Articles tagged with "spain-la-liga"
Relief
By Cesar | May 12th, 2008Ahh, sweet glorious relief ... how wonderful it is! The weight of the world has been lifted off our shoulders. The birds are chirping. The ...
Safety
By Cesar | May 10th, 2008I'm keeping this one short as I battle a torrid head cold that just won't go away ... the players better not catch anything either, ...
Photo of the Day: Upended
By Laurie | May 8th, 2008"Upended" is a not a bad description here, both for what's happening to Leo Messi in the photo and for what Real Madrid did to ...
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 ...
Random Thoughts Before Today's 'Game of the Year'
By Cesar | May 7th, 2008Valencia v. Real Zaragoza. Game of the Year. How many times have I said that? (Look at that scrumptious paella. Since footie pics haven't been ...
Spain Euro 2008 and Awards Time
By Cesar | May 6th, 2008With Valencia's season winding down, I'm going to be concentrating more effort on Spain's Euro 2008 campaign. That's right, Euro 2008 is just around the ...
Title Watch Update
By Laurie | May 5th, 2008A couple of titles were settled this weekend, and a couple of challenges got more complicated. Here's what the Title Watch looks like after ...
The Abyss of Segunda
By Cesar | May 5th, 2008NADA ... that's what Valencia gave us yesterday. Nothing ... As today's front page of Foroche puts it, that's what Valencia gave us. And there's ...
Highest Paid Footballers (and Guess Which MLS Star is #1?)
By Laurie | May 2nd, 2008The numbers are out. Guess who the #1 highest-paid footballer is? You'll never guess. I'll give you a hint. Plays in ...
Frank Rijkaard's Employment Status "Outed"
By chris | May 2nd, 2008(I swiped that brilliant picture of The Curls from SoccerLens) I don't know whether to laugh, cry or throw myself off the end of a building ...
More Bad News: Villa to Madrid
By Cesar | May 2nd, 2008You want more bad news? You know, besides being near relegation, being in massive debt, having to offload our talent, etc?? According to MARCA and ...
The End of an Era
By Cesar | May 1st, 2008So this is how it ends. Valencia CF fight their way through the last four matches of the season, clawing past relegation and into next season’s ...
The Worst News Valencia Fans Could Hear ...
By Cesar | April 30th, 2008There's a bevy of news out there regarding our beloved ahead of tonight's dull 2-1 Liverpool win over Chelsea in a competition we only dream ...
Marco Senna Has Some Serious Range
By chris | April 28th, 2008You know a goal must've been fantabulous when it makes the Sportscenter Top 10 and makes its way down to the number one spot. In ...
Weekend Recap: Burning Up
By Laurie | April 28th, 2008How did those weekend games we talked about on Friday come out? Saturday Chelsea 2-1 Manchester United Chelsea's Michael Ballack put away a penalty in the 86th minute, ...
Zlatan, Crissy & Uncle Fester Throw The Media Some Bones
By chris | April 28th, 2008They should know better by now. The sensationalist media outlets will take anything and everything they can get their greasy hands on and twist it ...
Stranger Than Fiction
By Cesar | April 28th, 2008Relief, at least for one week, came in the form of a 3-0 victory at the hands of 10-man Osasuna at a feisty Mestalla yesterday. ...
Clubs on the Verge of Domestic Titles
By Inara | April 26th, 2008Though there's still several weeks left in most European football leagues, some domestic title races are already over. In Portugal, Porto were declared champions (though ...
Weekend Watch: Keeping in Step
By Laurie | April 25th, 2008A quick look at some of the games going on around the world this weekend: Saturday Chelsea vs Man Utd Chelsea need to win this one. Simple as ...
Next for Thierry Henry: MLS? Or Back to Arsenal?
By Laurie | April 25th, 2008It's looking more and more like it could be one-and-done for Thierry Henry at Barcelona. Arsenal's former super-striker joined the team only last summer, ...
Koeman Has Job Offers? WHY?
By Cesar | April 25th, 2008I wrote earlier today about my hopes for this weekend. But this news item jumped out at me and I had to say something about ...
A New Hope
By Cesar | April 25th, 2008In the never-ending saga that is Valencia CF, we now turn our attention back onto the field of play. This weekend it's Osasuna, that plucky ...
There's A Left Back For Sale
By chris | April 23rd, 2008Many fans knew who Philipp Lahm was before the World Cup in '06. Everybody knew who he was afterwards, and it took only the first ...
What a Week It's Been ...
By Cesar | April 23rd, 2008What a week, eh? From the jubilation of a Cup win last Wednesday to the depths of despair, 2 points from relegation and a drop ...
Update: The Trio MAY Return ...
By Cesar | April 21st, 2008According to Superdeporte, the ousted trio of Canizares, Albelda and Angulo WILL be available to new coach Voro should he choose to use them ... ...
Drama at the Mestalla
By chris | April 21st, 2008Bittersweet week for Valencia. They managed to pick up some unexpected silverware on Wednesday after defeating Getafe in the Copa del Rey final. Usually that's ...
The Trio Won't Return
By Cesar | April 21st, 2008On the heels of Ronald Koeman's dismissal as coach of Valencia CF, word that the Valencia board had conditions for the new coach ... The ...
Weekend Recap: Heartbreak and/or Male-Bonding Hugs
By Laurie | April 21st, 2008It's that nailbiting time of the season in most leagues, especially for those teams that are close to the top and in the title race, ...
2 Points ...
By Cesar | April 21st, 2008I've been waiting for official word from either the Valencia club website or one of the Spanish rags about Ronald Koeman's sacking before I wrote ...
Javier Clemente Says the Darndest Things
By Ryan | April 20th, 2008Former Spanish National Team manager Javier Clemente has found a new home at Real Murcia this season. This comes after a lengthy discussion with ...
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