Barcelona FC VS Atletico Madrid

The two Spanish titans stand with a 1-1  score at minute 52. Barsa has had many chances at goal with Atletico also in the fight. Atletico lost 2 players at the beginning of the game due to injuries.

Dominican Republic & Indonesia tie 1-1 in friendly match .

The Dominican Republic ties 1-1 in their friendly match against Indonesia. The Dominican squad played mostly an aerial game with long passes. The Dominican squad dominated the game ¾ of the time, and by the end of the math, the Indonesian team made many dangerous shots at the Dominican arch, until Kervin Rodrigues committed a penalty against an Indonesian player. Wellington Agramonte the Dominican goal keeper was beaten at the penalty shot by Tuasalamony at the 85th, which enabled Indonesia to tie the game.

DR Players: Agramonte; Ledesma. Danco, Martìnez, Acevedo; Heinz, Marcel, Samuel, Faña, Kerbi y Peralta. En la segunda mitad, actuaron tambièn Flores, Nùñez, Ozuna y Roni.


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Racism in Football

Much has changed since the old days, when football fans would touch Pele’s skin and smell it to verify if he was indeed of African descent, and not an impostor. Last week when an expectator at a stadium threw a banana at Brazilian Barcelona Football player Dany Alves, we were reminded that much must be done to eradicate racism that is still alive in the so called first world countries. The person that threw the banana at Alves was banned from VillaReal’s stadium for life which is a step in the right direction, and at least in Spain, fans will think twice before committing racist acts at sport venues.

Dominican Republic VS Indonesia

The Dominican Republic will face Indonesia at the Manahan stadium in Surakarta In Central Java on the 15^th of this month of May, in what may be the only friendly game before the Dominican Republic faces other nations at  the Caribbean Cup next September. It is rumored that the Indonesian team will be made up of mostly U23 Football players from this densely populated Asian nation,  that ranks 152nd according to the FIFA world ranking. The Dominican Republic currently is ranked  126^th, in part due to a lack of official games since the last friendly game against Costa Rica in 2013 was not taken into consideration due to mistakes on the part of the Dominican Football Federation’s lack of preparation, such as wrong lettering on uniforms worn by the Dominican players among other mistakes.