With the King and Queen in attendance*, Real Madrid finally won Spain's Copa del Rey tournament again, after an 18 year drought, defeating Barcelona 1-0 in extra time.
Yeah!
Unfortunately, while celebrating the victory in Madrid, Segio Ramos dropped the trophy off the top of the team bus, which then ran over the cup.
"Emergency services gathered up the broken pieces and returned them to the bus, but the trophy did not reappear at the club's traditional celebration spot at the Plaza de Cibeles in central Madrid."
* "Coach Jose Mourinho bowed before King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia as he received his mini-trophy, while Madrid goalkeeper Casillas hugged the pair before using the king as support to climb up on a support and hoist the trophy high."
I love Iker Casillas. Evidently, he played quite well in the match.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Why They Use Their Feet
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Yeah!
NOOOOOO! You can have that mashed Copa del Rey (it figures that cretin Ramos would drop it). What really counts in this 4-game set of clasicos is the Champs League games coming up! Go Barca!
Mourinho is playing a very cynical, ugly brand of football at the moment, and he shouldn't have to with the talent he has. I liked this bit of commentary from the Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/apr/20/barcelona-real-madrid-live
David Walker has had his say: "Turgid matches with two teams more intent on kicking each other than the ball. The Scottishification of Spanish football continues! I am a Scot by the way who is being amused by what I'm witnessing from teams who can do so much better".
I don't know, since I haven't seen any matches. But I read the Guardian play-by-play (thanks for that, btw!) and they spent a lot of time praising Real Madrid's tactics:
13min: Real really pressing Barcelona in midfield, Pepe in particular. Sounds obvious I suppose but if you stop Xavi, and Iniesta playing you stop Barcelona's main attacking thrust.
34min: Real's tactics spot-on at the moment
Half-time: A cagey, stop-start game which Real have dominated.
Mourinho's tactics have been spot-on
103min: Mourinho's tactics work perfectly.
Full-time: It wasn't a great display by Mourinho's men but tactically they were astute and won the match with a great header from Ronaldo
Was Mourinho really playing "a very cynical, ugly brand of football," or just being aggressive and physical to stop Barca from doing what they normally do?
I wish I could get La Liga. I miss watching the matches. Fond memories. And I really began to appreciate the game. I've tried watching some Mexican and MSL matches, but I don't care about any of teams, and it's hard for me to sit through a whole match when I don't really care. I can do that with the NFL, because I love the game so much and follow it more closely, and I like watching teams that may wind up being an opponent - but not so much with futbol.
Do you have cable TV at all? Subscribe to GOL TV through your provider. I think it's les than $10 a month
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