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August 28th, 2007

Antonio Puerta has passed away

By: Ryan | Comments 24 Comments

Antonio Jose Puerta Perez
November 26, 1984-August 28, 2007
Sevilla’s Antonio Puerta has passed away at 2:30 local Spanish time on Tuesday in Sevilla’s Virgin del Rocio hospital.
A statement from the hospital reads as follows.
‘We regret to report that the patient Antonio Puerta died at 1430 (1230 GMT) today. The death was [...]

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August 26th, 2007

Antonio Puerta is in a Fight For His Life

By: Ryan | Comments 16 Comments

With my Sevilla scarf proudly wrapped around my neck on Saturday, I watched one of the scariest things I have seen in my football career.
During the Sevilla-Getafe match, Sevilla fullback Antonio Puerta collapsed on the field after running back to defend a Getafe counter attack. When Puerta hit the ground, he was unconscious and [...]

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August 25th, 2007

Sevilla-Getafe…Jornada 1

By: Ryan | Comments 4 Comments

Here are the lineups for Sevilla and Getafe (4:00 EST, 10:00 in Spain)
Sevilla:
Palop–Hinkel, Fazio, Drago, Puerta—Maresca, Renato, Jesús Navas, Capel—Kanouté, Luis Fabiano
Getafe:
Abbondanzeri—Cortez, Belenguer, Cata Diaz, Licht—Celestini, Pablo, Nacho, Sousa—Uche, Kepa
Notes for the game:
Juande Ramos has said that Sevilla shouldn’t be worried about this game, especially with the ‘injury’ suffered by Dani Alves.
Look for Capel [...]

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August 19th, 2007

This week in Sevilla football

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I have to apologize for all of the Sevillistas that are looking for news from our club. I have had a crazy last few days filled with tattoo’s of spanish flags, and the arrival (albeit a day late thanks to the weather) of my three closest Spanish friends who have never been to the [...]

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August 16th, 2007

Dani Alves is NOT leaving…again

By: Ryan | Comments 4 Comments

Okay, so I decided I won’t even try to report on what is going on with Dani Alves anymore.
Today, I woke up to the headlines on ESPNSoccernet reporting that Sevilla has rejected the offer for Alves saying it was in essence too low.
‘Sevilla would like to clarify, in relation to the [...]

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August 14th, 2007

Alves set to sign for Chelsea

By: Ryan | Comments 4 Comments

Say it isn’t so Dani, say it isn’t so.
It’s reported by AS.com and ESPNSoccernet that Dani Alves is all set to sign with Chelsea for 32 Million Euro plus an extra 4 Million Euro depending on how he preforms this season. Mind you that he HASN’T signed yet for Chelsea, but it [...]

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August 13th, 2007

Kanouté inks with Sevilla until 2010

By: Ryan | Comments 3 Comments

Fredi Kanoute, has signed a new contract with FC Sevilla, keeping him with the club until 2010. Sevilla used his retention clause in his contract and will keep him in Sevilla with a 25 million Euro pricetag.
Kanoute has been a stud for Sevilla the last two years after coming over from a [...]

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August 11th, 2007

FC Sevilla 1 - Real Madrid 0

By: Ryan | Comments 1 Comment

First off, I’m a little peeved because I went to the mall with my girlfriend today and was waiting to come back for the game, when I realized that I did the time-difference wrong and I ended up missing it.
And to think that I lived in Spain for 2 years, and I [...]

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August 10th, 2007

Supercopa de España Preview

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Saturday is the traditional ’start’ of La Liga season with the Supercopa de España, which pits the winner of La Liga vs the winner of the Copa del Rey. This season’s Supercopa sees the wonder that is FC Sevilla vs those Real Madrid characters who kinda won La Liga last year. [...]

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August 8th, 2007

R-E-S-P-E-C-T is what Dani Alves wants

By: Ryan | Comments 7 Comments

I hope that this doesn’t come to fruition, but Dani Alves has made it clear the last few weeks that he is looking to get out of Sevilla and land in a ‘bigger’ club, even if that means a paycut.
When I was reading the Spanish dailies today, Dani Alves said in the AS
“La [...]

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