Spanish Primera

It can't get better then this in Spanish Primera. Those with weak hearts should stop watching, even I can't watch because of almost nil coverage of Spanish lega and when star sports shows, its too late to watch. But what a season we are witnessing this year, top four teams in 4 point difference with Barca and Real Madrid at same point but Real ahead of barca on head to head count. With just three more days left Day 36 on 27th May, Day 37 on june 10 and Day 38 on june 17 to decide the winner of this season, nobody is sure who is going to win the cup. So much is at stake for all the teams this season except Sevilla who has something to cheer about after winning the UEFA Cup.

Day 35 was the highest scoring day in this season will all the teams scoring goals like the teams hit sixes in WI world cup. Barcelona trounced Atletico Madrid in a tennis like score 6-0.

Espanyol	1-5	Getafe
Atlético	0-6	Barcelona
Betis	1-1	Nàstic
Sociedad	3-1	Celta
Levante	1-4	Osasuna
Villarreal	2-1	Racing
Mallorca	0-1	Valencia
Zaragoza	4-3	Athletic
Deportivo	1-2	Sevilla
Recreativo	2-3	R Madrid
Day 35 - May 20

Team	GP	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA	GD
Barcelona	35	20	9	6	69	70	30	40
Real Madrid	35	21	6	8	69	58	36	22
Sevilla	35	20	7	8	67	61	33	28
Valencia	35	20	5	10	65	50	32	18

Meanwhile I have installed FiFa07 on my lapy and have started the Spanish Primera season and will take Barcelona to the Cup victory before 17th June :)

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Real Madrid : Beckham Off Ronaldo On ??

Now that one transfer is certain there are rumors about the second.

David Beckham will leave Real Madrid and join Major League Soccer side LA Galaxy at the end of the season. He will sign a five-year deal, reportedly worth £128m. His contract with Real Madrid ends on 30 June 2007.

"Real asked me to make a decision regarding their offer to extend my contract.After considering several options to stay in Madrid or join other major British and European teams, I have decided to join LA Galaxy.", said Beckham.

Beckham promised he would continue giving his 100% for Real till he is with them.

Meanwhile, there have been some rumors regarding Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) moving to Real Madrid.


Spanish media have reported that the 22-year-old Portuguese international will be the big summer target for Real Madrid, who were also heavily linked to the player last year.

Ronaldo, whose current contract ties him to Old Trafford until 2010, has said in the past that he would like to leave England for Spain.

Talking to reporters Manchester United assistant coach Carlos Queiroz said he wouldn't find better conditions there than those which he already has. Ronaldo 'has nothing to gain'

So,will it be Beckham Off - Ronaldo On ??

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UEFA Champion's League in Retrospect- Episode II

Clubs D'Honneur

Liverpool

When we talk about passion, when we talk about die hard rooters of a club, when we talk about the complete English football time line and the giant, we talk about Liverpool. The most impressive English club in the European championship would be none other than The reds who have been crowned the European champions five times, only behind Real Madrid and AC Milan.

If Madrid was the flavor of the late fifties then Liverpool were the rulers in late seventies and early eighties with likes of Keegan and his replacement Dalgish, Paisley and Kennedy. They won in 1976-77,1977-78,1980-81 and 1983-84. But after that victory came late, too late. There is no doubts that this was the time of the Reds, they saw all these victories and they welcomed Stevie on 30 may 1980, who eventually (and currently) turned out to be the spearhead of the pool attack, driven by his control over the complete pitch, Liverpool won the 2004-2005 beating Milan in an unforgettable final.

Come 2007 and they fight the defending champions FC Barcelona for a quarter final berth. It’s a beautiful example of a complete fusion of agony and pleasure for the football lovers all over as they see their favorite teams fight out in the knockout stage just to see a good team exit early. Very much the match of this stage, Barca Vs Pool!

AC Milan

La liga team already in, English football supremacy also discovered, another league that would complete the trilogy is Italian Serie A and the team is meeelaan! AC Milan have been the European champions six times. They’ve played quite too many finals, as may as 10 and were there fighting it out with Liverpool two years back. They were the champions in 1962-63, 1968-69, 1988-89, 1989-90, 1993-94, 2002-03 beating Benfica, Ajax, Steaua Bucuresti, Benfica again, Barcelona and Juventus respectively.

The Rossoneris have dominated the game for a lot of time in their part of the world and have been the Italian bosses most of the time overcoming threats from home rivals Inter, and league rival Juventus and Roma. Driven by the forces of Marco van Basten, Massaro, Shevchenko, Maldini, Rijkaard during their times in the complete timeline, the Milan fans have been delighted time and time again by phenomenal display of modern day football.

Come 2006-07 and Milan see controversies, the match fixing scandal, Shevchenko moving to Chelsea, Dida’s injury, the aggressive Milan crowd and the fan fiasco. They have had a torrid time. They take on Scottish team Celtic in the initial knockout stages, and with Kaka’s reverent presence this gate should not be a difficult one to cross. At least the fans feel so and they go meeelaan meeelaan again!

There is More to follow!

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UEFA Champion's League in Retrospect- Episode I

The biggest extravaganza of club football is all set to come back after seeing most part of the winter through and now spring welcomes yet another season of this great game featuring the extraordinary heroes of the European football world fighting it out against rivals for the glorious UEFA Champions League trophy.

So, to get in the mood of this soon approaching gigantic fest, let’s play some of the tapes in rewind mode and let nostalgia strike us point blank.

Clubs D'Honneur

Real Madrid

When the European championship started in 1955, it were the Spanish champions Real Madrid who took control straightaway, and took it again and again and so on, making the league so very predictable. Beating Stade de Reims Champagne, AC Fiorentina, Milan AC, Stade de Reims Champagne, Eintracht Frankfurt in years starting from 1955-56 respectively, they proved the European world their authority of football supremacy. They were rested off the top place for next 5 years by collective efforts from Benfica(1960-61 and 1961-62), Inter(1963-64,1964-65) and Milan(1962-1963), but real was still a danger as they were the runner ups in two of these five non-real victories.

And then came a draught, a long 31 years draught, and they were deprived off their favorite title time and time again, the seventh title came as late as 1997-98 where they overcome the Juventus scare to lift the cup. The time it took to move from seven to eight and then eight to nine was not as long as it was from six to seven. Zidane got in those books which usually refrain from mentioning the greatest and Real won their eighth title in 1999-2000 and the next in 2001-2002.

This year, boosted by Nistelroy and Cannavaro managing their respective department, Real is a side to look for, but, ah, there are a lots of ifs and buts. A good side to watch at times, can surprise with disappointments at times, but too unpredictable to keep away. Playing another UCL legends Bayern in their initial knockout games, game on is all my senses predict right now!

Keep watching the space for Episode II

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