Saturday, October 30, 2010

Real Madrid 2010-11 Season

Real Madrid
2010–11 season
Manager Portugal José Mourinho
President Spain Florentino Pérez
La Liga 1st
Copa del Rey Round of 32
UEFA Champions League Group Stage
Top goalscorer League: Ronaldo (11)
All: Ronaldo (12)
Highest home attendance 71,657 vs Milan
(19 October 2010)
Lowest home attendance 60,000 vs Racing
(23 October 2010)

Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

Monday, September 13, 2010

Barcelona 0-2 Hercules

Boqueronazo


FC Barcelona vs Hércules CF

2010–11 La Liga

Round 2 Event 2010–11 La Liga

FC Barcelona Hércules CF

0-2   

Date 11 September 2010

Venue Camp Nou, Barcelona

Man of the Match Nelson Valdez (Hércules)

Referee Velasco Carballo (Madrid)

Attendance 79,363

Boqueronazo, Herculazo or Valdezazo, is the name given to one of the 2010–11 La Liga match by the supporters and the Spanish sports press. It receives this name because of the noisy and surprising FC Barcelona defeat, one of the best teams in Spanish football, the holder of LA Liga title, in front of a promoted team from Segunda División, Hércules CF in second week of the league season. This was Barcelona's first home defeat for nearly a year and a half during the league matches.



This defeat was also the topic around the world, being the title page in English press. Deutsch press, French press, Italian press, and Portuguese press.



Before the game begins Barça celebrated the National Day of Catalonia by showing a huge flag of Catalonia in the pitch, after which the choir Orfeó Català sang the Catalonia anthem Els Segadors. The match was broadcasted for the entire country and world from GOL TV