Abidal To Play In Benefit Match In Miami

By Juan Arango on April 29, 2009

Miami will be part of the summer international soccer scene outside of the Gold Cup this summer. Some of Europe’s big stars and their Caribbean counterparts will convene there in order to raise money for the development Haitian youth soccer. …

Bilbao Looks For Revindication With Special Jersey

By Juan Arango on April 16, 2009

When stepping on to the pitch at Mestalla, Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao will both have 24 conquests in the Copa del Rey. In an effort to begin the campaign to become once again the undisputed Cup King, the Basques presented …

Barca vs. The Madrid Media

By Juan Arango on April 13, 2009

For nth time this season the Madrid press have come out with cover pages stating how Barcelona were once again aided by referees. For the nth time this season, the Catalans respond by saying that Juande’s Madrid won with coma-inducing …

La Liga Week 30 Wrap

By Juan Arango on April 12, 2009

Numbers seemed down this week in La Liga mostly due to the Easter holiday, but that did not reduce the excitement in the league. Barcelona continue their ways en route to their 19th league title. The Blaugrana Ballet showed offense, …

Senna Out Of Midweek Clash

By Juan Arango on April 12, 2009

Last week it was Santi Cazorla that was being lamented prior to Villarreal’s away leg match against Arsenal. News got worse for Manuel Pellegrini when Spanish international Marcos Senna would be ruled out of the return leg of the Champions …

Guti Refuses To Warm Up?

By Juan Arango on April 5, 2009

José María Gutiérrez was always a players with a temperment. Now that same temperment has him on the outside looking in with Madrid coach Juande Ramos. This rivalry has become part of the subplots in the Madrid media as the …

Madrid Elections Heat Up As Calderón Thrown Hat Into The Ring

By Juan Arango on March 26, 2009

Who said that there was nothing in the political arena that was going to be more heated than the US presidential elections.  Well it has finally been met.  Real Madrid has a tendency to upstage any news in Spain in …