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Biebs Backs Barca
April 5, 2011, 6:11 pm
Filed under: Barcelona, Real Madrid

Today is the day we’ve all been waiting for… The world has been waiting with bated breath, dying to find out which soccer club Justin Bieber supports.

Well, Yanks, he just let us know — loud and clear.

The Biebs was spotted playing a game of “pick-up” soccer earlier this week, and he was decked out in Barcelona gear. Were this casual game of footie taking place in Toronto, you might think: “Ok, he probably likes Barca, but maybe it just happened to be the jersey on the top of the stack.”

But! The location of the game makes his kit selection a major statement of interest. He wore a Barcelona jersey in the streets of Madrid. Gasp! It may not do his image much good before his concert in Spain’s capital this evening, but surely his reception at Thursday’s show in Barcelona will be electric.

Hala Madrid! Right?

Wrong! The Biebs is saying, “Holla, Madrid! Hola, Barcelona!”

For the Beliebers, check out the following video of Boy Wonder playing soccer!

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Sweet-A Adidas Commercial
March 16, 2011, 9:50 pm
Filed under: 9) Video (Misc.), Argentina, Barcelona, David Beckham

Adidas just released it’s new pulse-pumping television commercial starring Argentina and Barcelona star Lionel Messi. Given the rest of the cast, this is almost certainly an American commercial. And, sadly, most folks who view this will know it as the Derrick Rose / Katy Perry Adidas ad. They probably won’t even notice that Beckham makes a cameo!

Nonetheless, this commercial is thoroughly entertaining. Messi and Rose are bad-asses.

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Barcelona’s Barrier
February 23, 2011, 5:00 pm
Filed under: 9) Video (Misc.), Barcelona

Check out this video submitted by Uncle Paul. It’s a hilarious take on the language barrier that pervades throughout European football. The video makes an example of the many dialects of Spanish and learned English… in the face of a Dutchie.

Hit the jump for a translation of the video!

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Karim Benzema, le rapper
February 10, 2011, 10:40 pm
Filed under: 9) Video (Misc.), France, Real Madrid

Real Madrid and France striker Karim Benzema makes non-prostitute, non-scoring slump news! Yippee!!!

The Benz has just dropped one of his first rap tracks with fellow artist Rohff. The song is hardly worth listening to, but there’s just something gratifying about checking out footballers trying to flow.

As with rapping counterpart Ryan Babel, it’s difficult to tell just how bad KB’s skrills are. Give it a listen and decide for yourself!

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Xabi Alonso, hott. His wife, finey.
January 19, 2011, 9:52 pm
Filed under: 3) Sex Sells Soccer, Real Madrid

Real Madrid’s Xabi Alonso and his wife, Nagore Aramburu, make a pretty damn cute couple. It doesn’t hurt that, individually, they are FINE. Vogue España clearly agrees. They just released photos from the recent shoot with the two FINEYs.

Check out the behind-the-scenes video to see FINE dish-washing and FINE pong-playing.

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Special 1 TV: Mourinho v. El Clasico
December 3, 2010, 7:11 pm
Filed under: 1) Eng. Premier League (EPL), 2) La Liga, 9) Video (Misc.)

BBC Comedy: ‘Special 1 Tv’, Episode 6.

“Five nil, four nil and one nil…that’s a change for the books. Has the day finally arrived for Sven and the Voyeur to give the Special 1 a taste of his own gloating following his humiliating defeat at the hands of Barca? Pretty unlikely. Do it!”

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El Clasico: Match Highlights (11/29)
December 1, 2010, 1:02 am
Filed under: 4) Highlights, Barcelona, Real Madrid

El Clasico Picante!!!

Pundits may have seen the feistiness coming in yesterday’s match between Real Madrid and Barcelona, but NO ONE could have seen this scoreline coming!

This was truly a Clasico for the ages!

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El Clasico: Ronaldo v. Messi (And so much more)
November 29, 2010, 9:32 pm
Filed under: Barcelona, Real Madrid

This season’s first Clasico is being billed as “Ronaldo v. Messi,” but any well-informed soccer fan knows that today’s match-up is so much more than that.

This is not a 2-man show with a forgettable supporting cast. No… One would be remiss to forget the likes of Villa, di Maria, Xavi, Casillas, Iniesta, Sergio Ramos, and Puyol.

All of this aside, even the manager head-to-head is intriguing. Barcelona’s Pep Guardiola has dominated Real Madrid while in power, but Jose Mourinho will prove to be a more than formidable foe. The Special One’s Inter Milan managed to best the Catalans in last season’s Champions League. Can he do the same with Europe’s most-storied club?

And is all of this didn’t create enough suspense, the two clubs are within 1 point of one another in the league standings. A victory today could easily be seen as the first step towards winning this year’s title!

Follow the match today! Kickoff is 3:00ET, on ESPN3 (and other various internet sources).


Enjoy other “El Clasico” trailers with the link below!

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San Iker: When tabloids attack!
November 15, 2010, 7:40 pm
Filed under: Real Madrid, Spain

In other Spanish hottie news, Iker Casillas had an interesting moment during this weekend’s match against Sporting Gijon. (As you can see above.) The “read” and the restraint are the little things that make this man charming.

P.S. The overall contest was pretty spicy! Check out the match highlights!

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Ronaldo’s lady, on the cover of ELLE Espana
November 13, 2010, 12:49 am
Filed under: 3) Sex Sells Soccer, Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid

This is Cristiano Ronaldo’s girlfriend, Irina Shayk.

And this is one more reason to become a soccer star.

Check out a behind-the-scenes look at this photo shoot:

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