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    That's a given Irv , he is the best football writer for la liga
    Tim & Sid are more witty and sarcastic


    Double standards from Del Bosque and Marca
    Tim Stannard

    Monday 12 October 2009 12:01
    If Joan Laporta’s wettest dream, an independent Catalan football side, ever comes true, then at least one part of the Spain manager’s life would have been made considerably easier: the politics.

    Of course, this undeniable upside would be instantly countered by losing the likes of Iniesta and Xavi and having to build the midfield around Guti, a footballer who now claims to have rediscovered his Christian roots and has demonstrated this leap of faith by recreating the roof of the Sistine Chapel in a enormous tattoo on his left arm.

    Saturday’s 2-1 World Cup win over Armenia has left Spain with nine wins from nine in their group, eight points clear of their final opponents, Bosnia, and Vicente del Bosque in a charitable mood with his players. The Barça ones, anyway, complains the Madrid press.

    Spain’s coach has decided to allow the rib-bruised and suspended-anyway Carles Puyol to travel back to Barcelona along with the apparently knee-knacked Xavi.

    And this has got AS’s panties in a bunch with the paranoid paper suspecting that a dodgy deal has been made between Pep Guardiola and the national manager – a suspicion that has come up in the past with injured Barça players returning home only to return for their next league encounters.

    “I don’t have any agreements with any club,” sighed the moustachioed manager in a response oft uttered down the years by the national team boss.

    Monday’s irritable edition is also accusing Del Bosque of double standards over his treatment of Fernando Torres, who has been troubled with muscle issues all week and only lasted 55 minutes of yet another non-scoring encounter.

    But despite admitting that he has had conversations with a concerned Rafa Benítez, Del Bosque tells AS that his striker isn’t going anywhere and may play again on Wednesday, due to injuries to David Villa and Dani Güiza.

    “I told [Benítez] that he is being well taken care of,” said the Spain manager about a player who has returned to Liverpool in an injured state five times.

    Marca are also crying foul over players poleaxed on international duty. Spitting flames over Cristiano Ronaldo’s ankle injury, which will see him on the sidelines for a month, Marca may never be ready to make nice with Portugal and their ex-Madrid-managing coach.

    “Their doctor and [manager Carlos] Queiroz took advantage of the good faith of Cristiano,” moaned Monday’s editorial, saying that both should have listened to Madrid’s own medical report warning of the risks of playing their expensive product in the win over Hungary.

    “It’s the opposite to what Del Bosque has done,” continued the complaint, which claims that the Spain coach has chosen club over country – all very brave in a game that was completely meaningless for his own side.

    Unfortunately, there is no further word as to whether Portugal's bosses should have taken heed of Marca’s Saturday headlines, which boasted that Ronaldo would not be “hiding from this crucial match for Portugal.”

    AS have taken a different line, with a reasonable Alfredo Relaño arguing that Ronaldo’s contribution to Portugal’s opening goal was key and asking whether the winger was “supposed to tell his country that his ankle pain meant that he preferred to count his millions in Madrid, whilst Portugal played for their World Cup future?”

    But that’s of no concern to Marca, who are in full sulk mode and praying that their superstar player can return in time for Madrid’s encounter against Barcelona on November 29 – a game that is apparently the first “match of the century” of the current campaign.

    Liverpool fans may be having the same worries over Fernando Torres' availability in the immediate future. But for Marca, there's one major difference between those two giants of the world game. Only one of them plays for Real Madrid
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    How come most madrid players have to openly say that they are religious and kiss the cross necklace (ronaldo,kaka, guti etc)? is this some sort of political nonsense within the club? why bring it onto the pitch when there is no need. is it to win over the Ultra Surs?

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    Spain is a Catholic country and Real Madrid represent the central government/Spain as a country which was openly religious and die hard Catholic in the medieval times and through out General Franco fascist regime .
    however Portugal is a bit like Spain so CR & Kaka (who has done that so many times before joining Real ) doing it is not a surprise same way for most Brazilians
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    No it is because they worried that they are going to hell because they play with Madrid.


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    kaka is not even catholic....
    "I pass and I move, I help you, I look for you, I stop, I raise my head, I look and, above all, I open up the pitch...The one who has the ball, is the master of the game...That's the school of Joan Vilà, of Albert Benaiges, of Johan Cruijff, of Pep Guardiola" - Xavi Hernandez

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    I didn't say he was a catholic , i said he was doing it before he joined Real
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    my mistake sounding like u were implying
    "I pass and I move, I help you, I look for you, I stop, I raise my head, I look and, above all, I open up the pitch...The one who has the ball, is the master of the game...That's the school of Joan Vilà, of Albert Benaiges, of Johan Cruijff, of Pep Guardiola" - Xavi Hernandez

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    I don't like your tone DM....


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    how to inflect tone onto my post???
    "I pass and I move, I help you, I look for you, I stop, I raise my head, I look and, above all, I open up the pitch...The one who has the ball, is the master of the game...That's the school of Joan Vilà, of Albert Benaiges, of Johan Cruijff, of Pep Guardiola" - Xavi Hernandez

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    racist

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    Cry me a river Marca and AS!

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    I am genuinely surprised by DM. I didn't think he was like that at all. Very disappointing.


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    aaah my mistake i will calm down next time before i respond
    "I pass and I move, I help you, I look for you, I stop, I raise my head, I look and, above all, I open up the pitch...The one who has the ball, is the master of the game...That's the school of Joan Vilà, of Albert Benaiges, of Johan Cruijff, of Pep Guardiola" - Xavi Hernandez

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    Quote Originally Posted by Incognito View Post
    I am genuinely surprised by DM. I didn't think he was like that at all. Very disappointing.
    same here

    i know DM & I had our differences but i didn't think he would go down that route at all
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