Sid Lowe

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Co-Host at The Spanish Football Podcast (Podcast)

Football, politics, history, sunsets, shit jokes, Estela, stuff. On the pages of the Guardian, the screens of ESPN and in your ears at TSFP. Usually at a game.

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‘Impossible’ for Arsenal to block out Real Madrid narrative, admits Arteta

1 week ago | msn.com | Sid Lowe

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‘Impossible’ for Arsenal to block out Real Madrid narrative, admits Arteta

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Sid Lowe

Real Madrid’s history has loomed large with its epic comebacks but now it is time for Arsenal to write their own, Mikel Arteta says. For all the noise and the narrative, for all that many have crumbled here against the European champions, the Arsenal manager insisted that there is no fear and that his team are ready to step into the Bernabéu. He reminded everyone of a simple fact lost at times over the last seven days: they do lead this tie, 3-0.
Jude Bellingham targets remontada on ‘night that’s made for Real Madrid’

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Sid Lowe

Remontada, remontada, remontada. “Honestly, I’ve heard it about a million times since last week,” Jude Bellingham said. No word has been repeated as often inside the dressing room or outside it either: on the front pages of the newspapers, on radio, TV and TikTok, where the Englishman apologetically admitted “I get my education from these days,” or in the “million videos” he has watched.
Jude Bellingham targets remontada on ‘night that’s made for Real Madrid’

1 week ago | msn.com | Sid Lowe

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Stricken Sevilla turn once again to Caparrós as owners keep up circus act | Sid Lowe

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Sid Lowe

Just before two o’clock on Palm Sunday, as Holy Week began and religious brotherhoods started their slow, swaying progress through the streets of Seville, first La Paz, then La Hiniesta, then the rest, a man entered the city at Santa Justa. Aged 69, diagnosed with leukaemia five years ago, wearing a grey cardigan, blue jacket and a slightly manic smile, he’s thinner than before but couldn’t be more familiar.
Stricken Sevilla turn once again to Caparrós as owners keep up circus act

1 week ago | msn.com | Sid Lowe

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Lewandowski doubles up as Barcelona dominate Dortmund to close on semis

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Sid Lowe

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Robert Lewandowski doubles up in dominant Barça win against Dortmund

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Sid Lowe

There is another game to be played but on this evidence, Barcelona will do so for just the fun of it, and there may be no one having as much fun as they are right now. A semi-final place is virtually secure with a second leg to spare after all three of their fantastic forward line scored on route to a 4-0 victory over Borussia Dortmund at Montjuic, the last of them scored by a kid who even at 17 may have a case to be considered the best player on the continent.
Ancelotti’s reaction to defeat at Arsenal sums up Real Madrid’s season

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Sid Lowe

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‘We lacked football’: Ancelotti’s reaction to Arsenal loss sums up Real Madrid’s season

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Sid Lowe

On the way out of the Emirates, someone asked Kylian Mbappé whether Real Madrid could still do this. “Course we can,” he replied, three words and then he was gone. In front of him, Vinícius Júnior left in silence. Rodrygo passed by unnoticed again. Luka Modric didn’t talk, nor did Fede Valverde. Lucas Vázquez and Raúl Asencio did, then Thibaut Courtois and Jude Bellingham. “We weren’t good,” Vázquez admitted. “We forgot to play well,” Courtois said.