By "The Other 87 Minutes" /
Senior Unemployed English Major
CorrespondentsMake every time a good time. We love to see you smile. Have you had your break
today? Foods, folks, and fun. Over the years, the marketing team at McDonald's has produced some of
America's most recognizable campaigns.
Real Madrid defender Pepe was back to his disgraceful self last night as he was seen
deliberately stamping on Lionel Messi's hand during the Galactico's 2-1 defeat in the 1st leg of
their Copa Del Rey Quarter Final tie.
Seems the Portuguese defender hasn'y learned his lesson from his 10 game ban for kicking Getafe's
Francisco Casquero in 2009.
Written by Jamie
When Thierry Henry scored in Madrid in 2005, the ITV commentator, Peter Drury, I think, called
him "the gunner galactico" and since we have now given our record scorer a statue, it seems a fair
representation of his greatness.
In April 2004 I stood in the lower east stand, just over an hour before kickoff.
Champions League Preview: Real and Barca the teams to beat - originally posted on
Soccerlens.com
It seems that in almost every aspect of the game, two clubs dominate the footballing world. They
are Spanish super heavyweights Real Madrid and Barcelona. Any team boasting multiple stars is said
to echo Real's Galactico era, while teams from League Two to the K-League are said to be a
mini-Barcelona.
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – August 17th, 2011 – Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. today announced
that it will use gamescom to announce that the world's most expensive player, Real Madrid's
Cristiano Ronaldo, is to be the face of PES 2012. The Galactico midfielder will appear on all
packaging and marketing materials, with KONAMI also confirming release [.
Pele, Eusebio, Di Stefano, Puskas, Van Basten, Cruyff and Charlton are a few footballers that
roll off the tongue when one draws up lists or have in-depth debates about who the greatest
footballer was of the 20th Century.
These lofty names featured in a football documentary shown on Sky Sports in the last few months
called Football's Greatest.
There is no lead in. No amusing anecdote with a beautifully transitioned sentence to mention the
topic at hand. No backstory of watching a Los Blancos match and noticing faint similarities. No.
Simply put, Real Madrid of Spain's La Liga are the New York Yankees of soccer.
Their similarities are uncanny, they're virtually identical.