Rideing with Style!

Car company Audi has sponsored Barcelona since 2006. As a gift to their constant support and honor, Audi has taken the honor and personally handed a brand new Audi A7 Sportback to each member of the 22 player squad in Barcelona! The players were given the luxury to ride freely to test the maneuverability and direction of their new automobiles on a professional race car track. All members of Barcelona happily accepted this generous offer except for head coach Pep Guardiola who refused his Audi out of solidarity for the other coaching staff who didn't have the 'right' to a car.

Wayne Rooney!

Talented Manchester United striker, Wayne Rooney,  just released yesterday his burning desire to leave his childhood club. Topping of charts and scoring unbelievable upper 90 goals, every club's desire is to sign this legendary player into their starting 11. It's as if you threw a juicy piece of steak into a pit full of angry lions. In addition, not only does Rooney want to leave his club, he wants also to be the highest paid professional soccer player, that's $14 million/year we're talking about. Currently Cristiano Ronaldo holds this record at $13 million/year. What does this have to do with Real Madrid or Barcelona? They will be play the auction game for Rooney once the market reopens in December; whoever bids the highest will have the privilege of owning England's superstar, Wayne Rooney!

Bojan Krkić

In my blog I believe we must honor the young players more than the elder, more experienced ones because in the end, they're going to be the ones who shape football for it's greatness. Bojan Krkić, at age 20, is a stellar representation of Barcelona's youth implemented into its attackers. Actually, Bojan is famous for being young after being the youngest player to score in Barça's history at age 17! That's my age! Bojan is very skillful with his technique and his speedy approaches to the goal has not been left unrewarded. Playing with the heart of a soldier in battle, Krkic has scored very important goals under Guardiola's reign; however, because of his youth, Bojan isn't put into the games until the very end most of the time substituting Pedrito, Messi, or Villa. Even with the few minutes he received in playing time, he still managed to score 11 goals for Barcelona. Be on the lookout for this rising mischievous player.

Pique, or Piqué?

Today, I encountered a vocab word "pique" meaning "verb: to arouse an emotion or provoke to action"! Does anybody see the connection! Gerarde Piqué! The great defender for Barcelona. Classy, stylish, solid the defender who rose literally from zero to hero in one year! Coming from being a nobody in Manchester United, Piqué quickly began scaling the ladder of international success in Barcelona. With his extraordinarily strong physical body and the ability to travel forward with the ball, Piqué is sometimes referred to Piquembauer (after Franz Beckenbauer) because of his natural talent to score goals as well as defend. He has become a regular pair with Carles Puyol, and the both of the have become unstoppable forces. Last year alone, he scored 7 goals, won the World Cup with Spain, and held the Spanish Premier League title in honor. 

Pique's Greatness Video

Sergio Ramos

Today's spotlight is on the acclaimed Sergio Ramos, star defender for Real Madrid! At merely 17 (my age) Ramos was already a starting defender in the most famous club of the world. His youth stages began in the club of Sevilla in Andalucia. Such was his passion and determination that not only did he succeed in earning a contract in 2004, but remains today a highly honored defender (at the age of 24!). Ramos continues to impress, being a starter for the Spanish Team as well. Although his brother René is his agent, nothing keeps young Sergio from a great pay! Since 2005, Ramos, a defender, has managed to score 22 goals for Real Madrid and 2 goals for Spain! Talk about a well rounded player. Personally, one of my great inspirations and motivations in my soccer career, here is a link to show you in video what I'm really talking about!

Who are they to speak?

     Who are they to speak of Madrid poorly!? No One! As doubtful fans and critical Barcelona fans had harshly beat and pounded on Madrid moral, this weekend the elite Madrid team striked back beating Deportivo de la Coruña 6-1! Unthinkable! All doubts of head coach Mourinho were lifted; all fans who were hiding their Madrid jersey are wearing it proudly; all the haters and nonbelievers, here IT IS! Madrid is back in the game as royal power in worldly competitve soccer. The drought is over and this team will definitely, no doubt, satisfy an international Madrid population.
      Early on CR7 scored a searing header in the 4th minute. Goals would continue coming back to back by Ozil, the Argentinan duo Dí María and Higuain, an own goal, and the faithful Cristiano Ronaldo closed the game with a daring 6-1 on the scoreboard. Such was the embarrassment that the head coach of Deportivo de la Coruña even admitted, "We are the worst team in La Liga." How degrading!

Here's a quick recap of the games goals!  :

Real Madrid 6 - 1 Depor. Coruña