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Photos from Atletico's press conference With no proper reasoning why the Malaga-Levante match was played on a Friday night to close their seasons, the 2013-2014 La Liga campaign has its finale weekend, where the leagues MVP Atletico Madrid may somehow have nothing to show for their historic season. A loss to Barcelona tomorrow in the competition's dramatic last chapter would be about as unkind as any Suarez's bite. Atletico have clearly felt the pressure and fatigue of going into the last weeks of the season with multiple trophies to play for. They couldn't get anything past Keylor Navas and almost were dealt the same devastating blow against Willy Caballero last week, while their own ace netminder Tobias Courtois' gaffe to give Malaga the opener belied the unfamiliar May tension surrounding Madrid's unglamorous big club.   Make no mistake, Atletico have been a Godsend to a league that couldn't tolerate another season of "Big 2" duopoly b...

Full Time: Atletico Madrid 0-0 Barcelona  Stalemate official . Great tactical duel even if the game didn't have the quality to match the intensity. Still, much to be decided in La Liga BBVA, where Real Madrid fans will be happy that the two teams they hate the most have to settle for a draw.  Halftime Version  Stalemate as expected at the half as Martino and his team looked tentative in the beginning portions of that first half, as Atletico dominated. Busquets was ineffective as Tiago was having the better half in that key holding midfield battle, as well as JuanFran doing well on the flanks. Atletico had the best chance of the half but Costa put the set piece wide. But Barcelona will go into the break with the momentum as they got into their rhythm in the first half as both Costa and especially Arda Turan became non existent. Pedro is active in the right spots and Iniesta is Iniesta as usual.  With the control of the game for now, who will ...

The Other Notable Events  The revival of  Kaka  is one of the season's most wonderful stories so far. He is playing like he wants to play for his country  in his country  next summer.  Serie A:  @KAKA  puts AC Milan 1-0 up at home to Genoa. Live on BT Sport 2 now.  #btsport   pic.twitter.com/IUWd4m9Ksw — BT Sport (@btsport)  November 23, 2013 Carlos Vela , with a four goal performance in Sociedad's seven goal thrilling win over Celta Vigo 4-3. Mexico still just has all the makings. Now if only he wouldn't be such a clown to his country.  For today, no Messi , no problem for Barcelona. A 4-0 thrashing over hapless Granada.  Oh, just 33 goals in 23 games for both club and country now for Cristiano this season. It was the only goal for a Madrid team who were listless otherwise again in La Liga BBVA. They just got by Almeria on the road 1-0.  And Didier Drogba takes a wide-eyed selfie on the be...

Photo from Getty Images and UEFA.com With the whole soccer/football world up in shock when the news broke or while they witnessed it happen right away, it seems from preliminary reports that Lionel Messi may have suffered just a knock this evening at the Nou Camp against Benfica tonight. The only thing in jeopardy is not a season ending injury for the Argentine legend, but a chance to break Gerd Mueller most goals in a single calendar year record. He was just one behind the German figure coming into the day (85-84), but being stretched off seems to put him in jeopardy of playing in Barcelona's final five matches of the year. As you can see up above, three matches in La Liga BBVA, while the other two are the tie versus Cordoba in the Copa del Rey Round of 16. Messi is just realistically one match from breaking the record, and tonight was suppose to be that night. It still could easily happen, but that's only if he is healthy enough for any of them. But for Ba...

In Serie A, it's either Inter Milan or Roma's day, LIVE: Watch live video from SOLO DEPORTESSSS on Justin.tv

Live feeds of the domination of Barca-Real in their matches in the Barca-Real league. It seems Barcelona will wrap up the title, as they are up 2-0 already on a dangerous Sevilla side. And they have made it look easy Watch live video from VIP TV on Justin.tv Meanwhile Real Madrid can only just focus on them, and they are doing that with a 1-0 on Bilbao: Watch live video from cholillo_830 on Justin.tv

Photo from Getty Images' Dennis Doyle I don't even think all the armies in the world could stop Barcelona, as the Catalyan giants continued their rise to a historic dynasty by defeating Real Madrid at the Bernabeu 2-0 behind goals from Lionel Messi in the 33rd (who else?) and Pedro Rodriguez in the 56th minute. It really did seem this time that Real missed the presence of Kaka' in this all crucial virtual league decider, as there was not a clear cut chance at all in this game for Cristiano Ronaldo and company, while Pep Guardiola's side exhibited the class that make them the best in the world by a long long mile at the moment. Xavi was outstanding in this contest, as Barcelona didn't miss Zlatan Ibrahamovoic and Andres Iniesta (until he was substituted later in the game) unlike Madrid's deficiency without Kaka. And the defending champions in five competitions last season sure look poise to add to their massive mantle, as they are surly the clear favorites ye...

Zlatan Ibrahimovic's 56th minute volley off great work from the offensively minded fullback Dani Alves has placed Barcelona back on top of La Liga in their El Classico first derby with Real Madrid this year. Both teams ended with 10 men, as Sergi Busquets was sent off of in the 63rd minute, while Lassana Diarra left the pitch in stoppage time. Madrid had their chances and probably should have come out with nothing short of a tie. Both Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi were denied by Victor Valdes and Iker Castillas respectively, though they arguably should have scored with the chances they had. At day's end, once again, Barcelona own Madrid on the final scoreline. But with the standings so tight between these two, the title in La Liga will go down to the wire. And the second meeting in the Spanish's capital later this season could be even more massive.

No Ronaldo, but even with him, I don't think Madrid wins this. That's because Sevilla is certainly one of the better sides in Europe. And though they may not have the depth of Barcelona (or Real), their starting 11 has the quality to stay with the big two all season in Spain. They just have to stay healthy. To be more fair to Real, they were also with Lassana Diarra and Alvaro Arbeloa, and those two loses are just as big as Ronaldo.

The La liga opener, and already, Ronaldo has scored on a penalty. And already, Madrid's defense is suspect. Watch live video from cholillo_827 on Justin.tv Meanwhile, the milan Derby is going on. Interesting that Izingahi and not Pato is starting up front for Milan. Watch live video from VIP Sports on Justin.tv Updated : Actually, Pato is on the field.