Real Madrid 0 – Barcelona 2 – Champions League 1st-Leg

Real Madrid has now suffered the same first-leg fate as Spurs did. Well  less, rather than more, as Real’s defeat was not as marked as that of Spurs. The referee did a good job of ruining a perfectly good match by giving Pepe a straight red for what was at worst a stern yellow. Why [...]

A Mountain Left to Climb

Last night Real Madrid proved too good for Spurs, who were not helped by Peter Crouch’s sending off within the first quarter of an hour following two reckless and unnecessary tackles, nor by injury-hit Lennon having to drop-out of the line-up at the very last minute. Perhaps the ref was a little harsh with the [...]