Real Madrid 3-2 Getafe | La Liga Review and Goal Videos
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Morning,
What a great night last night was. Pretty incredible. It was one of the most heart-breaking games I have ever seen. It was like the ones where you think that you are going to score one more goal and win and then an idiot like Pepe gets sent off, the other team gets a penalty scores then you equalize and you beat the hell out of them? I love these kind of matches...
But seriously, and for Godsake, why Juande keeps playing Rau'l for 90 minutes? For the last few weeks, the only thing I have been winning about is this Rau'l thing and I really am sick of it. Rau'l is one of the greatest players the world has ever seen, he is someone every player should look up to, but he isn't just good for the team. He can't play in every game, not because he sucks, but because he isn't capable of performing on a level that the current style of football requires.
Another thing which was absurd was substituting Van der vaart for Robben early in the second half. I understand that Robben was going to change the game (and he kind of did), but the reason he hadn't played in the first place was that he was not totally fit. I think Juande didn't think thoroughly about this and jumped the gun. It was not a bad decision, but it was not the right the call. Van der vaart was fired up and healthy while Robben was injured. I think instead he should have sent in Torres for Rau'l (okay for Van der vaart or Guti) and moved Marcelo to the wing if he wanted some pace and activity in there.
There was also something wrong with the defense. Granero sent a great cross to Soldado who headed the ball into the back of the net. Ironically, two of our own players helped the opposing team but us behind in the game. I think Soldado should have been marked by Pepe or Cannavaro but none was there.
Their second goal came off a counter-attack and for that the whole team was responsible. I understand the situation very well, we were fired up and trying to score and in this cases you leave lots of spaces and If you don't have fast defenders you can't go back easily.
Higuain scored our first just before the first half ended. The credit all goes to him for his individual work and his "intelligence".
Pepe messed up the whole thing. He just kept kicking the poor guy and he deserved to be sent off. He also deserved a punch in the face. Now we will be without him and God knows for how long. This is complicates things for and it could have been avoided. I was really shocked.
Higuain got booked for "diving". Well, it was a legitimate penalty and the referee got it wrong. Gonzalo will miss our next game, but I hope that the club will try to appeal his yellow card.
Guti scored a fantastic goal from a free-kick. It was the best thing he did in the match and for that I appreciate it. At least he wasn't as useless as Rau'l was, so thank you Guti!
Higuain, as usual, saved our butt with a late-minute goal. Individual work and a fantastic goal. He has scored 18 goals so far which is great.
The bottom line is we earned the three points which what matters. Kudos to Capello for bringing our spirit back, and hadn't he done that, nor Juande or Schuster would have won matches like this.
Hala Madrid!
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86' Guti
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where's marcelo ?
Reply to flynn:
He isn't injured but for some reason he isn't in the squad list. Maybe the English version of the official site missed him? Will double check.
v.d.vaart should start.at least he'll have an eye on goal.we need another dimension in attack(especially with robben doubtful),gago is already quite similar to guti.
I honestly think both Guti and VDV will start....I think one of Robben or Higuain will be rested for the match...so Guti will play alongside Gago and VDV as a left midfielder.
but unfortunatly a super-agent (I forgot his name haha) mentioned the players who will probably leave this summer...and some of them were RVN,VDV and Robben....soo I hate perez for that but if he really wants to sign Ribery he's winning me over haha.
Now I know that most of you don't want to hear more political stuff about the elections but I had to mention this...I've just read that Perez made a 25m offer for Ribery
Reply to Adambader:
Yeah, it did. He's on the list. Did any of you hear the rumors about Zapata and Ribery, for once some rumors have made me happy. Zapata is a class centre-back and very athletic and the perfect rotation plan for Garay and Pepe. He's a moster in Football Manager too
Lets see what happens, the elextion campaign should begin soon enough, I think it starts first or second week of May. Hala Madrid! 
Reply to Danniel:
Even Bronzetti has been wrong. He would actually be taking a step down, taking out 3 awesome players for one. Hala Madrid!
Reply to Danniel:
2,500mil is the price that Bayern paid for Marseille 2 yrs ago, the amount Perez offered was about 3800 millions but Bayern wants 5,000.(The Germany media didn't specifically mention Perez's name but everyone of us knows who that "one of the nominator" is) but they also said Bayern would give Barca the priority on Ribery's bid...... anyway, it's worthless to bid Ribery while forgoing Robben.......if perez really does have this intention, he is really an hopeless idiot.
maybe he wants to sell robben and get silva who i think is a better player and is not selfish anyway the main thing would be to get fabregas and hten i would say job well done cos then the squard would be almost complete and classey and vwith a good left back we are set to go.
