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UCL: Bayern – Villarreal: Playing for pride
Posted on November 21, 2011 | 3 CommentsPreamble About two months ago on the eve of Villarreal – Bayern, both these teams were about to kick-off the 2011-12 Champions League group phase. Believe it or not, Villarreal came in from the second pot and as the second most experienced team in the group, ahead of both Napoli... -
Podcast: Ballon d’Or, Golden Boy & Champions League
Posted on November 5, 2011 | 2 CommentsIn this week’s 173rd edition of the forzafutbol podcast Elisa and Ravi round up the big topics of this week. The Champions League the Europa League, The Ballon d’Or nominations, the Golden Boy nominations and a host of other topics. It is a bumper edition. There are a lot of... -
Villarreal – Man City: The submarine is hurting
Posted on November 1, 2011 | 2 CommentsPreamble Villarreal are hurting, very badly. Nilmar, Rossi, Cani, Zapata, Camuñas, Senna, Marco Ruben are all ruled out for the clash against Manchester City at home. They have thirteen fit first team players that includes Cesár the backup goal-keeper and Ángel who hasn’t played a single minute of competitive football... -
La Liga round up with Edu from La Lambretta
Posted on October 29, 2011 | 1 CommentIn today’s podcast Elisa, Mando and Ravi welcome Eduardo Perez Suarez “Edu” one of the founders of La Lambretta radio. You may reach him at @LaLambretta on twitter. We went old school in this podcast going around the league starting with Sporting and Levante. You may also hear him on www.oidradio.es in La... -
Man City – Villarreal : God save the submarine
Posted on October 17, 2011 | 1 CommentPreamble No Nilmar. No Marco Ruben. No Senna. Musacchio is doubtful. Add to the list: a converted left-back(Catalá), a makeshift right-back(Zapata) and the biggest signing of the club, J. De Gúzman hasn’t been able to adapt fully to the system yet. They have been thoroughly outplayed in the UCL home... -
Champions League: Villarreal v Bayern München
Posted on September 13, 2011 | 3 CommentsDiehard Bayern München supporter @RedRobbery takes a look at Bayern’s dream of playing in the ‘home’ Champions league final at the Allianz Arena in May 2012. Specifically, he talks about how Bayern will sink the yellow submarine, Villarreal. It is a great read. Take us home, Champions League – this... -
Fernando Roig Interview : TV revenues + other problems
Posted on September 5, 2011 | 9 CommentsThis is translation of the interview of Fernando Roig, President of Villarreal CF that aired on Cope Radio n 31-August in the program “Partido de las doce”. Wherever possible, I added fact checks and background wherever I can to help understand the context better. The set-up: There were about 4-5... -
La Liga Calendar Week#2
Posted on September 4, 2011 | 8 CommentsLa Liga will return to action next week for what is effectively the 2nd round of games. Here is the schedule of the games. As you can see, with Champions League back in action, all the top top teams are playing saturday. The best games to look for? Villarreal –... -
La Liga Week #1 Kick-off times
Posted on August 9, 2011 | No CommentsAnd finally they are here. The self-proclaimed “best league of the world” has announced the kick-offs for Week#1 of the season 11 days ahead of the games. Incredible. Irony aside, let us look at the kick-offs Game Date East coast West coast local (CET) Espanyol x Granada 20-Aug Noon 0900... -
La Liga Transfer Report: Best of the Summer Sales
Posted on December 9, 2010 | No CommentsThe Winter transfer window is opening up soon. The clubs are ready, willing and able to sell, but are the buyers ready? Have they made up their minds that their Summer signings are booming or busting? That’s up to individual interpretation, but before you consider needs in the Winter market,...
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