Bienvenida a Friday Crackovia Club! This is where the best football sketch show in Catalonia gets its own personal space simply because you need to be reminded of how brilliant it is. This week, Cristiano Ronaldo gets all emotional at a press conference, where he later breaks into a song (channeling Sade, one of his favourite singers, perhaps?

First and foremost, the apparent landslide of Barca related stuff today is not intentional, amicis! So let's get moving.... on the wheels of the Blaugranas' new 'cotxes' (cars) of course! Last week, you saw AC Milan receiving the keys to their brand new rides, and before that, the Real Madrid guys channeled their Formula 1 alter egos at a go-karting event.

So Gerard Pique has told Catalonia daily, El Mundo Deportivo big 'Waka Waka' fans, by the way that he hasn't been in tuned with all those relationship rumours about Shakira and just wants to focus on Spain's campaign ahead.

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Marcello Matrone, Brasilianer und mit drei weiteren Brasilianern beim finnischen Drittligaklub HIK beschäftigt, hat sich mit ausgefallenen Jubelszenen weltweit einen Namen gemacht. Während hierzulande keiner wirklich Notiz von ihm nimmt, ist er in Brasilien schon ein kleiner Star. Viele Berichte und Videos gibt es über ihn und mit jeder Jubelszene von ihm werden es mehr.

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.

Some scattered thoughts on the season just gone, which like a good adventure movie had its highs and lows before the uplifting, happy ending.
the boardroom and the locker room
For all the talk of a steady transition, the election of Sandro Rosell bought about a revolution in the board room at the beginning of this season.

Yep, it's certainly Mr. Shakira / via 'HE' for MANGO

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It is becoming a daily occurence that one of the Barcelona players or staff have to make a statement to the press extolling the reasons why the Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas should move back to the Nou Camp. Do you reckon they have a timetable up in the dressing room with each player in the [...]

By Dominic Vieira, writing from Lancaster, England

A consistent pattern is revealing amongst the young players at Manchester United: they're awarded limited minutes on the field, sold, transform into first team players elsewhere and then Alex Ferguson admits regret. The manager normally makes the right decision having released a combination of international players who failed to attain their hype or potential, that list includes the likes of Manucho, Dong Fangzhuo, Markus Neumayr, Rodrigo Possebon, and Madds Timm.

After finishing up the match report of Barcelona's 3-1 win over Manchester United in the Champions League final, I realized that this amazing victory deserves two posts. And so, because my "Best Images from..." compilations (Manchester City's FA Cup win and Real Madrid's Copa del Rey win) were so popular, I've decided to make one for this Barcelona victory.

The final of the Champions League at Wembley Stadium is almost upon us. The iconic twin towers of the old Wembley may be gone but the arch of the latest, rejuvenated and reinvigorated Wembley Stadium is all set to become just as famous.

Saturday 28th May 2011 will the biggest day in the new stadiums life to date.

There are few things in this world that gives more satisfaction than watching an innocent, starry eyed child develop into a mature, successful man. It can happen in any walk of life but more so in...
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Piqué le obsequió una camiseta culé con el nombre estampado de Ochocinco en la espalda a Chad, quien antes había estado con jugadores del Real Madrid y via twitter habia contactado a Piqué diciendo que ficharia por el Real Madrid.

El receptor se tomó fotografías que colocó en su cuenta de Twitter con el dos veces ganador del Balón de Oro, Lionel Messi además de los seleccionados españoles, actuales Campeones del Mundo, Andrés Iniesta, Carles Puyol, Davi Villa y Gerard Piqué.