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CONGRATULATIONS, BANFIELD!





Yesterday, Banfield became the winner of the Apertura 2009, the first title in First Division that the team has obtained in its 113 years of history.

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The Polish first division club Miejski Klub Sportowy Znicz Pruszków (??) has the most miserable and depressing grandstand for fans of the away playing team. The away fans are treated like a bunch of criminals. Have a look at the stadium.





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December 22, 2009

Both call-up lists have been announced for the friendly taking place Dec. 22nd between Catalunya under new coach Johan Cruyff and Diego Maradona's Argentina squad.

( The Catalans, listed by club so everyone can see Barça's 'most players' bragging rights because that's how El Mundo Deportivo rolls )

( The Argentines, by position )

Despite being a charity friendly, the call ups have not been without drama before the game even starts. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says he will not allow Cesc Fabregas to go. It looks like Cruyff isn't bothered because he called him up anyway. In addition, the Argentina squad was forced to exchange Javier Mascherano for Esteban Cambiasso when Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez also refused to allow his player to go.

The match comes close on the heels of a resurgence in a call to change Catalunya's unofficial nation status, capped off this week by an unbinding voting referendum in which 94% of those voting (although only about a third of the eligible voters showed up) ticked the 'yes' box to show their support of the region becoming a separate nation. A Turkish airline that FC Barcelona has just signed a contract with even got in a spot of bother over it when their Barcelona-based director ended a speech aboard a flight carrying the Barcelona squad with "Visca el Barça y visca Catalunya Lliure," or in English "Long live Barcelona and long live free Catalonia," although later when criticized for his words the director admitted his ignorance of the political situation and claimed he had only said it to please Barça president Joan Laporta.


Sources: El Mundo Deportivo, GeoFutbol, Goal.com, Daily Post, Hurriyet Daily News

So. Thoughts? Does the Prem sound a little Grinchy for not allowing time for charity Christmas matches? (Yes, a little.) Is Wenger a big meanie for not letting Cesc go visit his lulzy BFFs in Barcelona? (OH GOD YES.) Is Rafa Benitez afraid that if he lets Masch travel to Barcelona without putting ink on a fresh contract for Liverpool that he won't come back? (Probably yes.) Does anyone think Pep will probably flip when he sees how many of his first-teamers are expected to play so close to Club World Cup? (Uh. Yeah.) Also does anyone think there will be any political ramifications to the match itself?

UPDATE: There is a newer list of the Argie squad with Ever Banega in place of Mascherano instead here, thank you neapeaikea!

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Like every year, Valencia CF Calendar in favor of this Down Syndrome Association

Pics and videos here

If anyone is interested, it's available at the VCF online store

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Inside is a hot pic spam

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This lurker brings a post full of Chelsea dance moves, laughs, Michael Ballack and JT/Lampsy loooovvvvvveeeeeeee.
With appearances by other Chelsea boy toys.

So to draw you in:
Chelsea's new hopes show us they don't need dance lessions (and Chelsea's current hope shows us that they do)

( Is there more? Why yes... )

Yay!

( Results, random pics and news )

hello, my name is tanja.
this is a spam for my best friend katiekylie because she loves Didier Drogba.

she

has been

lying to you all.



but who could blame her?

( she da finest gurl. )

We all know our Nando is a bit of a show business whore. Adverts, music videos, TV series, talk shows, you name it..but did you know he also appeared as a cameo in a Spanish movie? Here he is in the 2005 film Torrente 3: El Protector, saving the day as usual doing by doing what he does best with his Twinkle Toes.




..and now for something completely different. TRANSLATED CRACKOVIA DUDE IS BACK!


*brb laughing me knickers off* Pep is so brilliant.

WHO WILL TAKE THE TROPHY HOME? BANFIELD OR NEWELL'S??

Boca Juniors	Banfield
20:15 GMT / 15:15 EST
Standings
LiveScores: Fox Sports / ESPN Gamecast

Newell's Old Boys	San Lorenzo
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Streaming: Roja Directa, Football Streaming, ESPN Radio

:) Enjoy & comment!

(And let me know if there's a missing link or something xD)

So another footie weekend has passed by. Today's theme is: I make faces coz I CAN!
Warning: the product includes traces of Tevez and two drops of La Liga

Od footie weekend in pics

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Many kids from Holland would like to look like Cristiano Ronaldo (many kids from other countries as well, I guess). Here is just a selection of Cristiano Ronaldo lookalikes. Which one you do think is the best?





Other (also non Cristiano Ronaldo) lookalikes can you see here

If you know people that look like a famous soccer player, please mail your pics to anton[at]doordebenen [dot]nl

I feel so fucking bad for him :( Get well soon Pepe.

“Pepe is irreplaceable; there is no one like him on the market. We will assess the situation on Monday to see what steps the club might take.”






from RM.com
“Pepe has a torn cruciate ligament. The rest of the knee structure including the other ligaments, meniscus, etc, are not affected. He will have surgery next week and should take an estimated six months to recover.”

“If we do the math, it will be quite hard for him to make it to the World Cup, but what we are mostly concerned about is that he makes a full rcovery and that the knee stabilizes. He has plenty of years of football left in him.”

“As you can imagine, he is very upset. Even on Saturday we believed it might be a tear, so we told him that that was a likely diagnosis in order to prepare him for the worst, but he bore the brunt of the bad news. He is very upset as you would expect.”



( obvilously this sucks big time, but here is a pic spam of Real Madrid and Valencia. Too bad there were only like 4 pictures of Valencia I found. Post em if you got em )