Friday 16 May 2008, 12:22
Saturday Murcia (19th) v Barcelona (3rd) This week, the Catalan press has been keeping itself busy by indulging in more anarchic acts of reckless speculation than Nick Leeson ever managed. Both Sport and Mundo Deportivo have churned out stories moving...
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Thursday 15 May 2008, 17:00
Levante are downing tools after two years without pay after one player had to send his missus home to live with his mother while he dossed down on a mate’s floor, after a whole fleet of flash cars were taken back, after bank accounts were frozen, after...
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Wednesday 14 May 2008, 12:15
For the Spanish of a more traditional generation, choosing where to go on holiday is a fairly simple business. It's either the village or the beach. None of your Guardian-reading fannying around with oyster-tickling trips to Tahiti. Oh no. Come August...
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Tuesday 13 May 2008, 11:22
Like the very odd man currently seated at the table next to La Liga Loca in its favourite café, Real Madrid may well be playing with themselves on Sunday. In the most predictable move since both Marca and AS decided to run Cristiano Ronaldo to Madrid...
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Monday 12 May 2008, 14:21
Good Day Atlético Madrid "We Are De Champions" was the erroneous attempt at an English headline on the front page of Monday's Marca . "We are in fourth place but will probably balls it up in the qualifying rounds" was the less...
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Friday 09 May 2008, 11:36
Sunday Zaragoza (16th) v Real Madrid (1st) To prevent any sneaky shenanigans or any on the field funny business, all matches this weekend will kick off on Sunday. At 9pm. Meaning a quarter of a million or so people will be flopping onto their sofas sometime...
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Thursday 08 May 2008, 22:14
Let's face it, everyone - including La Liga Loca - is talking about Barcelona's not-at-all hidden shame today. About the "pasillo" they were forced to hand Real Madrid before last night's clásico. And the hideous 4-1 kicking they...
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Wednesday 07 May 2008, 11:38
Wednesday Betis (12th) v Valladolid (14th) Today's the day when the Beticos roll up their sleeves, scrunch up their eyes and endure a 90-minute long Chinese burn from the bully boys of the Spanish footballing authorities. Today's the day when...
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Tuesday 06 May 2008, 12:56
If you are to believe the multiple Pulitzer prize-winning papers in Catalunya, Pep Guardiola is about to become the luckiest puppy in the world. That's because the former Al-Ahli Doha and Dorados de Sinaloa legend is set to have his life completely...
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Monday 05 May 2008, 16:17
Good Day Real Madrid Monday's El Pais sums up the praiseworthy performance of the whole celebrating side - all 10 of them - in the final frenetic five minutes of the match with the words "attitude, faith and courage." The one player who...
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Friday 02 May 2008, 12:14
Saturday Atlético Madrid (4th) v Recreativo (16th) With the rojiblancos mired in their second-worst closing half of the season since 2002, the president admitting off-mic that his players are pants and Pablo Ibañez confessing that his tottering team-mates...
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Thursday 01 May 2008, 17:11
Barcelona, eh? It’s worse than The Tower during the reign of Henry VIII and his insatiable ginger loins. Worse than Traitors’ Corner when it’s that time of month down Queen Elizabeth I’s way. Worse even than Two-for-One day at the Place de la Revolution...
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Wednesday 30 April 2008, 11:08
"Watch out! He's getting away," screamed Marca 's man in Manchester as Rijkaard bolted for the Barcelona bus. "Burn him!" screamed the Sport supremo. "Yes! Burn him," yelled Mundo Deportivo 's roving reporter...
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Tuesday 29 April 2008, 10:53
Tuesday's Champions League clash between Manchester United and Barcelona looks like it has squeezed every last drop of effervescence and enthusiasm from the pom-pom waving, back-flipping Catalan sports press. Nine months of continual "Come on...
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Monday 28 April 2008, 12:00
GOOD DAY Real Madrid Bless their cotton socks, Real Madrid are starting to play like proper grown-up champions. That said, they'll have to wait a while for the actual accolade – possibly, if Osasuna have any say in the matter at the Reyno de Navarra...
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