Fast forward fifty years and the image of the law atop the four-legged animal is as prominent as it was then. This time, the intentions are not heroism but duty. Not an assertion of force, but a prevention of chaos. Not cowboys and indians, but riot police and hooligans.
No less than cavalry will be deployed in the surrounding streets outside the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium no ensure that nothing gets out of hand. The above video, shows the preparation for the horses in an obstacle course that mimics real life situations — vuvuzelas, live ammunition, drums, flags, tear gas, and men banging the lids of garbage cans.
These horses look like something out of Lord of the Rings adorned in armor, padding, and shields!! On the whole, there should be no complaints as to the winners of the awards scroll to the bottom for those. But the biggest prize of all, for the very best player on the globe, went to the wrong person. First off, congratulations to Messi.
Attempting to highlight his feats is like trying to count the stars in the sky. Of course, for me and most fans, his destruction of Arsenal stands out as one of the greatest single game performances in history. Not to mention the dizzying goal tally — 60 goals in 65 appearances for club and country in But to be fair, this was not his year.
His year will be every year as long as he continues to play the way he does. For club, he is flawless. The cog in the Barcelona wheel. You are more likely to be struck by lighting in the same spot twice, than see him misplace a pass.
Finally, a stage for the Barcelona man to set himself apart from the other candidates. He was the only player to pass the ball more than times, and complete more than passes.
He connected the two sitting midfielders in Alonso and Busquets, with the forward thinking players in Iniesta, Pedro, and Villa. His vision, awareness, leadership, and hard work rallied Spain to difficult wins throughout the tournament.
Without Xavi, Spain and Barcelona would be but a shadow of themselves. Yet, he finished third in the voting. Behind an Andres Iniesta who, if you cancel out his World Cup winner, missed most of through injury.
Catch the trend? World Cup champions, and the stars of those teams, had won the coveted trophy every year dating back almost twenty years. But not We are left scratching our heads, and sympathizing with Xavi who will finish his career as one of the most dynamic and creative midfielders the game has ever seen.
To be outdone by the man who may become the greatest is no knock to Xavi at all. But this was his year where the voters finally had a chance to reward the pass-master. It was the biggest footballing stage. It was the tournament that has seen Spain choke time and time again. His immediate contenders, Iniesta and Messi, were not nearly as influential throughout the tournament. An incomprehensible injustice. Watching roughly 30 meters away was Alleke, the daughter of American parents living in Madrid, who desperately wanted to meet her personal hero Xavi more than anything.
This past week her dream came true, as she finally got to meet Xavi who signed a personalized Barcelona jersey for her. Sara Carbonero For Elle Magazine. Sara Carbonero is partnering up with Elle magazine. Sara interviewed Antonio at the Hotel Palace in Madrid and the actor and the journalist seemed to get on very well with Antonio admitting to Sara, "I have followed throughout the World Cup.
Wow Sara you have Antonio Banderas as a fan, jealous much lol! Real Madrid Annual Christmas Lunch. The Real Madrid football and basketball players came together to have their annual christmas lunch. Kaka was there yayyyy. Cristiano didn't dress like a pimp for once and Sergio Ramos impresses us once again with his lucious locks, boy what conditioner do you use Labels: lunch , real madrid. Real Madrid's Iker Casillas and Cristiano Ronaldo visted a hospital in Madrid earlier to give presents to the children there.
Kudos guys x. Labels: cristiano ronaldo , iker casillas. So Barcelona and Arsenal got drawn together once again. Remember Barcelona thrashed Arsenal last year. Well lets hope we get more of this Labels: Cesc Fabregas , Gerard Pique. A city to live in: Donostia San Sebastian. A place to get away: Txindoqui a mountain in the Basque Country.
Favorite movies: Shawshank Redemption and Casablanca. A coach who has influenced your life: Toshack his mentor at Real Sociedad who appointed him captain at Labels: xabi alonso. Iker Casillas - Clinica Menorca Foundation. Iker Casillas handed out presents to children on behalf of the Clinica Menorca Foundation. It makes my heart melt when I see footballers who give up thier time to help others in need.
They don't have to and they simply could just donate money, after all the have plenty. But to see Iker going out and doing this and meeting the children puts a big grin on my face.
You Rock Iker!! Oh and for those of you who are interested Iker had a few words to say about the whole Sara Carbonero, Cristiano Ronaldo fight, thing, which has been buzzing about in the Spanish press. Too cut a long story short, the press are saying Iker and Cristiano arnt talking because Sara accused Cristiano of being selfish and Cristinao didn't like this, so him and Iker argued about it Will Brady grant his wish?
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers announced how they'll compensate the fan who initially received Tom Brady's th career touchdown pass. Kyle Shanahan has defended Jimmy Garoppolo through the first seven weeks, but the 49ers head coach offered perhaps his most blunt criticism of the QB after the loss to the Colts. Madsen had worked for the NFL for more than 20 years.
Nineteen months later, McVay gave Goff a one-way ticket to Detroit, with an extra first-round pick tucked into the trade package to unload the deal that McVay had quickly come to regret. So what happened when McVay called Goff to [more]. UCLA coach Chip Kelly said Monday he believes a Bruins kick that was ruled wide left during the Oregon game actually appeared to go through the uprights. Bill Belichick is a simple man. Quite the opposite, coach Andy Reid said.
Even Brady thinks Sunday's lucky Bucs fan caved too soon. What do the power rankings look like after seven weeks of the NFL season? After struggling in his title defense on the Champions tour, Phil Mickelson made an ace in a corporate outing on Monday.
Zach Ertz's first game with the Cardinals couldn't have gone better, right down to an awesome postgame locker room moment.
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