Real Madrid coach stoned on arrival at Barcelona hotel for El Clásico

[MrCoffee]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/nov/29/real-madrid-barcelona-coach-stoned-clasico

He's Special, all right.

He wasn't high, just stoned in the biblical sense.

[TZ]

1. Yikes

And people think that Europeans are more polite than Americans?! :wow:
BTW, good to see you Java boy. You need to drop in more often...:hi:

[MrCoffee]

2. Jose is a wussbag. They threw a pig's head at Luis Figo once.

An actual pig head. Threw it at him when he was taking a corner.

[Lars77]

3. Any Catalan would say he deserved it

This fixture is essentially a substitute for a Catalan war of independence from Spain. Under the Franco regime, Catalan was outlawed, the only place they could speak it without being arrested was the football chanting inside the FC Barcelona stadium. Real Madrid was the propaganda tool of Franco's regime, many of the star players in their history was destined for FC Barcelona but were denied work permits/visas etc unless they signed for Real Madrid instead. The FC Barcelona club house was even bombed by facist forces during the civil war.

Figo was the great, great star of FC Barcelona, he was the hero of the entire Catalan nation. Then he went to Madrid to play for Real.

[Upton]

4. After the 5-0 thumping

Barca gave Madrid, Jose probably got stoned in the more traditional way.

[HuckleB]

5. Jose Mourinho escapes with one-match Champions League ban for improper conduct against Ajax

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/champions-league/8170569/Jose-Mourinho-escapes-with-one-match-Champions-League-ban-for-improper-conduct-against-Ajax.html

It was wonderful to see Mourinho and Real Madrid go down so badly.