The Game of Hope is a football match organized by Michael Essien to raise money for a variety of charities in his home country of Ghana. A team of 11 African players will play against a team of 11 internationals. He's been urging both Chelsea FC and Real Madrid players to show their support, although as of now I'm not sure if any of them will ( Read more... )

It is in our blood to die fighting on the battlefield:

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( Train hard, Spartan warriors. )

[On the one hand, I feel sort of bad copy-pasta-ing this whole article. But YOU NEED TO READ THIS RIGHT NOW, so fuck it. Source here, click it so that they can get pageviews and shit like that.]

One man's journey from Los Angeles to Real Madrid good-luck charm  by Grant Wahl ( Read more... )

i just saw people were chatting about this in the post below, but i decided to put it all together for everyone.

IT BEGINS
marca publishes an article claiming that iker and sergio have demanded that mou be sacked in the summer.

President, it's Mourinho or us


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7TH Dubai International Sports Conference & Globe Soccer Awards 2012


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Down To The Wire: Manchester Preview Post

Xabi's ready! What about you?


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First of all, it's probably pretty obvious by now, I ADORE Essien. I stan him like no other. So you know, if an interview with him comes out highlighting something important, why not share?

"Are you happy to score for Daddy for his 100th win?"

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*sob*

There's more:
( Essien, Daddy, Lady Edith... )

CNN has been releasing little clips all week of Pedro Pinto's interview with Mou as part of their special "Mourinho Masterclass." In this clip, we find out who Mou thinks is the funniest Real Madrid player, which player would probably show up to training in his pajamas, which player he would entrust his children to, and which player would morally ( Read more... )