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24 October 2011
Liga Preview: Granada – Barcelona, 2pm ET (ESPNDeportes and GolTV*) If you’re a minnow and you beat Villarreal, you can feel pretty good about yourself. Maybe the season won’t be quite so long after all. But if you’re Granada, you realize that it’s your only win of the season and Villarreal is in 16th place in [...]
Posted in La Liga, Preview172 Comments
22 October 2011
Euler is coming to the rescue with the review, which is a good thing, since he’s a lot better at it than me. But what he isn’t better at than me is stirring up the villagers, like Frankenstein on the roof, dropping trou to moon the peasants. So let’s do this, in the form of [...]
Posted in Kevin Rating Synthesis, La Liga, Thoughts162 Comments
22 October 2011
Starting XI: Valdes Alves Mascherano Abidal Keita Xavi Thiago Iniesta Adriano Messi Villa Bench: Pinto, Fontas, Maxwell, Busquets, Cesc, Cuenca, Pedro The lineup has me thinking Pep is going to go with the 3-4-3 tonight. Will we see the triumphant return of Fabregas? Cuenca’s second game for the first team? Jnice come out of [...]
Posted in La Liga, Liveblog81 Comments
21 October 2011
Sevilla has a new coach that is an old hand at this La Liga business: Marcelino. That’s a man whose accomplishments with small clubs isn’t to be laughed about: a 6th placed finish with Racing Santander alongside successful promotion campaigns with Recreativo Huelva and Real Zaragoza. He’s had trouble at Zaragoza in the Primera, but [...]
Posted in La Liga, Preview35 Comments
20 October 2011
At 8:58 on the clock, Valdes collects an errant clear from a defender. He passes it to Xavi, who pass it to Adriano on the wing, it goes back to Xavi, who pivots and sends it halfway crossfield to Iniesta near the half line. Iniesta dribbles forward and sents a ball to Messi, playing between [...]
Posted in Champions League, Review84 Comments
19 October 2011
Starting XI: Valdes Alves Mascherano Abidal Adriano Xavi Busquets Iniesta Pedro Messi Villa Bench: Pinto, Puyol, Fontas, Maxwell, Keita, Thiago, Cuenca Game is at 2:45 EST. Liveblog will start as soon as my beer run ends. Discussion quote for the day: “When things are peaceful, the warlike person trips over himself” – Nietzsche
Posted in Champions League, Liveblog41 Comments