What if Italy does not win today?

After a long vacation break, I'm back. The Eurocup 2012 is on, and today, everybody seems to be worry about a potential pact between Spain and Croatia (2-2) that will qualify both teams, and leave Italy out of the quarter final. Ireland is one of the weakest teams of the tournament, but the fact that they are in the Eurocup is a big enough reason not to forget that the Irish can still beat Italy. For some reason, everybody take for granted an Italian victory... we'll see!

Protests against (Real Madrid and Barcelona) favoritisms in La Liga

This video is in Spanish, but if you are a soccer fan and want to see what's going on in La Liga, and why Real Madrid and Barcelona are always ahead of the rest of the teams, you should check out the following video: Tennis Balls protests in Sevilla-Levante's game.

This game was delayed half an hour just because Mourinho and Guardiola had a press conference  after the game! Sevilla and Levante had to start the game at 10:30 at night on a Sunday. Therefore, the fans who had to get up early for work on Monday, kids, etc. most likely had to miss the game, all for the sake of a bunch of questions and answers that, except for the hardcore Real Madrid and Barcelona fans, nobody is interested in, or sure could listen to them at any other time. This is what makes Real Madrid and Barcelona ruin what is considered the "best soccer league in the world".

It would have been great...

...but Athletic played better than Sevilla FC. The game could have gone to either side, but in the 47th minute Fernando Llorente headed a perfect cross from the right to beat Palop. Winning would have meant to Sevilla FC getting  close enough to the Champions League positions, and coming from a four wins strike, the best team of southern Spain would have been unstoppable. Today, Sunday, Champions League positions are six points away, and Europa League one. Tomorrow, the Champions League may be farther away depending on what Malaga does against Racing. I like Malaga, but tomorrow I'm all for Racing!

The new 007's villain is Javier Bardem

Even thought I have seen most films on the James Bond's series, I have never been excited about any of their releases. Skyfall will be released in November, with Daniel Craig playing Bond for the third time. Together with him, we will enjoy Javier Bardem as the leading villain, and other actors and actresses of contrasted quality such as Ralph Fiennes, Judi Dent, or Albert Finney among others. Sam Mendes will direct, what makes him the first Oscar-winning director to ever make a James Bond's film. I will definitely go to see this one! Bardem is too good as a villain!

What was the song at the end of The Walking Dead "Nebraska" episode?

For those of you desperate to know, it was The Regulator by Clutch. If there is something that I really like about good shows like The Walking Dead is the great music they bring along! This time it was Clutch, a band that I used to love in the nineties, but that, for some reason, I lost track of them in last decade. They have evolved towards towards a more blues and hard rock style, leaving aside the heavy metal/hardcore punk flavor of their first albums.
Here is a link to The Regulator in case you want to hear the whole song:

And another one of a live performance:

Enjoy!

Judge Garzon

For those of you not familiar with this name, Judge Baltazar Garzón is a Spanish judge who dared to try to bring to justice the crimes committed during the dictatorship that desolated Spain for almost 40 years between 1939 and 1975. Some of you might know him as the judge who prosecuted Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.
Well, today, Judge Garzón has been condemned. He will be suspended of his functions for the next 11 years, and also expelled from the Spanish judiciary system, therefore the dictatorship crimes will remain umpunished. Why? The Spanish Supreme Court found Garzón guilty of violating lawyer-client priviledges by recording conversations between detained suspects and their lawyers, while investigating a case of corruption in politicians associated to the ruling political party in Spain. 
I don't know enough about this accusation to pronounce myself about it, but many agree in Spain that the sentence has an ulterior motive . The Spanish de facto powers were clearly afraid of Judge Garzón and how far he could get investigating the dictatorship crimes.  Therefore, the easy way was stopping Garzón before he could get too far. The last opportunity to punish the Francoist regime seems to evaporate. They won. Sad but true Spain is different.

Michel: New coach for Sevilla F.C.

The ex-Real Madrid player, Michel, is the new coach for Sevilla after Marcelino's destitution. Unfortunately, Marcelino has not been able to make the midfield work in the best team of all time in the south of Spain. That, together with the strikers attrocious streak (two points in the last seven games!) has turned into the Asturian coach being fired. Michel would have not been my first election, but he knows very well two key players in the roaster: Manu del Moral and Alvaro Negredo. If these two start playing as they know, I don't doubt that Sevilla will be playing the Champions League next year again. The best of luck for Michel!