By Chris Wright

If, like me, you consider car (and perfume) adverts to be little more than pretentious audio/visual litter then this may not be your cup of tea.

That said, Audi's pre-El Clasico (I think I'm right in saying they sponsor both Barcelona and Real Madrid in some capacity) viral has a really nice pay-off after a few minutes of obligatory slow motion a huge piece of football artwork that you'd think they'd have made a bit more of, rather than just flashing it up on the screen for a split-second at the end.

PORTLAND, Ore.— The Portland Timbers announced that the team has surpassed 11,000 season tickets sold for its inaugural Major League Soccer season in 2011. With today's announcement, fewer than 1,000 season tickets remain as the club plans to cap season ticket sales at 12,000 for its inaugural season.