Reply to paul:
Robben is our best player, hands down and for that reason, he can't be sold. If Perez wants to bring in stars, he should build on current foundations not demolish and start another project. It could have disastrous effects or be great for us, either way it's too big a risk to take. Robben, Higuain, Sneijder, RVN, Lass, Pepe, Ramos, Casillas, Garay, Marcelo and Huntelaar are surely way too good to be thrown into the trash by Perez. Sorry, I would really be ashamed if he sold any of the above because it sickens me to see that we've gotten so desperate that we have to sell our best players to raise funds. A reader of the blog, Caracoleo wrote the other day that it's a disgrace to see Real Madrid have to take off their main striker, the same way, it's a disgrace Real Madrid are so desperate for the likes of Ronaldo and Kaka when there are loads better out there, even in our own freaking team! Hala Madrid!
Robben is an amzazing player and surley the best of real he shouldn't be sold. The same with the likes of sneijder,hiquin,marcello,rvn and some others they shouldn't be sold eather. but i'm afraid if perez comes that's whats gonna happen so i really hope he doesn't come. I would love to see ribary come thought he and robben on the flanks and then hiquin and huntelaar upfront is a dream attack.
Reply to soccer (L):
yeh i do agree robben is the best we have and san iker also higuan,pepe,garay,ramos,rvn,marcello,sneider,lass,huntellaar, these must never be sold coz we really need them drenthe can only be loaned not to be sold coz you never know he is still young and can come back anytime to madrid on raul and gti please its time up either bench or you give them some positions on the team.heinze garcia salgado,dudek,cannavarro,can be sold
Reply to chancat:
Speaking on selling quality players madrid had a dreaded history on that one guys dating back a few years now so frankly if they sell roben it wont come as a shock to me no bit. Hey im jus calin it how i see it. I think we are gonna win todays game though. Goals coming from i wish higuain and most probably huntler.Madrid for life!
We have a very difficult game today because getafe always play good when they play against us.. so whoever start Guti or VDV need to play very well and everyone else needs to play well.. Higuain has 4 yellows meaning if he gets one today he will be suspneded for next match
i don't like to make predictions, but i hope higuain scores 2, and/or have 2 assists, and i really hope VDV scores, and do a man of the match performance..
Gago has had a superb season so far.. he has often been over-shadowed by the other players on the team ie, higuain,robben, lassana, but he is one of our best performers.. he always gives his all, and isn't afraid to get booked.. he got benched for the last 3 games before the recreativo game, but he pulled off a fantastic performance there..
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
I totally agree, all those players should be kept.. I know I'm being selfish for this, but I really think VDV should stay also, but there is a high possibility he won't..
Reply to Anti-Mijatovic:
5,000 million?
Reply to madridtrini4:
this is definitely not a superb season for gago, he had some gd times at the begining of the season but he'd always struggled against some big teams. he'd a ot of gd works connecting the backline and the midfield with his proper running and pace. However, his turnover rate was way too high. Most of his wrong passes caused us a lot of trouble especially against some counter attack team. his performance was somehow inconsistent. he was awesome in last game with his brilliant assisst but recretivo seems to be an inconvicible playmate for him to prove his value. In the liverpool match, i barely percieve his existence, lass was overwhelmed while gago failed to help him out. Xabi Alonso and Masharano had much better performances in that encounter(compared with gago), i still gave him credit for his hard work on defense. But there is so many area he still has to improve. at least, he has to perform consistently. He is "not yet" superb.
Robben has played less than 50% of the matches since he has been with us - fact!
Can we really afford a star player who plays less than half the matches? For me Robben's fitness has always been in question, so I am undecided.
However if Robben is to be sold - then it should only happen if Ribery or Ronaldo come to take his place. Then, at least the squad doesn't lose quality, and we gain in fitness.
Sadly, I think Sneijder has already played his last game for Real Madrid and we are on the look out for a new playmaker.
As for tonight : 2-0 to Madrid. It should be no problem, but nothing is no problem for Real Madrid.
