Copa Goes To Real

((HT: UEFA))

Thanks to Gareth Bale


Hell of a run... and that's why they paid all that money to Spurs to get him to La Liga...

The 2-1 win gives Madrid their 19th Copa del Rey and the first trophy under coach Carlo Ancelotti.

Stay Classy, Soccer Fan... Marcelo Told He's A Monkey...

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The Copa del Rey semifinals were yesterday in Spain...

Real Madrid had Cristiano Ronaldo before his three-match ban was to kick in during La Liga play, and they had an easy time with Atletico Madrid winning 3-0...

After the match, Real's Marcelo was cooling off on the pitch with his son when the Atletico fans started chanting toward him- claiming that he was a "monkey" and that they "hoped his father died.

Here's the chanting...
Really classy...


No word on whether or not the fans or Atletico themselves will be disciplined...

Spanish Soccer Team Refuses To Play Over Unpaid Wages

((HT: BBC Sport))

Racing Santander players refused to play over, what they say, are months of unpaid wages and forced their Copa del Rey quarter-final against Real Sociedad to be abandoned.

Sociedad won the first leg 3-1 and the winners are supposed to play Barcelona.

Racing players released a statement on Monday saying they would boycott unless president Angel Lavin and his board stepped down... as of right now, they have not...

Here's how it looked at the opening kick...
((HT: HH2489))


Pretty wild scene, but the fans and players support each other at Santander...

Bully for them...

Brooks Peck and the folks over at Dirty Tackle have some background on the Santander situation and a link to an article that Sid Lowe over at ESPN wrote about how the owners have screwed their players...

Lowe's piece is a great read...