They Just Don't Take That Kind Of Thing In Spain

Looks like Real Madrid has made a statement against Italians, I mean whiners. To be fair, neither of the players in questions is from Italy (and one is the whole reason I loved Real Madrid in the first place, Figo) but Real coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo issued the following statement:

"If Guti said he didn't like it here and was going to go and find another club he should have gone. But as he is here it is because he didn't find another team and he should appreciate the work."

He's a big Smiths fan I guess. Doesn't he know that finding a job makes you miserable? :)

Heaven knows I feel old now after making that comment.

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Poor Mexico.

After South Africa announced they couldn't convince players to come out of their club commitments to make the trip to the United States for the Gold Cup, a lot of pressure fell on Mexico's shoulders from the rest of the region.

It became their job to humiliate the guest country to show what they think of them snubbing our regional tournament.

Oops.

Unlike the United States, the tired El Tri (half of whose roster was just coming off the Confederations Cup) could not get a second wind and lost to South Africa's "team" 2-1.

Someone of bigsoccer.com summed it up the best way I've seen (though I think the thread it was in may have been considered offensive because now I can't find it):

"The United States gets a victory and Mexico loses within 24 hours, it's like going to Disney World."

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Speaking of Disney World, it looks like the Group A matches are resceduled for this weekend due to Hurricane Dennis.

Stay safe anyone reading this in Florida.

But, this just confirms what I've thought for a long time. Fate (especially when it has to do with weather) just hates footcer when it gets inside the United States borders.