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Today, a guest post from Abdul Rahman Al Ze'bi, who thinks Our Beloved Valencia needs a lot of
stuff, like a new coach.
Agree? Disagree? Think Emery is over-caffeinated?
Have a read and post your opinions!
Take it away, Abdul ...
What Does Valencia CF need?
This has been the question everyone asks.
Welcome to the Friday Crackovia Club, where it's always a party in
here before the weekend! Of course, Crackovia is one of the most craziest football
sketch shows from Catalonia and this week was all about Barcelona's quest
to slow down Madrid using some insane dressing room rituals.
Barcelona are through to the Copa Del Rey final where they will play Athletic Bilbao after a 2-0
win over Valencia at the Camp Nou. Goals by Cesc Fabregas and a late strike by midfield maestro
Xavi helped seal a 2-0 win (3-1 on aggregate) for the Spanish champions. Pep Guardiola's men will
now face [.
FC Barcelona booked their place in the Copa Del Rey final with a 2-0 victory against Valencia at
Camp Nou. Goals from Cesc Fabregas and Xavi gave Barca a bit of nervous victory. Now the final will
be against Atletic Bilbao, between the two most successful teams in the Copa Del Rey history.
The are important matches in domestic cup play across a number of countries, none of which is
more intriguing than the Coppa Italia battle between AC Milan and Juventus.
The top two teams in Serie A open their anticipated semifinal tie at the San Siro after easing
past top-notch competition in the quarterfinals.
Tello scores goal in victory over Real Sociedad (Photo: AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Lionel Messi scored one and assisted another as Barcelona successfully fought off their San
Sebastian rivals in a freezing, sub-zero encounter at the Camp Nou.
Pep Guardiola rolled out the reserves for this one, choosing to rest key starters ahead of his
team's Copa del Rey semi final clash with Valencia on Wednesday.
Football is the world's game, but like any sport, it's appeal is not fully universal. The
Internet, meanwhile, has proven that two things are more popular than all else: pornography and
cats. And since mixing pornography with football would run against numerous public indecency laws
in various parts of the world, that means football executives have no choice but to add cats to the
game in order to push it to the next level.
A pitch invasion took center stage during the first half at Anfield this evening, if only
because no one else could. There's something in here about the cat being more productive than Andy
Carroll, too.
Also, it already has at least three Twitter accounts. Of course. (One of them.)
Another cat, a black one, bolted across the Camp Nou pitch this weekend, possibly an ominous
harbinger for their title defense.
A pitch invasion took center stage during the first half at Anfield this evening, if only
because no one else could. There's something in here about the cat being more productive than Andy
Carroll, too.
Also, it already has at least three Twitter accounts. Of course. (One of them.)
Another cat, a black one, bolted across the Camp Nou pitch this weekend, possibly an ominous
harbinger for their title defense.
FC Barcelona vs. Brazil in 1999 - The Full Match
The beginning of the week is never enjoyable, but let's lessen the dosage of suffering with a
glorious find on Youtube. 1999 was FC Barcelona's centenary year and the whole season was quite
the celebration of everything FC Barcelona.
FC Barcelona vs. Brazil in 1999 - The Full Match
The beginning of the week is never enjoyable, but let's lessen the dosage of suffering with a
glorious find on Youtube. 1999 was FC Barcelona's centenary year and the whole season was quite
the celebration of everything FC Barcelona.
Real Madrid kept their 7 point lead ahead at the top of La Liga after a 1-0 win over Getafe as
Barcelona beat Real Sociedad 2-1. Sergio Ramos' goal proved decisive at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez
whilst at the Camp Nou, a youthful Barcelona side held out for a well deserved 2-1 win over Real
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A goal from Sergio Ramos was enough to gave Real Madrid a slender 1-0 win against city rivals
Getafe to maintain their seven-point lead over title rivals Barcelona at the top of the Spanish
Liga.
The visitors dominated possession but created few clear-cut opportunities and the match was
eventually settled by Ramos's 18th-minute goal, the Spanish international defender meeting Mesut
Özil's corner with a flying header that powered into the top right coner.
Time-Lapse Camp Nou
Egoi Suso Rius decided that capturing a match, in its entirety, at the Camp Nou would be
something special. It's been done before, but not in 110 seconds. Egoi chose to film the Barçelona
vs. Osasuna match in January and the results are fantastic. Set to musical stylings of "Sonata
No.