Reply to madridtrini4:
that's just a rumor, bayern didn't announce that tehy wanted to sell ribery, but i think that would be a reasonable price for them to selling their key player(the robben of Bayern Munich) espiceally for dealing with Perez. nth will be proved until it comes true. FOr god sake, no one wants robben to leave.
Reply to Anti-Mijatovic:
I almost fell off my chair when I read that "Gago has had a superb season." It redefines the meaning of superb!
Gago has not been superb - he's been average.
He's got quality (beautiful pass to Marcelo on Saturday) - but he doesn't do it consistently.
Confirmed Lineup: Casillas,Ramos,Pepe,Cannavaro,Marcelo,Gago,Guti,Van Der Vaart, Higuain, Raul,Huntelaar... Robben is not starting today
were loosing this were missing dept ramos needs to put robben in he doesn't need rest. if we loose this we can forget about the la liga
PLEASE for gods sake take out raul and put in robben moving higuan up front with hunter. raul is like a chicken with its head cut off running around clapping his hands. Ramos grow some balls take him out.
Its halftime and we are not playing good at all and thank god for Higuain he has us at 1-1 at halftime but we need Robben from the start of the 2nd half
real shit .....Ramos keep putting the same team up front it not working ...that 's the best teams we hav PLEASE .....not sure how good a coach he is if he can try and make new thing work for the team.......
Half time - and what a terrible first half. Schuster come back - all is forgiven! Seriously, that was appalling, dreadful, even pitiful.
Guti has been shocking, how many misplaced passes is that now? I've lost count! Gago has decided to disappear off the map. Isn't this guy supposed to be running our midfield?
Why is Marcelo playing left back? The only good performances he's ever put in are in left MIDFIELD. Van Der Vaart on the wing? Should have known Juande would do something like that.
It's a good thing these assholes don;t have Brian Clough as manager.He would drop ALL of these bastards for the next game.
I guess a 10-1 scoreline will be good enough to take off Raul.....time to bring on Saviola and Robben...take off guti too! Real sucks! blast me all u want! We are all watching the same game!
terrible first half for real madrid. No creative football at all. It's pathetic to see the only way we can create our attack were those long passes from Guti, Ramos, and VDV(so far so gd). we can see how important the man arjen robben is, none of our player in the field(higuain does okay) has the ability to penetrate around and create some space. HOwever, although the messy process was ugly(created by a mess), Higuain scored another brilliant goal and saved our ass for the first half. He did fantastic on keep the balance while claimly passed through the keeper. Defensely, we kinda lost the tempo defending their swifty counterattack. We could have had our ass kicked at the 3rd min while marcelo did horribly on covering soldado. On the second half, we should take out Guti and Raul(not likely...), and put robben and M.torres, then we will have marcelo and robben playing on both flanks too.(it creates less vacancy if S.Ramos doesn't have to go up that much). but i think juande will once again take out huntelaar instead of raul.....!
Reply to Caracoleo:
exactly
Just 1 word really
"ROBBEN"
Or no title.....
Simple
Nuff said!!!!!!!!!!
huhhh ?!?! why is robben already coming of is he injured ?
What a waste of substitution Taking off Van Der Vaart then replaced by Robben who might have been doubtful with an injury only to have him get injured and substituted by Drenthe. Ramos, what are you thinking? Raul should have been taken off at half and have Van Der Vaart take his place in the middle. Higuain has gotten booked too so he will miss the next game. What is going on? Our squad keeps on getting thin with injuries or suspesions.
Higuain Goal! Assited by Gago. 90' minute
3-2 A narrow victory to say the least.
REAL MADRIDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ps raul is done!
OMG CRAZIEST GAME I HAVE EVER SEEN .. HIGUAIN=LEGEND.. I CANNOT BELIEVE WE GOT THE THREE POINTS!!!.. HIGUAIN GUTI GREAT GOALS.. CASILAS FANTASTIC.. the bad part is Higuain picked up his 5th yellow which means he will miss the sevilla game, also Pepe will most likely be out for a while which is terrible because we need him.. and ROBBEN is injured again I cannot believe it.. I hope Heinze is back for the weekend and Lass is back which is good.. PLEASE SEVILLA HELP US TOMMMOROW but Palop is suspended their goalie
What a match !!! the first goal of hiquain was more luck but the second of him was a true beauty one. But wat was pepe thinking he kicked after him twice he deserfed the red but now next macth we will be without pepe, hiquain en probably robben how are we gonna winn then!
just like i hoped for! higuain scoring 2!!
