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Spanish Segunda B: The Best Lower League In Europe.
By: chris |
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Let’s omit the small talk and just get down to brass tacks:
Real Madrid: Knocked out of the Copa del Rey by Segunda B side (third tier) Real Union on away goals (6-6 aggregate) after giving up 3 - f@#$ing THREE - at the Bernabeu, including a 90th minute tie decider. This their second incredibly disappointing [...]
Tags: 1-0, 4-3, 5-0, 6-6, Barcelona, Barnsley, Benidorm, Cardiff City, Chelsea, Copa del Rey, La Liga, Lionel Messi, Liverpool, Poli Ejido, Real Madrid, Real Unio, Segunda B, Spain, Spain La Liga, Villarreal, World FootballDeath, Taxes & Arjen Robben
By: chris | 3 Comments
Benjamin Franklin once said there are only two certainties in life, death and taxes. We’ll give Ben the benefit of the doubt because he was a couple centuries early, plus he did a couple other mildly intelligent things to pad his CV, but there are actually three certainties in life. So we can now amend [...]
Lionel Messi Now Starring In Spitgate
By: chris | 3 Comments
Sweet little Lionel Messi’s reputation is in a spot of trouble. Late in this weekend’s 4-1 win over Malaga, Messi was roaming around and bumped into the back of Duda, Portuguese winger from the Andalusian club. Duda clearly doesn’t enjoy being bumped from behind by men, so he turned around and recited a love sonnet [...]
Category: Spain La LigaKing of Morocco > FC Barcelona
By: chris | 4 Comments
An 18 year old Moroccan schoolboy is in seriously hot water after paying allegiances to his favorite football team, FC Barcelona, over the king of Morocco, Mohamed VI. And really, who can blame him? Barca’s hot shit right now. I’d like to see King Mohamad VI do the kingly equivalent of score 17 in 4 [...]
Villarreal and Atlético’s Eight Goal Thriller
By: Daryl | No Comments
Some cracking action in La Liga this past weekend with Villarreal and Atlético Madrid splitting eight goals down the middle at the Madrigal. Atlético were two up through Simao and Forlan after 22 minutes, only for Villarreal to swing things around to lead 4-2 going into the last ten minutes with goals from Marcos Senna, [...]
Category: Spain La Liga90th Minute Drama In Madrid
By: chris | No Comments
If you’re a Real fan…what more could you ask for, really? A start off the blocks in lightning fashion, mid-game drama worthy of the stage, all culminating in a soul-sucking 96th minute win across town at the hands of your city rivals, whose heads must be spinning out of control after the last few [...]
Category: Spain La LigaJoseba Etxeberria To Play Next Year For Free
By: chris | 3 Comments
For most, the term “giving back” to their club is an expression. Usually it’s staying on when a larger club is calling, or taking the hometown discount when a larger checkbook is waiting around the corner, pen poised.
Not so for Joseba Etxeberria of Athletic Bilbao, who’s truly giving back. In fact, he’s giving it all [...]
Goalkeeper Scores With his Head
By: Laurie | 5 Comments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clWtGH7qWms
How often do we see goalkeepers score? Not too often.
How often do we see goalkeepers score off a header? Not too often times a hundred.
But here we see Silvio Proto (who plays for the exquisitely named K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot) getting a last-gasp equalizer.
Trouble in Barcelona, But Who’s to Blame?
By: Daryl | 1 Comment
Barcelona came from behind and won the Catalan derby 2-1 with two late goals, but the big news was the crowd violence. With home team Espanyol leading twenty minutes from the end, Barcelona’s notorious Boixos Nois supporters began raining flares down on Espanyol fans, as you can see in the video above.
Referee Medina Cantalejo had [...]
Category: Spain La LigaEurope’s New Derby County
By: chris | 5 Comments
Meet Sporting Gijon. While CD Numancia have picked up the tag of plucky underdog, beating Barca and only narrowly losing to Real & Villarreal, Gijon have done just the opposite. Like Numancia they’ve been gift back-to-back games against the Spanish giants. They, however, succumbed to two defeats with combined scorelines of 13-2, giving them 19 [...]
Category: Spain La LigaThe European Weekend
By: chris | 2 Comments
After kicking off the Champions League & UEFA Cup, Europe goes back home and hasn’t left us wanting, giving us some very big and very interesting games over the next two days. Though it would be nice if they all go together and split the good ones up evenly between Saturday and Sunday…
Category: Bundesliga, Dutch Eredivisie, English Premier League, French Ligue 1, Serie A, Spain La Liga, World Football Tags: AaB, Ajax, Bayern Munich, Bundesliga, Chelsea, Dinamo Zagreb, Dutch Eredivisie, English Premier League, FC Kobenhavn, Feyenoord, French Ligue 1, Hajduk Split, Lazio, Manchester United, Marseille, Milan, Monaco, Numancia, Real Betis, Serie A, Sevilla, Spain La Liga, Villarreal, Werder Bremen, World FootballReal Madrid & CD Numancia Light Up Spain
By: chris | No Comments
Real Madrid stole the victory in another game filled with excitement, but CD Numancia is stealing the limelight - and maybe even a few hearts. After their shocking defeat of Barca on the opening weekend of La Liga they were gifted a trip to the Bernabeu - thanks, schedule makers - where it was assumed [...]
Europe’s 10 Biggest Transfer Window Bargains
By: chris | 5 Comments
Obviously the true bargains won’t be known for some time, but there were a few transfers which caught the eye before the participants had even put on their new shirt. Eliminating loans made sure somebody has actually bought up the entire contract this summer, and everyone of these guys happened to come in at under [...]
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By: Daryl | 2 Comments
Spain’s big two opened La Liga with away defeats. First Barcelona went to newly promoted Numancia and left with a 1-0 defeat. Mario Martinez put the underdogs ahead in the 13th minute and Barca never came back. Samuel Eto’o and Leo Messi hit the woodwork (side note: are we going to call it woodwork for [...]
Category: Spain La LigaReal Madrid Start The Spanish Season In Style
By: chris | 3 Comments
It was “only” the Super Cup, but it’s impossible not to think of this as a demoralizing, crushing blow for Valencia, and as a warning served to the rest of La Liga from Real Madrid. Yes, they’ve won the last two titles, but this was an absolutely epic comeback; one for the Spanish ages.
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