Blaugrana Got Grit
Sunday, 11 January 09, 04:14 PM
Of the last three matches played byFC Barcelona, all tended to be gritty to some degree. The la liga match with Mallorca saw the blaugrana a little off their game with many of the top players resting. They played away as well and had to endure falling behind early on, but they came back to win it with Henry, Iniesta, and Toure all putting the ball into the net before the final whistle.
The Catalan side showed more flair in the Copa del Rey fixture with Atletico Madrid, but the level of cynicism the rojiblancos dipped to was brutal. Even here though, Barça weren't going to flinch one iota and Messi, despite (or maybe because of) the blatant hacking by Atléti, came away with a hat trick. And again, this was an away match.
And just an hour or so...
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Iniesta, Just Shave It
Monday, 06 October 08, 11:40 AM
Or something. The GolTV commentator, Ray Hudson, saw what Andrés had done to his hair, and thought the young playmaker had lost a bet. Either that or he's fallen behind on payments to the Catalan mafia: "This time it's your hair. Next time, your toes." My advice to Iniesta is to just cut the whole thing. It really looks bad. Every time he got the ball in the match against Atletí my eyes couldn't help but gravitate to what he'd done to the hair on his head. Santa Maria, boy, clean that mess up!
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About That Thrashing of Atleti ... Wow
Sunday, 05 October 08, 11:20 AM
6-1. I think that says it all really. Atletico's Coupet actually did well in front of goal, believe it or not, and it could've easily been 8-1 or 9-1. But if anyone were to tell me we were going to put three away by the ten minute mark, and five by the half hour, I might've suggested easing up on the Red Bull. To say it was the perfect start to a match is massive understatement. I mean, quite bluntly, the last thing any supporter wants to see is the opposition offering, well, opposition. We want our boys to win hands down, no questions asked, no mercy taken. And, yesterday that's exactly what Barça did.
The question, however, that always surfaces after a victory, at least for me, is just how convincing was the win? I want to know if I can at least rest a week, confident our squad are on the right track and in good form. If...
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Tim said:Please do never compare Ronaldo to Messi because he doesn't worth that. No one ...
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Pequito
seattle, US
Over 30 years ago, this American came to love the sport by way of Guam. It may have been pivotal that his first coach was a Spaniard with the self-declared moniker of 'Don Pedro'. Since then, the love of tiki-taka and all things La Liga has been foremost. This especially applies to Barça.
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