16. madridtrini4 Wrote: | 17.21BST | Apr 21, 2009
i don't like to make predictions, but i hope higuain scores 2, and/or have 2 assists, and i really hope VDV scores, and do a man of the match performance..
the last couple minutes were like like movie scripts. I was crying when our new golden boy of Bernabeu(as what i will honor him)scored his second goal. The reason i cried was not beacause that im happy about my team in terms of quality, i was actually crying for the players effort, none of team gave up and each one of them deserves the honor. Saint Iker, Guti, Marcelo, and Higuain.....!! at the moment robben was walking off the pitch, i told myself "WE ARE FUCKED". but once again, a miracle saved real madrid. in addition, i was laughing(painfully) at that "deadly strike" of pepe, that's sth unprofessional and could extense his suspension. so fucking silly. Man, he could be a fucking UFC fighter......!!
A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!!!!!!! Props goes out to Higuain....stick a fork in Raul...he's done! Pepe will no longer be a RM player,.....whateva league he goes in he will be playing with a straight jacket! If Robben had to come off he should've sent in Saviola since we were lacking power upfront....i was like Drenthe WTF! But great fight back from RM. Hope Barca lose tomorrow
HILARIOUS!!!!!!
This is simply a miracle bringing about by the players'efforts. But i feel bad if anyone here got this winning over his head and forgot that "WE 'D HAD A TERRIBLE PERFORMANCE" throughout the entire match. And let me get this straight forward, if we lose Robben, Higuain, and Pepe against Sevilla away from home, that's almost impossible!! though, i hope there will be another miracle.
Reply to Anti-Mijatovic:
and Pepe is more likely to be suspended more than 1 game which means he is gonna miss the classio.....i can't imagine.
Well Pepe got a straight red which means he will be suspnded for several game I belive but lets hope Metzelder can play awesome for us and also Lass will be back and also Heinze might come back because we need everybody we can
A great win tonight - lets just get that into perspective - we were playing a poor, poor side - yet showed true character when it was required - with 10 man....
Anyone any idea how bad Robbens injury is/was? Presuming it was the same one which is why he didn't start the game...
If it is at least he might just miss 1 game and be back for Barca
Maybe Juande Ramos calls up Palanca to play for us
layers who got booked tonight are: Fernando Gago, Rafael van der Vaart, Pepe, Royston Drenthe, Gonzalo Higuain, Marcelo
We will be missing Pepe and Higuain for suspension but we will probably have Robben and Cannavaro fit. Lass will be back too!
Cannavaro injured too? lets hope not I think it was just a tactical change because if he was injured I figured he would put in Metzelder
Oh my god! I thought it was over but Casillas is so brilliant!!!! And Higuain has been a godsend for Madrid!!
Hala Madrid and all hail Saint Iker!!
Reply to Madridista4:
Metzelder still doesn't quite get used to the La Liga rhythm. He is way too slow against attacking players with quickness. And heinze....i've got nth to say about this glumsy elbow-throwing specialist, with his "crazy fouling skill" and "speed" on attack.
that's why we love Realmadrid....we can win any match....I like this spirit...if we play withg this spirit we can destroy the best squad in the world!!(Barca)....O like all players today except idiot Pepe...
Well well well... we won. we played shit - but won. We showed desire, but no real quality.
Pepe, words defy me. How could you do that?
Higuain, amazing, thank you so much. Heart of a lion!
raul, go crawl back under your rock. You're finished because you are shit.
Guti, you are also shit, but thanks for the goal!
Juande, what the hell was that? What's the plan for Sevilla?
can't stop listening to Dale Madrid Dale....I may not sleep this night....woooooooooooooooooooooow
Actually Pepe had an outstanding game until that stupid heat of the moment when he kicked casquero and
We have to beat sevilla for Juande Ramos and because we need to pay them back and we need the three points
thanks you god for this true miracle thousands, millions and billions of times!
Hala Higuain Hala Madrid 
Higuain is a true Legend and Real must triple his salary at least.
Pepe is crazy and for the first time I'm disappointed in him!
