Here are FC Barcelona’s 2012-13 kits. The home isn’t bad, but the away kit…ow, my eyes.
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May 22, 2012
May 14, 2012
Lost in the madness of yesterdays drama in the Premier League was the surprise relegation of Villarreal.
Villarreal was in the Champions League just this past season, but injuries and selling off players hurt them and they’ll now be facing a tough fight back into the top flight.
April 22, 2012
Cristiano Ronaldo scores game winner at Camp Nou, tells Barça fans to keep it down.
Trollin’ erryday, even in el Clasico. Madrid wins 2-1 on the road and puts the stranglehold back on La Liga.
(once again via the wonderful GIFULMINATION)
February 27, 2012
Cristiano Ronaldo troll-gazed the entire Rayo Vallecano squad by sending a no-look back heel with actual power past the defenders and the keeper for the only score in a 1-nil away win.
Mario Balotelli: take notes.
February 27, 2012
There is no God, only Messi. La Pulga caught Atletico Madrid keeper Thibaut Courtois napping on a free kick and curled it top corner before the young Belgian knew what hit him. That was the deciding goal as Barcelona won 2-1 at the Vicente Calderon.
(Gratuitous note to Chelsea fans: that’s your keeper of the future, too!)
February 12, 2012
Every once in awhile, Cristiano Ronaldo likes to remind everyone that he is also unbelievably talented (since he plays in the same general airspace as Lionel Messi). This is his third goal during today’s destruction of Levante by the La Primera Liga leaders, Real Madrid.
December 10, 2011
Tweeting El Clásico.
It’s on ESPN 3 right now for American viewers.
We’re kinda live-tweeting it over at TWGBlog.
October 3, 2011
“My name is Inigo Martinez. You killed my father. Prepare to die.”
We have yet another “goal of the year” candidate for European football as Martinez put this strike in all the way from behind the midfield marker for Real Sociedad in the Basque derby against Athletic Bilbao. Martinez’s goal was the equalizer, but Fernando Llorente’s brace for Athletic gave new manager Marcelo “El Loco” Bielsa his first win as the man in charge of San Mames.
Gol de Iñigo Martínez desde 54 metros (Real Sociedad 1-1 Athletic Bilbao) (Medio Campo) (by BirdTwentyThird)
August 23, 2011
Trecker: Strike puts La Liga's future at a crossroads - La Liga News | FOX Sports on MSN
I don’t necessarily believe an American-style salary cap is the solution to European football’s financial shenanigans as Fox Sports’ Jamie Trecker does. International transfers are too big a marketplace in club soccer to keep that cap consistent with currencies differing between countries.
The real problem in Spanish football is that there’s no formalized punishment in footballing terms for poorly run clubs. If your English club goes into administration, you’re pretty much relegated because of the point docking. In Spain, that costs you no points and removes the incentive to at least behave within your means of credit. The outlandish TV deals for RM and Barça are another problem, but the lack of point docking for administration sticks out like a sore thumb.
August 19, 2011
Strike brings pain to Spain over players' demand for emergency fund | Sid Lowe | Football | The Guardian
If you’ve not noticed the headlines over the past few weeks, there will be no action in La Liga this weekend, as the players are striking over many clubs not paying the players. With many first division clubs in administration (and in Spain, this carries no point penalty), there are a lot of players who aren’t superstars and aren’t earning their living.
August 19, 2011
Getafe directs fans to sperm banks in order to create new supporters
Yes, that is the gist behind this video, and it’s perfectly understandable even if you barely understand Spanish. This is the humorous campaign the club’s come up with regarding its status behind Real and Atlético in Madrid.
However, the Fiver did note that it’s not the first odd advert Getafe have produced.
(It should go without saying that the links are NSFW.)
UPDATE: found YouTube version, added.
July 12, 2011
Being one of the top five footballers in the world means you can certainly afford a sweet ride. 350K euros is chump change if you’re C. Ronaldo.
July 9, 2011
Gerard Pique posted this pic from his Twitter account. Don’t talk bad about his woman or his teammates, all.
(via This is Gerard Pique firing an AK-47 - Dirty Tackle - World Soccer Blog - Yahoo! Sports)
May 28, 2011
This is not the first time, nor do I believe it will be the last that these two teams meet in a Champions League final. Many things have changed since 2009.
Barcelona have seen a lot more of Cristiano Ronaldo since he left Manchester for Real Madrid, and in a response of sorts, Sir Alex Ferguson fashioned a squad with stars that feels at times nameless: while we all know Rooney, Nani, Giggs, Scholes, Vidic, Evra, and van der Sar, they are all overshadowed in a sense by being Man Utd. If Ronaldo felt bigger than the squad at some times and a focus of everyone’s hate, Lord Ferg has tacked to the opposite again in a way. He made the steal of last summer’s transfer season with Javier Hernandez and fashioned a line of subs that could start as someone’s first team.
Barça has merely continued to be Barça, with its passing-as-defense-and-offense style helping turn La Liga into a more expensive Scottish Prem (obviously, the LFP’s attitude toward TV rights has more to do with it but the quality of the top two hasn’t helped.) Samuel Eto’o was shipped out to Inter Milan in exchange for Zlatan Ibrahimovic, which didn’t pan out in the sense that it was Inter that knocked off the blaugrana on its way to last year’s CL final. The Catalans “loaned” out the Swede to AC Milan and simply spent to add David Villa to the front line, an embarrassment of riches to go with Xavi, Iniesta, Pique, Puyol, Dani Alves, and of course, the Little Magician.
Both squads are domestic champions this season. It’s about as good a pairing as a fan could ask for, with enough footballing prowess to compel neutrals and even the most rabid haters of one or both squads to watch.
A few things I’ll be looking for:
- How Vidic & Ferdinand deal with the attacking trio of Messi, Villa, and Pedro
- What Sergio Busquets does to counter Wayne Rooney’s role
- What form Barcelona’s back four takes — the team has been playing left back by committee thanks to injury
- The ref. FCB’s semi vs. RM made for a disgusting first leg because of the flopping. United does tend to play physically (legitimately so.) How’s this all going to be called?
My prediction: 2-2 aet, United on PKs. (Of course, this means we’ll get a 1-0 squeaker now.)
It starts at 2 pm Eastern and is on Fox proper — yes, the broadcast channel — for those of us in the United States. Thus, we ask, as we do for every big match…
WHO YA GOT?
May 5, 2011
"A cursory glance at Roy Hodgson or Carlo Ancelotti proves there are no shortage of managers who could benefit from a crash-course in blame deflection, conspiracy theories and breath-taking hypocrisy that are the Special One’s current areas of expertise, but it’s probably fair to say that Sir Alex Ferguson has forgotten more about all three dark arts than even Real Madrid’s preening, strop-throwing touchline pouter will ever know."
— It’s always extra-fun when the Guardian’s Barry Glendenning is at the helm of the Fiver for the day.
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