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SWF Reporter:
Madrid prepares for Barcelona examination
By Lasana Liburd (Wired868.com)
“Are you a football fan?” I asked the taxi-driver, who collected me at the Barajas Madrid Airport.
“Yes,” he said. “Real Madrid.”
His eyes searched mine through the rear view mirror for a few seconds. It resembled the look of a man who had just shown off his girlfriend and now hungered for a sign of approval.
My maiden visit to Madrid comes courtesy of DirecTV’s Madrid Tour 2012 and either good luck or a signal of Wired868’s early inroads into the Trinidad and Tobago’s sporting consciousness. I could live with either explanation for my selection at the moment.
Abraham, who looked to be in his 60s, was my first interviewee and he seemed a tad insecure.
“We lost to Getafe last night,” he said. “Getafe?! I would not mind so much (if it was) Barcelona or Valencia or a big club. But Getafe?!”
If the words seemed bitter, the speaker appeared more tortured than aggressive.
Real Madrid beat Barcelona to the 2011/12 La Liga title, which should make it unofficially the best football club in the world—even without the European Champions’ League crown or the less heralded FIFA World Cup title. They amassed a number of records on the way too including 100 points and an amazing goal difference of +89.
But a stroll through north Madrid suggested that the “Madridistas” have not completely exorcised the inferiority complex that took hold when ex-Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola took the Catalan club to the capital in 1999 and trounced Real 6-2 en route to the first of two successive league triumphs.
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Toppa:
In 1999? :D
But nice read.
SWF Reporter:
Well spotted. Thanks;-)
Madrid prepares for Barcelona examination
By Lasana Liburd (Wired868.com)
“Are you a football fan?” I asked the taxi-driver, who collected me at the Barajas Madrid Airport.
“Yes,” he said. “Real Madrid.”
His eyes searched mine through the rear view mirror for a few seconds. It resembled the look of a man who had just shown off his girlfriend and now hungered for a sign of approval.
My maiden visit to Madrid comes courtesy of DirecTV’s Madrid Tour 2012 and either good luck or a signal of Wired868’s early inroads into the Trinidad and Tobago’s sporting consciousness. I could live with either explanation for my selection at the moment.
Abraham, who looked to be in his 60s, was my first interviewee and he seemed a tad insecure.
“We lost to Getafe last night,” he said. “Getafe?! I would not mind so much (if it was) Barcelona or Valencia or a big club. But Getafe?!”
If the words seemed bitter, the speaker appeared more tortured than aggressive.
Real Madrid beat Barcelona to the 2011/12 La Liga title, which should make it unofficially the best football club in the world—even without the European Champions’ League crown or the less heralded FIFA World Cup title. They amassed a number of records on the way too including 100 points and an amazing goal difference of +89.
But a stroll through north Madrid suggested that the “Madridistas” have not completely exorcised the inferiority complex that took hold when ex-Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola took the Catalan club to the capital in 2009 and trounced Real 6-2 en route to the first of two successive league triumphs.
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SWF Reporter:
Mourinho stokes fires ahead of El Clásico
By Lasana Liburd (Wired868.com)
It is a new La Liga season but prepare for the same old José Mourinho.
As Real Madrid try to recover from last Thursday’s 3-2 first leg Spanish Supercopa deficit, the highly successful but equally controversial Portuguese coach returned to one of his old classics by accusing rival Barcelona of influencing the outcome of its matches off the field of play.
Incidentally, Mourinho’s most provocative soundbyte was the only statement he made in English during this afternoon’s press conference at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu. His mischievous assertion was not verbal but a rubbing motion between right thumb and forefinger.
In April 2011, Mourinho wondered aloud whether the United Nations Children’s Fund—Barcelona’s shirt sponsors—was somehow involved in supposedly favourable refereeing decisions enjoyed by the famous Catalan club after Barcelona knocked Madrid out of the European Champions League.
Madrid is the defending La Liga champion now but Mourinho has not changed his opinion, which is totally unsupported by fact, that Barcelona enjoys an unseen advantage beyond the magical left boot of Argentine sensation Lionel Messi.
“Between those two clubs, no result in the first leg is a result that you cannot change,” said Mouinho. “We lost last season at home in the (Copa Del Rey), we lost here (and) we went to Barcelona and we didn’t win for something.”
Mourinho rubbed his right thumb and forefinger before continuing.
Read More: http://www.wired868.com/2012/08/28/mourinho-stokes-fires-ahead-of-el-clasico/
jai john:
Somehow I think after you have jumped your neighbour's fence often enough and played with his dogs before picking his fruits you develop little fear for his threats.... Mourinho cant talk his way to victory vs Barca ....
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