cristiano Ronaldo put one past Victor valdes.

Xabi Alonso after the match said “Classico victory was not the final blow, the job was not finished and we need to complete the victory.” He also said “Madrid controlled the game perfectly and the team was looking forward to the next match on Wednesday.” He also asked Chelsea not to fear Barcelona ahead of the match on Tuesday.

Real Madrid captain Casillas said “We were playing as a team” he also told the official website that “Cristiano did a fantastic job but entire team played well and we were playing like a unit.”

He also said “It was a monumental step but the team must keep focus.”

Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola was very graceful in defeat. He said “We must congratulate Real Madrid on this win and the league victory they are going to have.” He also commented on leaving out Fabregas on the bench” Maybe I did wrong by putting Cesc on the bench.”

Golf is supposed to be played at the Olympics on 2016 in Rio but some land dispute has cropped up where the golf course for the summer games was being constructed. This has endangered the development and construction of the golf course in Sao Paulo. The land dispute is beyond resolution right now and the city official and the game administrators are talking about relocating the course somewhere else.

The project will then have to start from scratch all over again in a different land with undisputed records. This means the golf course will not be suitable for the games to be held on 2015 and 2016. The city officials are in a fix right now and the media are scrutinizing their movements round the clock. The city representative said in a press conference, “We are looking into the matter and satisfactory measures will be taken as soon as we can to resolve the crisis.”

There is some legal dispute associated with the land and the city officials became aware of that until recently. So they are looking for a final decision on the future of the project as the problem is sure to take years to get solved once it is acquired. There are ownership dispute issues all over the Barra da Tijuca neighborhood and none of the disputed lands are easily resolvable.

Gil Hawse who had designed the golf course mentioned in an interview, “I was never told about the dispute. They have not yet notified me about the land issue. If it was that serious then they would have at least bothered to inform me. So there is no question of halting our work. I am comfortable with the time limit that I have been provided.”

Hense even though not worried about the legal dispute he mentioned, “If at all the project is shifted to another land then it will badly affect the purpose of constructing the course entirely.” He added, “We will have to redesign the entire plan of the course if a different spot is chosen for constructing the course all over again.”

The matter is being looked after by the high court of Brazil and the lawyer representing the disputed owner has talked about appealing for suspending the contracts signed for constructing the golf course. Even though the golf association has confidently mentioned in a conference that they are sure that the golf course will be ready by 2015, Hanse did not sound very enthusiastic about it.

Pogrebnyak was successful in scoring his fifth goal in as many as three games. Hence, after such a sterling performance, Pogrebnyak becomes the first ever Fulham player to score goals in each of the three games he had played previously. Fulham managed to make a remarkable performance and thus continued with its three game winning streak of the championship as well. Each of the five goals scored by Pogrebnyak has been a pleasant as well as a useful variety too.

Pogrebnyak is a well-known player, as he happens to be an international player with as many as thirty-one caps to his name. Pogrebnyak was a key member of the Zenit St. Petersburg team that recently played an instrumental role in wining the Russian Premier league in the late year of 2007. Pogrebnyak was also a key member of the team that made a significant contribution in the UEFA Super Cup and the UEFA cup as well. He was the top scorer in the UEFA cup as well. The success enjoyed by Pogrebnyak is not a matter of great surprise in spite of the goal-scoring troubles too.

Pogrebnyak will continue to be a huge success at Craven Cottage as well. Pogrebnyak was omnipresent for the entire of the lopsided clash as well. He held center stage for most of the competition as he laid off to Philipe Senderos. Philipe Senderos was responsible for slicing a half volley wide of net too. It was impossible to deny the brutal effectiveness with which he competed for the entire of the competition as well. One cannot expect the game to continue forever and one must not expect the play to drop off as well.

The forward play proved to be a major force for most part of the competition as it most of the defenders found it quite difficult to handle. Pogrebnyak was successful in drawing as many as NINE fouls and conceded no more than two fouls.

Pogrebnyak managed to draw a minimum of four fouls against Wolves whereas rest of the Fulham team was successful in drawing as many as five goals. One can always expect similar kinds of things from Zamora as well. Every eastern European will have a difficult adapting to perform well in the concerned Premier League as well. Kristian succinctly stated in his report that “Europe Anybody?” A hint of Russian was surely on the side as well.