On December 23rd, after a little over six months at the helm, Rafa Benitez agreed to part ways with Inter Milan. I’m not a fan of Inter but they did the right thing by getting rid of Benitez. Inter is currently in seventh place in the standing, thirteen points behind leaders Milan, unacceptable. That’s not [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Barcelona’
Rafael Benitez – Not A Smart Manager
Posted: December 27, 2010 by The Mark in SoccerTags: AC Milan, Balotelli, Barcelona, Biabiany, Cambiasso, Chivu, Coutinho, Eto'o, Ferguson, Gerrard, Hodgson, Inter Milan, Italy, Julio Cesar, Kuyt, Liverpool, Maicon, Mancini, Milito, Mourinho, Muntari, Obinna, Pandev, Rafa, Rafael Benitez, Real Madrid, Santon, Scudetto, Serie A, Sneijder, Stankovic, Torres, Valencia, Wenger, Zanetti
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World Cup 2010 – The Final – Spain Are Champions!!!
Posted: July 12, 2010 by The Mark in SoccerTags: AC Milan, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Brazil 2014, Celtic, Champions, David Villa, De Jong, Elia, España, Everton, Feyenoord, Forlan, Germany, Huntelaar, Iniesta, Inter, Kuyt, Liverpool, Llorente, Manchester City, Mueller, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pedro, Real Madrid, Robben, Sneijder, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Torres, Uruguay, Van Bronckhorst, Van Der Vaart, Van Persie, Vuvuzela, Webb, World Cup
The World Cup is over and Spain are your new Champions. First Euro 2008 and now this? I guess we have to respect Spain in international competitions now and not wait for them to eventually choke. The Final was probably one of the best deciding games since I can remember (1982). Both teams wanted to [...]
World Cup 2010 – The Semi-Finals – Uruguay Remembers It’s Uruguay and Germany Forgets It’s Germany
Posted: July 8, 2010 by The Mark in SoccerTags: Ajax, Arsenal, Babel, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Benfica, Boateng, Boulahrouz, Cavani, Clockwork Orange, Davil Villa, De Jong, De Zeeuw, Englanf, Feyenoord, Forlan, Friedrich, Germany, Klose, Kuyt, Lahm, Liverpool, Manchester City, Marin, Mertesacker, Mueller, Netherlands, Neuer, Oezil, Oranje, Palermo, Pedro, Pereira, Podolski, Puyol, Robben, Schalke, Schweinsteiger, Sneijder, South Africa, Spain, Stekelenburg, Suarez, Torres, Trochowski, Uruguay, USA, Van Bommel, Van Bronckhorst, Van Der Wiel, Van Persie, World Cup
The Semi-finals are over and we will have an all European Final and a first time winner. Uruguay held on as long as they could against the Dutch but Diego Forlan (Atletico Madrid) couldn’t win the game by himself. Germany was missing Thomas Mueller (Bayern Munich) and couldn’t get over on Spain. Both very good [...]
World Cup 2010 – Day Twenty-Three – Argentina Disappoints
Posted: July 4, 2010 by The Mark in SoccerTags: Ajax, Argentina, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Benfica, Cardozo, FIFA, Friedrich, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, Klose, Lahm, Manchester City, Maradona, Messi, Mueller, Netherlands, Paraguay, Real Madrid, Rimet, Schweinsteiger, South Africa, Spain, Suarez, Tevez, Uruguay, Villa, World Cup, Xavi Alonso
Day twenty-three saw a clinic put on by Germany and Spain edging past a very game Paraguay squad. Argentina exits the World Cup and in the ninety minutes it took for them to lose, they went from a red-hot team with as good a chance as anyone to hoist the Jules Rimet Trophy to a [...]
World Cup 2010 – Day Nineteen – Portugal Forgets To Show Up Against Spain
Posted: June 30, 2010 by The Mark in SoccerTags: Argentina, Barcelona, Brazil, Cardozo, Carlos Queiroz, Chelsea, Cristiano Ronaldo, CSKA, Danny, Deco, Germany, Ghana, Higuain, Honda, Hugo Almeida, Japan, Komano, Liedson, Nakamura, Netherlands, Paraguay, Portugal, Real Madrid, Ricardo Costa, Simao, South Africa, Spain, Tanaka, Uruguay, Villa, World Cup
Day nineteen brought the end of round two and now we have a few days off before the Quarter-finals this weekend. Surprisingly, the Paraguay – Japan game was more exciting than Spain – Portugal. If Portugal had showed up to play, that game would’ve been tops. Paraguay continues to do enough to get by and [...]
