In a World Full of Barça and Real Fans – People are Stupid

By: Anthony | April 6th, 2009

Thanks Ryan for the Picture!

I never watch Spanish news, they’re as pro-Barça and pro-Real as American news is with the Yankees or Red Sox. It’s the same thing over and over so why bother right? Barça did this and Real did that, blah, blah, blah.

Earlier today I headed down to my grandmother’s apartment located a quiet neighborhood in downtown Toronto. When I was there she gave me food (typical Spanish!) and we sat down and just talked about how she’s been and her upcoming trip to Spain. As she left the living room to go get some more wine I turned on her TV and since she has Spanish satellite I was browsing through some of the channels that we don’t usually get here on regular cable. I saw the football news on Antena 3 and decided to just watch the highlights from this past weekend’s La Liga round-up.

Now as I stated before, the Spanish media is probably one of the most biased in the world of sports, especially when it comes to Real Madrid and Barcelona, the two jewels in the crown that is La Liga.

After all the highlights I was listening to them analyze the Jornada (round) and the whole title race in general. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Spanish television, Antena 3 is based out of Madrid, and I’m sure you know where I’m going with this…

The two men who were doing the news basically stated that 6 points is a very small margin and Real has a good a chance as any to catch Barça who has hit a few bumps in the past month or so. This is a very true statement and a couple slip ups could see Real take the title for a record 32nd time but this isn’t the statement I had a problem with. They said it was a “2 horse race” and that us (Sevilla), Villarreal, Atlético, Málaga, Valencia and Deportivo are all in the race for “the final two Champions League spots”.

This is where I’m confused. Apparently we have no chance to win the title because we’re 9 points behind Real which is a significant enough margin to be considered as “not in the race” but then Villarreal is 9 points behind us so surely what these two clowns on Antena 3 should be saying is this:

While Barcelona is leading the league, Real Madrid has a good a chance as any to catch them and win the title. Sevilla is cemented in the third Champions League spot and Villarreal will be looking to hold off competition from Atlético, Málaga, Valencia and Deportivo la Coruña to hold down the final spot.

I mean technically if 9 points is too wide a gap for us to be considered in the title race (which I do agree with, I understand that point) then surely it’s also too much for any other team to overtake us in third. If not well then okay look at it this way. We’re still in the title race bitches. Nine points is nothing? Okay, we close the nine point margin on Real and we’re tied for second spot now. Now since we’re tied for that second spot that automatically means we’re in the title race too does it not?

Am I really blowing this way out of proportion? Probably. Even though I’m more than used to this ridiculous bias, it’s still highly entertaining to see how these idiots think.

I love you Sevilla, I love you.