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May 30 2011

Not everyone celebrates farewell Valdano

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Before the selection focus to play two games against Venezuela and the United States, Captain White went over the season and currently focused on the future of Madrid with Valdano progress and the end of Barcelona.

“Valdano and Mourinho wants to Real Madrid. The departure decision was not an easy decision. Valdano has left is a shame, but we must think of us left. Over time I go I will go and go Mourinho Florentino Perez. What will endure because Real Madrid is Real Madrid,”he said.

The captain also wanted to assess Mourinho’s first season in front of Madrid, which is considered positive in general terms: “The best thing was the change that has given the team. He’s younger and we did the job in three competitions. Note positive That after 18 years we have gained a degree that we resist. The downside has been staying at the gates of the two major titles. The idea is to overcome the bar next season. That means winning the league and be in the final the Champions”.

Champions League Final

On the final of the Champions League, Real Madrid’s said that he was glad for the Barcelona players sharing the locker room in the selection, but said that “if Real Madrid had been in the final, have also overtaken Manchester. “Casillas believes that Madrid and Barcelona are “the two strongest teams”.

As to the words of Pique during the celebrations, which said that neither took drugs nor pulled or bought referees goalkeeper downplayed because it was “a moment of joy, have won a title, is a time euphoria and it is. There is no getting around it. Enjoy it, have made a very nice season”.

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May 20 2011

Barcelona tired of doping controls

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UEFA has come to visit Barcelona for a new anti-doping control, something that has not gone down well at all to Valdes, who received them with a special greeting. Thankfully not play in Germany.

“Since you came last week, “cried the goal Barca to the arrival of the doctors who do the controlling up to 10 players in the first team, including Thiago, Busquets, Pedro, Abidal and Iniesta. The media witnessed the general discontent.

The malaise of the team is palpable, and almost to understand. Since the chain Cope (demanded by the club) two months ago related to doping Barca to Madrid as the alleged source, UEFA has performed four times at Barca, half rather than the usual.

Others are worse

However, there are still more reason to complain. In Germany have reported that three players from Bochum, a team that is playing well is promotion to the Bundesliga, had to leave the film to be screened urine surprise in the bathrooms.

German team coach, Friedhel Funkel, agreed with all the normalcy that could now, calling it “embarrassing”, although clearly it is a legal action. Although it would disturb the rest day of a team that is playing.

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May 16 2011

Barcelona celebrate with their fans

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Barcelona have held all the top the league title after receiving tonight Cup champions from the president of the Spanish Football Federation Angel Maria Villar.

The captains Carles Puyol and Xavi Hernandez have been responsible for collecting the trophy, which for the twenty-first receives the Catalan club, and have approached the center of the field where it was all the Barca squad and coaching staff.

After the photograph of fact, the Barcelona group has been around the field to celebrate with their fans the trophy, while the players were giving gifts to members.

Question of peppers

If mathematical form after winning the title last Wednesday at the City of Valencia, the players wore the figure of two peppers in their commemorative T-shirts, in a coded message clear why they were champions.

At the time of holding the title to his fans, the club handed out these vegetables to the public and when the match ended in a loving threw them to the lawn. Some players such as Gerard Pique, participated in this hoax returning them to the stands and making clear that at the time of holding title, the club can also be very original.

A firework was put an end to the party before a given Nou Camp, but players are encouraged to make a huge circle in the middle of the field and have placed the cup right in the center, around which have danced to the hymn of Barca.

In the end, a new group photo and the players have picked up the benches where they have made the hall of honor to the technical team, headed by Pep Guardiola, they made returning to the players on Friday when the club held by the city League, with a final party at the Camp Nou.

The next party hope it will be on Sunday May 29, if they have won the day before the Manchester United in the final of the Champions League.

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May 14 2011

Florentino still has an obsession

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The day that Real Madrid came back to celebrate the King’s Cup victory, the president said that with this title, had removed “an obsessiaon” for him. The final won in a few weeks ago Mestalla ending a drought that lasted 18 years without lifting the trophy.

Florentino launched also a message of optimism for the entire Real Madrid say that from this title are available to repeat success of the forthcoming season.

But to celebrate major successes, Jose Mourinho and his players have to win once and Barcelona in the National League Championship to overthrow the hegemony Barca. Otherwise, this could become the new “obsession” of Florentino Perez.

And is that under his leadership, his team has never won a League to Barcelona. First of all, it is necessary to clarify the concept. During his first stay in office, the Real Madrid won two league titles (2000-2001 and 2002-2003). Since his return in 2009, already knows very well what has been a champion team.

Times were different

But the only domestic titles to win the Real Madrid president, none of them had a maximum rival FC Barcelona. There was no agonizing match-almost a hundred points. That Real Madrid won their first league as its main rival Deportivo La Coruna and two seasons later, the Whites played it face to face until the last game against Real Sociedad.

During this stage, Real Madrid also played two titles against Valencia of Rafa Benitez, who was champion twice. Therefore, its direct rival was not in any case a Barcelona that was in transition.

The only thing is to win Florentino, once obtained the King’s Cup, this is a league against Barcelona Guardiola. Where to get it, it would be the first title due to his great rival from the chair he occupies most important of Santiago Bernabeu.

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May 12 2011

Third League for Barca legend

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Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona proclaimed champions in first division after two days in advance to make the point that was lacking in the City of Valencia (1-1) against Levante, which gave good equalizer in their struggle for permanence.

Barca back to get a league in the field of the Levant, as did the 2004-05 season the team then headed by Frank Rijkaard, who won a title with which the institution Barca bridle a streak of six seasons without an important cup in their windows.

Barcelona controlled the game throughout the match in front of a squat lift in his field, hoping to find your options on the counterattack. However, the Catalan side in attack was much less precise than usual and never relinquished Levante maintain precautions.

In sum, the Barcelona just arrived at the opponent’s goal and just left the Levant plot. Neither team seemed uncomfortable with the role that corresponded in a match tie smelled from the beginning.

The first round of the Barcelona half-hour. Only robbery was interrupted by a ball from the rival sporadic and inaccurate centers of the visiting team’s players as they approached the area of ​​Levante.

The last action of the long ball possession was a center of Barcelona’s Xavi, in a spectacular header, Keita became a goal.

Only from that moment came the home team, increasing its presence at the meeting and that a large error of Pique and Valdes, inappropriate for players of this quality and so involved, Caicedo took advantage to put the tie to one the scoreboard before the game came to rest.

Until then, each team had enjoyed an opportunity and had taken advantage of. However, before the end of the first period, Barcelona had before it a new chance at a direct lack launched by Messi, who came near the goalpost of Munua.

The party had reached the break with a tie to one that conformed to the expectations of two teams that were doing much in the match, but seemed to need only a draw.

The Levante taken for good draw

The second half began with the same feelings, until on 57 minutes an excellent individual action Messi ended with the ball in the bottom right of the goal of Munua. Soon after, in a similar play, Messi returned to be near the goal. It was the one that broke the monotony of the crash.

Their actions, however, were sporadic, as the whole game was tedious and lacking bite. Barcelona had the ball and the Levant was waiting. Both teams seemed to be satisfied with it.

Thus came the meeting final quarter hour. The possession of Barcelona recovered the tone of the start of the game without the Levant seem to mind too.

As the meeting neared its conclusion, both teams raised their foot off the accelerator and the time when the referee blew the final whistle, the locals lived the small satisfaction of feeling closer to the permanence and the immense joy Barcelona have reached the title for the third consecutive year and his fans happy.

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