Some innocent humour out of the city of Barcelona going viral, precisely from their Sports paper "Mundo Deportivo", after the Liga slip yesterday by Real Madrid drawing 1 - 1 with Villarreal (also lovely called "The Yellow Submarine").
The cartoon says it all, the mentioned result allows FC Barcelona to close the points gap on the Liga table to just two points. The upcoming "clasico" - FC Barcelona vs Real Madrid - scheduled for the 22nd of March begins to heat up early. The winner of this clash may well have the Liga title almost in the bag. Meanwhile, lets appreciate the sense of humour. Tweet
The Spanish news paper the began looking under the FC Barcelona carpet with the Neymar transfer deal, "El Mundo", continues finding dead skeletons & the "problems" for the Club are spreading to the now put new President Bartomeu who is under the microscope as accomplice to ex-President Sandro Rosell. As the newspaper explains the resignation of Sandro Rosell still leaves all the questions without answers. What is assured is that this whole "affair" is going to get hotter & hotter & we will be in for more big surprises.
Meanwhile "El Mundo" puts up today this cartoon to put some humour ( sarcastic ) into the whole affair. I think it depicts well in a very quick way what the issue is:
As you can see "Ricardo" splits up the supposed payments in the Neymar transfer deal. The missing "37,9" - the "other costs" - is the price of the head of ex-President Sandro Rosell in this cartoon. As things come to light those missing 37-40M€ is the money that was paid directly to the Father of Neymar as "commissions".
Some local Football observers are speculating that the transfer price could be as high as 150M€; a big difference from the official Club statement of 57,1M€ Stay tuned. Tweet
THE SIMPSONS - Matt Groening - paid tribute to the SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM for their FIFA WORLD CUP Title with a cartoon version of the squad. Here are the names the make up the "cartoon" line-up:
Ahhh, those funny Catalans. Here is some Barcelona based humour from "Futbolitis", the cartoon section of "Mundo Deportivo", in reference to FRANCK RIBERY & his speculated move to Spanish Football:
Translated: "Zidane would love to see me go to Madrid"
"Henry would like me to go to Barça"
" On the otherhand my representative would be happy to see me at the Club that gives him the biggest commission"
Some good hearted humour from Barcelona based Sports daily "Mundo Deportivo" via its cartoon section - "Pelotazos". They are enjoying their moment; the cartoon doesn´t need any translation:
To the Real Madrid fans, easy, there is a long, long, long way to go before this season finishesTweet
FC BARCELONA star signing for 2009-2010 ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC
has commented to media that he is delighted & "relieved" to have finally scored his first goal with Barcelona. The Swede has promised that there will be more in the future.
Spanish & Barcelona based daily "Sport" add some HUMOUR to the
situation & have dedicated their cartoon section "Futbolitis" to the Ibrahimovic declarations:
Translated: "Scoring my first goal with Barça has served to get a weight of my back"
The DAVID VILLA situation with his Club VALENCIA CF is a mess. His Club stopped at the last minute a move to Real Madrid - when
previously agreed - & now stops a move to FC Barcelona. Valencia asks for a transfer figure of between 50-55M€ to be able to change
its mind & FC Barcelona hasn´t the liquid cash ( Eto´o not sold &
doesn´t look like) & will NOT go as far. Barça has announced alternatives to Villa if the player doesn´t react, & everyone suspects (knows) that Atletico de Madrid forward DIEGO FORLAN
is the option.
From Barcelona based paper "Mundo Deportivo" we get this
humour piece & cartoon ("Futbolitis") on the situation:
We see Valencia CF President Manuel Llorente saying in one hand (translated), "Villa needs tender loving care"
Thanks for the emotion of humour. Saw this cartoon in elmundo.es
by its cartoonist "Ricardo" giving his view on the REAL MADRID
signing & spending to get over to their squad CRISTIANO RONALDO:
After the laugh, there is something to think about & SFS will post soon
more on the subject, if Real Madrid has Kaká, Cristiano Ronaldo & are
soon to get David Villa - with Silva & Ribery (the Frenchmen only wishes to go to Real if sold) on the cards & still a possibility - what will happen to RAUL?
Obvious SFS suspects & thinks, right?
