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Well, I’m back… and from Ukraine. I will try to write one post per day of my adventures here, I will talk about football sometimes as well if I feel like it . I’m on a train in the middle of the Ukrainian nowhere at the moment. In one …
Stop Bitching About the Referees!
(I originally wrote this as a column for a Mexican page, but I realized it was a great topic for a blog post here, so I decided to translate and adapt it) Last Wednesday I was lucky enough to be at Camp Nou to watch the Barcelona-Real Madrid Copa …
10 Immediate Reactions from Camp Nou
1.- Before the first goal, the match was quite similar to the Supercopa one. Real Madrid going on the offensive, pressing very high and Barça struggling to get comfortable. Particularly impressive were Özil, Kaka and Ronaldo, who are not reputed for their work-rate and were tracking back and helping recover …
When the referee blows his whistle to kick start the Clasico tonight, 21 of the 22 players will be the usual suspects. It is difficult to expect a surprise when two teams know each other so much and when the whole world seems to know them from head to toe. …
La Liga Matchday 19: Winners and Losers
So we are almost midway now and, strangely for this time of year, la Liga has left the spotlight. With Real Madrid keeping Barcelona at a rather cautious distance and the looming confrontation between the two, the focus is in the Copa del Rey. Therefore, this edition of the Winners …
Messi and Ronaldo, the Best Players in the History of the Sport
On Monday I was in Zurich for the Ballon d’Or ceremony. Before the event started, I had to write a story from the red carpet for FIFA.com, and I was lucky enough to talk a few seconds with Zinedine Zidane. The French genius was in a hurry, and not too …
La Liga Matchday 17: Winners and Losers
“Real Madrid Campeón de Invierno!” “Real Madrid, the team with more points in 2011!” Marca hasn’t ceased to remind us that the Merengues still matter in the league, even though their fans are still sulking from the defeat to Barcelona 10 days ago. Anyway, the victory against Sevilla makes clear …
La Liga Matchday 16: Winners and Losers
Hay Liga!… At least for Madrid and Barcelona. A victory for the Merengues at the Santiago Bernabeu would have virtually meant that the title chase was over and that we should focus on who qualified for the Champions League. It wasn’t so, and now we can be sure that the …
The 10 Reasons for Barcelona’s Victory in El Clasico
As they usually do in the big stage, Barcelona played their best football when it really mattered. The Catalan victory was indisputable and a severe blow to Real Madrid, which believed they could at last play face to face to their irreconcilable enemies. The result leaves both teams equal on …
10 Points on the Madrid-Barcelona Clasico
This weekend will define the future of the 2011/2012 season in La Liga. Whatever the contenders might say, if Real Madrid beat Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday, the fight for the title will be effectively over. Any other result, however, will breathe life to the competition, especially because, …
