Every Day Is Zlatan Day

May 2, 2018

Maybe Bayern Should Retool

Stop me if you’ve heard this before… Bayern Munich is an old team that needs to refresh and reload its aging core. Last night’s 2-2 draw against two-time, and let’s face it, huge favorite for the Champions League again, champion Real Madrid didn’t particularly expose this issue too much (save for showing just how slow…

Bundesliga, Features, Tactics
November 8, 2017

LaLiga Thoughts, Matchday 11: Girona on a roll, Eibar pelted and an offside hat trick

Friday Turns out it’s really hard to ring up 25 percent possession and win a football match. Getafe learned this the hard way at Real Betis, who came back from a 2-0 deficit to draw 2-2. Barça reject Cristian Tello was brilliant in the second half, assisting goals for Tonny Sanabria (his seventh in seven games!) and…

La Liga, Roundups, Uncategorized

alaves, Athletic Bilbao, Atlético Madrid, barcelona, celta vigo, deportivo, eibar, espanyol, getafe, girona, La Liga, las palmas, leganes, levante, madrid, málaga, real betis, real madrid, real sociedad, Sevilla, spain, Valencia, Villarreal
October 31, 2017

LaLiga Thoughts, Matchday 10: Sarabian Nights, Girona do the thing, Atlético do theirs

Saturday Valencia continued its pulsating start to the season with a 2-1 win at rock-bottom Alavés. Giovanni de Biasi’s men gave los Che the ball, but they still managed to score off two errors: a giveaway which resulted in a Simone Zaza strike (his ninth of the season) and a penalty tucked away by Rodrigo. Atlético Madrid simply cannot get…

La Liga, Roundups, Uncategorized

alaves, Athletic Bilbao, Atlético Madrid, barcelona, celta vigo, deportivo, eibar, espanyol, getafe, girona, La Liga, las palmas, leganes, levante, madrid, málaga, real betis, real madrid, real sociedad, Sevilla, spain, Valencia, Villarreal
October 24, 2017

LaLiga Thoughts, Matchday 9: Los Che go off as Leganés move into fifth, Las Palmas hit the rocks

Changing things up a little this week, as I’ll be going day-by-day and giving my reaction to things that happened on Saturday, Sunday and Monday as opposed to giving a game-by-game breakdown. Saturday Getafe scored another golazo in what is becoming a curiously frequent (and awesome) wrinkle to their game. It’s been good to see them…

La Liga, Roundups

alaves, Athletic Bilbao, Athletic Club, Atlético Madrid, barcelona, celta vigo, deportivo, eibar, espanyol, getafe, girona, La Liga, las palmas, leganes, levante, málaga, real betis, real madrid, real sociedad, Sevilla, Valencia, Villarreal
October 17, 2017

LaLiga Thoughts, Matchday 8: Valencia do it again, Atleti-Barça, BakamBOOM

Espanyol 0-0 Levante. The visitors had to scramble quite a bit to keep their clean sheet in one of the weekend’s two goalless games. Just the way I like it. Athletic Club 1-0 Sevilla. An ugly goal secured a huge three points for the Iker Muniain-less leones (yes, I am still in mourning over my Basque son’s…

La Liga, Roundups, Uncategorized

Athletic Bilbao, Atlético Madrid, barcelona, celta vigo, deportivo, eibar, espanyol, getafe, levante, madrid, málaga, real madrid, real sociedad, Sevilla, spain, Valencia, Villarreal
October 3, 2017

LaLiga Thoughts, Matchday 7: Closed doors at Camp Nou, Valencia on fire, Villarreal recover

Happy international break!!!1! The table: Results: Celta Vigo 3-3 Girona. Celta striker Maxi Gomez has been awesome since his arrival from Uruguay’s Defensor this summer, but his side have won just one of the four games he’s scored in. Big point for Girona away, as they calmed down a game that was 2-2 inside 20 minutes.…

La Liga, Roundups

Athletic Bilbao, Atlético Madrid, barcelona, celta vigo, deportivo, eibar, espanyol, getafe, madrid, málaga, real madrid, real sociedad, Sevilla, spain, Valencia, Villarreal
September 26, 2017

LaLiga Thoughts, Matchday 6: Four-goal games galore

The table: Results: Atlético Madrid 2-0 Sevilla. Atlético have kept three clean sheets in the last four and have held an opponent to zero shots on target twice in that span. I tipped Yannick Carrasco to notch 15 league goals this season; he’s got three already. Alavés 1-2 Real Madrid. At least Alavés finally scored a…

La Liga, Roundups

Athletic Bilbao, Atlético Madrid, barcelona, celta vigo, deportivo, eibar, espanyol, getafe, levante, madrid, real madrid, real sociedad, Sevilla, spain, Valencia, Villarreal
September 7, 2017

Barcelona’s Summer of Discontent

Barcelona’s summer transfer window has been less than ideal, to say the least. Before last season even ended, even the casual observer knew that Barca needed a right back, midfield options, and maybe some defensive cover. The Blaugrana also needed to unload a lot of dead weight. Now, if the casual observer knew this in May,…

Bundesliga, Features, La Liga, Ligue 1
September 6, 2017

We back? We back!

A new season of European football kicked off last month, and what better way to celebrate it than to bring back your favorite football blog. After a hiatus, Every Day Is Zlatan Day is back. Hopefully, this iteration, with more writers and more content, sticks. I spent my deadline day mostly laughing at Arsenal,…

La Liga
June 16, 2016

Poland’s Dreams of a Generation

Ever since I can remember, I’ve been told that Poland’s national sport is football, not a surprising thing for an European country. However, from my perspective, we might as well admit that our national sport is disappointment. The early 90s were quite the time for Poland. The communist regime has been finally overthrown after over…

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