Articles tagged with "Barcelona"
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | May 1st, 2006
Another week, another five matches in Ecuador’s top flight. Of course this weekend was dominated by the violence of the 169th Shipyard Derby between ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | May 1st, 2006
A day after it was suspended due to fan violence, Emelec today defeated archrival Barcelona in the 169th edition of the Shipyard Derby. ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | May 1st, 2006
van Bommel figures that he is happy in Barcelona and rejected a move to Bayern Munich as a replacement for the greedy greedy Michael ...
Posted on: Brazil World Cup Team Blog by Euler Costa | May 1st, 2006
Is England our number one problem this year? According to Jack, from ‘Vital Football’ web site they are. Well, I’m not very fond of ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Apr 30th, 2006
As Nina Simone once said, "Bet you thought I was kiddin'." We've shown here, here and here how passionate and crazy the Clasico del ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Apr 29th, 2006
Happy Birthday wishes to Emelec and Barcelona! As the two Guayaquil clubs prepare for Sunday's Shipyard Derby, We take a lok back to the ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Apr 28th, 2006
Herewith, a brief look at this weekend's slate of matches in Ecuador's top flight. You've already read about the Clasico del Astillero on Sunday, ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Apr 28th, 2006
As noted, Emelec recently played its first match in the new and improved George Capwell Stadium. This Sunday, Emelec hosts cross-town rivals Barcelona in ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Apr 27th, 2006
On Sunday, the George Capwell Stadium will host its first Shipyard Derby since being remodeled and refurbished. For the uninitiated, Emelec v. Barcelona is ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Apr 27th, 2006
After losing the Champions League to a fast and attractive Barcelona side Clarence Seedorf wasn't what one might call a good sport. It's possible ...
Posted on: Brazil World Cup Team Blog by Euler Costa | Apr 26th, 2006
How about that? The game was really breathtaking but the players seemed fairly tired to the end. We could see some great moves and ...
Posted on: Mexico World Cup Team Blog by John | Apr 26th, 2006
Hugo Sanchez set a very high standard for Mexican players to follow in his tenure in Europe. But one accomplishment eluded him in his ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Apr 26th, 2006
By the time Arsenal had wrapped up their trip to next month's Champions League final (their first ever) in Paris, I'm sure you'd forgotten all ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Apr 26th, 2006
The FEF have announced that Sunday's massive Emelec v. Barcelona derby will be refereed by Pedro Ramos. This "Clasico del Astillero" (Shipyard Derby) will ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Apr 26th, 2006
So says his manager Arsene Wenger after Germany's No. 1 'keeper Jens Lehmann saw Arsenal through to the UEFA Champions League finals. The EPL ...
Posted on: Brazil World Cup Team Blog by Euler Costa | Apr 26th, 2006
I was watching that dreadful game (Villareal vs. Arsenal) when I remembered that ancient question: what is a better team, the ugly defending type ...
Posted on: Portugal Euro 2008 Blog by Luis Paulo | Apr 25th, 2006
Anderson Luiz de Souza, or Deco, was born 27 years ago in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil. After a short time at the Brazilian football ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Apr 24th, 2006
It’s that time of the week again, kids. Time to take a look at all of the results from this weekend’s matches in the ...
Posted on: Argentina World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Apr 22nd, 2006
While Lionel Messi has tapped Brazil as the favourite to win the World Cup, he is also saying all the right things about his own ...
Posted on: Sweden Euro 2008 Blog by Nicke | Apr 20th, 2006
My guess is that there will be a Swede in each team in the Champions League final in Paris. Both Barcelona and Arsenal impressed when ...
Posted on: Brazil World Cup Team Blog by Euler Costa | Apr 18th, 2006
I’m a little disappointed about the game. Great moves, great chances, but I didn’t like neither the final score nor the Brazilian participation on it. ...
Posted on: Mexico World Cup Team Blog by John | Apr 18th, 2006
If you live in the Southwestern United States, that breeze you felt today was the huge sigh of relief emanating from the Coach's hotel room ...
Posted on: Brazil World Cup Team Blog by Euler Costa | Apr 18th, 2006
Sorry to lie like this. The page space may be big, but I didn’t find anything new other than the information I found in the ...
Posted on: Brazil World Cup Team Blog by Euler Costa | Apr 18th, 2006
Am I the only football fan excited about today’s big game? It’s the Champions League semi-final first leg at the San Siro stadium. Two ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Apr 17th, 2006
Another week, another five matches in Ecuador's top flight. As always, a breakdown of those games is after the jump.
LDU Quito easily beat Emelec ...
Posted on: Portugal Euro 2008 Blog by Luis Paulo | Apr 16th, 2006
Luis Figo needs no presentation. He is simply the best Portuguese player since Eusebio. Member of the Portuguese golden generation within Rui Costa and Fernando ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Apr 14th, 2006
This a piece of news that slipped under my own personal radar from a couple of weeks ago. Apparantly Bayern Munich are interested in ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Apr 14th, 2006
A reader asks, in so many words, how a guy named Trent became a fan of Ecuador. Fair question, and here's my answer.
I had ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Apr 13th, 2006
Herewith, a brief look at this weekend's matches in Ecuador's top flight. Can Emelec continue their sterak of good luck? Can Barcelona resume ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Apr 10th, 2006
Not many close results from Ecuador this weekend, headlined by Emelec's 6-0 destruction of Macara on Sunday. All of the games after the ...
