Mar

10

It’s surely all over for Barcelona now

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Some weeks back Real Madrid had an 8 point lead in the race for the Spanish title. Barcelona clawed them back to just 2 points but in the space of a couple of weeks the gap is 8 again.
A tepid performance against Villarreal last night saw them lose 2-1 and without Lionel Messi they look [...]

Feb

25

Funniest goal ever?

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As Real Madrid were celebrating a ‘goal’ which was given offside the Getafe players kept playing and ran upfield to score the only real goal of the game.
Funny stuff.
Not for Madrid though. Barcelona’s 5-1 means what was an 8 point gap just a couple of weeks ago is now down to just 2. It might [...]

Feb

18

Weekend thoughts

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Arsenal weren’t interested in the FA Cup game on Saturday. United deserved the win but Arsenal fans deserved more from their team. While people talk about psychological advantages and all that, the extra game or games that United have to play might be telling.
Sheffield United v Boro was worse than Chelsea v Liverpool last week. [...]

Feb

11

Is it all over in Spain?

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Barcelona could only draw 1-1 with Sevilla. Real Madrid bounced back from their surprise defeat to Almeria last weekend by beating Valladolid 7-0.
There’s now an 8 point gap at the top of the table and with all clearly not well at the Camp Nou it’s going to take a miracle for Barcelona to close the [...]

Jan

26

Question

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You are Carlos Puyol. You are a Catalan boy now captain of that great symbol of Catalunya, FC Barcelona.
You have won league titles, the Champions League, you play with such great players as Thuram, Zambrotta, Ronaldinho, Henry, Eto’o, Deco, Xavi and Messi, plus incredible youngsters like Dos Santos and Bojan. Your team, the one that [...]

Oct

5

Ashley Cole is stupid: the evidence mounts

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Cheryl from Girls Aloud says Ashley Cole left Arsenal because:

It got to the stage at Arsenal where he couldn’t even have a conversation in the dressing room because nobody spoke English.

She also says she made him turn down a move to Real Madrid:

Ashley was offered a hell of a lot of money to go… the [...]

Aug

28

Puerta still critical

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Spanish press report this morning that Antonio Puerta remains in critical condition in hospital. Doctors have also indicated that he has suffered some brain damage although the extent of it is not yet known.
Sevilla have set up an email address for anybody who wishes to send messages of support and goodwill.
puertaestamoscontigo@sevillafc.es

Aug

27

Villarreal could be a surprise

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Watched the game against Valencia last night and the home side were well and truly battered. Of course ending up with 9 men, the second side in the first La Liga weekend of the season to do so, didn’t help but there’s a lot to like about Villarreal.
They don’t have any big stars or ‘cracks’ [...]

Aug

27

Let’s hope Puerta is lucky

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If you saw the images of Sevilla’s Antonio Puerta this weekend you can’t not have been shocked.
22 years old, fit as a fiddle and it seems he suffered a series of heart attacks. For those of us in our 30s who run around a football pitch and pretend to be halfway fit it’s a sobering [...]

Jul

26

Get this man on Sky Sports

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Ray Hudson commentates as Real Madrid win La Liga.
(Sorry, I can’t seem to embed the video here)

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