On Tuesday Night, Allianz Arena witnessed one of the devastating performances in Champions League football, but this time their home team was at the receiving end. Real Madrid, 9 times European Champions thumped defending Champions Bayern Munich 4-0 and qualified to the final after 12 years. This season is turned out to be one […]
On June 1st 2013, Real Madrid won their last league match of the season against Osasuna, and marked the end of Jose Mourinho’s stint as Madrid coach for 3 years. Bernabeu faithful divided into two sections – On one end, there were signs like ‘Thanks for Everything Mou’ and die-hard supporters including Madrid Ultras chanted his name […]
The much awaited El Clasico ended with a score line reading 3-4 in favor of Barcelona. Lionel Messi had broken another couple of records by becoming the leading goal scorer in Clasicos and also became first ever player to score hat trick at Bernabeu against Real Madrid. As usual this El Clasico is also studded […]
In Phil Ball’s book on Spanish football, he says that, between Barcelona and Real Madrid, “so much morbo you would have to employ a very powerful priest to exorcise the phenomenon.” and I wouldn’t say that even one of the above words could be called an overstatement. It is arguably the fiercest rivalry in modern football […]
There is an old saying, “When talent and hard work combine, they become an unstoppable force.” Well, this may statement may hardly materialize in this world but then it does and the world of football has greatly benefited from a player who is the embodiment of this quote. They say that a strong attack wins matches while […]
La Liga – No more a two horse race | Two horse race, Incompetent, Unbalanced, Spain’s biggest football league was clichéd among football fans with many such phrases. If you happened to be a Barcelona or Real Madrid fan, its more about how much your team fires apart the opponents came before your team and then […]
When the two largest cities of Spain clash with each other in a game of Football, the world comes to a stand still to witness the best rivalry bringing out the best of football to the audience. No matter which club you support, you will be loving to watch an El Clasico. Won’t you be? […]
The most anticipated match of the season El Clasico took place in Camp Nou today. A mossiac was displayed by the spectators saying “forca tito” extending their support to Tito Vilanova. From the 1st minute to the end of the the game Barcelona showed absolute domination and there was no doubt that they were in […]