Metzelder will be a good substitute and with this fighting spirit I'll pray for Real to win La Liga this season, I hope Robben is not injured he is critical for Real and thanks For San Iker he's the best keeper I've ever seen ...the best in the world
Reply to realmadridguy81:
i can tell u only with this "spirit" is virtually not enough. Instead, we gotta play some quality football. Pepe was great except for the foul and that crazy reaction. and don't be too optimistic about this victory cuz we just beat a 2nd rank team at Bernabeu, that's just a task we ought to finish easily but we'd been struggling throughout the match. THis is absurb to say we ca beat sevilla and Barca just with this what so called "spirit", we need the quality.
Reply to Anti-Mijatovic:
Absolutely right. Thanks to our spirit we beat a poor team.
We need to start playing some football. We played crazy football near the end of that second half, and it got us into a lot of trouble.
The good thing is that Higuain has just buried Raul once and for all. I could not believe that Raul played 90 minutes. Well, I say 'play', but I use the term very loosely.
Maybe Juande didn;t realise that raul was still out there on the pitch?
yes we won with great fight and "spirit"...but the team played shit most part. We are not ready for Europe. Not in a million years. But as Juande said, the 3 points is all that matters now.
Jaunde Ramos has said that Real Madrid will appeals Higuain yellow card that was given to him for a dive and I think he will be able to play this weekend but he has to be real careful because he cannot recieve a yellow in that game otherwise he would mis El Classico.. Robben strained his tricep
no really how come this coach still play raul OH MY GOD......we have a proven striker in Saviola can't get a game......he have raul doing for 90 min....this team is playing some really bad football for the 2 nd richest club in the world ...it sad ...we are winning because of some individual player not great team play ....... everyone is crying out continuity but i really don't like what i'm seeing...
Reply to youesco:
Everyone is indeed crying for continuity, but it has nothing to do with Raúl. Or Saviola, for that matter. We're talking about holding on to players like Robben, Higuaín, Gago, Lass, Ramos, Pepe, Sneijder and building a team over several seasons, instead of dealing with rumours every summer that so and so might be leaving so that [insert big name here who isn't much better than the players we already have because, let's face it, we DO have good players] can come in.
Saviola really has no future here. Fact is, Huntelaar's career scoring record is better than Saviola's, including at the international level. Fact is, Higuaín has made better use of the chances given to him, and his Real Madrid record is some way ahead of Saviola's record for the last three or four years, including his relatively successful year at Sevilla. The only contention that can be made is that Saviola might play better than Raúl in his position now - but why do that when you can move Higuaín up front alongside Huntelaar and bring in Sneijder or VDV for Raúl? Or even use Heinze or Torres at left back, and push Marcelo back onto the left wing? I think anyone would prefer that to throwing in Saviola.
Okay, as for this "individual player not great team play", it cannot sustain a season. But we've seen some decent team performances this season, especially under Juande. Take a look across to Anfield where Arshavin scored four goals today. Arsenal's had problems this season but you won't find anyone complaining about the results they've had since Arshavin arrived. Have you seen Man Utd lately? It's always been acknowledged that a team must have players who can change games - for us, that player is Higuaín (it used to be Zidane, and before that Raúl, etc.). And you know the best thing about him?
HE'S ALREADY HERE! And he didn't cost 60 million, or however much they're offering now!
Why are we looking to Ronaldo and Kaka and whoever?
That's what I mean when I say I want continuity in the team!
I think Saviola should get some minutes at the weekend if Higuains card is not rescinded
So I looked into Robben's injury and it turns out it's a strain. He'll 90% make El Clasico but i'm not so sure about Sevilla. Lets see what happens. Hala Madrid!
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
as long as we can get can him ready for El Cassico and as for tommorow sevillas goalie palop is suspended
Reply to phantompong:
no one doubts about Higuain even b4 today's performance. he is indeed real madrid's future and clearly change a game with his feet. i somewhat agree with u on wut u said we need consistency. however, u must notice how important wingers for this real madrid team. it's freaking clear that we'd struggling without arjen robben, therefore, several positions still need to be filled up and get replacement. but i agree that the team's structure is more important. and i personally disagree with the kaka and C. Ron bids. BUt there are still so many players we can get to "STRENGTHEN" the squad but not "CHANGE" it. i can tell u straight up, " the current squad that we have is impossible for us to win the CL trophy." we gotta get couple more.
