Viewership and potential for profit set the stage for many of the biggest deals in sports around the world. It should come as no surprise that football, one of the most oft criticized sports for backroom deals and controversy over finances—see the Qatar 2022 World Cup issue—is once again at center stage for the future… Read More »
FC Barcelona is one of the most successful football clubs of all time and arguably currently the best team in the world. Although they bring in some of their best players like Neymar or Ronaldhino from other professional teams, the club credits its success to its prolific youth development academy, affectionately called “La Masia” (The… Read More »
“Se busca rival digno para derbi decente” (Wanted: worthy rival for a decent derby) This is the saying that Real Madrid fans, madridistas, displayed on every side of the Bernabeu during the Madrid derby until about 4 years ago. In 2011 on December 23rd, Diego Simeone was unveiled as the new manager of Atlético de… Read More »
En este post hablaré del gol de Andrés Iniesta en la final de la Copa del Mundo 2010 celebrada en Sudáfrica. El gol que hizo campeona a España por primera vez en su historia. España llegaba a ese mundial como una de las favoritas tras haber ganado la Eurocopa de 2008. Fue un torneo muy… Read More »
October 3, 2015. That’s the last time it happened. The last time the Catalans felt the sting of defeat, the pain of loss, the misery of falling short after 90 minutes. In a match at Sevilla, FC Barcelona dropped a 2-1 heartbreaker on the road in La Liga play with the world’s best player, Lionel… Read More »
Hugo Sánchez es considerado sin duda alguna como el mejor jugador Mexicano de todos los tiempos; no solo sobrepasó las expectativas nacionales como uno de los mejores jugadores de la liga Mexicana, pero también se convirtió en un icono internacional gracias a sus famosas chilenas y volteretas en las ligas españolas e Estadounidenses. Nacido en… Read More »
Como hace tres años, el FC Barcelona enfrentará al Athletic Club de Bilbao en la final de la Copa del Rey este sábado 30 de mayo. Ambos equipos son los que más finales de esta competición han jugado (ambos con 36) y los que tienen la mayor cantidad de títulos (26 para el Barça; 23… Read More »
When Boca Juniors manager Héctor Veira decided to give 18-year old Juan Román Riquelme his senior-level debut on November 10, 1996, he knew exactly what he was doing. What he saw was a young, strong, resilient central attacking midfielder with an incisive passing game and goal-scoring eye to match. He would eventually metamorphose into an… Read More »
Últimamente Atlético Madrid se ha encontrado en el noticiero del mundo de futbol a menudo – desafortunadamente, las noticias que rodean el club no han sido positivas completamente. Como Diego Simeone y sus “Colchoneros” preparan para su próximo partido contra RCD Espanyol en el 4 del Marzo, el equipo está lidiando con un decepcionante empate… Read More »
Recently I’ve been reading a book entitled The Ball is Round, one of the sections in Chapter 9 of this book outlines the climate of soccer in Spain during the 1930s and 40s (World War II). In 1943, during a semifinal match of the Copa del Generalísimo (the renamed Copa del Rey), FC Barcelona played… Read More »
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