Spain La Liga
Kaka: Officially The Newest Galactico & Most Expensive Player In History.
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It’s official: Kaka has signed for Real Madrid (pretty self-explanatory above even if you don’t speak Spanish). The fee has yet to be officially announced but there’s little question it’s the highest fee ever paid for a footballer (assumed somewhere in the €70m+ range) - an honor Florentino Perez has pushed through how many times [...]
Category: Spain La LigaLadies & Gents, Your 08/09 Golden Boot Winner: Diego Forlan.
By: chris | 4 Comments
Everybody began the Atletico year talking about Kun Aguero. We did. And rightfully so. But nose into a discussion about Madrid’s second team and you’ll hear them gushing on one name - and it ain’t Kun. It’s Diego Forlan, the 2008/09 ESM Golden Boot winner for the second time in five years and perhaps the [...]
Category: Spain La LigaCensoring The Nat’l Anthem Will Get You Canned
By: chris | 5 Comments
The long story short: Athletic Bilbao [shameless advertisement: AB needs a blogger] and Barcelona are from Basque Country and Catalonia, respectively. Both would like independence, Spain would like to hold them close to its bosom for as long as possible. So when King Juan Carlos showed up as the national anthem was bellowing out of [...]
Category: Spain La LigaEric Abidal: The Anti-Mr. Clutch.
By: chris | 5 Comments
In the summer of 2007 Barcelona were going after a couple of defenders who could play on the left - one primarily a centerback (Cristian Chivu), the other primarily a fullback (Eric Abidal). Though Chivu is arguably the more gifted of the two, I argued (mostly to myself) Barca should choose Abidal because Chivu has [...]
Category: Spain La LigaZidane: Patriot & Barca Fan.
By: chris | 8 Comments
If you’re sick of the Champions League coverage, and understandably so, this has nothing to do with matters at Stamford Bridge. Thankfully.
Rather it has everything to do with an ex-Galactico - forget that…The Ex-Galactico - saying Madrid should do things “like they do in Barcelona“. Shun the desire to buy high-profile names and instead invest [...]
Barca 6 - Real 2: The Best Team on Planet Earth.
By: chris | 20 Comments
Real Madrid had won 17 of 18. They’d not lost since the last Clasico in December. They were, Champions League aside, the hottest team in Europe since the arrival of Juande Ramos. They were playing in front of the echoing thunder and passion of a football mecca in Madrid, the Bernabeu.
They were still no match [...]
This Was Definitely a Penalty
By: Daryl | 13 Comments
It was 2-2 in the 87th minute of Real vs Getafe, when Pepe pushed Francisco Casquero in the back. And then Pepe kicked Casquero while the Getafe man lay on the floor. And then kicked him again just to make sure. So definitely a penalty then, and a red card for Pepe too.
But because football [...]
Category: Spain La LigaMay All Your Summers Be White
By: chris | 10 Comments
Unless The Messiah tears a hammy or strains the entire left side of his body, Real Madrid’s season is effectively over. Sheepishly dumped out of both domestic and continental cup competitions and with Barcelona simply too strong, they’ll finish a disappointing second in La Liga. Without trophies and that’ll be that. But that doesn’t mean [...]
Sliding On Your Knees = Not Clever
By: Daryl | 13 Comments
Have you ever watched a professional football do the “sliding on the knees” goal celebration and thought “that could end badly”?
I cringe every time. Sure it looks cool, gliding along the turf with your arms out. And I’m no certified physiotherapist. But I’m pretty sure that fully functioning knees are an important part of any [...]
Category: Spain La LigaMirror, Mirror on the Wall: Who is the Most In-Form of Them All?
By: chris | 5 Comments
One can always count on a little bit of oneupsmanship between Real Madrid and Barcelona. Back in week three of the freshly christened La Liga season, Barcelona strolled into Asturias and rudely smacked the lollipop from the mouth of “we’re just happy to be here” Sporting Gijon to the tune of 6-1. As if through [...]
Tags: Aston Villa, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, English Premier League, Liverpool, Malaga, Manchester United, Rafa Benitez, Real Madrid, Spain La Liga, Steven GerrardDrive-By Shootings Aren’t Just For Gangs Anymore.
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Running a football club can get kind of boring, particularly in this depressing financially climate, and doubly so for a club in the financially strapped Spanish Segunda. One just kinda sits around and says “no, we can’t afford him” and “no, we can’t afford to do that” and “no, don’t touch me there”. It must [...]
Athletic Bilbao Fan Thrusts His Way Into The Spotlight
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Twas a very big day for Athletic Bilbao. Huge day, even. So huge they spilled out onto the streets.
What happens when jubilant and, most likely, drunk football fans spill out onto the streets? Moments of pure genius, that’s what. Like this Athletic clown who takes his 15 minutes of fame and piggybacks them on the [...]
Category: Spain La LigaRaul is King of Real
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That is, Raul is officially king of Real now. It’s been inevitable for quite some time, and Sunday Raul overtook Alfredo Di Stefano as the all-time leading scorer for The Club of the Century - no small feat by any means - with number 308, before adding a little distance with 309 for good measure. [...]
Category: Spain La LigaSamuel Eto’o: Goalscorer. Champion. Icon. Stadium Steward.
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Samuel Eto’o is the same guy whose former agent once accused the Indomitable Lion of threatening him with death (by taking his shoes off). Basically this means: when Samuel says to do something, you do it.
Jimmy Jump, a well know Barca supporter and pitch invader (also the guy who infamously gave Titi Henry a [...]
La Liga Over, Barca Winners, According To Betting Company.
By: chris | 8 Comments
If you’re a fan of any other Spanish side, something says all this “Barca, Barca, Barca” is beginning to sound an awful lot like “Marsha, Marsha, Marsha”. But this can’t last forever, so weather the storm ’til they come back down to earth. Or to the clouds, at least, as they’ll need to fall from [...]
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