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When Antonio Puerta collapsed on the pitch and died last year, there were all sorts of memorials
from all over the footballing world and beyond. Not to take anything away from any of them, but
yesterday's tribute by Spain right back Sergio Ramos has to be one of the
After 44 years in the wilderness a jubilant Spanish side celebrate their EURO 2008 triumph after
beating Germany 1-0 in the final. With the eyes of the world on the festivities in Vienna, Sergio
Ramos removes his Spain shirt to reveal a tribute to his dear friend and former Sevilla teammate
Antonio Puerta, who died tragically while playing for Sevilla early in the 2007/2008 season.
Spain star out for the count during cup tie With the tragic death of Sevilla's Antonio Puerta last
year still fresh in the memories of Spain's football fraternity, there was inevitably a lot of
concern when Real Madrid midfielder Ruben de la Red collapsed during last night's Copa del Rey tie
with Real Union.
An intriguing story in today's Observer about Cristiano Ronaldo and his (alleged)
seven-months-in-the-making transfer to Real Madrid.
According to journalist Duncan Castles, CR has been doing all the engineering of this move on his
own, and his agent had been repeatedly counselling against a move.
It would be criminal of me today to not mention Antonio Puerta, on this 'Jueves de Feria' (Feria
Thursday). 2 years ago, Antonio Puerta single handedly started Sevilla on a run that would Spain 15
months and 5 separate titles (UEFA Cup 2006, 2007, Spanish Copa Del Rey 2007, Spanish Super Cup
2007 and European Super [.
Breaking News: German goal keeper Jens Lehman blames the referee for their loss in the Euro
Final. It was not Lehman's crappy play on the game winning goal that caused it! Hahahahahahaha. And
good times were had by all.
UEFA European Championship 2008
The Final
-Sun Jun 29
Spain 1-0 Germany - Spa goal by Fernando Torres.
As expected, the Sevilla v Osasuna post match mayhem has caused more foul-smelling fallout than a
dozen rumbling Russian reactors blowing their tops. But it is not the water throwing, the neck
grabbing or police punching that has caused all the to-do but the very, very alleged accusation
from a Sevilla blogger that Cuco 'the Hulk' Ziganda had yelled something very unsavoury about
Antonio Puerta, during the match.
Saturday Villarreal (5th) v Valencia (7th) This week began with the normal mayhem in Mestalla, got
marginally better, but will end with doom and despair when Valencia have their arses handed to them
by their neighbours from hell, Villarreal. The seven days started with defender, Raul Albiol,
needing 13 stitches in his knee after a game of beach football - a game that presumably took place
in Thunderdome.