Time-Lapse Camp Nou
Egoi Suso Rius decided that capturing a match, in its entirety, at the Camp Nou would be
something special. It's been done before, but not in 110 seconds. Egoi chose to film the Barçelona
vs. Osasuna match in January and the results are fantastic. Set to musical stylings of "Sonata
No.
By FRANCO PANIZO
A day after a riot at a club soccer game in Egypt left at least 74 dead and many others injured,
Egypt's prime minister has dissolved the Egyptian FA's board.
Kamal el-Ganzouri announced the decision to dissolve the board during Thursday's emergency
parliamentary session, and also said that the governor of Port Said (where the game took place) and
the area's police chief have resigned.
It was a depleted Barcelona side that turned up in Valencia tonight, but it was also a team that
does't give and they got a credible 1-1 draw in their Copa del Rey semi-final first-leg. Barca will
be heavy favorites now to finish this tie off at the Camp Now.
Barca were given an early scare when Roberto Soldado raced onto a through ball, but Pinto came
racing out of his goal to slide in and clear the danger, appearing to use his hand as he did so,
only for play to be waved on.
Messi shows frustration in draw against Villarreal (Photo: REUTERS/Heino Kalis)
Barcelona saw their La Liga title aspirations take a serious hit after suffering a goalless draw
against Villarreal at El Madrigal on Saturday night.
Another road game, another setback.
It has been the same story all year long; with Barca now having dropped 13 points in league play
away from the Camp Nou this season.
By JOHN BOSCHINI
It looked to be another long afternoon at the Emirates after Arsenal found themselves down two
to Aston Villa at halftime and on the verge of going out of the FA Cup. Relief came quickly,
however, as the Gunners scored three goals within 10 minutes to move on to the fifth round.
Is Jose Mourinho putting out feelers for a return to England at the end of the season?
According to a report in The Sunday Times (subscription required), an unnamed source close to
Mourinho intimated that the Real coach could leave. "He was sick and tired of this situation at
Madrid.
No sooner had Real Madrid been eliminated by Barcelona in the Copa Del Rey quarter-final had a new
war of words emerged from the Real camp who ITS' Rolly Pelovangu argues are suffering from Battered
Wife Syndrome After Barcelona's Copa Del Rey success over Real Madrid at the Camp Nou, the
overriding image which stuck [.
Pedro celebrates goal that moves Barcelona through to next round of Copa (Photo:
REUTERS/Albert Gea)
In a battle of titans, Barcelona held on to defeat Real Madrid 4-3 on aggregate and eliminate
the defending Champions from the Copa del Rey.
It was everything a clasico should be: a high-octane encounter of offensive brilliance and
heart-stopping tension.
Slow day relativelty speaking for SPANISH FOOTBALL , although tomorrow things will certainly pick
up as La Liga gets into action with both Barça & Real Madrid playing their respective games.
However, thought I let all the readers know what REAL MADRID Coach MOURINHO told - straight at his
face - the Spanish Cup 2º leg quarter-final referee TEIXEIRA after the 2 - 2 result which knocked
out Real
By Eric Beard
Doesn't vehement hatred get kind of boring after a while? I mean, sure, if you want to let a
little schadenfreude and anger out a couple of times a year, that's fine. Everyone's entitled to
their fair share of irrational fandom. Maybe I'm not as creative as the Spanish press and [insert
name of your Superclub]'s fans, but hatred gets kind of circular after a while.
By Chris Wright
Massive thanks to Pies' fan Nick Sincere for bringing this photo to our attention Jose Mourinho
lurking menacingly in the shadows of the underground car-park at the Camp Nou with the express
intent of having 'a little chat' with referee Fernando Teixeira after his questionable performance
during Wednesday night's El Clasico farrago.
Nadal won again against Federer in the Australian Open semi-final this morning. The comparison
between the psychological advantage Nadal has over Federer with how the Blaugrana consistently
defeat the Merengue is an intriguing one.
In his past clubs Mourinho always had the solution to win the psychological game.
That's Jose after last night's Clasico, hanging out in the Camp Nou parking lot next to the
referee's car. He's not waiting to tell him how much he enjoyed his performance or beg him for the
maker of his cologne, I can tell you that much.
Google Translate can do the rest.
