Articles tagged with "spain-la-liga"
Picture: Abel Resino is Presented
By al | February 3rd, 2009"I don't know what's going to happen, but I can tell everyone to be relaxed because there will be effort, dedication and everything that an ...
Aguirre SACKED!
By al | February 2nd, 2009The memories were good, but "El Atlético Madrid del Vasco Aguirre" is no more. Abel Resino, manager of CD Castellon (from the second division of Spain), ...
Samuel Eto'o: Goalscorer. Champion. Icon. Stadium Steward.
By chris | February 2nd, 2009(5:15) Samuel Eto'o is the same guy whose former agent once accused the Indomitable Lion of threatening him with death (by taking his shoes off). Basically ...
Imbeciles
By al | February 2nd, 2009Atlético isn't getting the hint. You can talk all you want about improving results but it's been over a month since you win a game ...
Valladolid Preview and Banega Interview
By al | January 31st, 2009The first chance at Liga revenge this season is always something to look forward to. When we were on a high after the 4-0 smashing ...
Luis Jiménez to Atlético?
By al | January 28th, 2009Finally, a reference to Inter in this blog that doesn't have to do with Moratti thirsting for Aguero's Argentine blood. As Inter are looking to ...
La Liga Over, Barca Winners, According To Betting Company.
By chris | January 27th, 2009If you're a fan of any other Spanish side, something says all this "Barca, Barca, Barca" is beginning to sound an awful lot like "Marsha, ...
Agüero in Nike Spot
By al | January 26th, 2009If you want to see Sergio Agüero yell at kids from a van with a megaphone and smack one of them for having a goofy ...
Stumbling and Tieing Again
By al | January 26th, 2009To all you Liga supporters: how do you feel about your team's result this weekend? Happy? Disgusted? Well, us Atlético folk have to thank a ...
Málaga Preview
By al | January 24th, 2009It's time to start "la segunda vuelta" and hopefully we start it as strong as we did the beginning of the season. Considering that the ...
The Most Expensive XI of All-Time
By chris | January 23rd, 2009With Manchester City giving a big ole middle finger to the global recession, ESPN thought it prudent to concoct the world's most expensive lineup in ...
Transfer Fun
By al | January 23rd, 2009Atlético isn't interested in buying anyone this month but they're already freshening themselves up for the summer transfer window. They're already making a few headlines ...
Well, At Least Aguirre Feels Positive
By al | January 20th, 2009It must stink to be Javier Aguirre right now. When your team is under-performing and some of the angriest fans in Spain are chanting for ...
Ugly Football
By al | January 19th, 2009That's how the Spanish commentator described the way that Atlético played against Almeria: with ugly, ugly football. And it's true, the team is completely missing ...
Almeria Preview and Mexicans Reunite
By al | January 17th, 2009There's one match left of the "half season" and Atlético fans are already pissed. After such a good streak at the end of 2008, losing ...
Ramon Calderon Calls It Quits
By chris | January 16th, 2009As expected by the Spanish press, Ramon Calderon has stepped down from his post as Real Madrid's president. The scandal erupted when it was reported ...
What's Wrong With Atlético? Here's What The Supporter Groups Say
By al | January 15th, 2009When you have a talented team that underperforms and loses more easy points than babies are lost at Planned Parenthood, you have a problem. For ...
Well What Can Ya Do
By al | January 14th, 2009In the words of Pep Guardiola, a great team was eliminated. The "friendly" didn't go so bad. Knowing that Atlético actually tried to play a solid ...
Disgrace and the Barcelona Friendly
By al | January 13th, 2009The phrase "anything can happen in football" is the only way to describe why the hell we got creamed 2-3 by Athletic Bilbao. We were completely ...
Weekend Quiz Answers: Who Were Those Bundesliga and La Liga Players?
By Laurie | January 11th, 2009If you haven't already taken our weekend quiz on Bundesliga and La Liga players, stop by here first. Then come back to this post ...
Weekend Quiz: Name the La Liga and Bundesliga Players
By Laurie | January 10th, 2009After last week's mega-quiz, we're returning to a previous quiz format: All Eyes, All the Time. I may do something else next week. ...
Samuel Eto'o Is Lookin' To Get Loose
By chris | January 9th, 2009Whatever this is just defies description. There are surely some strange stretches out there, but this one seems a bit too personal. At the very ...
Poorest Player in La Liga Primera Wins €150,000 on Lottery
By Daryl | December 23rd, 2008If you're a professional footballer then you've already won the lottery. And a story about a mega-rich playboy footballer winning the actual lottery would be ...
Quote of the Year Contender: Joan Laporta Doesn't Do Cars.
By chris | December 23rd, 2008If you recall, Joan Laporta had a tough summer. There was a vote to have him ousted as king of Barcadom after what seemed to ...
Real Madrid Sign Lassana Diarra, Makélélé's Mini-Me
By Laurie | December 22nd, 2008On the left, Claude Makélélé, defensive midfielder and France international, 35 years old. On the right, Lassana Diarra, defensive midfielder and France international, 23 ...
The Real Madrid Hack-A-Messi Show.
By chris | December 16th, 2008Anyone who watched El Clasico this weekend saw three major things: i. Barcelona is just that good. When Real Madrid - Real #$%&ing Madrid - is ...
Barcelona Take El Clásico
By chris | December 13th, 2008Barca 2 - Real 0 Real Madrid deserve kudos for their efforts, but this one was simply too much Barcelona. At one point late in the ...
El Clásico: Barcelona vs Real Madrid - Who Are You Supporting?
By Daryl | December 13th, 2008Fantabulous Clasico stream here - necessary software (it's Veetle) if needed here. Feel free to discuss the game in the comments as well. You probably already ...
Real Madrid Hire Spurs Reject
By Daryl | December 9th, 2008Big news from Real Madrid today: Bernd Schuster out, Juande Ramos in. Seems the only thing worse than nearly getting Spurs relegated is saying that ...
Marcelo's Brain Fart Kills Madrid, Aids Wikipedia.
By chris | December 8th, 2008Bad day for Marcelo and Real Madrid yesterday. Los blancos looked like a poor man's Castilla in the first half, going down 3-1 at home, ...
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