Weekly Football Results

Still, dear reader, I don't have Swine Flu. Thursday I got out of my lockdown and went to the market. The deserted streets were a very unfamiliar sight, with my neighborhood being very noisy and crowded.







I spoke with some friends on the phone and three of them watched Wereder Bremen v. Hamburg in the Semifinals of the UEFA Cup. The number of people talking about a UEFA Cup match was really high but regarding the lockdown that many Mexicans are facing certain luxuries or even bothers to watch certain matches that in "normal circumstances" would not be watched. Returning to the game the northerns beat one-nil the Bremen side in a pretty dispair match. In the first forty five minutes the visiting side obtained a late lead through a header of Trochowski. Through the following period Bremen had at least four clear chances to score with several more over the bar. It will be until next thursday that the outcome of the German semifinal shall be cleared.







El Clásico took place at Madrid yestereday. Los Blancos got battered by the overwhelming power of Barsa. If there was a moment in which Los Blancos could have equalled their counterparts, immediately Barsa showed them that it was not going to happen. The home side were simply outclassed in each department and if Casillas would have not been there, the scoresheet could have shown a wider gap.







I still disgust the way that Barsa played testerday. They played well but they cannnot be put together in comparisson to Cruyff's Barsa. The Spanish commentator on SKY sports stated that Iniseta was "Laudrup from the 21st century." Please, measure yourslef! Finally congratulations to Indios of Ciudad Juárez and Puebla, they will be playing next season in Mexico's top competition since they saved themselves from relegation. Even though the battle still continues with Tigres and Necaxa.

Barcelona v. Real Madrid 0-1 23/Dec/07

The thrilling and over expected game took place this Sunday at Nou Camp, with Madrid side earning a 1-0 victory over arch rivals from Cataluña. Julio Baptista scored a terrific shot after a series of passes with Ruud van Nistelrooy. This winner leads Real Madrid to an outstanding advantage in the top position of the table. Frustration was seen all over culé fans and specially in the development of the team.
Barca had a couple of arrivals the first half but it was the early score by Baptista which defined the development of the game. A deception in the Barca style of play clearly set the weight of the poorly game in the shoulders of impressive Iniesta who was the keenest of players in at least break the tie. With Ronaldinho nearly playing as a extremo, it was the lack of opportunities and the impotency that was shown in his game, nearly a couple of dribblings but none of them practical. While in the Spanish Supercup Pepe, the 30 million Euros investment, played no less than awful, has shown in the latter stage of the tournament that he is up to such an important facet in Schuzter's team. It seems that Fabio Cannavaro's days of glory has passed but at least he has recovered the level that brought him to the captaincy of Italia and to the World Cup. In the other side, my countryman Márquez, showed the instability of his career, making an effort but not completing it. A disappointment in my opinion. He also has to watch his back, due to the current explosion on Mexican central backs that can cover his position even better than he does in Barca. Moving upfield, Eto'o and Ronaldihno showed nothing but desperation. Reaching the final blow Barca played with four forwards. In my opinion Rikjard has no idea of what to do in situations under a lot of pressure. He made youngster Bojan come out from the bench as if he could decide the match with a strike, the same as with Giovani. Sneijder play was terrific, always distributing and exhausting the midfield with ideas. He seems to revolutionize the football of Madrid and I have great expectations on him.
Finally ref Mejuto González was wrong in many of the clashes, favoring either sides in different sequences of the game. A match to forget to the culé side and a joyful, but suffered win to the capital side.