I don't understand why Raul wasn't subbed. Don't fans realize the main reason why we were playing terribly was because of him? Here I'll explain. Raul was playing right behind Huntelaar as a CF who supports attacking mid. A position only the likes of Del Piero, Kaka and C. Ronaldo can do. Raul is the slowest turtle in La Liga and no dribbling technique whatsoever. In fact who should have been playing in that position was Higuan! Higuan was not playing in his position instead because of the obligation of having to make Raul play every 90mins, Juande stuck him at attacking midfield the position that should have been VDV's.
I'm sorry if you people don't realize this. But the last 2 games Raul has been the reason of why we were playing so terribly. Ruining every formation so RM can sell his shirt. Raul have some dignity and just retire.
We are the greatest team in history. Playing with 10 men for an entire season and still being able to pull off wins like this one. And when I say 10 men. Why 10 men you ask? Because Raul is not the 11th player.
Reply to phantompong:
i was talking about the coach
It Really Hurts.
Raul is just obsessed. He was a good player. But he's too focused sometimes and doesn't realize himself sometimes; Madrid have done well marketing the player. Everyone loves him.
Imagine Raul playing in the EPL. He would never start. Not in a million years. Even his striking ability is a 1 in a million. He actually contributes into making the team slower(check RM vs Liverpool).
Football nowadays is all about speed and teamwork. La Liga is just despicable lately.
Message to Raul, Retire as a Legend. Or retire as the worst disappointment in RM's history. Mark my words. You are going that way.
Reply to Madrids_Martyr:
Very very true but aside from him, the team-selection was fine, I don't get why everybody was complaining. We don't have wingers and that's the reason we played Higuain on the right, a position where he's quite comfortable. Would you have rather seen VDV and Drenthe on the wing or VDV and Higuain? The substitutions were a little weird though. I think everyone, even the Raulista's need to realise Raul is not even a shadow of his old self and only when the fans of Raul stop being so retarded will the club be able to bench Raul without hearing heavy criticism. Hala Madrid!
raul is just shit for sure we are playing all games with ten men minus raul please please someone must point out to ramos but do not blame juande ramos its all done by mijatovic someoone is busy protecting raul and we should know who coz that captain sucks he is well below par.another one is guti besides the good goal was playing shit most of the game these are the guys who are letting madrid down if fans want spanish players then why not but villa and sliva whoa are on sale at valencia. you kow what madrid has the money but if they do not buy wisely to balance the team again next season barca will be ahead and UCL we will not be able to compete at all.madrid needs a playmaker like ribery a striker like villa and two more good players to be able to compete with the best teams like Man utd chelsea barca liverpool arsenal inter
If Raul starts on Sunday, it will be very stupid simply because:
- 32 year-olds don't play 3 games in a week.
- Raul is utter crap and I take back what I said about him being good because he's just pathetic.
- He makes Huntelaar look bad which is totally unjust because the Hunter is awesome.
- Every attacker on our squad is WAY better.
- His influence makes managers and the club look bad.
Hala Madrid!
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
Most of us are not demanding that he be fired or retired but rather benched. We want him to play but not in every single game and in every minute of every single game
I wouldn't him playing against Barcelona or Sevilla as long as he scores. If he doesn't play well, replace him with someone else. If he is benched and someone else is not playing well, send him in. As simple as that -- I am pragmatic
My worst nightmare has come true. Arjen Robben has been ruled out for 2-3 weeks which makes a return to El Clasico nearly impossible. So for the game with Sevilla we have no Sneijder, Robben, Pepe and possibly Higuain, spells doom doesn't it. In the last Clasico, I was dreading the fact that Robben couldn't make it and he could have led us to victory but just when we thought we had hope, this happens
It's going to take a miracle for us to beat Barca, forget the title, with our best players down and out. Can the likes of Marcelo, Drenthe, VDV, Guti or even Palanca ste-up to be our wing-wizard? I think not. I am all but resigned to losing the title now 
we are not talking about clearing the squard here just replacing players with better ones i do not mind if pepe,ramos,lass,higuain,casillas,marcelo and robben stay but i do mind if schnider,vdv,cannavaro saviola raul guti andsalagdo remain cos these guys are waste or have passed their prime and i am not talking about bringing in kaka or ronaldo just riberey,fabregas good centerback and possibly silva if robben leaves co god knows we need these players and who is rasing the issue of getting maicion cos seriously he is not needed we have ramos and we can ever play torres as a left back
come on guys we are madridsta's! we should not look down on our team we can win the league! HALA MADRID
Re: Raul
As much as he has been under-performing, I think he brings a different element to the field as captain. With a bunch of young players, a lot who are hot heads and doing stupid things like kicking players after tripping them, I think Raul brings are leadership element that is critical. He is doing what Figo did for so long (although I will admit Figo produced results).
