"I haven't seen Real much this season but they played very well. We were made to suffer because we had to play against a great team with great players."

That was Barcelona's captain Carles Puyol, who had one of his best games ever. If it wasn't him, we would have won. He saved his team many times by blocking balls from Marcelo and Higuain. I loved his spirit and he was truly outstanding last night.

We were very good as well although I don't like the fact that Barca controlled the game and had more ball possession than we did. We just seemed more dangerous and had we had the ball more often, we would have made a lot of damage.

It was evident that Pellegrini's team is improving, even little by little. I have said many times before that patience, faith, hard-work and consistency are crucial...

EL Clasico: more than a football game.

The time has come. It is finally EL...

One Real Madrid fan was bragging saying

"Heck, we are bashed out for not playing well while we are the best team in Spain and Europe, offensive, defensively or however you look at it."

Well, as a matter of fact, he was not bragging. He was saying the truth.

Thing is, the media can be, sometimes or most of the times, misleading and evil. Take a look at the Spanish dailies for example, two to mention in particular: Marca & AS  (the later's name is derived from assholes by the way). All they care about is getting Pellegrini sacked.

No matter how many games the coach wins or how effectively and collectively we play, the Spanish media portrays Pellegrini as the only problem the club has. It is undeniable that Manuel has made a few mistakes so far, but he is clearly not the problem nor it is the...

Ronaldo is back!

Just a quick post about tonight's game as I didn't have a lot of time to produce a thoughtful preview.

Rumors floating around suggest that Raul will be starting tonight while Benzema will warm the bench. The French striker has started in the last 10 games against Tenerife, Marseille, Seville, Valladolid, Milan, Alcorcón, Getafe, Milan (in the San Siro), Atletico and Racing.

Just to do a simple comparison between Raul and Benzema (as I know a lot of the readers here have been debating on who is better), the captain has played 952 minutes and scored five goals while Karim has played 978 and only scored four goals. However, Raul scored once every 244 minutes, while Benzema scored once ever 190...

Real Madrid are having the best start they've had in the league in the last 18 years. Not only that -- statistically speaking, they are the best team in Spain in terms of defense, attack, holding possession, technique and effectiveness in front of goal.

While all of that is over-looked by the media and the majority of Real Madrid fans, Pellegrini continues to improve the team and provide good results. 

Last night's win over Santander at the Bernabeu was important not just because it pushed us to the first place on the league's table as Barca were held in a 1-1 draw against Bilbao, but the team also managed to fix some of the issues we have been talking about in recent weeks.

Pellegrini started with Casillas, Arbeloa, Pepe, Garay, Drenthe, Alonso, Granero, Kaka, Marcelo, Higuain...

Nothing but a win.

I usually don't like international breaks but this one has been thrilling! France Vs Ireland, Algeria Vs Egypt and Portugal's quest to qualify for the World Cup without Cristiano Ronaldo have been all thrilling, emotional and amazing. My team is Italy and they only played a few friendlies so my attention was instead on how our Madridistas were performing.

I'm not going to talk about these games, because La Liga is back but If you want my take on the France game, listen to what I had to say on this week's podcast which can be found below.

In this round of La Liga, Real Madrid take on Racing Santander at home and Barcelona face Atletico Bilbao at the San Mames. These are the last two games before EL Clasico so it would be interesting to see If both teams...

This is just in from Realmadrid's official website :

After being observed throughout the day by Real Madrid's Medical Services and Dr. Van Dijk, as well as undergoing a clinical examination that included x-rays, it was decided that Cristiano Ronaldo should continue his recovery protocol until the final pre-established date which is next Friday, at which point he can resume group training.

There has been some good news and a positive atmosphere in the past few days surrounding Cristiano Ronaldo's recovery and it seemed he was close to a full recovery and a come back as...

The image above is of a shirt that I'm going to keep until I die. When I was in Madrid, meeting with a Director at Real Madrid and doing a private tour of their offices, the club gave me the famous white shirt with my name and number "1" on it (which means I'm replacing Casillas soon, so we'll be losing the next 100 games!). It was a very nice gesture from the club and it gives you a sense that they respect and care about what I'm doing.

Anyway, there is no La Liga action this weekend as national teams clash in friendly as well as crucial matches. It is a fact that football clubs, especially those that have important players, don't like international games as they...

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Breaking news: Florentino Perez is going to sack Real Madrid's coach, Manuel Pellegrini, because newspapers Marca and AS told him so. They even told him when to do it; after EL Clasico against Barcelona.

Ridiculous!

I have a lot of respect for journalism and media (I'm a journalist myself), but what Marca and AS...

A frustrated Bernabeu

Out of Copa Del Rey, Real Madrid are. Alcorcón deservedly progressed to the next round, heck they even got a standing ovation from the fans in the Bernabeu. It must have been an amazing feeling for their players because half, if not all of them, went through Real Madrid's ranks or are Real Madrid fans themselves.

I was surprised to see Lass as a right-back but I understood that Pellegrini didn't want to risk with a defensively-weak Marcelo on the left and as a result played Arbeloa there (who is a better left-back than Marcelo even thought it is not his natural position).

Good call, but If Ramos was only excluded for a technical deciscion (I doubt it though) then It would be a horrible call.

Gago and Diarra in central midfield. Pathetic. You know...