All posts by Lee Roden
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PIQUENBAUER’S GERMAN BREAK – Barça thump Lerverkusen but Pique’s absence looks suspicious
On any other night, Barcelona supporters would have been thrilled by their Champions League victory over Bayer...
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COPA, LIGA, CHAMPIONS – Where do Guardiola’s priorities now lie?
Photo: Alvaro Barrientos – AP When the final whistle blew on a wind battered Reyno de Navarra...
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HISTORY REPEATING – Dream over for Valencia as Barcelona head for final
Photograph: David Ramos/Getty Images The opening minutes of tonights crunch tie at the Camp Nou were deceptive....
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MANIA AT THE MESTALLA – Honours even between Barcelona and Valencia, but at what cost?
As kickoff approached at the Mestalla, fans attempted to form a mosaic of the kind normally seen...
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CARELESS WHISPER – Looking behind the Xavi scandal
In a week dominated by El Clásico, the figure of Barcelona’s Xavi Hernandez staring out from the...
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MISSING THE POINT – Mourinho’s theatrics and Pepe aftermath distract from matters on the pitch
With the ongoing war between Jose Mourinho and Marca continuing to dominate the headlines in the Spanish...
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WHAT THE PAPERS SAY – Support for Pepe in Barcelona, Madrid calls for punishment, and Carles Puyol, tactical genius.
The world has gone mad. As the dust settles on Pepe-gate, as I’m now naming it in...
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ADVANTAGE VALENCIA – Pablo Hernandez oozes class as Los Che too much for Levante
GETTY Images/Manuel Queimadelos Alonso As is always the case in Spain, the monster that is El Clásico...
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MOURINHO LOSES IT AS PEP KEEPS HIS COOL – Pre-Clásico press conferences of contrasting moods
Up until today, Jose Mourinho looked like a changed man. The ruse of the calmer, more sophisticated...
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WHAT THE PAPERS SAY – Nou Mestalla underway soon, Marcelino under the microscope and Valdano has some advice
Some say it is a plague, others a gift, but what is certain is that yet another...
