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Thanks for sticking with us everyone. This is a brand new day for Forza Futbol. Things are a little lighter and definitely a little sadder as we say goodbye to our friend Elisa here on Forza Futbol. We want to thank her for her friendship first and foremost and her dedication to the podcast. She will be missed.
It’s impossible to win at Barca’s stadium. They are devastating. I think it is their year.” It’s nice to talk that way if you’re an admirer of the blaugrana, but what if you’re the coach of your biggest rival? Either he’s, as defender Pepe said, trying to take the onus of the match off his players or he’s intentionally setting his head on the chopping block. I think it was a calculated move to salvage a dwindling reputation.
Highlights
Berndt Schuster is done as Real Madrid coach? Well it’s about time. He’d lost the plot, and as usual had lost his head, but hiring Juande Ramos on a six month contract as his replacement? Well, at least he won’t anger the reporters. Next on the coaching hotseat? Murcia’s Javier Clemente. El Mundo Deportivo readers expect a 5-0 result in the clasico this weekend between Barca and Real Madrid? I know that the cules are out for blood considering last year’s championship humiliation Barcelona were forced to witnes at the Bernabeu, but I’ve always believed that when things seem too one sided, is an upset in store? Milan have signed Brazilian defender Thiago Silva: a great move considering the age of that backline, but Gennaro Gattuso is definitely out for the season with a knee injury. A real blow to the scudetto hopes of AC Milan. Gilardino secures Fiorentina’s UEFA Cup spot. Villarreal, Real Madrid, Juventus and Fiorentina were all in Champions League action this week. Santos Mirasierra the OM ultra sentenced to 3 and a half years in a Madrid jail is out on bail? Did someone bow to a violent ultra threat to appease the French?
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