Spanish Clubs

Barcelona Advance To Copa Del Rey Final After 95 Minutes Of Complete Chaos

Barcelona and Atletico Madrid drew 1-1 at the Camp Nou in the Copa del Rey semifinal second leg, and Barca advanced to the final, 3-2 on aggregate. That description does absolutely no service to what's just transpired in Catalonia. 

This match included three red cards, a wrongfully disallowed goal, a ridiculous free kick from Messi that thundered off the crossbar, a contentious penalty, a missed penalty and all the other drama you’ve come to expect from a match between these two clubs. 

Barca B Player Channels His Inner Rivaldo To Hit A Ball With No Mercy

Here's a lesson for all you kids out there: if you ever have a free kick, just smash it. That's the lesson Brazilian great Rivaldo gives to prodigies at La Masia, so why not? Just approach the ball like Barca B's Gerard Gumbau like Rivaldo and utterly annihilate the thing. It'll fly into the corner, you'll be the hero and you'll get promoted to the Segunda Division. That's the theory.

Ronaldinho Is Back At Barcelona

En una entrevista reciente con Mundo Deportivo, Ronaldinho reveló que Pep Guardiola, en vez de querer avanzar sin la estrella brasilera como se creía, en realidad quería que se quedara antes de irse al AC Milan.

“Pep pidió verme cuando llegó en el 2008”, dijo Ronaldinho. “Me reuní con él y me dijo que me quería en el equipo, que me quedara porque contaba conmigo.”

“Aprecié eso, pero sabía que mi ciclo en el Barca había terminado, así que decidí irme.”

Sergio Ramos Traded His Jersey For Some Pork

Here's a tip: if you're at a match and you want a player to give you their jersey, bring something to bribe them with, like pork.

Hey, it worked on Sergio Ramos.

Is Zinedine Zidane A Great Manager Or Just A Club Figurehead?

Real Madrid’s 3-0 victory over Real Sociedad has silenced many critics, especially after both Sevilla and Barcelona dropped points. Real now have a four-point lead with a game in hand at the top of La Liga. But such is the nature of the beast at the Santiago Bernabeu that Zinedine Zidane is still facing questions over a poor January that included a stretch of one win in five matches and elimination from the Copa del Rey. 

World-Class Goals From Suarez And Messi Put Barca On Cusp Of Copa Del Rey Final

Barcelona, the defending Copa del Rey champions, are on the cusp of being able to defend their title after defeating Atletico Madrid 2-1 in Madrid. Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi put Barca up 2-0 by halftime, but Antoine Griezmann managed to pull one back for Atletico in the 59th minute. 

Over 48,000 inside the Vicente Calderon witnessed a nightmare start as Suarez opened the scoring for Barcelona in the seventh minute. With Javier Mascherano returned to the defensive midfield role, his crunching tackle saw the ball roll free to Suarez. 

Cristiano Ronaldo Is Wearing Sunglasses

Cristiano Ronaldo is the king of footballer brooding tweet selfies. Here's one with his head in a bush. Here's one on a couch/bed thing in a very uncomfortable-looking position. Here's one with him wearing a coat incorrectly.

Cristiano Ronaldo Said A Bad Word

Cristiano Ronaldo is a nearly perfect human. He's chiseled, rich, famous and very good at reminding us that he is all of those things. He is still human, however, and just like all humans he occasionally loses his temper and becomes a pottymouth.

That's what happened when, recently, he made a (rare) poor touch and was booed by his own fans at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.

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