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Barcelona: Beauty and the Beast

May 9th, 2008 · Comments · La Liga, barcelona, frank rijkaard, johan cruyff

As mentioned over at La Liga Talk, it was announced that Barcelona boss Frank Rijkaard will be leaving Barcelona at the end of this season. After two dominant seasons and a subsequent two seasons without trophies, combined with the 4-1 loss to Real Madrid (Sid Lowe wrote an excellent piece on the match in his […]

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Barcelona v Manchester United: Post Game Thoughts

April 29th, 2008 · Comments · barcelona, carlos tevez, edwin van der sar, frank rijkaard, lionel messi, manchester united, patrice evra

This was more of the game everyone wanted to see. Not loaded with chances but a very dramatic tilt as United clung to their one goal lead with some desperate defending as they dropped everyone into their own half to nullify the Barcelona attacks. Backed by one of the louder Old Trafford crowds in recent […]

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Exit Looms for Capello, Rijkaard and Mancini

March 8th, 2007 · Comments · barcelona, fabio capello, frank rijkaard, inter milan, real madrid, roberto mancini

So exit Real Madrid, Barcelona, Inter Milan and others from the 2006/2007 Champions League. Such is the impact of getting knocked out that you can expect Fabio Capello, Frank Rijkaard and Roberto Mancini to all lose their jobs within the coming days, weeks or months.
After all, the Champions League is what separates the best of […]

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