Just this week, in a podcast we never got to post Managing Madrid's Gabe Lezra asked me a question: "Imagine this: Barcelona wins, Real Madrid loses, the lead has been cut to 3. It's the morning of December 11th – how are you feeling?" I no longer remember what answer I gave, but here I am today in exactly the same question.

Another El Clasico is upon us Real Madrid hosts archrivals FC Barcelona at the majestic Santiago Bernabeu for a Saturday night La Liga match (kickoff is at 10pmCET/9pmGMT/4pmEST).

This will be, remarkably, the 7th El Clasico of 2011: there were the four matches packed into 18 days last spring (two meetings in the Champions League semifinal, the Copa del Rey final, and their 2nd La Liga match of the season), plus there were two legs to the preseason Spanish Super Copa.

For the last year's Champions League quarterfinal, we speculated that Barcelona just may embody the spirit of a high school full of vampires. We were pretty close in the comparison and the prediction. Ultimately, despite solid Arsenal resistance, the Cules drove a stake through their hearts.

Mourinho has plenty of reasons to be happy given how his Ramos-Pepe Central Defensive Partnership has fared. So we're back to Binary Code scorelines once again. After goalfests in the Champions League and against our La Liga rivals, we're back to clawing our way to victory again. Not that I mind – as I am a believer that there is a need for the team to suffer on their way to victory every now and then.

Lionel Messi and FC Barcelona take on Atletico Madrid at the Camp Nou (Photo: Getty Images/David Ramos)

It's that time of year again. For the past 3 seasons, Atlético Madrid has left the Camp Nou with a sack of goals. Will Lionel Messi terrorize Los Colchoneros defense again this year?

Two of European football's giants face off tonight at the Camp Nou as Milan battle Barcelona in Group H of the Champions League. The Spanish side will be hoping to put one of the competitions most successful sides to the sword as the Rossoneri are only second in European Cup wins with seven, only two behind Los Cules' rivals Real Madrid.

Now THAT's what a friendly's supposed to be like!. Instead of a lone insane fan willing to charge a moving golf-cart, you get hoardes of fans putting a stop to the operations of a shopping mall as they trail not pretty boy Cristiano Ronaldo... but Jose Mourinho (who supposedly insisted that George Clooney would be the best man to play him in a biopic).

Villa celebrates goal in Champions League Final (Photo:Getty Images)

David Villa has had a pretty good year. In mid-May of last year Villa joined Barcelona from Valencia for €40million. Then during the months of June and July he led Spain to their first ever World Cup title in South Africa, ending the tournament as top scorer with five of La Furia Roja's eight goals.

Pep gets the "treatment" following FC Barcelona's 3-1 victory over Manchester United (Photo: GLYN KIRK/AFP/Getty Images)

I was at Wembley with my brother and father, two long-time United supporters, and my mother who supports Barcelona and wore her Lionel Messi jersey proudly. We found our seats only to realize that our tickets were in the last section of the Manchester United supporters.

L' cules are out in force to support their beloved Barça against the England representative Manchester United in today's UEFA Champions League 2010-2011 final. Two seasons ago the same clubs met in Rome's Stadio Olimpico and Barcelona was victorious 2-0, will we see the same results today or will Sir Alex's Red Devils get the one piece of silverware that has eluded him for.

FC Barcelona vs Manchester United May 28, 2011 from Wembley (Photo: barcaloco.com)

Join Barcaloco this week at Capitol City Bar and Grill, in Hollywood! Meet fellow Cules and cheer on the blaugrana.

Saturday, May 28 FC Barcelona vs. Manchester United
Kickoff at 11:45AM PDT

For best seating arrive at least one hour before kickoff time.

Hercules vs Barcelona January 29, 2011 Final score:- Hercules 0-3 Barcelona ( Pedro, Lionel Messi*2) No repeat of Hercules' giant killing act over Los Cules earlier this season as they go down 3-0 at home to Barcelona. Hercules vs Barcelona 0-1 ( Pedro goal) Hercules vs Barcelona 0-2 ( Lionel Messi first goal) Hercules Barcelona [.

This should have been posted last Friday but got lost in the shuffle. What do you think is going on in Greasano's head as he looks to his left and sees six little cules pose for the Ballon d'Or dream team of 2010? On the last La Liga Weekly podcast, A New Year And Copa del Rey Beginning there was some discussion on David Villa not being part of the Barca wolf pack as he was officially.

Real Betis 3-1 Barcelona ( Jorge Molina*2, Arzu/ Lionel Messi) Copa Del Rey- January 19, 2011 Real Betis became one of the few teams to get the better of Barcelona this season but their 3-1 win was in vain as Los Cules progressed to the semifinals 6-3 on aggregate. Betis 1-0 FC Barcelona ( Molina [..

On the day the news broke, I was filled with unreasoning anger. If you asked me articulate why I was so mad, I would have had trouble, which is really not very good going for someone trained to make well reasoned arguments.
There's been a lot of link spilled on the topic already, whether in support of the Qatar Foundation deal or in opposition to it.