Archive for the ‘La Liga’ Category

La Liga: Álvaro Negredo, The Non-Hipster Choice

David Farris with his TSG debut. The Third Wheel. Mal tercio. To the casual outsider, La Liga exists as a fierce and epic battle between two clubs: Real Madrid and Barcelona. As if El Classico weren’t enough to keep people’s attention, last year’s race between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi to the top of the [...]

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TFIY: How I Became A Madridista

Well, we’re back today with our fourth installment of The Fan In You, a series where a fan offers their perspective on how they came to root for the team they love. This week’s piece brought to you by our La Liga correspondent Donald Wine II. When I was a kid, every fall I would [...]

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The Battle For El Pichichi: Messi v. Ronaldo

This is a guest post by La Liga expert Donald Wine II. He is the author of the blog “Life In 1-1-8,” which can be found here. Better than Bird vs. Magic? If you haven’t been watching La Liga football this season, you are missing probably the greatest battle soccer has seen in years. I’m [...]

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Messi No Le Lanza!….Messi Don’t Dive

Update: The took down the terrific Messi Don’t Dive video below. But here is another ditty showing the hits the Argentine takes in the line of duty: ———- Sorry we’re late to this. This past weekend Heart Attack Ray Hudson issued an opine (2nd video) on Lionel Messi during Barcelona’s 5-1 thrashing of Espanyol….and recommended [...]

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Real Madrid versus Barcelona

I hope you all enjoyed that as much as I did. Off to have lunch! and some wine! OH and Barcelona are top of La Liga As soccer fans we were treated to a show. USMNT fans. NOTICE what speed and skill can do versus a little and large like strike force! The game had [...]

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The Biggest El Classico Yet…

There are always big games to be played each year, whether it be club or country. We as fans love rivalries. We either support one of the teams and hate the other, or we watch the game as neutrals, anticipating fireworks, good play and heated battles. International games between rivals are few and far between, [...]

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