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		<title>MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What should have been the start of the Tabarez era (Mach 3) this week, never materialized  ––– The month long lambada between Oscar Tabarez &#38; La AUF is now entering its second month. Questions need to be asked? What the hell is going on? Wasn’t everyone in love with El Maestro anyway? What’s the holdup? [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lacelesteblog.com/?p=3409</link>
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		<title>WEEK 1 IN LA LIGA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After a successful World Cup, several Uruguayans decided to bank on that success and try their luck in Spanish Football. Yorugua already covered the La Liga transfers in a separate post, so I am going to jump right into how the Celeste boys played in Week 1 of La Liga. Revelation of the round: Young [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lacelesteblog.com/?p=3397</link>
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		<title>WORLD&#8217;S BIGGEST SORE-LOSER DEAD AT 100</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Francisco Varallo, the world&#8217;s biggest sore-loser has passed away. Why is this important? Varallo was the  last survivor of the 1930 World Cup Final ––– The first World Cup that was won by Uruguay. Until his death, Varallo true to his Argentinean nature exhibited that &#8220;pendenciero&#8221; je ne sais quoi attitude, Argentineans are famous for. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lacelesteblog.com/?p=3390</link>
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		<title>LIFE IN THE SLOW LANE: SERIE-A</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometime today, Inter Milan will challenge Atletico Madrid for UEFA&#8217;s Super Cup to decide who is Europe&#8217;s best. A lot has changed since Jose Mourinho won the Champions League&#8230; Inter are now coached by former Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez, if Inter win yet another Scudetto this season, it&#8217;ll be a notable achievement since they&#8217;re working [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lacelesteblog.com/?p=3386</link>
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		<title>The Cure for Insomnia: La Liga</title>
		<description><![CDATA[La Liga kicks in full swing on August 28 &#8212; while fellow LCB scribe, Elisa, will surely provide a week-by-week coverage, I still have doubts about the league and what is it about La Liga that continues to attract Uruguayans to it? I’ve always preferred the more pragmatic Italian Serie-A and have recently warmed up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lacelesteblog.com/?p=3374</link>
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		<title>FRENTE EN ALTO… Part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Real Madrid 2-0 Peñarol ––– The Manyas didn&#8217;t embarrass themselves (1), while Damiani extended an invitation for Real Madrid to play in Montevideo on an unknown date. (2) I didn&#8217;t see the game so I won&#8217;t pontificate or annoy anyone with my drab comments about the game, for those who did see the game, maybe [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lacelesteblog.com/?p=3358</link>
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		<title>Nacho Love-fest continues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nachodine Zidález? &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Yes, we know, it&#8217;s the kind of news that will make some you throw up&#8230; but it looks like LCB&#8217;s favorite enganche will be joining forces with Gustavo Munua at Levante. Club Valencia has agreed to loan Ignacio Maria Gonzalez along with Asier del Horno to Levante (1). Since we&#8217;re on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lacelesteblog.com/?p=3350</link>
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		<title>THE TRAGIC STORY ABOUT GONZALO BARRETO</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How this story flew under the radar in Uruguay is beyond me&#8230; in fact, I check Ovación on a daily basis  but can&#8217;t recall coming across this story ––– While checking up on a Brazilian league game, I came across this story on Globo Esporte.com –– I was shocked to find out it dealt with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lacelesteblog.com/?p=3345</link>
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		<title>What if Maradona became Uruguay&#8217;s Manager?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What would happen if Maradona were named Uruguayan NT manager? Would it be the end of the world? Or would it jump-start Uruguay&#8217;s notoriety to a level not seen since the late 1920&#8242;s? Of course this is a fantasy debate, but if we were to take serious this &#8220;lets pretend&#8221; argument, what kind of changes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lacelesteblog.com/?p=3337</link>
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		<title>Uruguayan Cebiche</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Uruguay’s version of Roy Hodgson is Sergio Markarian, the well-traveled coach is similar to Hodgson in that he’s never coached his own birth country’s NT. Hodgson coached his share of national teams, more famously Switzerland in the 1994 World Cup and then countries like United Arab Emirates &#38;  Finland to lesser acclaim. Markarian is the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lacelesteblog.com/?p=3323</link>
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