For my product review, I got to try the Adidas Spain Training Top that La Furia Roja (Spanish national team) will be wearing while in South Africa for the World Cup this summer, courtesy of SoccerPro. The top came to my door very quickly, maybe a week after I ordered it, and was in the usual adidas packaging, with a nice fold job and all the official tags on the top as was to be expected. As I ripped open [...]
It was bound to happen, and it finally did, on the 20th of February 2010. Real Mallorca lost to Sevilla 3-1 at the Nou Estadi, which was previously their fortress of solitude, going unbeaten at home through the length of the season. 10 wins to be exact, but now their is a notch in the loss column, to go with the incredible 7 losses away from home, or compliment the 1 win away from home, however you look at it. [...]
Llorente Weaves His Way Through the Yellow Submarine I was watching the Villarreal versus Athletic Bilbao match on Saturday night nursing a beer and waiting for the hamburgers to de-thaw in the sink. Exciting night I know, but I did not end up eating until closer to 7 because of what transpired at the end of the game, which is hard to sum up in to words. A fair first half saw three goals and some good play from both [...]
Can Barcelona Run Away With the League? Barcelona won again this past weekend, thoroughly dominating Getafe at the Camp Nou despite two sending offs and a penalty, abeit a late one. Still undefeated in La Liga, they have an amazing 55 points from 21 games, meaning they have only dropped 8 points all season (four draws). Real Madrid are no slouches either, with 50 points, but looses in Bilbao, Seville and at Barcelona have set them five points back of [...]
The Boys In Blue With the midway point of the La Liga season behind us, many folks wrote about how Mallorca or Deportivo La Coruna were early candidates for team of the season thanks to their height in the league table. While its always apropos to do midseason projections and awards, how often do the favorite teams end of shuffling off to mediocrity after such a promising first half of the year? Perhaps its best for a team to start [...]
