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10 September 2011
Every match comes down to a key moment, and for me, this picture illustrates that moment as eloquently as any verbiage. Because in the 30th minute, when Alexis Sanchez was hacked down by a tackle that deserved at least a yellow and instead got nothing, the match changed for the worse for us. It wasn’t [...]
Posted in La Liga, Review50 Comments
10 September 2011
The big news is that Puyol has been cleared by the medical team and is on the bench. Guardiola doesn’t like being upstaged, so he has rolled out an interesting lineup: Valdes – Alves Busquets Fontas Adriano – Xavi Keita Thiago – Pedro Fabregas Sanchez Bench: Pinto, Puyol, Mascherano, Abidal, Iniesta, Messi, Villa Join [...]
Posted in La Liga, Liveblog120 Comments
09 September 2011
He wasn’t going to make it, they said. As much as we’d love him to, as proud as we’d be if he overcame the odds, he just wasn’t good enough. Sitting in a bar, or cafe, or even in the living room, the main talking point during the summer transfer window always remained the same: [...]
Posted in La Liga, Preview43 Comments
09 September 2011
In sitting down to think about what this magical season has meant to me, I keep returning to two words: Eric Abidal I have spilled a lot of tears over this club over the years, tears of joy and sadness, tears of rage and frustration. But never before has a simple moment of unassailable, deep-running [...]
Posted in Thoughts19 Comments
08 September 2011
[Note: this was written June 4, 2011] Barcelona’s 2010-2011 season has ended, and it has ended gloriously. Like a firework created by Gandalf, lit by Messi, and exploding with the force of 10,000 super suns. Yeah, that’s pretty. So what better way to recap the season than by quoting the single greatest movie of all-time: [...]
Posted in Barcelona, Champions League, La Liga25 Comments
08 September 2011
[Note: this was written on June 5, 2011] I don’t know about you, but the 28th of May was the first time a football match has reduced me to a sobbing mess. It was an expression of joy, relief – and the ultimate release of frustration. When Gerard Pique spoke so emphatically about what we [...]
Posted in Thoughts21 Comments