Super Campeones!

First trophy of the season, y’all! And being Real Madrid, we had to do it under stressful circumstances. It wouldn’t be us if there wasn’t nail biting, right?

Onward To The Semi-Finals! But First, Celta

::sings:: “Tomorrow! Tomorrow! We’ll know more tomorrow! The reveal of our semi-final opponent is only a day away!” :: (I’m not wearing the wig watishista Dollo, but the dog purse is under my desk. Sorry for the in joke, folks. Long story…).  We’re advanced to our fifth consecutive Champions League semi-final. Hooray! And tomorrow we’ll find out if we face Barcelona, Juventus or Bayern Munich.

Unbreak My Heart: Xabi Alonso In FIFA Weekly

The glorious ginger-bearded midfielder of my dreams is on the cover of FIFA Weekly Issue #13 and it’s making me weepy.

For The Love Of All That’s Holy, Stop Talking!

Carles Rexach, Windbag

…because every time you open your mouth, you’re embarrassing yourself. Barca’s newly appointed sporting director Carles Rexach (he’s also a former Barca player & coach) is just blabbing all over the place.

Goalkeeper High Jinks

During a recent league game, Liverpool Ladies goalkeeper Libby Stout decided to rush off her line à la Manuel Neuer. The move didn’t work out so well for her as it often does for him, as she ended up giving the ball away. Birmingham took advantage and nailed an open goal equalizer from 40-yards out. Brutal.

UEFA Elite Club Coaches Forum

Sneakers? Really Pep, Luis?

Every September UEFA holds this two-day forum for a select group of managers to come together and discuss a variety of football issues, get shit-faced, and talk smack about the other managers. Or so I speculate. This year’s forum is being held right now in Nyon, Switzerland, and is being chaired by UEFA’s coaching ambassador, Sir Alex Ferguson.

Fuck Your “In Principle” And Leave Me Alone To Cry

Bayern Munich have announced that they have an agreement with Xabi “in principle” Fuck principles. I can’t even be calm or polite about this. 

One Goal Closer

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GAHHH! One nerve wracking semifinal match down, one more to go….except next week, the nerves and emotions will be even crazier! You’ve got to give it up for our boys though, they didn’t score as much as they could have, but they held Bayern well and prevented them from getting any precious away goals. Hey defense, can you say “On FIYAH“??

WTF Pep?

Watishista number1barcachick shared this video (in slo mo) of an angry Pep Guardiola slapping Thiago Alacantara across the face during the German Super Cup.  My jaw dropped when I saw it. Ridiculously unprofessional. Say what you want about Mou, but I never saw him smack one of our players like this.  What’s going on with Pep? Is the pressure getting to him already?! Cules/bi-teamuals, is this normal behavior from him? I’m just so surprised by this. If that shit had gone down on an American team, I’m betting the players union and a few lawyers would have gotten involved. Not cool, Pep, not cool.

– Lozil

The Daily Drool – Coaches: Pep Guardiola

Pep will be taking over as manager of Bayern Munich in July 2013. He’s been a well deserved year off since coaching Barcelona (B team 20027-2008, senior team 2008-2012).