Mou is shopping for a new house. Downton Abbey? He's 35th from the left.
Jose Mourinho has been spotted in London and it is driving everyone potty. He's supposedly
buying a house. Which means only four things. He's going to manage England, Chelsea, Spurs, and
Arsenal. Or maybe, just maybe he's a huge fan of Downton Abbey and wants to take it off the hands
of the Earl of Grantham.
UEFA Champions League Semi-Final (First Leg)
Bayern Munich vs Real Madrid : 20.45CET
Nothing screams "BLOCKBUSTER" more than the Champions League
semi-final showdown between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid. There
have been a handful of Bayern-Real playoffs in the last decade, but tonight's
edition will be exceptionally gripping because both sides are simply
desperate for the win.
Barcelona looked like they were headed for a draw before Alexis Sanchez and Messi scored in the
span of 10 minutes to hand the Catalans a much needed 4-2 win over Real Betis that reduced their
deficit on Leaders Real Madrid to 5 points.
World Player of the year Lionel Messi scored a brace to bring his tally for the season to 19
goals, just 2 short of leading goal scorer Cristiano Ronaldo.
If the early history of the European Championships can be seen as explicitly wrapped up in the
politics of the time, then Spain's victory on home ground in 1964 European Nations Cup could be
regarded as one of international football's ultimate flashes in the pan.
This was a victory that was simultaneously the last gasp of one of the greatest club sides that
European football has ever seen and the beginning of a lull that would last for more than twenty
years, a brief victory for the ultra-nationalism that blighted Spanish political life for the most
of the four decades that followed the Spanish Civil War of 1936 to 1939.
It's difficult to imagine your rival team winning and celebrating the Copa del Ray on
your home turf. How DARE they make it to the final, you ask,
when we should be there instead?! "Popping the champagne and kissing Di Stefano's grand hands
THAT'S what we should be doing at the final!
A 5 star display against Leverkusen last night made Barcelona forward Lionel Messi the first
ever player to score 5 goals in a single Champions League match. Thanks to last night's display,
Messi is assured of winning the tournament's golden boot as his tally this far is 12 goals.
Having previously equaled the record of legends Alfredo Di Stefano, Ferenc Puskas, Marco van
Basten and Simone Inzaghi back in the 2009/2010 season when he scored 4 goals against Arsenal.
A brace scored by Cristiano Ronaldo in this weekend's, 5-1 shellacking of Real Sociedad pushed
his goalscoring total over the century mark. His 101 goals in 92 matches for Real Madrid eclipses
that of the legendary Ferenc Puskas, who held the previous La Liga record of the fastest 100 goals
from 105 matches.
It is a particular pleasure of mine to have been invited by my hero and inspiration, the good
Dr. Gumperteer, to contribute to this series of lectures. I owe so much to him. You see, my own
site, Sport Is A TV Show, struggled for years to attain the kind of success it so richly deserved.
Sure, such articles as "The 101 Greatest Manx Footballers", "Watching Football: You're Doing It All
Wrong, You Muppet", and "Lydersen: A Pal To Us All" attracted a golden shower of critical acclaim
("Blinding!
It is a particular pleasure of mine to have been invited by my hero and inspiration, the good
Dr. Gumperteer, to contribute to this series of lectures. I owe so much to him. You see, my own
site, Sport Is A TV Show, struggled for years to attain the kind of success it so richly deserved.
Sure, such articles as "The 101 Greatest Manx Footballers", "Watching Football: You're Doing It All
Wrong, You Muppet", and "Lydersen: A Pal To Us All" attracted a golden shower of critical acclaim
("Blinding!
A continuación se detallan los números clave en torno al Clásico entre Real Madrid y Barcelona.
Los archirrivales se enfrentarán el sábado en el estadio Camp Nou del Barcelona en la Liga en un
encuentro que podría ser decisivo para lograr el título. El Madrid tiene cuatro puntos de ventaja
a falta de cinco partidos.
Bielsa-Simeone, duelo de DTsLa final de la Liga Europa entre Atlético de Madrid y Athletic vivirá
un duelo de técnicos argentinos entre Diego Pablo Simeone y Marcelo Bielsa, dos amigos en busca de
un título de competición europea, un éxito sólo logrado antes por tres compatriotas: Alfredo Di
Stefano, Helenio Herrera y Luis Carniglia.
11.05.2012 - Lionel Messi (281) va tras los números de Alfredo Di Stéfano como máximo
goleador histórico argentino. Con 24 años y 8 de carrera profesional ya superó la mitad de los
goles que Don Alfredo convirtió en sus 21 temporadas (500).
Así se desprende de la investigación de Martín Estévez (El Gráfico), actualizada al 25 de
marzo de 2012.
