Excellent article/editorial written by Raúl Jiménez in the Diario de Jerez regarding Sevillas newest member of the thug squad after putting Mallorcas Arango in the intensive care unit during a play during Sundays match! Viva Er Beti Manque Lopera! Pichi LA PERPEUACIÓN DE LA ESPECIE (Javi Navarro oma la delantera a Aitor Ocio en la puja por heredar el trono del rey Alfaro) "Fractura del hueso malar superior derecho, hemorragia nasal, herida en el labio superior, estado de inconsciencia, parada respiratoria, convulsiones e ingreso en la UCI de la Policlínica miramar de Palma. El triste "curriculum" de Javi Navarro engordó de forma desagradable en Son Moix después del brutal codazo con el que obsequió al venezolano Arango, cuyas consecuencias inmediatas han quedado reflejadas en el párrafo anterior. Haciendo gala del sucio instinto con denominación de origen sevillista y a la vista de la más que cercana retirada del jugador más expulsado de la historia de la Liga, parece que Javi navarro toma la delantera para recoger el testigo de Alfaro. El jugador valenciano no se anduvo con chiquitas ante la acometida del delantero balear y, desentendiendose de la pelota, no dudó en frenarlo hincándole el codo en el rostro. Su profesor no lo habría hecho mejor. Aitor Ocio se mordía la lengua tras perder terreno en la carrera que ambos mantienen para heredar el trono del rey Alfaro. La agresión del vitoriano hace unos días en el Ennio Tardini a un delantero del Parma se tornaba insignante ante la demostración de valentía que sun contendiente había realizado. Pero no pasa nado, pensaría Ocio, aún quedan muchas jornadas de Liga - no así de Copa de la UEFA - para recortar diferencias con Navarro. Confía en que la próxima jornada "El Padrino" Caparros le dé la oportunidad de cobrarse su justa revancha ante la afición de Nervión, que estas cosas sabe valorarlas de verdad. Alfaro, por su parte, vigila, toma nota y apura su decisión para otorgar al mejor de los dos aspirantes el honor de dar continuidad a la estirpe de leñeros que él creó"
Reyes doesn't need those 3 assassins when he has Gayardo to nibble on his manly part. See JPEG below! The things to watch out for those sevillistas if they aren't getting you from behind they're getting you from the front! Viva Er Beti Manque Lopera! Pichi
Rumor has it that Monchi liked what he saw and made sure that Gayardo and the rest of the lot remained at the pocilga! And we all know the deal on Monchi!! Viva Er Beti Manque Lopera! Pichi
The head assassin who believe it or not is a doctor had this to say about Javi Navarro. NO ENTIENDE LA "LAPIDACIÓN" QUE ESTÁ SUFRIENDO SU COMPAÑERO Alfaro: "Ni a violadores o maltratadores los linchan como a Javi Navarro" Pablo Alfaro defendió a su compañero Javi Navarro, al que se la ha abierto un expediente disciplinario por la acción que acabó con Juan Arango en la UCI, y afirmó que "ni a violadores o maltratadores los linchan así". "Tenemos que poner todos un poco de cordura. Parece que se está hablando del peor delincuente de la historia, no ya del fútbol, sino de la sociedad. Hay compañeros, del Getafe, del Zaragoza o del Real Betis, que van a estar sin jugar mucho más tiempo que Arango", comentó el defensa zaragozano. Pablo Alfaro también se quejó de que "atacan y ponen frente al pelotón de fusilamiento a Javi (Navarro), a sus compañeros y a una institución como el Sevilla". El capitán sevillista no entiende todas las críticas que se están vertiendo sobre Javi Navarro. “Me parece excesivo y fuera de tono todo lo que está aconteciendo con Javi. Esta historia me suena mucho. Parece que ahora Javi va a pagar el pato”. Las razones para Alfaro son muy claras: “Las razones verdaderas de porqué están haciendo esto sólo las saben los que lo hacen, pero son jugadas que, lamentablemente, se producen en un campo de fútbol y este proceso de lapidación pública está fuera de toda lógica”. Alfaro atacaba a ciertos sectores por las críticas hacia Navarro: “Es muy sencillo y cómodo lapidar y sentenciar a Javi por parte de esta gente que semanas atrás han sido tan cobardes de no mirar lo que le pasó a otros chavales por lesiones de futbolistas de nombre o lo que le pasó al propio Javi que le destrozaron la nariz y estuvo cinco semanas sin jugar. Todos los que cogen ahora el fusil para fusilarlo, nadie tuvo la valentía de hacerlo cuando eran jugadores de nombre los implicados. Eso es de cobardes”. Alfaro no entiende que saliera también su nombre: “Es increíble que también haya aparecido mi nombre en alguna tertulia, cuando yo estaba en el banquillo, pero es lo de siempre”. Sobre las palabras de los jugadores del Betis: “En la vida hay que tener respeto y señorío y todos los que quieran entrar a valorar esto sin que se les haya dado vela en el entierro demuestran lo que son. Han quedado retratados”. Y digo yo: Este tio es mas cabron que yo habia pensado. Joe despues de partir la pierna de Capi en una entrada horrosoment duro puede decir esto. Me imagino que sera uno de los favoritos de la Monchi! Vaya panda de desgraciados y sinverguenzas! Viva Er Beti Manque Lopera! El Pichi
