As occurred last weekend Barça will begin the game knowing the result of Madrid’s game. If Madrid beat Depor in the Bernabéu Barça will need 3 points to stay in with a chance of La Liga, if Madrid drop points then a win will return Barça to the top of the table.
Frank Rijkaard has left […]

Just watched the Champions League final. I know it’s not Barça but I have to say I find it extremely irritating that the referee can signal 3 minutes injury time, in which time Milan made a substitution in order to waste time, and then blow for full time after 2 minutes 40 seconds. How can […]

Just in case anyone is wondering why Madrid who have scored 55 goals and conceded 34 are above Barça (64-30) it is because in La Liga when two teams are level on points only the goals scored in the games between those clubs are counted (head-to-head goal difference). So as Madrid beat Barça 2-0 at […]

What possesses some ‘fans’ to go to the trouble of making a 20 metre long banner such as this?Vergonya basically means shame or disgrace and after Thursday’s 4-0 defeat to Getafe in the Spanish cup I share the feeling of shame. However, I would never in a million years think that in some way this […]

So Madrid heroically came back from 1-3 down to win 4-3. The surprising thing is that they should go 1-3 down to a team who has nothing to play for and has rested their best players (Tamudo, De La Peña) with an eye on next Wednesday’s UEFA cup final.