I think he needs a few more games to see if this is just a temporary rut he is in. Also, think of the PR nightmare they would have with fans if they let him go.
Reply to Aaron:
that's the reason he should still be playing...TO BE THE CHEERLEADER....PLEASE....GET A LIFE..right now is like the team is playing with 10 players and a cheerleader when he is playing ...
Reply to youesco:
He is a cheerleader all that's missing are those pom poms. I was his biggest supporter when it wasn't going so well for him at the beginning of the season but his time is up he needs to realize this i don't want him to go but for the benefit of the team he needs to be rested some games. By clapping his hands when a good pass comes his way and he misses it doesn't inspire the other players scoring goals inspires players example HIGUAN.
I suppose but after so much hard work, it really hurts, you know. Like my Sunderland-supporting friend cried when Utd managed to sneak a victory against them. And actually, Robben's played 70% of this season's games which is remarkable and I would no longer call him glass, plastic maybe?
Its true, we lack wingers, we have one, I mean WTF!? I hope we do pull off a miracle. We did it once, we can do it again. Hala Madrid!
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
And on count of how bad Madrid's doctors have been at predicting injury lengths this season, you know with the whole Sneijder thing and all, I wouldn't be surprised if he makes El Clasico. I'll be praying for it everyday. Though, if he puts out the same line-up as against Betis/Gijon which I thought was quite well-balanced and instead of Raul, puts on VDV, it will be like we never lost him. Pepe is a huge loss too and i'm not too sure about Metz either though his performance in the previous El Clasico was very impressive. And yeah, Ia agree with you. We've already proved we're no push-overs.
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
people don't get me wrong i really love raul for what he did for real madrid...and still can do for the team....but is REAL MADIRD NOT RAUL RADRID..if he not playing well try some one else ...it sad a club of this size is Operating like this ......
In holland they say robben can't play this season anymore because of his injurie is that true because i really hope not it's a joy to watch him play and i think real really needs him the upcoming matches .. As for the game real dindn't play really good but it was a really fun and stressing match to watch
Reply to youesco:
I agree. I think everybody here is caught in two minds and had this been anybody but Raul, they woul'dve been kicked out ages ago. Though, as you indirectly stated, it's a shame that a club as big as Real Madrid depends so much on Raul. I fully believe he's the reason Schuster was sacked, he recommended Juande to the board, which was actually reported and now he hold that over Juande. Clever little prick he can be. It's a shame though that he makes such a great manager look bad. Raul's past it, that's for sure, but the love for him from all Madridistas is eternal. There is, was and always will be one Raul. Hala Madrid!
Reply to realmadriddholland:
Robben is out for 2-3 weeks which means he will miss three or four matches. I hope he recovers quickly.
Welcome to the blog btw!
Reply to Adambader:
I don't know why but I have this strange feeling Robben will make El Clasico. Sorta like Sneijder's comebacks lately but Robben needs a lot of will-power to do so. Hopefully, this feeling isn't decieving me
We haven't heard the last of Robben this season.
There's still time and opportunities for him to get injured again!
If we get a good offer in the summer -SELL!!!
And buy Ribery or Cristiano.
Nobody has really commented on Juande's tactics. I thought he was all over the shop, although I'm no expert of course. Was Cannavaro injured? Why play Javi Garcia at centre back?
More to the point, why play Gago at centre back? Jeeeesuus!
Drenthe: I take back what I said about him. It wasn't the match for him, the stakes were too high, and Juande chose one of the most pressurised matches of the season to reintroduce to the Bernabeu a player whose confidence had plummeted. Bad decision in hindsight, although he got one useful cross in to the box - shame it was Raul who appeared on the end of it.
It probably would have been better to bring on Torres at left-back.
Marcelo: This guy is useless at left back. Useless. Notice how Getafe's 2 goals came from breaks down Marcelo's flanks. He claims he is a defender, but any sane person would beg to differ with him. He should never play at left back - ever, especially when he spend his time doing 360 turns against 2 defenders.
His position is left midfield, for sure.
