Last Week in La Liga
An important announcement (kind of), the Ronaldinho goal (!) and some other videos that are quality like Tony Parker’s pre-nup.
Fijaos: Listen up, ya’ll.
I got a job. Like a real, “doesn’t have anything to do with SLAM” job. This new reality will keep me away from my laptop till around 6pm (East Coast standard time) most days. This doesn’t mean I’ll be posting less. I’m just going to become more efficient, using my weekends to my advantage, and maybe I’ll start live blogging from the NBA the games I go to. That said, if you leave me comments, I’ll still do my best to keep the banter up later that evening. Maybe I’ll leave you something fresh for the next morning.
And, um, if I suddenly seem slightly more irascible around these parts–it’s not you, it’s me. And it will pass.
In sum: Now I’m more than just SLAM’s indentured servant.
Now let’s hit some crossbars and gawk at Ronaldinho.
Barcelona 4 Villareal 0
Dinho…that bike has more juice than Lance Armstrong’s ass sitting on a bike. And what language is this? ASH-EH-LA HA JIMMA HEEEEH LO HOSH TOTOTOTOTOTOTOTOO. INIESTA EIKEN MEN DUEM EIREKEIFJNBKFD OEUFKLEIEJREEUEPENF.” That’s what he said, I swear.
And here are your game highlights.
My main man Sid Lowe has some good stuff on the Dinho goal and the current contrast in style between Barca and Real. He even included the phrase “veritable Sammy Swimming pool.” While I have no idea what that means, it sounds fantastic.
Atlético Madrid 1 Real Sociedad 1
I considered watching this, but then I realized it was a trap game. If they won, cool, they won–they were supposed to. If LaputaAtleti lost, well, Laputaatleti lost. Well, they tied the worst team in La Liga. Barely. And that’s a big pile of joder. HO-DARE, I say!
Sevilla 3 Athletic Bilbao 1
What you’re not seeing: Luis Fabiano’s mojo.
Other Results:
Celta Vigo 1 - 1 Real Zaragoza
Getafe 0 - 0 Levante
From Last Week in La Liga:
Poor Bernd (Schuster). Forced to watch his team from a commentary box after a slight disagreement with the referee, last week, Getafe’s German coach was probably quite glad that there was a bit of distance between himself and the man in the middle on Sunday. Two quite clear penalties turned down for the home team certainly didn’t help Getafe on what was one of their off days.
Basically, the story behind this is that I was talking to Schuster the other day over Skype and he started relentlessly needling me about some of my infamous cooking–in German no less. He said the word “Sheisa” about eleven different times, and, simply put, I let him know where he could shove his “Sheisa.” Though I did mention that I was sorry that Getafe has to play in a town that is actually a construction site. More on that some other time…And not getting those penalties must have sucked, too.
Mallorca 3 - Nastic 2
Osasuna 4 - 1 Deportivo
Racing Santander 4 - 3 Recreativo Huelta
Real Betis 1 - 1 Espanyol.
15 Responses to “Last Week in La Liga”
Nov.30 at 10:57 pm
Max Airington says:
You make me want to care about soccer.
Nov.30 at 11:35 pm
Ryan Jones says:
Max, you should TOTALLY care about soccer. You’re clearly too smart not too.
Nov.30 at 11:36 pm
Ryan Jones says:
Oh, and Jake’s new job is “towel boy.” Seriously. I had to give him a reference and everything.
Person needing reference: “Hi, Mr. Jones? We’re considering Jack Applescratch for a towel boy position.”
Me: “Yeah, he could probably do that.”
You’re welcome, Jake.
Dec.1 at 8:11 am
Waters says:
I love the announcers. The part about the girl having season tickets is priceless.
Dec.1 at 10:24 am
Dr.Dray says:
barca..mes que un club
…bremen!!
Dec.1 at 1:25 pm
Boing Dynasty says:
Towel boy…Knicks or Nets?
Dec.1 at 7:19 pm
b55 says:
it’s arabic
Dec.1 at 8:18 pm
Jake Appleman says:
Ryan, I laughed out loud. Twice. And we don’t have any towels yet.
Dec.1 at 10:03 pm
Jake Appleman says:
oh. if i offended anybody, it wasn’t intentional. i promise.
Dec.2 at 9:09 am
BETCATS says:
MMMMMMMMMMMMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDRRRRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD won
Dec.2 at 7:28 pm
Waters says:
where the hell was ronaldhino today against Levante? Did Barcelona even care about the game? I went to a sports bar and had to damn near beg to get soccer on tv, and alas no ronaldhino. Deco’s free kick was nice, too damn bad the guy on the end of the wall was too busy grabbing himself to jump like the rest of the wall - would have prevented a goal.
Dec.3 at 8:54 pm
Waters says:
Here is another highlight from a barcelona game, by far the best effort seen in ages http://www.wildboston.com/item/1583/
Dec.4 at 11:52 am
Lang Whitaker says:
Jake, just curious, why don’t you write about a real soccer league, like the EPL?
Dec.5 at 11:16 am
olly says:
someone with sense- lang knows-
excuse my lack of posts as a dedicated reader but i have been embaressed– luckily my gunners SPANKED spurs on the weekend-
to make up for our weak beatins against bolton and then fulham!!
Dec.7 at 5:32 pm
Max Airington says:
Soccer just got that much cooler to me. Sunderland keeper Ben Alnwick, 19, winger Liam Lawrence, 24, and striker Chris Brown, 21, all took part in and orgy. They were joined by ex-teammate Martin Woods, 20, now at Rotherham United, and two pals — not thought to be players — who remained clothed. The orgy, which took place in a flat, involved the six men and a mystery brunette girl — referred to as “Stevie”. The seven-minute video shows England under-21 star Alnwick winking at the camera as he has sex with her. Then Woods — still wearing his jumper — is shown performing a sex act on himself. Brown — who does Match of the Day style commentary throughout — hints their orgy antics are a regular fixture when he says of the two clothed pals: “Here’s the boys — the watching faithful — every week without fail.”