As usual during the festive season, several friendly encounters took place over the last few days. The regional sides from the Basque country (Euskadi) and Catalonia met in the San Mamés stadium on Sunday night, the game ending 1-1 after Athletic’s Aduríz opened the scoring for the locals and Espanyol’s Sergio García levelled it for the visitors. The following day the charity match “Champions 4 Life” was hosted by Atlético Madrid, with some 60 players from Spain’s first and second divisions playing out 3 periods of 30 minutes between “West” and “East”. And on Tuesday Real Madrid met AC Milan in an invitation game in Dubai, the Italians running out 2-4 winners against the new “World Champions”. Ronaldo and Benzema got the goals for Ancelotti’s side. Further details on those games and more via the above link. (30.12.14)