I don't think I'd be complaining with Robinho, Higuain and Nistelrooy on the bench.

Nistelrooy on for Raul.

PENALTY REAL, for handball!

4-0, Nistelrooy. Nice penalty.

4.

F great night.

I think the scoreline's a little harsh on Real, they deserve more than 4. Valdez has had a decent game though, couldn't have done anything about the goals.

rijkaard should announce that he will stepdown aat the end of the season

He probably will step down. Rumour has it that Pep Guardiola will take the bench, cue mass exodus of players

So, Porty, are you dancing and drinking Tuborg by the litre just yet?

It's been a good long while since last Real thrashed Barca this badly. Got home just in time to see the penalty against Puyol.

Oh my God!!!

I can't believe it 4-0, it's way too much, for pity's sake what happened to the Catalonian sense of honour? Oh my, I really feel for them, especially since 3 days ago we could have been in the same situation. Imagine if we had lost to the merda and crowned them champions Unbearable, that's too much for a football players ...

He should do a merdici and go right after the end of the match!!!

4-1, at least they scored one

4-1, Henry. Good finish.

Whats more impressive was that the league was already decided, but it seems that spite is an incredible motivator

Xavi red card.

Good result for Barcelona. 1-4 is OK for them.

Now they'll fight with Atletico for the 3rd place. Villarreal is 2nd - confirmed.

Humiliation! The Arrogants are going to remember this party for a long time... even if they want to, their bruises won't let them forget it... go home Losers!

The game was very entertaining! In terms of quality it was by far the best I've seen this season in all competitions. Great passing, great movement, great finishing, great goalkeeping (Valdes made many good saves but Casillas' on Messi's shot near the end was out of this world! )... mostly thanks to Real. They played a very good game. They deserve the title. ****ers.

Photo of the season:

They look like little children that get to see their idols.....

Great picture, Porty. Thanks for posting.

And that's BEFORE they concede 4 to Real. Wonder if there IS any truth to the rumor that Deco and Eto'o got yellows on purpose over the weekend so they wouldn't have to be in the honor guard for Real.

Ave, Real, morituri te salutant...

Without Ronaldinho, they seem weak! Ronaldinho really picked Barca back up when he came in, and now that he is cast out. Barca seem just a shadow of what they were in 06 and 05.

I've always thought it's because of this Real-Barca enmity. there's no unity within Spain NT and will never be.


You're joking right? he's made 9028346927468275392187351986 assists in his career.


They give a loser a bad name


Agreed. even in his bad days he could at least score nice goals from free kicks. he really isn't being treated like he deserves, but that's Barca they forget too quickly.

I could not care less... I don't like them and I'm happy they fail. I hope it goes on like this.


He has screwed up 10 times the number of assists he's made.


You probably don't remember what happened the last time Madrid had to do the same thing.

No I don't! what happened?!...

They did not form a proper tunnel and no one applauded the Barcelona players... I still can't find which season that was from damn it!

Perhaps there's been a reason.

They just hate each other...

But they do respect their [stupid] traditions. Calderon may hate Laporta [and vice versa] but he pretends it's the other way and watches the game next to him...

Seems a good reason.

If you're referring (also) to this tradition we're talking about then I don't agree, I really like it!

Anyway... I don't know if you have noticed but Spanish clubs have had some crazy presidents at times...

Ever heard of Jesus Gil? This guy was (he died on May 14, 2004) crazy. He was Atletico Madrid's president and mayor of Marbella. Funny guy but a friend of Franco...

Here's the story I've heard about him:

When he was studying economics in Madrid he suddenly got fed up, walked down to the lecture theater's stage and said to the professor and students: "This is all bullshit, we're wasting our time. I'm leaving this place, I'm going to learn this stuff on the street. Don't worry, you will soon hear about me!"

And he was right! He became a contractor and in 1969 he built a mall in Los Ángeles de San Rafael and during the celebrations of it's opening, the building collapsed when there were 700 people in it, killing 58 of them... I'm sure his colleagues heard about him after that...

He did some time and then Franco helped him out.

He then went to Marbella and continued his business that made him rich and famous and turned the little town into a goldmine!

At this time he also starts meddling in Atletico's directorates... he meets Vicente Calderon and gets close to him. When the latter decides to retire Jesus Gil goes for the presidency. He became president in 1987 and maintained his position until 2003.

In 1991 he founded and led a new alliance which he called GIL, Grupo Independiente Liberal in order to become Marbella's mayor. He won and became a successful president, snatching another two victories in '95 and '99.

in '99 he goes to jail again as it was proved he transfered 450m pesetas (I think that's nearly 3m euros) from Marbella's cash-book to Atletico's one... he gets out after paying 100m pesetas.

