Real Madrid beat Cordoba 2-1 despite being reduced to 10 men when Cristiano Ronaldo was sent off in the 82nd minute after having a casually insane meltdown. Here’s how it played out…
Tag: La Liga
DTotD: Atletico’s Gimenez goes unpunished for making Neymar bleed
Neymar opened the scoring in Barcelona’s 3-1 win over Atletico in the 12th minute and three minutes later, he took a Jose Gimenez boot to the ankle that left him bleeding through his sock.
Leo Messi says he has “no intention” of leaving Barcelona, ruins everything for rumor merchants
First, Barcelona had to go and disrupt the storyline of “Barca are over (for real this time!)” by beating Atletico 3-1 with goals from Neymar, Lionel Messi AND Luis Suarez. Then, after the match, Messi ruined the most pervasive story of the January transfer window by going on Barca TV and stating unequivocally that everything printed about him simultaneously trying to leave the club and run it as an iron-fisted dictator is total bullshit.
David Moyes politely sticks it to everyone after beating Barcelona
David Moyes, a once widely respected football manager who unwittingly signed up to become a clown pinata when he took charge of Manchester United, claimed a sliver of redemption with relegation threatened Spanish side Real Sociedad by beating Barcelona 1-0. He even managed to get Barca to score the match’s only goal against themselves (Jordi Alba in the second minute).
As the world sang his praises for the first time in a long while, Moyes was rightly feeling pretty wonderful after the match. But being the good sport that he is, he still took the time to shake hands with several key Barcelona players. Here’s what he said as he did so…
This behind the scenes video of Fernando Torres’ Atletico unveiling is adorable
Following a great reception at the airport earlier in the week, more than 40,000 people turned up at the Vicente Calderon on Sunday to officially welcome Fernando Torres back to the club where his career began. The video above shows some of the emotions of the day. The hugs, the joy, the familial warmth, and the importance of not putting your hands in your mouth.
David Moyes knows tres Spanish words and isn’t afraid to use them
David Moyes has gotten off to a great start in his mission to save Real Sociedad from relegation with a draw, a win, and two clean sheets in his first two matches with the club. Confident that he is now the ruler of Spain, the Scot decided to show off his mastery of the local language (up to the number four) during a press conference.
“They have been training with me dos, tres, cuatro times,” Moyes said when speaking of his new club’s B team as if just saying the numbers in Spanish helped anyone at all understand what he was talking about.
And now, even though he’s getting results, people are once again laughing at him. I’m starting to think he likes it.