It absolutely wasn't, but I'm sure the truth won't distract you from a perfectly good Laportista wet dream.
He's president for the next 6 years, deal with it and support the club, not the last president.
Friendlies are better ignored, it's just a runout for the players to gain fitness and some tactical knowledge of each other. So long as you're not getting spanked or picking up injuries the match matters very little
Because the illusion of North Korean supremacy has to be maintained, and to do so an explantion has to be given to the people as to why the team failed to demonstrate their superiority on the football pitch against the evil capitalists of the developed world.
I like the tradition of retiring numbers that the US has, but I don't want it in football because we have our own tradition of a number accruing, as you so aptly put it "legacy". Both fine traditions but there's no need to mix the two.
Well they give a full breakdown of prices with comparisons between last year and this and how that translates in % terms. Unless somebody can cite a more reliable source there's no reason to disbelieve it.
Florentino has increased season ticket prices at the Burnacow by 25%!!!
http://www.elmundodeportivo.es/gen/20100803/53976162775/noticia/florentino-exprime-al-socio-del-real-madrid.html
The Europa league is a secondary competition that used to be known as the UEFA cup. Teams that have won domestic cups and finished lower down the leagues enter it and the winner doesn't really have a status other than being the winner of that particular competition and the pride that comes with...
Puyol is annoyed that the British press has been inventing quotes from him about Cesc
http://www.elmundodeportivo.es/gen/20100802/53975863875/noticia/wenger-queda-en-evidencia.html
I think it's because he's worshipped like a hero in his home country so being a small fish in a big pond brings out the worst in him. That, or he really is just an arsehole.
Do you know how far out they are in terms of the numbers? The EPL system is quite misleading because it's not the same as La Liga's squad limit which is a straight limit of 25 + B team players, the EPL says it's 25 over a certain age and the x amount more of youngsters.