In 2002 he is accused of having defrauded close to 4,500m pesetas in his first tenure as mayor. He gets sentenced and then gets out of jail in a week after paying 700k euros...

Anyway... here's the funny stuff

I love this first story: He always made fun of the Spanish journalist's cause they did not speak English at all. One time in an airport in Spain he started talking to the journalists in English and they did not get a thing so he started running and they kept running behind him and he told the airport security guys to arrest all those that were chasing him! Later, he went to release them laughing with tears and gave them English-learning books!

Some rich guy from Marbella gifted Jesus a little crocodile, which he named Furia (arrow) and took with him in Calderon's press room. There, after bad results, he was pointing at the crocodile, threatening his players! He also threatened the journalists he did not like that he would release Furia against them!

After a defeat in the league from Logroñés, Gil vent's his spleen on Atletico's forward Adolfo Valencia: "I will cut the scruff of this nigger! I'll **** his whore of a mother that let him out. I will kill him with my own hands". When the sporting judge called him to apologize he said: "Racism depends on one's point of view. And in this case, I am the victim, not he! I pay him, I give him a house and money and he doesn't give a **** about me! Maybe he has a problem with me being a white?"

When Ramón Mendoza invited him to watch the derby together he went all smiling wearing a scarf that read "Antimadritista"!

He went against anyone... coaches, players, presidents and refs: Here's what he said to a French referee in front of some UEFA officials: "You are a fag and you will get your payment from your paedophile friends"

He once said "my idols are Jesus, Franco and Che Guevara!"

His greatest moment as Atletico's president was when his team won the double (the only one they've won till today) in '96. He was so happy when they won that he wanted to parade with the trophies in front of the whole city. He made a secret agreement with some people from Madrid's zoo to get the zoo's elephants for the parade but the police found out and stopped it and guarded the zoo for a couple of days! But then he rented a dozen of coaches and numerous horses and he paraded through thousands of people that were deifying him, passed by the Neptuno fountain (where the Atletico fans celebrate their team's victories), handed the trophies to Virgin Mary at the Madrid cathedral while the archbishop confered his benediction on him (I think he needed that!) and ended inside a full-house Vicente Calderon that he entered as a Roman emperor would after a victorious invasive war!

Here he punches and swears at Compostela's president Caneda!

And here his giving an interview from his house at Marbella. Check out the Atlético crest at the pool's bottom!

Also here he is with a young Raul... damn it!

Actually it's not only the real-Barça enmity, the whole country is divided in regions and every one has it's own language Catalan, Castillan, Sevillan ...ect

Well, everyone knew it was coming, but it's official: Rijkaar to leave Barca at the end of the season, Guardiola to take over.

I he wasn't such an outrageously talented player... he'd probably be a nerd and a porn-addict!

World of warcraft anyone?

What's that?

Should I know?

I've never even heard of it!

HT. Espanyol-Atletico 0-2 (Aguëro & Forlan)

Fantastic striker duo.

Wow. Now we're seeing who the real geeks on the board are.

(I don't do WoW myself but know those who do.)

Sorry for being a geek but in my defence I got the day off so ...

Edit. Oh and sorry for doing wow too.

I think it'll take a long time before another coach can do what Rijkaard did for Barca.

FT. Espanyol 0-2 Atletico.

those who play warcraft feel sorry for other people only GTA4 or MGS ( for me) superior to that I is RTS game with online play biggest online play one need another life to play WOW

I have heard of it but never played it (never really got into online games)

It has actually killed people.



(From its Wiki page, if you put in world of warcraft on google news it will prob send u to a better page)



Not played GTA4 yet (exams coming up), but Metal Gear Solid is god

Anyway in La Liga related news i was half expecting Laudrup to take over but Guardiola is no big surprise especially considering his past with the club

Atlético closer to CL qualification!

@Kurt: you should check episode 8 of South Park's season 10. It's called Make Love, Not Warcraft! It's just amazing...


I'm with Sneijder. Think he did well.

Anyone knows anything about Rodney Sneijder!?

Till they find a Romario/Rivaldo/Ronaldinho

I read earlier that Rijkaard is Barca's 3rd longest serving coach ever. Surely this can't be true, he hasn't been there that long!

hatrik for Dos Santos, his third was a beauty

Probably his last game for Barcelona though so he's trying to find a new club

Zaragoza are relegated after their loss 3-2 to Mallorca. Oliveira scored both goals though.