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Ruben Heads To Recre

January 24th, 2008 · No Comments

Argentine star Marco Ruben was bought by Villarreal just a few days ago, but the former U-20 is not quite ready to unpack just yet as his final destination will be in Huelva.
Because of the impact of forwards Giuseppe Rossi and Nihat up front along with others that are integral to Villarreal’s success, that […]

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Tags: La Liga · recreativo huelva · villarreal

Rossi’s Allegiance? What’s The Fuss?

January 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment

February 1st the inevitable is going to happen with the US national team. Giuseppe Rossi is going to declare his allegiance to the Azzurri. Maybe I am going to hear it from people saying that I would like to see the US fail and the other generic arguments that put me under the […]

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Tags: Italy · La Liga · US · villarreal

Riquelme Back To Boca?

November 21st, 2007 · No Comments

Rumors have come and rumors have gone along with promises and unfulfilled guarantees after his second stint ended on June 30th. Now this old flame rekindled and the dream quickly became a reality in the past 36 hours. Reports surfaced last night both during and after Argentina’s loss to Colombia in Bogota. […]

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Tags: villarreal

Injury impact

October 19th, 2007 · No Comments

There are two very attractive matchups this weekend but both fixtures look to be impacted heavily by injuries (or travel exhaustion) suffered by key players.
First let’s look at the Real Madrid v Espanyol match. Real Madrid will be without Arjen Robben, Robinho and Gabriel Heinze for their trip to Barcelona. A potential boost […]

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Tags: La Liga · barcelona · espanyol · levante · real madrid · sevilla · villarreal

Boca Might Get Their Man After All

September 1st, 2007 · No Comments

Have you ever gone to a sore and seen a computer or TV set, what have you, and you knew right away it was going to be yours. The problems was that you couldn’t afford it. You waited and waited for it to go down in price but several people after you were […]

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Tags: La Liga · argentina · villarreal

Sevilla’s Stylish Start

August 27th, 2007 · No Comments

As The Gaffer already mentioned Sevilla kicked off their season on Saturday with a 4-1 win over Getafe. While I had been looking forward to the Madrid derby, I decided to watch the Sevilla-Getafe match and was not disappoined at all. The game had plenty of excitement, flair and talking points. In the first half […]

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Tags: antonio puerta · athletic bilbao · atletico madrid · barcelona · getafe · real betis · real madrid · recreativo huelva · sevilla · valencia · villarreal

Weekend Preview - August 24th, 2007

August 24th, 2007 · No Comments

La Liga kicks off this weekend and I am going to highlight three games. We start things off with a bang as the Madrid derby sees Real host Atlético. It has been revealed that new signings Arjen Robben and Gabriel Heinze will not make their Real Madrid debuts despite my feeling that at least Heinze […]

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Tags: arjen robben · atletico madrid · daniel alves · diego forlan · gabriel heinze · getafe · giuseppe rossi · juande ramos · nicolas zigic · real madrid · sevilla · valencia · villarreal · wesley sneijder

Riquelme To Stay?

March 28th, 2007 · No Comments

By Juan Arango
The Argentine international midfielder might decide to stay beyond his projected loan window.
According to El Mediterraneo of Castellón, the exiled Villarreal star looks to be drawing his European adventure to a close. Sources have stated that the star’s house in Castellón is up for sale for an estimated €900,000.
“I have my house there, […]

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Tags: riquelme · villarreal