Articles tagged with "frank rijkaard"
Murcia - Barcelona: The End of the End, Saturday 4pm (GolTV)
By Isaiah | May 16th, 2008Well, it's the last preview of the 2007/08 season and it can't come fast enough for most of us. We all want to get on with the changes, with the new era that will be beginning at the final whistle. But this is could be our last chance to see several ...
Que te vaya bien, Frank
By Isaiah | May 13th, 2008I'm not generally one for too much sentiment when it comes to sports. I bid players and coaches farewell about as emotionally as I do laundry, but somehow this is different. Franklin Edmundo Rijkaard will certainly be missed around these parts, despi ...
Meet the New Manager
By Isaiah | May 8th, 2008It has been officially announced from here to Timbuktu, Josep "Pep" Guardiola will be taking over as manager of Barcelona on June 30, replacing Frank Rijkaard. I'll do both a bio for Pep and a goodbye for Frankie in the next couple of days as I, li ...
End of an Era at Barcelona
By Daryl | May 8th, 2008Wednesday was an unhappy night for Barcelona. In a semi-low key El Clásico at the Bernabéu, Barcelona's players had to give newly crowned champions Real Madrid a guard of honour. And then they lost 4-1. Samuel Eto'o missed the game through ...
An Open Letter to Ronaldinho
By Rob | May 7th, 2008After reading Daryl's musing on Ronaldinho's fall from grace, I thought about how much I've covered the story for myself, I thought about how much I enjoyed watching Ronaldinho from 2005, and how unbelievable it is that the man who could do this, is ...
Nous from the Camp
By Isaiah | May 5th, 2008Another week, another crucial injury, another rumor, another mega signing on the way. It's just humdrum life at FC Barcelona, eh? First the real news and then the speculation: Gabi Milito has suffered an ACL tear that will require surgery and will ...
Champions League Semi Final Preview: Man Utd vs Barça Pt. II
By Daryl | April 29th, 2008It's no secret that second legs are almost always better. Why? Because that's when we find out who wins. And so the fireworks we were expecting from last week's first leg between Barcelona and Manchester United should all go off today. Cristiano ...
What He Said: This weeks Champions League in quotes.
By Rob | April 24th, 2008As is traditionally fun, a irreverent look at exactly what managers, coaches, and commentators said before, during and after the Champions League football this week. "Winning is a must" - Frank Rijkaard. Oops. "Its pretty much as we expected" ...
Regarding Barça
By Sam | April 21st, 2008The Financial Times' sport columnist, Simon Kuper, spent a few days last month at Camp Nou interviewing Frank Rijkaard and members of the team and the great Catalan club. He even got to kick-about on the expansive pitch and commented on the psycho ...
Frank Rijkaard's Leather Couch
By Sam | April 7th, 2008Simon Kuper has a superb interview in today's Financial Times with Barcelona's Dutch coach. Frank's comment about Lionel Messi -- whom we shall not see this week due to injury -- illustrates Rijkaard's sensitivity toward his players and to the ...
What He Said - The Quarter-Finals in Quotes
By Rob | April 3rd, 2008SO as we have reached Half-Time in this years Champions-League Quarter-Finals, it seems appropriate to see what the great and good made of the weeks action. Inevitably its filled with obvious observations, incensed managers (mainly Wenger) and every ...
What Lenny Kravitz Can Teach United, and More News from around Europe
By Rob | April 2nd, 2008Just What can Lenny Karavitz teach Man United? **Meanwhile, Daniele De Rossi has already headed Kravitz lesson ***Ronaldinho is reportedly back in training, after his "injury", which is thought to have been more a spat with Frank Rijkaard - for ...
Sevilla - Barcelona: Saturday, 4pm EST
By Isaiah | February 8th, 2008Well, folks, it's that time of the week again, when I roll out the fabulous and 100% correct preview of things to come. Why even bother watching the game, when you can just read this preview and know exactly what's coming? I mean, really, there's not even
Barcelona - Villarreal: Copa del Rey 2nd Leg, TODAY 4pm EST
By Isaiah | January 31st, 2008Heyyyyoooo it's Barcelona hosting Villarreal in a must-win match. Not draw, not lose, but win. Outright. By putting more goals in the net than the other team. Anyone not clear on this? Rijkaard, any questions? Ronaldinho is back, in the squad, if not nece
Barcelona - Sevilla: Copa del Rey 2nd leg
By Isaiah | January 15th, 2008It's 1-1 and we've got to make a statement. It's more of a statement game than Murcia because, despite the 4-0 scoreline, it was Murcia and this is the UEFA Cup defending champ. This is the game where Frank can make up for all he seems to have lost over t
How to deserve to lose
By Isaiah | January 10th, 2008Purely hypothetically let's say you're the manager of a famous club and your team is drawing 1-1 away during the first leg of a cup tie. Naturally you have several options open to you because, as has been previously stated, your club is famous and therefo
Classic Snapshot: Frank Rijkaard and Rudi Völler
By Jan | December 13th, 2007A follow up to the Johan Cruijff post, as I thought I could just as well turn this day into Dutch-German football rivalry day at the Bundesliga Offside. Credit goes to Inara from the Lyon Offside for digging this one up. Frank Rijkaard spits at Rudi Völ
Aftermath: What's in the Press
By Inara | November 29th, 2007The draw against Barcelona last Tuesday has reawakened Lyon's spirits, and for the first time in two months, people are beginning to have hope of qualification. While the odds are still in Rangers' favor, the gap has shortened, with many people thinking t
Barcelona - Zaragoza: Wednesday 4pm EST
By Isaiah | September 25th, 2007Naturally the sports media and even Barca's official site is lauding Wednesday's matchup with Zaragoza as the battle of the Militos. They should be playing relatively near each other, if not specifically matching up continuously. I'm under the impression
Adios, Conejo and, um, Maxi Lopez
By Isaiah | July 10th, 2007Well, Javier Saviola has moved over to Real Madrid in a move that will certainly not be met with as much bile as Luis Figo's move once was. It's a shame to see such a talented striker go, but he was obviously not a part of Rijkaard's plans, especially n
Absolute Quality
By Andy | November 2nd, 2006Here is the main reason (watch the video below) why I think Barcelona's coach Frank Rijkaard, took to the pitch at the final whistle to confront the referee about the SIX minutes of injury time that he allowed, although official sources are indicating tha
Champions League Draw
By Bob | August 25th, 2006If you have more of a life than we do and you weren't watching the Champions League draw on your computer as it happened, than you can re-live the magical hour that was by reading Deadly Musings' liveblog of the event. As thrilling as watching names
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