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El Balonazo’s Week 37 Preview – Maths, Actually.
And so it all comes down to the maths. It was ever thus; this teams beats that team, our team draws with that team and that striker bags a hat-trick to let us move ahead on goal difference, we pay … More »
El Balonazo’s Week 36 Review – Back to Black for ‘Cholo’ Simeone, Elche on the up and Taurine Bolix’s in Villarreal
I’m sure that Argentina is a nation of chi-chi style merchants. You can picture them; lithe supermodel types shimmying up and down the gold paved streets of Recoletas in their Handbags & Gladrags, or beatniking it through the hipster paradise … More »
El Balonazo’s Week 36 Preview – The King’s Cup, three weeks to go in La Liga
From Neptuno to Cibeles. And beyond! My two wheeled kamikaze mission across the killing fields of central Madrid’s road network this damp and chilly morning took me past legions of hi-viz vest clad chaps humping – yes, humping – blue … More »
El Balonazo’s Week 35 Review – Coentrão forgets himself
Two out of three. That, according to the Madrid based sports daily AS, was the outcome of the weekend. The two in question were the dual ‘Spanish’ triumphs of the diminutive Asturian speed-merchant, Fernando Alonso and his deft handling of … More »