What Would You Do After Winning A Major Sports Event?

 Sergio Ramos Kissing Before or After the final?

If you just won or got something you have been wanting to acquire for 18 years, how would you react? Would you be rational enough to think of a plan on how to go about such a glorious day? Would you ignore such an accomplishment and just continue on with your day? Or would you emotionally celebrate the feat, which has eluded you for 18 years, with friends? 

After Cristiano Ronaldo (CR7) scored the winning goal in the first half of overtime, and knowing how good a defense Real Madrid was playing, Barcelona succumbed to the jaws of defeat. If history has shown us anything about teams that Sergio Ramos plays for, it is when he wins a major event whether for the Spanish National Team or Club Team, Real Madrid, it is that he not only celebrates it but enjoys every second of it without consequence. Before the Copa Del Rey victory, Sergio Ramos is here celebrating Spain's 2010 World Cup victory in the airplane with his fellow teammates. Even though they played a grueling and physical final game against The Netherlands in South Africa, Sergio Ramos and company celebrated till they couldn't no more (bare in mind that from South Africa to Spain, it is a seven hour plane flight). 

Guess Who Dropped the Cup?

Although the Copa Del Rey is not quite as big as winning the World Cup, it is the most sought after trophy in Spain, making it a great accomplishment. So when Real Madrid won the cup, and knowing how Sergio Ramos is when he is part of a huge accomplishment, one can only guess what he would do. Most, if not all, the Real Madrid team were on top of their bus at around 4am (local time) celebrating, and at the helm of the festivities, he was there holding the cup, over the railing. One can only imagine the state of jubilation, he and the team, were in but what we all know is that Sergio Ramos was celebrating hard. The picture to the left depicts the events leading after, him holding the cup over the bus's railing. Yes, he dropped the prestigious, the most sought after, the precious, the magnificent, the marvelous, Copa Del Rey trophy. No one was hurt from this travesty, of sorts, only the trophy suffered 'injuries', and maybe his pride. 

Accomplishing something that hasn't been done in almost 20 years, and being part of something bigger than yourself is something to be extremely proud of, and should warrant a grand celebration. One knows that when emotions of happiness overcomes the mind and takes its course on the body, it is quit difficult to think of the consequences of actions; but as history would teach a player that holds a trophy over a moving vehicle anything in times to come, it is not to do it. But it is easier said than done, so I pose this question: What would you do after winning a major sports event?

El Clasico 2011

El Clasico 2011

When two of the most influential and popular sports teams in the world play each other, it is a game not to be missed. When two of those teams are from the Spanish League, La Liga, then it is certainly should not be missed. When the game between these two sporting giants has a title-El Clasico-then it must not be missed for any reason whatsoever. It goes without saying to every soccer aficionado, that this game is between Barcelona of Catalunya and Real Madrid of the capital, Madrid. These two heated rivals play each other twice a year within their league but is not limited to just two, because they might play for the Copa Del Rey and/or in the coveted UEFA Champions League, in which in 2011 seems to be the case.

On November 29, 2010 at Camp Nou in Barcelona, it was a game that Real and their supporters, Madridistas, want to put behind them. Barcelona imposed their style of play, which is ball possession or colloquially speaking, keep away from Real; as a result, Real got frustrated and started to lose their composure. An example of the frustration was when Cristiano Ronaldo pushed Pep Guardiola, Barcelona's coach, when he went to throw the ball back into play, after it went out-of-bounds. Within the first ten minutes of the game, Xavi scored for Barça, then Pedro scored in the 18th; feeling left out, David Villa scored two of his own in the 55th and 58th minute, and so did, Jeffren, in the 90th minute. Not only did Real feel embarrass for their performance and left the pitch with their heads down, certain players took out their frustration on Barça players, once the game was over. All throughout Camp Nu, Los Cules (Barcelona supporters) gave the TV audience-around the 200 million mark-the impression that five goals was not satisfying but enough to beat their bitter rivals.

Now on April 16, 2011 at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid, the second game will be played between these two enormously popular soccer club teams. The players that will try to take over are the usual for both teams: Spearheading the attack for Barcelona are Messi, David Villa and Pedro and for Real Madrid are Benzema, Higuain and Cristiano Ronaldo. The players mention are not what a soccer aficionados would call usual, rather, call them the best soccer players in the world especially Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. The one thing that is for certain, the second game will provide a lot of fireworks from both teams and will be watched by hundreds of millions of people. Jose Mourihno, coach of Real Madrid, has stated "...that the 2nd leg will be different than the 1st", well for all Madridistas, this is music to their ears but as we all know, "talk is cheap."