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The Best Part About Blogging: The Nonstop Bloggery

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Remember back in the day when Bernd Schuster coached Madrid and I blogged recaps in Espanol? Me neither. The point is, a long time is a long time. Several years. I followed La Liga before this latest round of debt-deficit-twin power-spending drew the world’s attention, and, when the bubble bursts, I am not walking away from my underwater mortgage. It’s not that my credit score worries me. It’s sheer and utter madness. Despite the coming sale-off and decline in elite talent, I will continue to salivate over Madrid-Barcelona clashes. And then some.

So, on the eve of the greatest run of Madrid-Barcelona encontrazos in awhile, I remind you that this is a blog. This is not a newspaper. Nor a magazine. I don’t have an editor all over my ass, screaming for the latest Messi-goals-per-minute-compared-to-Puskas article. I blog when I want to blog. I blog about what I want to blog about. Does your Google Reader get lonely? WELL TOO BAD. I’m as bad as I want to be. And you like it. And you know you like it. Continue reading “The Best Part About Blogging: The Nonstop Bloggery” »

Awkward Captures – Maradonna Last Words?

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An apology to those of you who have not been following the Spanglish lesson plan, but this interview with Maradona was too priceless to pass up. Consider it a pop quiz. And at the least, you can enjoy the sight of a very, very unhappy man.

For those of you conspiracy theorists, it is a bit odd that Messi was too injured to play against Russia, healthy enough to score two goals in Spain two weeks later, but now may be too injured to played against Brazil. What a rare set of circumstances! I just hope he gets better soon.

What is more odd is seeing Maradona sober. The nervous gestures, the darting eyes- it appears the albiceleste hotseat may soon be a recipe for relapse. He failed to walk the fine line between saying “Messi is good please Barcelona let him play” and “My team is good I believe in your guys.”

It appears that behind-closed-doors shannigans may deprive fans of seeing Messi play in the biggest classico of them all. But at least we got to see Maradona’s potential last words.

Note: this interview took place on the eve of the Argentina friendly vs. Russia