Stickied Spanish Football

[Dziga Vertov]

A Madrid club denying the Basque and Catalan sides something as basic as playing in a stadium - quelle surprise. Petty, but Barca also refused to host it when Real got to the final in the early 2000s if I recall.

 

[TheArtfulDodger]

I read that earlier, seems a bit harsh don't you think? The Quenelle is one thing, the gesture Ronaldo made is hardly inflammatory.

Ridiculous. The Spanish FA have gone into overload since the death of the Deportivo fan against Atletico earlier in the season and link 'player provocation' to fan violence. This is just absurd though, Ronaldo got his just desserts when he was anonymous for the rest of the game and his team lost.

 

[Master D]

Real Madrid 9 Granada 1.

Ronaldo grabs 5 goals.

 

[SALTIRE]

Crazy game, I don't think either of them were penalties either eh!?!

 

[Stevencc]

An eight minute hat trick amongst the five goals too

 

[SALTIRE]

Didn't see the game. Granada must've not been arsed showing up.

 

[SALTIRE]

Haha I watched the game but it wasn't the best so was flicking through a lot and missed that! What a belter!

Celta were dogged, they caused Barca plenty of problems and Neymar was woeful tonight. However they got the three points and they move on to the next game as was.

 

[S2_Blade]

Real Madrid could have scored 20 if they wanted ! As for the sending off in Barca game that will no doubt appear on many football shows and DVD's.

 

[SALTIRE]

As you were then. Barca win 4 - 0 tonight courtesy of Bartra, Messi and a brace by Suarez (getting near the twenty goals I said he'd hit by season end); whilst Real leave it late at Rayo to win 2 - 0 courtesy of Penaldo and James.

 

[Stevencc]

Boooooo for disallowing that.

 

[SALTIRE]

Yeah it was a peach. Still dunno why they did disallow it. The striker they had playing who had a haircut like a dorsal fin, was a real handful last night and he looks a decent player.

 

[S2_Blade]

Had to laugh at the booking Ronaldo recieved for a dive, clearly was taken out !

 

[SALTIRE]

He got one in the Clasico as well for diving iirc; the refs are obviously looking at him closely just now.

 

[yellow]

Messi's goal was pretty nice, but standard for him.

9 wins on the bounce for Barca isn't it?

 

[SALTIRE]

Won 20 of the last 21 as well in all comps.

 

[yellow]

Nowhere near as much fuss as when Madrid had a similar kinda run earlier in the season, I see..

 

[SALTIRE]

Had to laugh at the booking Ronaldo recieved for a dive, clearly was taken out !

The card has been rescinded [unfortunately ].

 

[Stevencc]

He's fond of the odd bit of theatrics but rescinding the card is the right decision in this instance.

 

[SALTIRE]

He's fond of the odd bit of theatrics but rescinding the card is the right decision in this instance.

Aye we all know where he learned all the dark arts from don't we!?!

 

[Stevencc]

Aye we all know where he learned all the dark arts from don't we!?!

Playing against Diverpool when he was in the Premier League? Good point.

 

[SALTIRE]

Good game that was between Barca and Sevilla where it finished 2 - 2. Real fans will be delighted by that, but they have to go there yet and Sevilla haven't lost there in the league for 15 months!

Anyway here's an interesting piece about a 'where are they now?' from the Barca team that won the Spanish Super Cup in '96, and how their philosophy has influenced those players/staff to this day. Some interesting faces there, especially the one with his arm around a certain Bayern Munich coach!

http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/apr/11/barcelona-coaching-champions-league

 

[SALTIRE]

 

[MSB92]

Barca are leading 1-0 against Valencia right now with a goal by Suarez. Valencia also missed a penalty and it's still in the first 20 minutes.

 

[Master D]

Penaldo failed today but Tap-in-aldo appeared at the end.

 

[SALTIRE]

Messi got his 400th goal today also. Good win that for Barca, Valencia are getting very good again, and they've a Dundee lad there as assistant coach too!

 

[Richard Cranium]

Celta Vigo 2-2 Real Madrid after 35 minutes. Been a very exciting game so far.

 

[SALTIRE]

Pity Celta couldn't keep it up, finished 4 - 2 to the scum.

 

[SALTIRE]

Barca 4 - 0 up against Getafe after 30 mins with some stunning goals. Xavi with a lovely curler, Messi with a pen, Neymar a nice finish and the goal of the night so far with Suarez on the volley from a Messi cross - 100 goals between those three this season!

 

[Master D]

Neymar is in ridiculous form lately.

 

[SALTIRE]

Neymar is in ridiculous form lately.

He can improve so much as well yet. Brilliant player when he's in form.

Let's see, watch the second half this or Liverpool struggle against Hull, hmmmmm?

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