Carles Puyol

David Villa became the tal­is­man for the Span­ish national foot­ball team, scor­ing five of Spain’s six goals in the tour­na­ment.  Xavi Hernán­dez and Andrés Ini­esta con­trolled the mid­field with their inci­sive pass­ing and ball pos­ses­sion.  Fer­nando Tor­res could not get into stride as he strug­gled for form from his April knee surgery and was eventually […]

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The sprin­klers rose up from the pitch and sprayed the Inter Milan play­ers and staff.  The Barcelona anthem, “Cant del Barça,” blared through the loud­speak­ers as the Culés did not know whether to clap off their Blau­grana heroes or vehe­mently whis­tle at the unwanted vis­i­tors from north­ern Italy.  This sense of con­fu­sion per­me­ated through­out the […]

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The Con­gress Hall of the Palace of Cul­ture and Sci­ence in War­saw, Poland held the draw for UEFA Euro 2012 on Sun­day after­noon, and while there is no clear con­sen­sus about a “group of death” among the nine groups, Spain’s group would not be con­sid­ered in con­tention for that infa­mous moniker. Spain was cho­sen in […]

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The hype, the pomp, the cir­cum­stance.  All of these rose to a higher level for this episode of El Clásico at the Camp Nou on Sun­day evening.  Com­ing into this match, FC Barcelona turned their for­tunes around in the UEFA Cham­pi­ons League with a 2–0 vic­tory over Inter Milan.  The score­line hardly gave any justice […]

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La Liga team of the decade

by Matt Langille on July 15, 2009 · 10 comments

Since we are approach­ing the end of a decade, and since it’s summer,I thought I would offer up my La Liga Team of the decade. I set my team based on the best actual sea­son had by a player in each posi­tion. It is not an aggrega­tive list. It is not based on con­tri­bu­tions over […]

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