Local derbies rarely pass with little incident. In the early kick off on Sunday in England, the two Manchester sides produced one of the most memorable local derbies in recent memory. Or at least since the 6-1. In Spain it was the turn of Espanyol and Barcelona to put on a show. If what followed might not be worthy of the tag “classic”, it can certainly be described as important. Both in terms of what that point means to each [...]
We cover La Liga, the Spanish Primera and Segunda here, and we try to offer the league with an unbiased eye or at least not so biased an eye that would force you to keep coming here. It´s not about separating into our tribal councils, it´s about sharing our passion for our league and our teams. So I try not to let my colors show all that much, but I´m an RCD Espanyol fan at heart. I bleed blue and [...]
I hope everyone enjoyed their Three Kings or ‘Reyes Magos’ holiday and got to watch plenty of futbol over the weekend. It’s always fun to see what gifts people get especially some of the futbolistas who like to post photos of their gifts on Twitter. One guy who wasn’t in the holiday spirit was Celta’s Mario Bermejo who grumped earlier this week about having to play on the Reyes Magos. Celta then promptly went out and whipped up on Alcoyano [...]
I was listening to an NPR podcast the other day and the discussion revolved on what figure, whether a musician or writer, actor or director, and in this case for these purposes here a manager or player, you have had a complete change of heart on? In other words, have you liked or disliked someone so much that it became obsessive and you have done an about face and you say to yourself, ¨How could I have ever thought that [...]
After a long and torturous winter-break, the Primera returns for its second go-around. The players are well-rested and relaxed, if a bit sluggish really from all the merriment, but whether they are ready or not, we certainly are, and we demand entertainment. If this weekend is any indication, we are in for plenty. First, let me reset the stage: Real Madrid and FC Barcelona are unlikely to deal in the winter market, and most other clubs are in a crisis-induced [...]
It feels like forever since we’ve had games in the Segunda hasn’t it? It’ll be nice to see the boys in both the Segunda and the Primera get back to action this week. I mean, really, you can only watch so much EPL. I could have sworn Fulham played Aston Villa like 12 times over the break… or something like that. The weekend starts out with its usual Friday night tilt, this time featuring Alcoyano-Celta. You would have thought that the Christmas break [...]
Diego Simeone’s resumé leaves little doubt as to why he was the one appointed to the job at Atlético Madrid. Two league titles in Argentina with Estudiantes as well as River Plate give any coach a stage where he can explore options in other parts of the world. His results and his playing style have always guaranteed offensive aggressiveness with lots of defensive liability. His second stint at Racing Club saw him tweak his defensive map much better as La [...]
