Torres to play in the Copa del Rey against Madrid

[jazzypom.livejournal.com]

Torres to start for Atletico Madrid

Can this week be anymore shocking? El Niño ha vuelto indeed

Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone has confirmed that returning hero Fernando Torres will start Wednesday's Copa del Rey last-16 first leg at home to Real Madrid.

Torres, 30, has returned to Atletico after seven and a half up-and-down years at Liverpool, Chelsea and Milan, and was welcomed back by 40,000 Rojiblanco fans in a joyful presentation at the Vicente Calderon on Sunday. read more

Bale is not an individualist
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Bale has been singled out by some Blancos fans and pundits as a scapegoat for last Sunday's 2-1 La Liga defeat at Valencia, a result which ended Madrid's record 22-game winning streak.

Some have argued the match turned on a moment at 1-1 when the former Tottenham player ran clear and could have given teammates Karim Benzema or Cristiano Ronaldo a simple tap-in, but went for goal himself and blew the chance.

Marca have subsequently reported that the Madrid dressing room is unhappy with the Wales international for putting his own interests ahead of the team. Such stories give credence to speculation that Bale, who has 11 goals in 23 games this season, could be tempted to return to the Premier League if reported interest from Manchester United is firmed up next summer.nnnoooo stay in La Liga, because 'it's the best'. Stay in the best league

Chatter from the sideline

• Revista: Barca woe Luis Enrique


• Odegaard to Real Madrid and Shaqiri for Stoke He's Interbound, tbh Odegaard for Madrid- twitter timeline


• Andrej Kramaric scout report: Chelsea appear to back out as Leicester look to snap up Croatian striker... and here's all you need to know first team minutes, ya'll- I hope


• Neymar Dating 26-Year-Old Spanish Sexy Lawyer Elisabeth Martinez—Report okaay


• Introducing Bayern Munich Signing Joshua Kimmich, Pep Guardiola's 'Dream Player' no, we aren't going to buy players in January, Bayern said. There is no need


• Zubi's seven deadly sins why he got the sack


• Ronaldo and Benzema have beef with Bale hmmm so the rumours, they are coming out thick and fast


• Dante had to ask Muller to stop making jokes about the Brazil 7-1 defeat They both play for Bayern. Muller was pushing it and making jokes. Oy vey, awkward


• Timeline of Barcelona Breakdown reddit barca Neymar posted Game of Thrones on Instagram, no biggie


• Wilfried Bony: Man City in advanced talks with Swansea awww, sad for Swansea, because he was the tip to their spear


• Liverpool midfielder Suso signs four-year deal with AC Milan while Xherdan Shaqiri agrees Inter Milan loan deal FML. Suso was quality. We're going to regret this for years to come, idek anymore

Pictures
Oh yeah. forget that there'd been an FA cup match last night, but before I get into that...

Yesterday was an LFC player's birthday. Moreno and Manquillo attended dinner with their partners

Bony from Swansea might be joining Man City. On one hand, I'm sad for Swansea, because he made them fierce, on the other hand, Bony will get a higher profile, and I can drool on him some more, because there'll be more pictures of him in Man City's uniform. I thirst

Everton were struggling in this match. West Ham had them locked down, and Lukaku's strike saved them, so they live to play another day

He did it juuuuust like that

Collins drew first blood for West Ham. Since the match ended in a draw, they do it again

Poldi played for Inter. Didn't score, but here he is in his new kit

Videos

John Green at the AFC Wimbledon vs LFC game

AFC Wimbledon's striker Ade Akinfenwa's post-match interview. LFC fan and a likeable guy. He got Gerrard's shirt with his signature!

Comments

[the4thjuliek.livejournal.com]

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LMAO!! Bless your kind soul, Jazzy! Mistress Headband can stay at Real forever. I don't want him back in England. He's already been to the Crispy School of Tackiness; the guys will only make fun of him. But Marca's spreading these stories so I don't know whether they're true. And if they are, Benz shouldn't talk, he was anonymous in that Valencia match. I don't even remember seeing him on the pitch, that's how bad he was.

Poldi in that Inter kit is breaking my heart, sob. But it suits him! Well, if he's happy, then I'll leave it at that.

I'm reading that Arsenal are planning to bring Isco to London! I dunno if it's true (it looks like a silly rumor) but I'm all for it.