Finally staying with humour, Cristiano celebrated his transfer to Real Madrid with a "serious" & "camara shy" PARIS HILTON in Los Angeles
yesterday as seen in the clip:
Fews things, what is Cristiano doing with this "left over" or better
said "roll over"? There are "cossy" & yummm photos inside the LA Club
circulating internet. Reasons: 1. Mutual public relations? Cristiano is being introduced into the US market by Hilton, & Ronaldo is lifting Paris profile in Europe.
2. They are mates & are having simple & innocent fun
3. Its all an act for publicity
4. Cristiano scored a goal last night, into a goal without a net.
The only thing of interest to SFS is point one. However a friendly WARNING to the soon to be Real Madrid player that will be living in Madrid. MADRID is not Manchester, or even London. It is a "very dangerous" city with a nightlife only surpassed by New York &
"vice" on every corner. We have reports from England media that CR is a "womens man" - literally - thus we recommend he keep focused on the job while here. Many have fallen or tasted the
There are hundreds of pre-match CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL videos on the Web elaborated with love by fans. The mayority are great & recommend you have a surf through "YouTube" to really see some dedication & time spend on them.
SFS has a "sense of humour" & wishes to post something different for Barça fans & help warm-up the atmosphere. Here are the Barça players at Rome as cartoon figures, cartoons done by Barça themselves as part of their Marketing & for the kids...great idea for the next generation of "CULES":
Pro-Barça sports daily “Sport” publish today that FC BARCELONA has its eye on 28 year old Brazilian defender Maxwell Sherrer Cabaliro Andrade – aka MAXWELL – of INTER MILAN for next season. According to the cited paper the Barça technical team lead by Txiki Bergiristain see the player as being , he defends well & also attacks better, has great technical qualities & uses both feet.
Barça has currently Abidal & Slyvinho in the left back position with the former the undisputed player for the position. The latter is doing an excellent job for his team while Abidal is injured , but has already 35 years of age & in a team like Barcelona you need to cover your back & have guarantees, this is were Maxwell would fit in perfectly. By the way the representative of Maxwell, Mino Raiola, is also the rep of Zlatan Ibrahimovic & the rumours are that the latter is also “smelling the Barça coffee”. Stay tuned!
Staying with Barcelona, let’s inject some humour into the post thanks to the cartoon section of today’s “Sport”. Everyone in Europe is being impressed by the wonderful Football that Barça is currently exhibiting. Many of the praises are being placed directly on Coach Pep Guardiola for his handling & playing ideas, some say the team is playing at a “state of art” level:
Text: "The Football of Barça is art & Guardiola the creator of Pep Art".
As SFS mentioned above, the people at "Sport" are great "fans" of Barça!
REAL MADRID is chasing FC BARCELONA for the Spanish League title, it was at its highest moment a 12 point gap & now it´s 6 points. The last couple of weeks (with Barça having a game in hand) Real Madrid has enjoyed a margen as close as 3 points, but Barça does´nt cave into the pressure & keeps winning to extend the margin again.
From Barcelona & its local daily "Mundo Deportivo", its cartoonist "KAP" gives us a humourous look at the situation via the famous "Roadrunner & Coyote", its reads:
FCB - Roadrunner Real - Coyote "There´s no way to catch it"
There are still 33 points up for grabs & a Real vs. Barça game in May, nothing is certain. Warning: sometimes laughs can turn to tears.Tweet
According to "Sport" & English dialy "Mail On Sunday", CHELSEA, TOTTENHAM & NEWCASTLE are interested in the services of 30 year old Portugues International & FC BARCELONA midfielder DECO, after the player announced that he may leave Barça at the end of the season.
Lastly, in "Mundo Deportivo´s" cartoon section, "Pelotazos" by Kap, they focus on Barça´s 1-1 draw yesterday that "gave" their arch rivals Real Madrid two more valuable points, which increases that gap to 9ºpoints in the Championship race. It´s self explained.
A the start of the season the media termed FC BARCELONA´s potential forward line ( Henry, Eto´o, Ronaldinho & Messi) the "4 Fantasticos".
In today´s "Sport" & in its cartoon section "Futbolitis" they do a humorous out take of the media coined term. With Henry injured, Eto´o non playing due to injury & Ronaldinho on the bench, the only "Fantastico" is Messi.
The "new" coined term is now the "3 Invisible Men". Its humour!Tweet
Putting my grain of sand to help contribute in expanding Spanish Football - Soccer | Sports abroad. An ex-amateur Footballer long ago - alias Striker - is now a fan that has the game embedded in his Football - Soccer Sports heart.
