EL TROFEO SANTIAGO BERNABÉU: Real Madrid CF vs Sporting CP...30.08.07[R]

Now lets all crack open tins of beer and talk about how much better we are than these pretty boys.

 

lol....just train as much as they do and get there bodies....lol makes your gfs forget about them =D!...hehe

 

What we'd all do to have a GF like you, Horsey . My ex-GF has a crush on Kaka.

This picture she has on her wall always makes me laugh



What I wouldn't give for a girlfriend who is a Madrid fan! I'd take her even if she had the personality of a crab.

 

Why would one make such a post in a football forum? .. It makes one seem rather pathetic to be honest.

 

lol brazilian love....imaging that in madrid ....only one can wish!! =(!!

 

I'm right here.


Anyways, it's great that they did this in honor of Puerta; it really wasn't worth it.

 

Convince her by telling her Valencia is probably one of the best cities in Spain.

 

^But i thought one of the best cities in Spain !!

 

Are farca cancelling their Gamper trophy with Inter?

 

I think is really good they have canclled this game. And the speach form Calderon as well was nice. Man i was so so sad when i fould out he had died last night

I dont think there is point playing the Trofeo this year. Might as well just wait till next

 

No, they are only canceling the pre-game celebrations.

 

There are heartless them clowns up in barca i hate them even more now

 

They are donating money to some institution that deals with treating the problem Puerta had...

 

Ok fare enough

 

dude there just giving 10% of procedes of the match...http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/english/noticies/club/temporada07-08/08/n070828100827.html
seen how is los culos it never amazes me =D!

 

Call me insensitive, but I only see reasons to suspend the competitions that Sevilla is participating in - by all means, they could've suspended all 10 matches in the weekend and it would make much more sense than suspending mid-week friendlies which are completely unrelated to Sevilla and their horrible ordeal.

These games (Bernabeu & Gamper) have sold a lot of tickets, as well as advertising and TV rights. One poster in these boards has been screwed over after flying from NY to watch these games. It is extremely unprofessional on the part of the clubs to call these games off in the face of a tragedy that only touched them tangentially. There is a place for mourning Sevilla's loss and there is a place for getting on with it. The Bernabeu (and the Gamper) are an example of the latter. I was in Madrid on March 13, 2004, and it was game on despite the fact that 200 people had just died. I know because I was in the stands.

In fact, I find Barca's posture much more honest and refreshing than ours. They play, because they have an obligation to their fans and to their partners, but they eliminate all the festive mood from the occasion and they donate part of the proceedings to a suitable charity. The fans are satisfied and Puerta's memory is served much better by helping it to never happen again.

When incidents like these happen, it is obviously impossible to poll the ticketholders to see if they want to play or suspend. But if a poll was done, we all know that the game would have happened, maybe because some people are inhumanly selfish and maybe because a lot of them would want the show to go on. As long as one single ticketholder wants the game to happen, we need to honour the contract we signed when he bought the ticket. Anything else is grandstanding and empty gestures.

I call it how I see it.

 

Rep for that post Laudrup. It so refreshing to fin a Madrid fan who actually doesn't despise everything Barca does. They did cancel the pre game program, and I'm sure just like Madrid players most of Barca players are devastated. As you said, show must go on, but Puerta will live in our hearts forever.

 

I agree with macaluca, I would have cancelled the games... especially a friendly. In my opinion, I think there would be a lot reminding us of the Puerta situation to make the matches feel awkward: moment of silence, black armbands, dedicating goals to Puerta, etc.

I just don't feel that playing a match the day of his funeral makes sense.

 

I totally agree with Laudrup.

Call me insensitive too, but why are you guys are so sad / down / acting like you actually knew the guy in person? Do you guys knew him personally? Did you guys hung out with him?

or its because he was a public figure and you saw him running in TV? Heck maybe you even saw him collapse, but the truth is, hard working people die everyday in silence, under sadder circumstances and no one cancels / stop their planned activities because of that.

Life must go on, and I think its stupid and overdramatic to cancel a game that doenst involve Sevilla directly.

 

I agree with Laudrup. I think clubs that are not directly involved with Sevilla can better serve Puerta's memory and recognize the fragility of life by holding the match, having a moment of silence, dedicating the league games to him, and celebrating his life with a fireworks display after the game.

 

INSENSITIVE! and rude!