By Chris Wright
"Shhh!!! Don't look at him. If we're quiet, he may go away"
Despite leading 2-1 from the first-leg and going a further two goals ahead by half-time in the
second through Pedro and Dani Alves, Barcelona still found themselves fretting at the Camp Nou as
Real Madrid staged a late-ish comeback attempt that saw Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema draw
Los Merengues level on the night though it was to be in vain, as Barca eventually held out for the
aggregate win that sealed them a berth in the Copa del Rey semi-finals.
Today, Real Madrid played as it should have in the first leg. The first half began so brightly
for Real with Gonzalo Higuain the main culprit for not finishing those chances. Gerard Pique was
caught napping and the Argentinian striker should have done much, much better. Minutes later, Pinto
was barely able to foil Higuain whose timing was less than impeccable.
25.01.2012 - Con goles de
Pedro (´43) y
Dani Alves (´47), Barcelona empató
(2-2) con Real Madrid (
C.Ronaldo ´67 +
Benzema ´71) en el Camp Nou y se clasificó
a semifinales de la Copa del Rey 2012.
El más esperado, cotizado y comentado del mundo (120 medios de 27países acreditados) fue digno de
la expectativa: altísima tensión, fútbol de primera jerarquía, dominios alternativos,
carácter, esquemas y trifulcas en un atestado Camp Nou (95.
Domestic cup competitions in Europe typically feature David vs. Goliath stories, but Wednesday,
it's all about the big boys.
Liverpool carries its 1-0 edge over Manchester City in the Carling Cup semifinals into the
second leg at Anfield, where the Reds will try and hold on and advance to next month's title game
against surprise finalist Cardiff City.
Real Madrid suffered another home defeat to Barcelona but this time in the first-leg of the Copa
del Rey. The cup loss has not been as painful as the La Liga loss to the bitter rivals from
Catalonia. In both defeats the hosts took the lead early on only for the Catalans to strike back to
achieve precious and morale boosting victories.
Vintage Comic: Casillas wants to battle!
With the Spanish press doing their best to verbally abuse José Mourinho and a generally
overwhelming vibe ahead of tonight's Clásico at Camp Nou, we thought we would lighten the mood
with one of Jon Horner's vintage comics that dates back to the World Cup.
According to media reports in Spain, Jose Mourinho will quit his job as Real Madrid manager this
summer.
For the first time Mourinho was booed and whistled at by the Bernabeu faithful as rumors
continue to swirl around the team of divisions within the squad.
The sensational claim that Mourinho will quit came from highly-respected Spanish football
journalist Siro Lopez, who said after Real Madrid's 4-1 win against Athletic Bilbao at the weekend
that the former Chelsea boss will walk away from his £11.
According to media reports in Spain, Jose Mourinho will quit his job as Real Madrid manager this
summer.
For the first time Mourinho was booed and whistled at by the Bernabeu faithful as rumors
continue to swirl around the team of divisions within the squad.
The sensational claim that Mourinho will quit came from highly-respected Spanish football
journalist Siro Lopez, who said after Real Madrid's 4-1 win against Athletic Bilbao at the weekend
that the former Chelsea boss will walk away from his £11.
FC Barcelona has announced an agreement for the construction of an area in the Camp Nou that will
be used to remember deceased members of the club.
FC Barcelona would be looking to finish off the good job done at the Santiago Bernebeu last
Wednesday when they meet Real Madrid at the Fotress Camp Nou. In the league Camp Nou has been an
un-penetrable fotress till Betis broke it a week before. This season Barca has scored 67 goals at
Camp Nou and conceded just 6(2 in Super Copa, 2 in La Liga and 2 in Champions League).
They say that the Premier League is no country for old men, that its dash and intensity are too
much for the over-30s.
The year is still in its infancy, but already 2012 has proved the nay-sayers wrong. With the
broad shouldered Phil Jones losing impulsive cult followers with every passing game, English
football is turning to tried and tested players.
They say that the Premier League is no country for old men, that its dash and intensity are too
much for the over-30s.
The year is still in its infancy, but already 2012 has proved the nay-sayers wrong. With the
broad shouldered Phil Jones losing impulsive cult followers with every passing game, English
football is turning to tried and tested players.
It's Super Sunday due to the two big EPL North London-Manchester games, but there's also a
couple interesting La Liga matchups and an relevant Eredivisie matchup today:
Super Sunday, Jan 22
Netherlands, Alkmaar-Ajax (8:30amET ESPN Deportes, ESPN3.