Dante had to ask Muller to stop making jokes about the Brazil 7-1 defeat

This is mean of my troll but if you look at it, he is reminding Dante to be a good defender! Making sure that he never forgets that match in order to avoid repeating that terrible defending. What a charitable, thoughtful troll he is! Taking one for the team XD

Also, here's some news for Danny Cruz fans:

Have a look at my new @instagram (https://twitter.com/instagram)-Account: toni.kr8s is online! Have fun! #ToniLive (https://twitter.com/hashtag/ToniLive?src=hash) #HalaMadrid (https://twitter.com/hashtag/HalaMadrid?src=hash) @realmadrid (https://twitter.com/realmadrid) @DFB_Team (https://twitter.com/DFB_Team) pic.twitter.com/I6LvHzHsIy (http://t.co/I6LvHzHsIy)

— Toni Kroos (@ToniKroos) January 5, 2015 (https://twitter.com/ToniKroos/status/552174965743960065)

[funhouse.livejournal.com]

dead @ them editing the writing on afterwards

[marsyke.livejournal.com]

I don't understand why people are suddenly having problems with Bale. He is an individualist but that's why he became a 100M player. He takes the ball, tries to run through the defense and shoots, more often than not he scores. That's how he scored a lot of his goals last season including the one against Barca where he ran almost halfway across the field. He probably scored a lot of goals in his career from chances like those against Valencia so he thought he'd go for it.
But he's not the player for intricate passing movements and elegant goals. He's more in the category of Suarez (without the biting) and Costa (with less fouls), they bully their way through to goal.
Either way I hope they play better against Atletico. I do hope we start with a defensive midfielder next to Toni, otherwise the poor boy has to defend too much.

[mundodeamor.livejournal.com]

Not gonna lie, I didn't expect Torres to be in the starting line-up for his first game. Now I'm nervous (although excited as well)! It shall be an interesting game and I hope Atleti manage to win. Btw, it's ''ha vuelto''. :)

Weird to see Poldi in a different jersey, but Inter's kit is gorgeous.

Barça ... what a mess ...

Thanks for the correction!

[jazzypom.livejournal.com]

Ha, that's my fault for not checking. Sorry, I will be more careful in the future.

It's tonight! I'll just have to do as much of this Spanish assignment as I can today :S.

Tonight I need to see this. If nothing else, Nando might come on as a sub, I think. They do say that Simeone isn't expecting miracles re: Torres and his form, but he thinks that rumours of his demise has been greatly exaggerated. I hope Torres comes good (not tonight, but sometime this season) because Simone promised Atletico another year if they tried for Torres.

Yeah, SMH at Barca. It seems it's been a long while coming (according to the various culés). So they see it as a bit of a sweeping out.

[mundodeamor.livejournal.com]

Speaking of Torres, I don't think this video has been posted here (only an article with the quotes)?

[mrsvixen.livejournal.com]

I can see why Dante would ask Müller to stop with the jokes... it must be painful for him (and the other players) to relive that day. But the rest of us, Brazilians, are pretty much sassy and we are just like Müller, making jokes about it and all. I mean, today is 07/01/2015 and there are a lot of people on my timeline wishing "Happy Germany's Goals day!" :)

Gr8 picture of Bale, OP!

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Happy Germany's Goals day!

Haha, oh dear, sorry.

I suspect Thomas Müller simply doesn't realise the whole scope of the trauma; he'd probably make jokes about his own losses too, after a while, but even in his prior tournament losses there hasn't been anything like it. And then there's his inability to just shut his gob and realise that someone else doesn't find it funny... ouch. I do hope he does shut up about it now. It would be really bad form to rub it in, particularly towards a team mate.

[marsyke.livejournal.com]

Oh dear, well life is sad when you can't laugh, I guess. But for the players it must have been devastating.

[marsyke.livejournal.com]

Watching the Bayern training live. Basti and Robben are dressed like they're on the north pole while Ribéry and Boateng are wearing shorts.

[aquaecolore.livejournal.com]

lol

is it Badstuber who's not even wearing leggings-type things?

