Real Madrid

By now, some of you might have realized that Real Madrid are my favorite futbol team. So I am bringing the latest news on them. Over the summer they signed Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, who is arguably the best soccer player on the world right now. Real Madrid are in some what of a crisis, they are doing good in the Spanish League, but they just got knocked out of the Cup by a third division team, and suffered a real scare last weekend when they saw their 3-0 lead being dimished to 3-2 and almost got tied by their city rivals on a game they won with much nerves. All of this, however, can be attributed to one cause, Cristiano Ronaldo being injured for about the past month. Ronaldo is the top scorer of the Champions League and one of the top in the Spanish League, and Real are really feeling his absence. He also going to miss the desicive two-legged match against Boznia with his country Portugal in the World Cup qualifiers. This injury is not a major one, but in the case it was, economically Real would not have been affected with the payment of the treatment, since right before the season they insured his legs for 100 million Euros, in case that he suffered a major injury. Check this article for this crazy spending:

Best Player of all times...

Recently I posted a blog about the upcoming FIFA World Player of the year award, which is given to the current best player on the planet. Now I want to know who do you think is the best player of all times, someone who is either currently playing, or played a while back. I would like to hear your opinion, is your favorite player Diego Maradona? the small Argentine who revolutionized soccer with his great dribbling. Or maybe it is Pele, "The King." He was a Brazilian player who many people perceive as the best of all times, known for his bicycle kicks and incredible dribbling skills, he is the most prolific scorer according to Guinnes World Records. Perhaps your favorite player is someone who is playing right now, like Ronaldo, or Messi. Let me know what you think...

Real Madrid out of Copa del Rey

As much of you might remember, or maybe not, about a week back I made a posting about Real Madrid falling 4-0 to a third division team named Alorcon in the Copa del Rey (Spanish Cup). Well this Wednesday was the return leg, and Real were playing in their home ground Santiago Bernabeu to try and overcome the 4 goal deficit. The fans did not know what to expect, and the result they saw was not a very likable one. In order to go through on to the next round, Real needed to win by 5-0, and they simply did not get the job done. They only neted one past the Alorcon goalkeeper, failing to go through. The crowd's disapproval could be seen, or rather heard, toward the end of the match when they started booing everytime Real got the ball, and applauding everytime Alorcon got the ball. So Real are out of the Cup, but they still have very good chances in both the Champion's League and the Spanish League.

UEFA Champions League

 This week was matchplay 4 of the Champions league. The main stage was protagonized by AC milan against Real Madrid on Milan this past tuesday. On paper, the Real squad looks far more advanced in skill and much better in play, but in the game Milan prove to be just as better. Milan have a squad that is constantly plagued by injuries, and their average age might be older than any other team in the competition.

 The final score was 1-1, with Ronaldinho scoring Milan's only goal against his old enemies Real Madrid. Ronaldinho was said to have been approaching the end of his career for lack of skill, but in past weeks he has been showing great skill and might be staging a come back for best player.

Great Weekend for Big Teams

The weekend marked a great match-day for some big teams like Real Madrid of Spain, or AC Milan of Italy. Both of these teams had been going down the wrong path to become champions of their countries, but they both a victory this weekend that will lift a huge weight off of their backs. Real Madrid had achieved two ties and one loss in their last three games, and the manager Manuel Pellegrini was in danger of being fired. On Saturday however, Real Madrid played their town rivals Getafe, and the Real coach made a great decision on starting Higuain, because the Argentinian had not started in a couple matches, but got the two goals that gave Real Madrid the 2-0 victory over Getafe. This victory gives new hope to the title, and a little less to worry about for Pellegrini.
Crossing over to Italy, AC Milan had also been in bad form in the league recently, and their star player Ronaldinho had not done much to help this season. They played on Saturday as well, against Parma, and also got a 2-0 victory. Ronaldinho, two-time winner of the FIFA World Player of the Year award, came out of his slump on this game, giving assists to both goals scored by the Milan team. The scorer of these goals, Marco Boriello, also was having a bad year, plagued by injuries since late last season, this was the first game he started in 09-10 season, and what a start he had by scoring two goals and leading his team to victory.