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08.19.11Has José Mourinho taken it a little too far this time?Eye-gouging on the touchline. Well, it's certainly a new approach to get under someone's skin from The Special One as his Real Madrid side travelled to Barcelona's Camp Nou during the week for the 2nd leg of the Spanish Super Cup. Following Marcelo's two-legged tackle on Barça's Cesc Fabregas, chaos ensued at the sideline. Red cards were being thrown around to Marcelo, Mesut Ozil and David Villa. Then Mourinho very calmly walks up behind Pep Guardiola's number two Tito Vilanova and very bizarelly sticks his finger in the Barça assistant's eye. Vilanova retaliated by pushing The Special One who in turn ...
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12.06.10Champions League Matchday 6 previewAfternoon one and all. Matchday 6 in the Champions League this week and despite most clubs already qualified for the next phase there's still some good games worth watching. Group H is the most open one with Shakhtar Donetsk, Arsenal and Sporting Braga all having a chance to progress into the next stage in the top position. It's amazing Arsenal still haven't qualified despite having scored 15 goals and mastered 6-0, 3-1 and 5-1 victories back to back. An upset at the hands of Serbian side Partizan could see a big surprise exit for the Gunners. [caption id="attachment_154" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Wenger hopes his ...
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11.26.10Another day, another classicI will be in Liverpool this coming Monday night and I was originally scheduled to go see Cast play on their home turf at the city's O2 Academy. However, a few weeks ago the news broke that the heated rivalry match between Barcelona v Real Madrid was moved to said Monday night as opposed to it's usual weekend slot, I made the decision that I will have to catch John Power & co. another time - I'm not missing this. Yes sir, this Monday is the 161st La Liga installment between Spain's two biggest teams. And with Pep Guardiola's successful record against Madrid and José "Special One™" Mourinho's successful record against Barça, it makes it even ...
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