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A kidnapping, a failed Real Madrid medical, a piss-up by a brewery team and dueling festivities – the strange weekend in which Sergio Agüero made his professional debut
Here on a chilly Saturday night in Buenos Aires, Ruggeri — no stranger to Argentine football lore as a World Cup winner himself — decided it was time to give the people a little bit of history.…
“You will see me at Atocha, applauding la Real” – Juan Alcorta, the man who said no to ETA
The way he saw it, he had four options — and he had discarded the first three. He wouldn’t pay, he wouldn’t negotiate, he wouldn’t flee.
It was April 1980 in San Sebastián, summer was on its way and Real Sociedad were top of the league …
Farewell Wakaso – you will be missed
It’s a crisp, sunny, January afternoon in Vitoria where the hometown team, Alaves, hold a 1-0 lead as their visitors from the south, Real Betis, attempt to turn defence into attack. A square pass is delivered infield to Sergio Canales who, sensing pressure behind him, deftly lets the ball run across his body and to his left. And then it arrives — late. …
¡Tocó en Hugo Duro! – How Getafe v Valencia became must see viewing
Rivalry is one of the elements that gives football its visceral essence. Compendiums of the world’s greatest derbies adorn the internet, listing the most explosive. Most are based on purely geographical lines — the local derby, the fight for pride…
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