Tag Archives: #Cristiano

The joy of Cristiano

Posted on June 16, 2018 in the Uncategorized category

I watched the Spain-Portugal on the sand, in my favourite beach bar in Sitges, El Chringuito Carbonell. There is something about beaches and football that make me feel happy. I kicked my first ball around on a beach in the north of Spain, organised matches on a beach in southern Spain when my daughters were still little girls and excellent players, then later enjoyed watching other potential  stars of the future, young Latinos, with dancing feet and tanned torsos,  from the Algarve to Copacabana. I was on  a beach in …

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Cristiano vs Messi: An imagined rivalry?

Posted on December 19, 2016 in the Blog, Misc category

Cristiano vs Messi: An imagined rivalry? When it comes to sport, there is nothing like an iconic rivalry to fuel  the global popularity of football. This past weekend, Cristiano  Ronaldo and Lionel Messi fought their latest battle to  be considered the world’s best player  in war of attrition that has lasted more than a decade. But this was no gladiatorial duel  consciously played out in a  frenzied colosseum,  but  a commercial construct which had the two star players separated  over   a distance of thousands of miles and playing in  different …

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