Monday, May 16, 2005



FC Barcelona are new Champions of Spain, winning the La Liga after 6 years & the first title under coach Frank Rijkaard. They could have done it in style but the point against Levante while their rivals and second place Read Madrid were held at Sevilla. Surely the aim for next season will be the elusive Champions league which the Spanish giants have only won once in their career, in 1992. Meanwhile 10 men Valencia & the city of Barcelona's other club, Espanyol, drew 2-2. In Italy at the Stadio Delle Alpi, Juventus defeated visiting Parma 2-0. Alessandro Del Piero opened the scoring in just the 6th minute & Zlatan Ibrahimovic, returning to play after serving a suspension for hitting an opposing player, scored the clincher in the 23rd minute, and Juventus never looked back. This victory keeps Juve in top spot, while Parma remain in fifteenth. AC Milan could only draw at Lecce, leaving their Turin rivals 5 points ahead of them. The highly anticipated Rome derby between Lazio & AS Roma fizzled out in a goaless draw.





Song for the day - "Singing A Different Tune" - RICK TIPPE