Barca Stumble As Real Hits The Gas Barcelona stumble and required a late goal by Thierry Henry to salvage a point against opponents Valencia on Saturday while Los Merengues (Real Madrid) took full advantage to draw closer to the frontrunners, winning 4-2 against visitors Sevilla at the Bernabéu on Sunday. Barcelona have only a 4 point lead atop the Primera Divison and must now prepare for their Tuesday match against Chelsea FC in the Champions League before travelling to the [...]
Did I not say just days ago that this would be the biggest test of the year for Barca? After a tough test against Sevilla midweek, or at least it was supposed to be and they still managed a blow-out, they came into this match at the Mestalla with some real questions. Would they be able to respond to this match after a less than difficult win three days ago? Would Valencia give them a game or would they also [...]
Real Madrid defender Pepe will be gone for the remainder of the season as well as the first four matches of next season after the Spanish Football Federation’s Disciplne Board handed down the sentence on Friday afternoon. In the 87th minute of that match, Pepe knocked down Casquero inside the box as he approached Iker Casillas’ goal. After knocking him down, he kicked the Getafe player twice when he was on the ground and then argued with the referees after [...]
Marcelo: out of control? Is the pressure to catch Barcelona getting to be too much for Real Madrid. Granted this was a hard fought match, a Madrid derby even though Getafe is a suburb of Madrid, but you had Pepe’s unbelievable kicking outburst and then this piece, a free-for-all accounting for snippets of Madrid’s Brazilian winger/fullback Marcelo’s antics aimed at Getafe’s Argentine defender Daniel “Cata” Diaz. Is this your typical Brasil v Argie aggro or a symptom of something else? [...]
Match Day Results Saturday April 18th Athletic Bilbao 0 – 1 Deportivo La Coruna Atletico Madrid 3 – 0 Numancia Getafe 0 – 1 Barcelona Malaga 1 – 1 Mallorca Recreativo 0 – 1 Real Madrid Sunday April 19th Almeria 2 – 1 Osasuna Espanyol 1 – 0 Racing Santander Valladolid 0 – 0 Villarreal Valencia 3 – 1 Sevilla Real Betis 2 – 0 Sporting Gijon
I can hear the typewriters clicking away in the background. Arsenal defeat an undermanned Villarreal squad at home, Manchester United slog away for an unimpressive 0-1 scoreline against over-matched FC Porto, and Chelsea fight off Liverpool in a match riddled with defensive errors for a less than impressive 4-4 draw at home and the masses of Premiership zombies come out of their dens, calling the first a dominating effort by the superior Gunners, the second a much deserved return to [...]
A few mere weeks ago when Barcelona had lost to their local rivals Espanyol, I said that there were many reasons to believe that they would cave-in to a resurgent Real Madrid under Juande Ramos. Fixture congestion, lack of form to key players up front, injuries at the back and a history of frankly “bottling it” in the history of the title race. They are called masters of the cup for a reason. I have to say though that yesterday’s [...]
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