The last time FC Barcelona and Real Madrid met in the Copa del Rey, Cristiano Ronaldo and company took the trophy in the Final. Unfortunately for "Los Blancos," the dropping [...]
FC Barcelona's goalkeeper flubbed a clearance resulting in a Real Madrid goal in the first minute of the game but with a little luck and resiliency, Barcelona won 3-1 to [...]
Soccer fans don't have NBA withdrawal; we have the Champions League. And with all the drama Wednesday night - including Bayern Leverkusen's upset of Chelsea, Valencia's 7-0 demolishing of Genk [...]
In a move that brings new meaning to the word preemptive, Spanish soccer super-club Real Madrid signed a seven-year-old by the name of Leonel Angel Coira to a one-year contract that will put the little guy in Madrid's development system for the foreseeable future. Per Goal.com , Madrid "made the first move in an effort to stave off challenges from other European heavyweights in the future." Moves like this aren't without precedent in soccer. Lionel Messi famously signed on with FC Barcelona's franchise at the tender age of 11 and made his [...]
Over in the soccer world, championships were decisively won and lost this past weekend. Beginning in Spain, only five points separated Barcelona and Madrid in their annual two-horse race at the start of Saturday morning. By day's end, Madrid's title challenge was effectively over. A mediocre-at-best Sporting Gijon team handed an injury-plagued Madrid a loss, the first home defeat for manager Jose Mourinho in nine years—stretching his stints with FC Porto in Portugal, Chelsea in England, and Internazionale in Italy. Barcelona, on the other hand, dispatched a prickly Villareal [...]
European basketball is an acquired taste, and asking NBA-centric fans to focus on a game in which Jorge Garbajosa, who played 74 games over two years for the Toronto Raptors, is the most notable player could be an absurd decision on my part. But I promise that the ending to the Unicaja Malaga - Real Madrid game from Friday night deserves your attention. Five huge plays in a row down the stretch, spanning the spectrum from Garabajosa's thunderous block and knowing wink one-two punch, to Pablo Prigioni's best Gilbert Arenas impression, to a nigh-impossible double-clutch game-winner. All [...]
Back in the early 20002s as Real Madrid assembled their Champions League-winning squads, the term "Zidanes y Pavónes" was coined to describe their recruitment policy. On one side were the world-class stars—the "galácticos" the likes of Zinedine Zidane and Luis Figo —and on the other were home-grown academy products such as Francisco Pavón to plug the gaps where money couldn't. Fast forward to the here and now, the former very much describes Madrid's current makeup of stars while the latter is indicative of rival Barcelona's dependence on their surfeit [...]
Futbol Club Barcelona - Cant del Barca @elrob Robert Martinez Glamour, individual battles for supremacy, tactical intrigue, political significance, moral dichotomies: Clásico. It could be beautiful. A cauldron of animosity, tic tic tic tic tic , barnstorming tackles, the Philosopher against the Antagonist, questions partly answered. Or it could be dull, a stalemate, a precursor to a few months from now where it happens once more. Whatever the result, it starts in just under seven hours. It features [...]
"Two teams, both alike in dignity, In fair España, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to La Liga, Where fútbol makes rival fans scream..." [See post to listen to audio] » Romeo + Juliet Soundtrack - O Verona Extended [...]
Fifa 11 follows NBA 2K112s footsteps with a recent release on the PS3 and Xbox 360 . It gives you a taste of what you'll find in the full game with multiple difficulty settings, 3 minute halves and the following clubs: Real Madrid, Barcelona, Chelsea, Bayer Leverkusen, Olympique Lyonnais and Juventus. The demo also features some unlockables to bide your time with like the ability to play as well as play in Emirates Stadium. There are also some treats available that tie in to EA's Fifa Superstars if Facebook games are your thing. [...]
