Spain La Liga
Alcorcon 4-1 Real Madrid, Or: Why the English FA Cup Doesn’t Have All the Romance
By: Daryl |
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Real Madrid beat Alcorcon 1-0 at the Bernabéu last night, which wasn’t nearly enough to prevent Los Galácticos losing 4-1 on aggregate and exiting the Copa del Rey. So the team that spent nearly a quarter of a billlion euros this summer has been bounced out of the cup by a team from Segunda B, [...]
Category: Spain La LigaIs There a Name For Zlatan’s Trick vs Mallorca?
By: Daryl | 19 Comments
I hope everyone has seen Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s magical assist for Barcelona vs Mallorca this weekend. I saw it live on TV and instinctively applauded. Even though I was alone. Bit odd maybe, but a testament to Zlatan’s talents.
Chris spotted the above YouTube vid of the clip over at Unprofessional Foul and posted it on Water [...]
Category: Spain La LigaThat Was Quick: Spanish Supremacy In Danger.
By: chris | 2 Comments
While all were oohing and aahing over Barcelona’s sex on a pitch football and the free-spending ways of Florentino Perez returning to Madrid, the biggest difference maker in Spanish football was lurking under the Spanish limelight. In fact it was lurking so far under the Spanish limelight it was in Britain.
That, you see, is [...]
Cesc: The Transfer Saga of Comeuppance.
By: chris | 7 Comments
As it stands, Barcelona are the darling of the football world. They’re brilliantly effective and alluringly stylish. They have likable players, the best in the world even, and a young, vibrant, passionate maestro at the helm. They’re even financially prudent, what with only spending €66m or so on Zlatan and €25m on Dmitryo Chygrynskiy in [...]
Category: Spain La LigaSpaniards Can’t Count
By: chris | 2 Comments
They may be the toast of the footballing world. The may have the reigning European champions for both club and country. They may be attracting the best players. The may have the most attractive tax brackets. They may even have some of the nicest weather.
But that hasn’t prevented them from failing disastrously at basic maths, [...]
Category: Spain La LigaA Question Posed After An Appropriate Sample Period: Is Real Madrid Too Reliant Upon Cristiano Ronaldo?
By: chris | 7 Comments
The Real Madrid express train steamed into Andalusia last night with nary a blemish on their glittering, gold dripping record. Five games, five wins, two goals conceded and a whole lot of peaking over their shoulder from current champions Barcelona.
This morning they trudge on back to Madrid having doubled their goals conceded and added [...]
Bloggers Needed for Barcelona Offside
By: Daryl | No Comments
What is Thierry Henry being told via his imaginary phone? We don’t know. But maybe news has reached Titi that Barcelona Offside is in need of new bloggers.
This is one of the bigger Offside blogs, so we’re looking for someone with serious writing skills and equally serious commitment. For more information please read this post, [...]
Category: Spain La LigaBreakin’ Legs & Stopping Barcelona: The How-To Guides.
By: chris | 2 Comments
Lionel Messi gets kicked. We know this. Some are even trying to earn the Hack-A-Messi term global acceptance and use. Didn’t really work out all that spectacularly last year though, did it? Nay. A historic treble in the rear-view mirror and a jaunt to the podium for his first Ballon d’Or in short time. So [...]
Category: Spain La LigaReal Madrid Have Found The Promised Land, And Its Name Is 中国.
By: chris | 10 Comments
Never, ever forget: it’s always about the money.
When doctoring up a schedule for the week’s domestic games, what should be taken into consideration? Other games, such as the European variety, and the effects of travel should be paramount, and often they are. Then there are the wants and desires of the broadcast companies who pay [...]
Anything You Can Do…
By: Rob | 3 Comments
Alot has been made of Barcelona and Real Madrid’s rivalry this season, rightly so, as the starting XI’s are surely the best two starting XI’s in the world. And after Barcelona stuck 5 past Atlético Madrid yesterday, we all might have wondered how Real would react.
Well, by putting 5 past [...]
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Tags: Atletic Bilbao, Barcelona, Benzema, Guti, La Liga, Raul, Real Madrid, Ronaldo, RVN, Spain La Liga, XerezThat’s More Like The Barca We Know And Love
By: Rob | 3 Comments
Anyone watching Barcelona’s midweek game in the Champions League against Inter, hoping to see the side that bought beautiful football all around Europe last season might have come away a little dissapointed. A 0-0 you say? That doesn’t seem the Barca way. Of course it isn’t, and they do seem to [...]
How Much is Leo Messi Earning at Barcelona?
By: Daryl | 12 Comments
Big news on the official Barcelona website today is that Leo Messi has signed a new, improved contract with the Blaugrana. They even have a photo of him putting pen to paper (which I’ve stolen and embedded to your left) so it must be true.
Young Leo (he’s still only 22) already had a contract with [...]
Category: Spain La LigaThe Three Amigos: Money Well Spent.
By: chris | 2 Comments
Normally, a massive transfer fee is a good omen for future. Big money means big abilities and this usually translates well. However, this is not always the case – Andriy Shevchenko says hi – and even if the money does ring true, it doesn’t always happen right from the start. But when you put [...]
Florentino’s Eight Commandments.
By: chris | 7 Comments
Real Madrid fanzine Marca has done it once again, trumpeting the next brilliant move by the most bestest football club in the history of ever (officially). Today’s front page offers up Florentino’s manifesto, a list of rules by which Galacticos 2.0 must abide. Most are tame, some present a few problems for certain members of [...]
Jose Mourinho’s Ukrainian Spy
By: chris | 2 Comments
European champions Barcelona had an extra special day yesterday. Not only did they kick off the La Liga season at the Camp Nou with a 3-0 win over Sporting Gijon, but they signed defensive superstud Dmytro Chygrynskiy from Shakhtar for a cool €25m to pair with Puyol for the hairiest defensive partnership ever.
Now Dmytro is [...]
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