Phil Ball from ESPN Soccernet had this to say about Navarro, he even mentioned "El Asesino". The great thing about the hard men of Spanish football is that they always look the part. Goikoetxea: OB: Original Butcher. Nobby Stiles would never have made that opening shot of Reservoir Dogs, but Andoni Goikoetxea, the 'Butcher of Bilbao' certainly would have, as would the present Public Enemy Number One, Sevilla's Javi Navarro. Along with his equally notorious sidekick, Pablo 'Doctor Death' Alfaro (he is a qualified General Practitioner), these two centre-backs are possibly the most feared and loathed in the whole of Spain, as indeed is their team. They have taken few prisoners for the last couple of seasons, and their policy would seem to have finally backfired on them after Navarro's shocking assault on Mallorca's Juan Arango a fortnight ago, the consequences of which are still in the balance. Mallorca's issuing of a formal denouncement of the incident last week has delayed the Spanish Federation's verdict on the issue, already complicated by the fact that referee Pino Zamorano only booked Navarro on the day. As if Zamorano's reputation was not sufficiently in tatters, his refereeing of the Barcelona v Betis game this weekend further confirmed his dysfunctional view of the world, allowing Barcelona to snatch a point with a pass from a player (Deco) who should have been sent off, and a penalty from Eto'o earned by a dive from Belletti which had to be seen to be believed. It was a thing of great beauty, but it was certainly not occasioned by anything resembling a foul. I know we're not supposed to criticise referees now, but Zamorano needs to be given a wee rest, which would surely be the fall-out if the Spanish Federation decide, as is widely expected, to sanction Navarro with a twelve-game suspension. This was the scale of the punishment meted out to 'Mono' Burgos, the ex-Atlético Madrid goalkeeper who thumped Espanyol's Serrano in 1999, but Burgos had had enough of Serrano's racist jibes and decided to take the law into his own hands. It is still unclear as to why Javi Navarro went in so elbow-first on Arango. Instead of the barber, we now have the butcher of Seville. Navarro, although he had a previous reputation for being a bit of a thug, did not feature amongst Spain's worst offenders, statistically speaking. Last season he received 12 yellows, but no reds - and so far this season he has taken no early baths. Pablo Alfaro: We couldn't get a pic of Navarro so the good doctor will have to do. His colleague, Pablo Alfaro, complained this week that 'Not even a rapist or a terrorist would have been subjected to such a public lynching', but as a trained doctor Alfaro should know that a wound requiring forty stitches and a three-night stay in hospital is no superficial thing. The sight of Arango twitching as if in his death throes after the tackle was enough to make the most hardened of TV spectators turn away from their screens. This weekend, all eyes were on Navarro at the home game against Numancia, whose forwards had not expected to be facing Navarro after the lengthy hiatus between the incident and the resumption of the league this weekend, with their manager, Máximo Hernández, making the perfectly plausible claim that if Sevilla had been playing against Barça or Real Madrid last weekend, the centre-back would have been dealt with more swiftly. However, the Europe-wide attention that the incident has attracted is interesting for various reasons, one of them being that it comforts the northern European press to demonize the Spanish and/or the Italians, even though there remains this paradoxical feeling that the closer to the Med you get, the more likely players are to 'bottle' when subjected to the rough stuff. Maybe this idea is beginning to fade, now that so many southern European players are looking after themselves in more northern climes, but something of it persists. Between Andoni Goikoetxea's famous foul on Maradona and Navarro's elbow on March 20, most northern European journalists would be hard-pressed to point to any true hard Spanish defenders, and apart from Atlético Madrid's López from the 1996 double-winning team (ably abetted by Diego Simeone) and Real Madrid's Fernando Hierro (now in the twilight zone at Bolton) they might well have a point. Hierro: Hardman of a rare breed. So now, maybe we are truly witnessing a golden age when it comes to thugs in the Spanish league? Apart from Seville, Osasuna have Pablo Garcia, admittedly a Uruguayan but definitely a bit of a psycho. He seems to have become even worse this season, as Osasuna's defence has become the most porous in the league. But he really is a scary bugger, and one with whom it would be unwise to cross swords. Alberto Lopo of Espanyol also seems to be garnering a bit of a reputation for himself, but he has at least contributed to his team's excellent defensive showing this season. Statistically he was in fact the dirtiest player in La Liga last season, with an impressive tally of 17 yellows and 4 reds to his name, but he has managed to cool it a little this campaign. Racing Santander have a defender whose surname, Moratón, actually means 'bruise', but apart from the occasional rush of blood, he seems a reasonably pacific character. With regard to teams, Valencia have built a reputation for themselves over the past few seasons for being an essentially physical side, something to which their successes in Europe might attest.
Two years ago, in a game in Madrid, Navarro stepped viciously on Salgado's knee while he was being slide-tackled and Alfaro on Ronaldo's (or the other way round, I forget, but both should have been send-off offences) and, after only Navarro was sent off (or Alfaro, they seem the same person to me...) and they lost the game, they (both the players AND their coach, Caparros, who deserves a thread for himself) whined about how unfair refs were and how they always favoured Madrid. As a result, Madrid is routinely assaulted by Alfaro & Co. every time they play in Seville. This mix of dirty play and meek victimism reminds me of The Godfather movies.