Ramblings Archive

  •   This week, instead of going game by game, I will mix things up a bit. Media brinkmanship Last weekend Barcelona couldn’t get past a spirited and super-humanly effort from Javi Varas of Sevilla. They followed it up with an unimpressive win at Granada with a goal from a set-piece by...

    Media brinkmanship: La Liga Jornada#11 recap

    Posted on October 30, 2011 | 4 Comments
      This week, instead of going game by game, I will mix things up a bit. Media brinkmanship Last weekend Barcelona couldn’t get past a spirited and super-humanly effort from Javi Varas of Sevilla. They followed it up with an unimpressive win at Granada with a goal from a set-piece by...

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  • La Liga week #9 was a nightmare for home teams. Only Sporting and Osasuna won their home games and there were 4 draws and 4 away wins. Game of the week : FC Barcelona vs Sevilla  Javi Varas The Sevilla goalkeeper was super-human. Stopped everything that Messi & Co had to throw...

    La Liga W9 : Levante & Varas

    Posted on October 24, 2011 | No Comments
    La Liga week #9 was a nightmare for home teams. Only Sporting and Osasuna won their home games and there were 4 draws and 4 away wins. Game of the week : FC Barcelona vs Sevilla  Javi Varas The Sevilla goalkeeper was super-human. Stopped everything that Messi & Co had to throw...

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  • Julio Baptista celebrating after the wonder goal last night  It has been a crazy weekend. But a sense of normalcy is settling in at the top of the table. Levante is still in dreamland. Betis has been woke up, rudely. Barcelona and Real Madrid seem to have shaken off the initial...

    La Liga Week 6: The Golazo matchday

    Posted on October 3, 2011 | No Comments
    Julio Baptista celebrating after the wonder goal last night  It has been a crazy weekend. But a sense of normalcy is settling in at the top of the table. Levante is still in dreamland. Betis has been woke up, rudely. Barcelona and Real Madrid seem to have shaken off the initial...

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  •      Levante, Messi and Cristiano are the protagonists of week 5 We are into week #5 of La Liga. Some normalcy has returned. Real Madrid blew past Rayo Vallecano even while playing with 10 men. Barcelona slammed another fiver, this time against Falcao and the ‘new look’ Atlético Madrid. Some wackiness...

    La Liga Week 5: The Big two win big + Super Levante

    Posted on September 26, 2011 | No Comments
         Levante, Messi and Cristiano are the protagonists of week 5 We are into week #5 of La Liga. Some normalcy has returned. Real Madrid blew past Rayo Vallecano even while playing with 10 men. Barcelona slammed another fiver, this time against Falcao and the ‘new look’ Atlético Madrid. Some wackiness...

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  • With Champions league and Europa League games we have a lot to ramble about this weekend. The Result of the week: Undoubtedly, Levante’s shock win over Real Madrid is the result of the week. Nobody saw this coming. The Valencian team played a physical game bordering the limits of the...

    La Liga Ramblings Week#3 : Levante Shock and a Tiger Roars

    Posted on September 19, 2011 | 1 Comment
    With Champions league and Europa League games we have a lot to ramble about this weekend. The Result of the week: Undoubtedly, Levante’s shock win over Real Madrid is the result of the week. Nobody saw this coming. The Valencian team played a physical game bordering the limits of the...

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  • We are back with our ramblings for week#2. Club football is back. And thank God for that. It is Week#2 in La Liga land. But it felt like another season opener because of the international break after Week#1. Here is this week     1. The weekend kicked off simultaneously at...

    10 ramblings on week#2

    Posted on September 12, 2011 | No Comments
    We are back with our ramblings for week#2. Club football is back. And thank God for that. It is Week#2 in La Liga land. But it felt like another season opener because of the international break after Week#1. Here is this week     1. The weekend kicked off simultaneously at...

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  • International weeks are weird. On any given day you might hate Lio Messi but when Argentina plays, you are suddenly forced to ‘root’ for him to give a killer assist to Higuaín.They throw your club allegiances to a spin for a period of time long enough to make you feel...

    10 ramblings on an ‘International’ week

    Posted on September 5, 2011 | No Comments
    International weeks are weird. On any given day you might hate Lio Messi but when Argentina plays, you are suddenly forced to ‘root’ for him to give a killer assist to Higuaín.They throw your club allegiances to a spin for a period of time long enough to make you feel...

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