When I first started watching football as a child in the mid-1980's FC Cologne (1. FC Köln) was
one of the traditional powerful clubs of the Bundesliga. Cologne was the first champion of the
Bundesliga in 1963/64 and in 1978 won the "double," which to this day is the pinnacle of success in
the Rhein city.
Royston Drenthe has expressed his excitement at joining Everton on loan by launching an
astonishing attack on Real Madrid, where is contract will expire at the end of this season.
Although the Dutchman insists he learned a lot during his time in La Liga, he firmly believes
that the club has declined in recent years.
Royston Drenthe has expressed his excitement at joining Everton on loan by launching an
astonishing attack on Real Madrid, where is contract will expire at the end of this season.
Although the Dutchman insists he learned a lot during his time in La Liga, he firmly believes
that the club has declined in recent years.
"More Than a Club" is the slogan for Barcelona FC.
Since its founding, Barcelona has been on a road of self-discovery. Some time along the way, the
people of Catalonia started to envisage Barcelona as a symbol of their country—more than a
club.
To some, especially in times of oppression under Fransisco Franco's long dictatorship in Spain,
Barcelona FC was envisaged as the club who expressed the rights and freedom of the Catalonian
people.
Remember back in the day when Bernd Schuster coached Madrid and I blogged recaps in
Espanol? Me neither. The point is, a long time is a long time. Several years. I followed
La Liga before this latest round of debt-deficit-twin power-spending drew the world's attention,
and, when the bubble bursts, I am not walking away from my underwater mortgage.
Bernd Schuster, a man who has become known as the 'Blond Angel' during his career, may sound like a
superhero-in-waiting, but proved to be as brittle as the rest of us when he chose to jump before he
was pushed last week at Besiktas. The man brought to Turkey on a wave of expectation to replace
Mustafa Denizli on a two-year contract worth €5.
El ex madridista Bernd Schuster ha dimitido de su actual puesto de entrenador del equipo
turco de fútbol Besiktas. El equipo de Estambul ha encadenado una mala racha de resultados
en las últimas semanas, ha sido eliminado en la Liga Europa y ha quedado relegado en la
liga turca a la séptima posición, a 21 puntos del líder, el Fenerbahçe.
Besiktas set to host Ukraine's Dynamo Kyiv on Thursday in the first leg game in the round of 32
at the UEFA Europa League.
The game at Istanbul's Fiyapi Inonu Stadium will kick-off at 8:00 p.m. Turkish local time.(1:00 PM.
ET)
Besiktas finished second in their group at the UEFA Europa League.
