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Spanish Football: The Impossible Separation Of Sport And State In La Liga
In much of the world, professional sports serve as little more than a form of entertainment – a world of glorified, physically gifted athletes who are paid astronomical wages (although, based on the simple law of demand, rightfully so) to wow us …
Champions League Report: Predicting the final 16
Champions League View: Liverpool are dumped to the Europa League, and one of Bayern Munich and Juventus will join them tonight. It’s official – the big sides aren’t having it all their way this season in Europe – already we’ve seen Arsenal struggle at home, Liverpool struggle home and away, United drop points, Barcelona lose…
The 55 clubs Real Madrid has lost to since October 1999
Sid Lowe’s La Liga column in the Guardian shared an interesting statistic this week – over 50 clubs have beaten Real Madrid since October 2009 (last 10 years), but Atletico Madrid isn’t one of them. Here’s the list in full: Al Nasr Saudi Club, Al-Ahly, Alavés, Alcorcón, Almería, Anderlecht, Arsenal, Barcelona, Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich,…
Sergio Aguero Interview: I would adapt easily to English football
Sergio Aguero inherited the mantle of star striker at Atletico Madrid from Fernando Torres and on Tuesday night he showed exactly why, scoring two excellent goals in a 2-2 draw against Chelsea in the Champions League. Aguero has been the subject of intense transfer speculation in the last 18 months, and there were claims by…
Podcast: Champions League review, Arsenal’s boardroom battle and crazy transfers
Join former Arsenal player Adrian Clarke and celebrated sports journalist Iain Spragg for Episode 27 of the world famous Soccerlens Podcast. This week’s bouncy banter focuses on Barcelona and Inter Milan’s Champions League concerns, big money transfers that defy logic, and Stan Kroenke’s bid to take control of Arsenal. A hearty selection of probing readers…
Atletico Madrid v Mallorca Prevew – La Liga – 24 October 2009
You can watch Atletico Madrid v Mallorca Live online here. Atletico Madrid v Mallorca La Liga Saturday 24 October 2009 Kick-off: 17:00 BST
Chelsea v Atletico Madrid – Chelsea expected to beat struggling Atletico Madrid
Update: Chelsea thumped Atletico Madrid 4-0 – here are all the goals. Chelsea v Atletico Madrid Wednesday 21 October 2009, Stamford Bridge UEFA Champions League Kick-Off: 19:45 UK (20:45 CET) After a night of ‘upsets’ where only 1 out of 8 home teams managed to win their Champions League games (and 5 of them lost),…
A weekend to remember
Goals galore! Football is really back with a bang now! Let us start off with the most competitive Manchester derby that has occured since football officially began in 1992. A lot of Red Devils out there have been begrudging the blue half of Manchester’s new endless pot of resourses, and why not? Who are little…
Transfer Rumors (1 September 09): Tottenham sign Pompey’s Kranjcar, Everton land Dutch star Heitinga, Aston Villa made to wait on Man City’s Dunne, and more
Unlike last year, when summer transfer deadline day saw some records broken and millions upon millions of pounds change hands, things were a lot quieter this time around. But as always, it’s just as much about who didn’t move as it is about who did move, and there were plenty of misses to go with…
Transfer Rumors (28 August 09): Everton swoop for Dutch star Heitinga, Tottenham to swap Jenas for Inter’s Muntari, West Ham land Diamanti, and more
As we gear up for another exciting weekend of football action, it’s also time to gear up for the end of the summer transfer window. With the hours steadily ticking down towards Tuesday’s deadline, time is getting thin for clubs to finalize moves that are already in the works and have a chance to put…
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