Manuel Pellegrini

Real Madrid crashed out of the Spanish Cup on Tuesday as they could only manage a 1-0 victory at the Bernabeu over third division Alcorcon, who went through to the last 16 with a 4-1 aggregate score. The loss extended Real's drought in the competition dating back to 1993. The Real supporters had booed the players off at half-time while there were cries of 'Pellegrini resign' at the coach Manuel Pellegrini, especially when the 56-year-old Chilean replaced Real's most impressive player on the night Frenchman Lassana Diarra with over 20 minutes remaining. Pellegrini, who took over in the close season after an impressive spell ... Read Full Story

Villarreal has reached an agreement that will allow coach Manuel Pellegrini to take over at Real Madrid, news reports said Monday. Club manager Jose Manuel Llaneza told the national news agency Efe that contacts were made and "as is logical between two clubs that get on, an agreement was reached." Pellegrini would replace Juande Ramos, who took over at Real Madrid midseason after Bernd Schuster was fired. On Saturday, the Chilean said he had not had any contact with Real Madrid over a potential move to the club. A spokeswoman for Villarreal said there had been contacts with Real Madrid but insisted there was ... Read Full Story

Real Madrid’s 250 million euros spending spree has left new coach Manuel Pellegrini with the kind of headache most managers could only dream of.Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Karim Benzema, Xabi Alonso, Raul Albiol, Alvaro Arbeloa, Esteban Granero and Ezequiel Garay have all been added to a squad that finished second in the league under Juande Ramos last year.Pellegrini has made the most of pre-season friendlies to experiment with players and lineups, and they have lost only once in their eight warm u Read Full Story

Villarreal coach Manuel Pellegrini is confident ahead of tonight’s Champions League quarter final match away at Arsenal, despite Marcos Senna’s injury. He said: We are really confident of getting a result. We don’t think Arsenal are a better side than us. We played with good concentration and had a good match at El Madrigal in the first leg. We should have won but we got a draw. We were passing the ball well and there wasn’t a lot of difference between the two teams. This will be a 50-50 tie, it will depend on the small details but hopefully we can do it. We ... Read Full Story

Real Madrid’s Chilean Coach Manuel Pellegrini has revealed his excitement and optimism for his new look Galacticos ahead of the new La Liga campaign. Pellegrini, who joined Real at the end of last season following the departure of Juande Ramos, believes his side has a realistic chance of winning the Treble this year. Read Full Story