Monthly Archives: October 2012
Radio vibes
There was no TV coverage of last night´s World Cup qualifier between Belarus and Spain. The price of TV rights was pitched too high by some greedy company and Spanish TV collectively refused to buy. So I along with thousands of other La Roja fans were left with the only option of listening to the game live on Spanish radio. I tuned in , driving back to Barcelona from Madrid, across Castile and Aragon, over terrain that held together in its diversity, like a patchwork-delighted to hear the commentary praising …
Radical Politics in the Camp Nou
Whatever last night´s El Clasico is remembered for, it won´t necessarily be for its football. The game was not so much a battle between two teams, but a series of individual encounters focused on a duel for supremacy between players of different nationalities, neither of the two Spanish -Messi and Ronaldo. Brilliant as their goals were, each have scored better ones, and their involvement in the collective efforts of their colleagues insufficient to determine the supremacy of one side or the other. As for the teams, Tito Vilanova´s Barca …