World Cup 2010 – Day Fifteen – Round One Is In The Books
Posted: June 26, 2010 by The Mark in SoccerTags: Barcelona, Brazil, Chelsea, Chile, Eriksson, Ghana, Honduras, Iniesta, Ivory Coast, Kalou, Medel, Millar, North Korea, Ponce, Portugal, Romaric, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Toure, Villa, World Cup
Day fifteen brought the last games of round one. Group G was pretty much set but Group H had everything to play for. Spain, Chile and Switzerland all had legitimate shots at advancing but only two could make it. Sorry Switzerland. The round of sixteen is complete and it only includes one African team, Ghana. [...]
World Cup 2010 – Day Eleven – Portugal Goes To The Circus
Posted: June 22, 2010 by The Mark in SoccerTags: Barcelona, Behrami, Chile, Colo Colo, Cristiano Ronaldo, CSKA Moscow, David Villa, Del Bosque, Fernando Torres, Gonzalez, Honduras, Hugo Almeida, Ivory Coast, Liedson, Linesman, Liverpool, North Korea, Paredes, Portugal, Raul Meireles, Referee, Simao, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Tiago, World Cup
Day eleven is in the books and all three winning teams never really looked in danger. Portugal clobbered North Korea, Chile handled Switzerland and Spain dominated Honduras. North Korea is eliminated from the tournament and no one would complain if they just packed up and left. On to the games: Portugal – North Korea (7-0) [...]
World Cup 2010 – Day Seven – Welcome To The Gonzalo Higuain Show
Posted: June 18, 2010 by The Mark in SoccerTags: Argentina, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Blanco, Bolton, Bordeax, Carlos Tevez, Celtic, Cha Du Ri, Chelsea, Danny Shittu, Domenech, France, Franck Ribery, Gourcuff, Greece, Hernandez, Higuain, huh Jung Moo, Jung Sung Ryong, Kaita, Lee Chung-Yong, Liverpool, Malouda, Manchester City, Manchester United, Messi, Mexico, Nigeria, Oh Beom Seok, Olympiakos, Park Chu Young, Park Ji-Sung, Real Madrid, Referee, Samaras, South Africa, South Korea, Suwon, Torosidis, Ulsan Hyundai, World Cup
Day seven was very entertaining. Gonzalo Higuain (Real Madrid) put on a show in the Argentina – South Korea game, Greece came back from the dead to beat a now dead Nigeria team and Mexico might have done enough against France to punch it’s ticket to the next round. Day seven also showed that sometimes [...]
World Cup 2010 – Day Two – Robert Green Ruined My Night
Posted: June 13, 2010 by The Mark in SoccerTags: Annoying Horns, Argentina, Aston Villa, Barcelona, Bolton, Capello, Carrick, Celtic, Cha Du Ri, Chelsea, Dempsey, England, Everton, Fulham, Gerrard, Greece, Hamburger Helper, Heinze, Heskey, Joe Cole, Kyrgiakos, Liverpool, Malaga, Manchester United, Maradona, Martins, Messi, Milner, Nigeria, Obinna, Otto Rehhagel, Park Ji-Sung, Robert Green, Rooney, Samaras, South Africa, South Korea, St.Mirren, Suit, Tim Howard, USA, Vuvuzela, West Ham, Wolfsburg, World Cup
Day two was better than day one but the last game of the night, England – USA, had me regretting my decision to get up at 3:30 am to watch it. Those horns are still annoying and I’m not sure how I’m gonna get through the tournament with that sound. I could still hear them [...]
Inter Milan v Chelsea – The Enemy Of My Enemy Is Also My Enemy
Posted: February 25, 2010 by The Mark in SoccerTags: AC Milan, Almunia, Arsenal, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Blasian, Bordeaux, Calcio, Cech, Champions League, Chelsea, City, CSKA Moscow, Emirates, EPL, Eto'o, Everton, Fiorentina, Futbol, Gary Neville, Hilario, Inter Milan, Italy, Ivanovic, Juventus, Kalou, Kennedy Wong, Ligue 1, Liverpool, Lyon, Manchester City, Manchester United, Mario Balotelli, Miroslav Klose, Olympiakos, Porto, Real Madrid, Roma, Ronaldo, Scudetto, Serie A, Sevilla, Sneijder, Soccer, Stuttgart, Who Dat
Yesterday, one of The Blasian’s (remember him?) favorite teams, Inter Milan took on Chelsea at Giuseppe Meazza in the Champions League Round of 16 clash. Inter won 2-1 and look good, not great, going into the return match in three weeks time. Before I go into the actual game let me tell you about these [...]