Watch Bayern training live! Pep Guardiola puts his charges to work in 30 minutes Click here http://t.co/osGVcm1Iws (http://t.co/osGVcm1Iws) pic.twitter.com/15yFGAEhS3 (http://t.co/15yFGAEhS3)

— Bundesliga (@Bundesliga_EN) January 7, 2015 (https://twitter.com/Bundesliga_EN/status/552842266155712512)

[funhouse.livejournal.com]

slay us Ødegaard my heritage sharing prince

[funhouse.livejournal.com]

from Drammen tho

[aquaecolore.livejournal.com]

so the new BVB guy and his hair :/

Kevin #Kampl (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kampl?src=hash) hat heute zum ersten Mal mit seiner neuen Mannschaft trainiert. #BVB (https://twitter.com/hashtag/BVB?src=hash) pic.twitter.com/NLOu2EmFmw (http://t.co/NLOu2EmFmw)

— Ruhr Nachrichten BVB (@RNBVB) January 7, 2015 (https://twitter.com/RNBVB/status/552800366182793216)

[marsyke.livejournal.com]

everytime you think they can't possibly come up with another terrible haircut, they somehow do

[jesscp.livejournal.com]

It's the same bleach shade that Marco had 2 years ago... I swear footballers have the worst hair in the world.

[aquaecolore.livejournal.com]

Ched Evans has apparently been signed or will be in a short while by (http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jan/07/ched-evans-signing-oldham-sponsor-cuts-ties-verlin-rainwater) a third division English team Oldham :/

[jesscp.livejournal.com]

Well I hope it blows up in Oldham's face if true - their sponsors and a fair few fans have already expressed their disgust if this goes through. It just goes to show the arrogance of the board if they are ready to take on one player for a bit of publicity.

[aquaecolore.livejournal.com]

This guy looks like a character in a computer game that would also feature guns and horses... and eagles

[13oct.livejournal.com]

Or a Bond villain complete with a shark tank and insane laugh.

[meliadoul.livejournal.com]

Man Utd sign Victor Valdes.

Ummm, why? Are we just hedging our bets as to whether De Gea is staying? Or are we just buying a nice bench warmer?

you guys might be top 4 end of season

[jazzypom.livejournal.com]

Which means the matches will double, so it's good to have a second goalie in hand.

[aquaecolore.livejournal.com]

official then? (if it wasn't already lol :D)

Steven Gerrard is set to join @MLS (https://twitter.com/MLS) team @LAGalaxy (https://twitter.com/LAGalaxy) at the end of this season. For more: http://t.co/TjFQXEXQQf (http://t.co/TjFQXEXQQf) #LFC (https://twitter.com/hashtag/LFC?src=hash) pic.twitter.com/Fp1eYRwdm3 (http://t.co/Fp1eYRwdm3)

— Liverpool FC (@LFC) January 7, 2015 (https://twitter.com/LFC/status/552856745295749120)

Good for him

[jazzypom.livejournal.com]

He isn't Beckham, nor is his missus Posh, so they can get out and about without being stopped. Who knows, with him not being captain, or whatever, Gerrard can be just a player for once. Good luck to him. I can't believe he turned down European interest to go to MLS, but the climate would have played a big favour. I hope you invest in sunblock, Gerrard.

[chuk-is-dazzled.livejournal.com]

aww fernando starts today, i hope he does well (and that he and sergio are cute together for like even a second lol)

and i feel you OP it would be great to see bony at city (and that pic of him from that one roundup post omg <3 i didnt know what i was missing) tho kinda sucky for swansea

and aww akinfenwa is so nice, such a lovely interview

Yeah, I'm two minds about Bony

[jazzypom.livejournal.com]

He's such a good player, absolutely terrific for Swansea, and he helps to make them competitive, so it would be amazing to see him there, but no one knows him because Swansea is a respected mid table side, but not sexy, you know? So yayy for him getting a profile, but boo for Swansea. They say Bony wants a piece of that Champions League action, and Swansea, short of a miracle, that's not going to happen for now.

Akinfenwa is awesome isn't he? I was like, "What a lovely lad!" like a sixty year old grandmother.

I don't care much for Copa del Rey but damn it, I'm going to watch it tonight.

[mrscrapbag.livejournal.com]

omg nando is going to play tonight? i better check how the sernando shippers on tumblr are taking this news! lmao

but seriously i'm conflicted.. i want him to play well because he's been ridiculed too much, but not well enough to cause RM's demise. lol
whatever, i'm not confident that we'll even beat atleti, i'd be happy with a draw. unless this is an elimination round?

[the4thjuliek.livejournal.com]

It's a knockout but there are two legs. Today's the first leg.