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Nobody told me they moved to Spain…
It’s official–Real Madrid is the New York Yankees of international Soccer. It didn’t take long after their loss in the Round of 16 in the Champion’s League for “vote of confidence” to come out and not much longer for the rumors about a new manager.
Apparently, Arsene Wenger is the first–of a probable many–manager who will have to tell Real “Thanks, but not thanks”. He even said:
Real Madrid thought they might be able to play a “home final” for the Champion’s League.
Real Madrid got blown out of the Champion’s League by Lyon–at home–and now the team is reeling and the front office figured it had to make a stand. So, they did what most teams do. They made a statement:
“We will respect him{Pellegrini} because we believe in his work, although we know that the coach of Madrid is always accompanied by controversy. He has a contract for next season and the plan is that he will continue being our coach. The season hasn’t finished and there are still things to fight for.”
The stadium might make a lift-off with the crazy fans this time around…
With Real Madrid down 1-0 to Lyon after their first match this one should be a doozy. There’s no way in the world that a set of teams like these two–only separated by a goal–are going to do anything but go at it on Wednesday.
This time they’re going to be in Madrid and ready for a CRAZY atmosphere. Madrid has been abuzz all season because of all of the superstar talent (it does sell tickets) and that should make the game feel more like a final and less like the Round of 16.
Becks isn’t making up the difference…I don’t think.
Alexandre Pato is out with a hamstring strain and MAY NOT be able to play against United in the second leg of their Champion’s League Round of 16 matchup. This is a problem for AC Milan because they need Pato for the Champion’s League and the rest of their club season.
With AC Milan nursing a 3-2 deficit against United there really is no room for slip-ups and now the “slips” are coming.
Clockwork Orange crushed us yesterday. Well, not “crushed” really. They didn’t beat us into submission or subject us to any ultraviolence. They kind of gave us the ol’ in out, in out though, and we played like we had a pain in our gulliver. Viddy well, little brothers though, we will bounce back. Our droogs will sharpen up before we reach South Africa. By the time we reach the Dark Continent, we will be ready to give our opponents hell, real savage like. But first…
Believing just got a little harder…
Rio Ferdinand is the new Captain of the English National club that will duke it out at the World Cup this summer. Good for him. He found he was the new captain by seeing the news on TV. Bad for England.
If anyone wants to challenge my assertion that Fabio Capello is a poor manager that’s fine, but you’d be ignoring the facts.
What’s better is that Ferdinand says he hasn’t talked to Capello in the 3 weeks that he’s been the new Captain. Then he said, about this situation:
Today, the United States will take on the Netherlands‘ National Team in Amsterdam. That’s right, our droogs will be taking on Clockwork Orange in the land of legal drugs. Now, I have been fortunate to travel to many brilliantly beautiful cities all over the world. In the States, I have traveled from LA to NY and everywhere in between. In Europe, I have seen all the capitals and great sights, including London, France, and even some girl in Munich’s underpants.
Liverpool’s Brazilian midfielder Lucas Leiva claims that Steven Gerrard is more of a better player if compared to his compatriot Kaka. This must be the biggest joke of the year. No disrespect to any Liverpool fans out there but it will take Gerrard the rest of his career to reach the level Kaka was playing at while in Milan.
Lucas claims that Gerrard’s versatility gives him the edge over Kaka. That his defensevie duties make him indispensable. Now Gerrard is a highly talented player that i do not doubt, what makes me disagree with this whole idea is the fact that Gerrard is a lukewarm player. Stevie only gives sterling performances in the EPL, and occasionally in Europe.Kaka while still in Milan was one of Europe’s dominant players.
So, let me get this straight. I’m not backing off on this one…
If you are the captain of the team and you have PERSONAL issues then you certainly can’t captain the team and that requires a personal reprimand from Fabio Capello, but if you break someone’s leg on a bad tackle then you’re good to go and MUST be called up.
That’s what happened after Ryan Shawcross broke Aaron Ramsey’s leg on a pathetic tackle attempt. Fabio Capello must’ve thought that he’d make it worse by calling up a dirty player so what better way to destroy England’s PR than to just do something that looks bad. Right?
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It’s all about getting through the fog…
Bordeaux gets Olympiakos on Tuesday in the Champion’s League Round of 16 and this is a good chance for them to make a pretty bold statement. We all know that they’re running away with Ligue 1 right now, but that’s just THEIR league. They are a dominant team and they can show us that against Olympiakos.
