How's This For An Own Goal...???

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Cristiano Ronaldo is on the verge of a three-game La Liga suspension for dissent and excessive hand waving the other day...

So, the folks over at Barca tried to get some things moving forward in their semi-final with Real Sociedad

And its goals like this that give you the margin you need to win and advance to the anticipated final everyone on the planet is looking for in the first place...

HILARIOUS own goal | Barcelona vs Real Sociedad... by LaLigaAction

Pretty good facial...

Spanish Soccer Team Refuses To Play Over Unpaid Wages

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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...
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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...