If You Don’t Like Soccer, You Are Missing a Great Game

By Blaidd Drwg

The Spanish First Division in soccer, better known as La Liga, boasts two of the most dynamic players in the world – Christiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid and Lionel Messi of Barcelona. The league has played 29 out of 38 games on the schedule and Ronaldo and Messi are tied for the league scoring lead with 35 goals each, a very impressive number. What makes that number even more impressive is that 35 goals is MORE GOALS than 11 of the 20 teams in the league have scored all season. Think about that, one player scoring more points than 11 teams. That would be like someone hitting 150 home runs in a season in baseball. Despite the two high octane offenses that Barca and Madrid poses, they are beatable. Madrid has lost twice and drawn 3 times while Barca has 6 draws and 2 losses.

The La Liga standings are so top heavy because of these two teams that the third place team, Valencia, is 22 points behind second place Barca. Madrid is 6 points ahead of Barca in first place in La Liga, which, with 9 games left, is close to being insurmountable, but they still have one game against Barca which could ultimately decide the title.
I mention this because the quarterfinals of the UEFA champions league matches Barca against AC Milan, the winner advancing to the semi-finals. It should be a contrast in styles between the high scoring Barca and the solid defense of Milan. The home and home is 3/28 at Milan and 4/3 at Barca. If you like soccer at its best, you should watch these two games.