team of destiny

i meant to write this at the beginning of this week, but i didnt have the time, but i still wanted to just give a quick update on real madrid for anyone who possibly cares. la liga (the spanish first division) has been exceptional this year with things coming down to the final game. real madrid made a late season surge to put themselves on top of the division. they are currently tied with barcelona who has been dominating the league for the past few years. barca won the champions league last year and easily won la liga last year. no one was even close. real hasnt won the division in over 4 years. they have been in quite a drought but they have great chemistry right now and the futbol gods are definitely on their side. they are truly a team of destiny. real and barca are tied at the top of the division with 73 points a piece, but real has the tie-breaker advantage because they beat barca more times during the season. anyways, last saturday, with 2 games left to play, real madrid was down 2-1 to zaragoza (or tharagotha) and ruuuuud van nistelroy scored the equalizing goal in the 89th minute. and to add to the drama, on the other side of the country, barca was winning 2-1 over espanyol when espanyol scored the equalizing goal in the 89th minute as well. so the teams are still even with one game left to play. sevilla is in third and only trail real and barca by 2 points, but they tied as well last sunday so they missed out on their opportunity to jump atop the division. if you watch the highlights below, messi for barca clearly cheated, which isnt good karma for barca. real's last game is this weekend against mallorca at home. they control their own destiny, but its been too dramatic of a season for them to blow it now.

real v. zaragoza

barca v. espanyol