It’s a shame that the Canadian coverage of European soccer has dwindled so much. I truly miss it. I was able to finally see a match…the CL final of all things…featuring the two Madrid teams. I honestly didn’t need to watch it to know that RM would win. Just a gut feeling. If this were maybe three or four years ago I would have been ecstatic but it ( Read more... )

Uggh...having a difficult time making my proline pick this week...Barcelona? Real Madrid? Draw? On the one hand Barca HAS to win or, let's face it, they are toast in La Liga. But I'm certain Jose is thinking if Real win this one he can sit back, breeze through La Liga, and concentrate on Champions League. Not to mention, Real certainly do NOT want ( Read more... )

Football went rather well this weekend. Quite the mixed bag of results. A jubilant Jose Mourinho celebrates the Real Madrid victory with a piggyback ride?? The man is crazy...but what can I say, I love him for it. And The Ramos scored :) Meanwhile my two fav Serie A teams, Napoli and Lazio, battle it out to a scoreless draw. I predicted it would ( Read more... )

Since it’s Sunday I guess the catch up post of the day will be re: soccer. I’m still following my fav team which, for all intents and purposes, is Real Madrid. I can’t say as I’ve religiously watched every one of their games this year as there have been some conflicts with the scheduling of other matches. A good Serie A match up will trump a La ( Read more... )

Is it wrong to NOT want to watch the Champions League final? I don't want to sound like a sore loser but I really just can't bring myself to watch Barcelona play the final. UGH. I truly wish the best to Man U. I hope they win. I could care less about the EPL but they will become my favourite English team should they manage to beat Barca. Best news ( Read more... )

I finally am able to access the internet again J I have fully functional netbook at home and my new desktop will arrive in one week. Woo hoo…giant monitor on its way. And bonus, we will now have a functioning network at home which means both niviene and I will be able to use the network and internet at the same time.

Now on to yet more enjoyable news…Real ( Read more... )

Follow up from yesterday..."Lazio goalkeeper Fernando Muslera will be out for at least three weeks with a sprained ankle but he is optimistic of returning in time for the Rome derby on March 13." :( Get well soon...Lazio is just not the same without you.

Saw this posted on ONTD-Football and it made me smile...( J-Mo > everyone else.... )

I am not going to comment on those two dreadfully depressing incidents which occurred yesterday (Rafa's AO loss, Real Madrid's acquisition of Emmanuel Adebayor). Feel free to debate which is the less of two evils. However, and far more uplifting, I would like to send out birthday wishes to my favourite futbol coach....


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It was a particularly proud night for Milito who was crowned Best Foreign Player, Serie A Player of the Year and Best Bomber. The Argentine striker had been criminally overlooked in the voting for the FIFA Ballon d'Or, so there was a sense of justice about last night's award. Milito's success was the icing on the cake for Inter. The Italian ( Read more... )

Nothing too exciting to report. In the football world, Jose Mourinho won the FIFA Coach of the Year Award and Gonzalo Higuain's surgery was a success so all is well in Madrid. As for me I completed reading Pride & Prejudice so my 2011 book total is up to two. I would like to read at least 50 novels this year. I am currently reading Northanger Abbey ( Read more... )