The big kick-off to La Liga is just around the corner and the time has come for Ancelotti to choose between Iker Casillas or Diego López to start in the Real Madrid goal on Sunday against Betis. It is the Italian manager's most difficult decision to take before the season gets underway. Ancelotti may not have had to deal with such an issue for his team's goalkeeper before and it is the fir...Full Story »

Real Madrid has such depth in its squad that Carlo Ancelotti even has a dilemma between the posts. Casillas' place in the starting XI at the start of the season has been beyond dispute during the past 12 years, but Diego López is more than a threat to Spain's first-choice keeper. Diego, who ended last season in outstanding form, has kicked off this season in the same way. He is quick, ag...Full Story »

Carlo Ancelotti hasn't clarified any of the doubts as to who will be the regular keeper at Real Madrid. "Diego López will play against Inter on Saturday and we'll see what happens for the first official match. It's not important. Some of our key players are out such as Xabi Alonso, Varane and Illarramendi. The squad is top class and we'll definitely put out a good side against Betis," he ...Full Story »

Iker Casillas welcomed the signing of Diego López and was supportive of his teammate's starter status after he was given the medical all-clear. "What I had to do was to train and earn my place like the rest of my teammates. Diego was great and deserved to play. He had a sensational season," he told Radio Marca. One of the problems Casillas has had is that a faction in Real Madrid has accus...Full Story »

"Everything was much more even 21 years ago when Real Madrid and Atlético played in the final", he said. Paco Buyo, the former Real Madrid goalkeeper, assured today, Tuesday, that his old team is the "favourite" to win the Copa del Rey final against Atlético, based on "squad potential". "Everything was much more even 21 years ago when Real Madrid and Atlético played in the fin...Full Story »

Real Madrid will not hide behind their three-goal lead and will go to Galatasaray on the attack, according to goalkeeper Diego Lopez. Real secured a 3-0 advantage in the Champions League quarter-final first leg at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu but will face a hostile crowd in Istanbul as they bid to make their 24th semi-final appearance. Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Gonzalo Higuain wer...Full Story »

The Blancos' goalkeeper claimed the Liga champions produced a flawless display in their Copa del Rey scalp of Barcelona at Camp Nou on Tuesday Real Madrid goalkeeper Diego Lopez has admitted that his side are more confident following their 3-1 victory at Camp Nou, a result that sent them through to the Copa del Rey final at the expense of bitter rivals Barcelona. The 31-year-old said he was ...Full Story »

The keeper, in his second spell at the capital outfit, makes his first start against their Catalan rivals in the first leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final Diego Lopez will make his first start since his January move from Sevilla, as Real Madrid entertain Barcelona in the first leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final on Wednesday. With Iker Casillas sidelined with a hand injury, the 31-year-old...Full Story »

The former Blancos youth player is overjoyed with his return to the club he considers to be his 'home' after his transfer from Sevilla Real Madrid's new signing Diego Lopez could not hide his joy after his move to the Spanish capital was made official. Lopez spent seven years at Valdebebas as a youth player and after spells at Villarreal and Sevilla has now returned to Real Madrid six years ...Full Story »

Sevilla came from behind with 10-men to claim a valuable point from the first Andalusian derby of the season - a 1-1 draw at Granada. The visitors had goalkeeper Diego Lopez sent off just after the half-hour mark when he upended Antonio Floro Flores inside the area and, despite his replacement Andres Palop saving Guillherme Siqueira's penalty, Mikel Rico rattled in the rebound to give Granada t...Full Story »