Last weekend's Champions League final had more than a few winners outside of deserving champs, Inter Milan. First, there was raging cokehead yet the game's greatest player, Diego Maradona. As current manager of Argentina, he's been utterly incompetent with his team selections, but the play of Inter striker Diego Milito—in scoring both goals—helped to solve Diego's conundrum as to who amongst Argentina's stable of strikers should play alongside Leo Messi. Then, there was Holland, whose two most important matchwinners, Inter's Wesley Sneijder and Bayern Munich's Arjen Robben shone brightest in the match and walked away unscathed, despite fellow countryman and [...]
Another note about the petulant one... Can we call him petulant...? Is he petu...? With the following evidence, coupled with his final appearance you could say that. In 2005 a documentary called 'Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait' (French: Zidane, un portrait du 21e siècle ) was made about Zidane, it was the idea of Glasgow born artist Douglas Gordon , who years before had seen 'Football As Never Before' (aka Fußball wie noch nie ) which was a documentary about George Best. In that original 1971 doc the filmmaker Hellmuth Costard [...]
Any recent soccer coverage (especially from that of a non-football site) must make mention of Lionel Messi. Over the past month in particular, the play of the little Argentine has suggested that he could be the greatest soccer player ever—at 22, mind you. Maradona has even said so himself (though he says a lot of things). Saturday evening brought the big showdown: Barcelona v. Madrid, Messi v. Ronaldo, La Liga title on the line at the Bernabéu. Anticlimactic, it was. Just over half an hour, Xavi chipped the ball over the Madrid backline, and [...]
The first El Clásico of the season has come to pass, and the evenness of the affair shouldn't have been too surprising. After all, Madrid's lack of chemistry, due to their Pollock approach to team construction, continued to plague them. And Barca, as first exposed by Russian outfit Rubin Kazan in the Champions League, simply won't replicate their scintillating form from last season. But yesterday's match was noteworthy for being Cristiano's first starring turn. He should've scored, but perhaps a game-changing contribution was too much to ask following a lengthy injury spell, even for the reigning [...]
Words By Devin Chanda Football talk dominates the headlines now (especially with Vick landing in Philly ), but across the pond, the coming weekend brings about the dawn of the futbol season in England. Just last week, the top divisions in both France and Germany also kicked off, with the likes of those in Spain and other countries to follow suit as August winds down. Besides battling for the championships in their respective leagues, clubs around Europe will also be vying to stay in the top four (or top three in [...]
Words By Devin Chanda They don't call it "El Clásico" for nothing. The political and societal differences between the nationalist, conservative-minded madridistas and separatist, liberal Catalans have elevated the twice-annual matches between Real Madrid and Barcelona beyond strictly footballing terms. But almost always, the matches play a decisive role in La Liga title race. It was Barca who won the last contest in May, steamrolling Madrid 6-2. And though the next on-field encounter won't transpire for a matter of [...]
French footballer Franck Ribery takes a break from working desperately to construct a move from Bayern Munich to Manchester United Chelsea Real Madrid, to appear in the music video to a song called "Meme Pas Fatigue" for someone calld DJ Kore. The video is not a whole lot of kop, but if it happens to be thudding out of a bar across the road the track might provide an effective soundtrack as you vomit cheap shots of schnapps into the lavatory of a Costa del Sol hotel :( [...]
Words By Devin Chanda And just like that, silence sweeps over Barcelona. Their rivals Real Madrid, in disarray the past two seasons with managerial switches and questionable signings, turned to the win-at-all costs supremo Florentino Perez to lead the club again. His last time in charge about a decade ago, he brought in one-name wonders Zidane, Ronaldo and Figo. This week, he has outspent himself twice in a week's worth of work. Monday it was Kaka for what's was then [...]
A quick assessment of values, by JTTS Filed for bankruptcy protection on June 1. Owned by U.S. government. Worthless in current state. Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo. Contract purchased on Wednesday by Real Madrid for $131 million, pending agreement of personal terms. Sleeps with supermodels. Signed $150 million contract with Live Nation. Raps about having money. Sleeps with Beyonce. The end begins...NOW
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