Guti: Finally, some good news; we discover how and when Guti can play a useful role in the team: When the match has descended into utter farce, and both teams are going toe to toe trading punches (Pepe - don't take that literally!!!!!!!!!). Guti's first 60 minutes were horrendous, although his goal was sublime.
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
well I hope your feelings right cause winning the la liga is gonna be hard enaugh and without robben it's gonna be even harder.
Thankyou it's fun to read about other madrid fans opinions.
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
Trust me Rauls love won't last that long... WAKE THE FUCK UP MADRIDISTAS... ITS BEEN 6 YEARS AND WE HAVE BEEN PLAYING SHIT... Don't tell me we got La Liga 3 times! 2 Of the Times we got them with a friggin miracle and playing like crap because of again players like raul who shouldnt have started. I'm sorry If I pulled a pepe there...but I'm watching barca demolish Sevilla in the first half while writing this...
Real Madrid need to understand this is our team... we fans were here longer than them now... Drop the bullshit and show some professionalism, we had a president who's a clown; we lost all respect from other teams because of him. Our players are like paper getting an injury once a month. Seriously our blood has dried out. We want change and we want it now.
im watching the barca and seville game, and i just turned off the tv at the 82rd minute. Barca was leading by 4 easily. as a real madrid fan, i asked myself how they can have a dream team like that. I wonder if we can even draw them even though robben could play. furthermore, i just wanna know how many of you think we can beat seville away from home without Pepe, Robben, and Higuain. im curious to know. b4 u answer this question, please define what the different bw "hope" and "think" is. for me, i think we nee anotehr miracle......!!
Higuain will most likely be allowed to play because his yellow will be taken off because he clearly did not dive but he has to be careful because if he picks up a yellow he will miss El Classico.. and Lass will be back.. also possibly Heinze.. so we will be missing Robben,Pepe, and Sneijder but I truly believe Metzelder will come in and do a good job every game he filled in for us he has done well I believe and also Lass and Gago will again play double pivot therefore covering up the Sneijder loss.. and yeah we will miss Robben but we have to have someone step up Guti can help us again, VDV can play better, and Drenthe or Marcelo can help us out on the wing
Reply to Caracoleo:
you are so right about marcelo, he made a pre-match comment responding some due who said Marcelo should be in the LB position cuz he is fast. But whether he is fast enough to chase a Ferrari has nth to do with whether he is a great sideback or not. He could be doing okay on man-on-man defense(periodically) but he lacks a sense of "positioning". in the 3rd minute, some Getafe due crossed the ball in from our right, Marcelo was supposed to cover Soldado but he left him enough space to strike the ball(wild) without putting some pressure on him. so similar case to the first goal we lost.(u can take a look at where he was standing at from the replay clip). he always left so much space for the wingers to cross. He sucks on defense. But for drenthe, i don't know if there is still a player available for Juande to use to replace injuried Robben. who's to blame? u go ask Mr. MijatoBitch where the winger is at. Did he say we could have one addtional winger after winter?? where is the guy?
I also have faith in Valencia helping us out this weekend because they will play at home and are on a good form themselves lets hope they help us but we need to focus on sevilla
Isnt Faubert a winger?
Reply to jordi:
lol, playing faubert is worst than playing raul dude..
we should play a 4-2-2.. the two central midfielders being gago and lassana, and two attacking midfielders being VDV and higuain.. raul and hunterlaar up front.. its not like juande is going to drop raul, provided his 'rich vein of form' *cough*.. and plus, he isn't going to play higuain as a striker, so the formation above should be ok i guess.. either that, or use the formation we used against sporting gijon i think, the match where the hunter scored his 1st goal..
Reply to jordi:
Faubert!! OMG, wut a "world class" winger we've got......!!!! oh shit, how could i forgot.... LMAO, u made me laugh since i didn't even know there is a guy Faubert b4 his name being shown our the RM squad. Yeah, we should put him as a starter for the next several games cuz im really curious to see what he can do. however, i don't think Juande dare risk this. wake up!! please !
i believe our main problem is inconsistency ! we do have players who can produce magic as we've seen before,BUT not week in week out.gago did a superb assists against recre but faded last time out,huntelaar whose been on fire then went silent,sneijder with a good game in bilbao but woeful in the next match.that is just to name a few.we just have a bunch of average gutis for players.that is unacceptable if your want to actually win something.we need more of players who can maintain playing at the highest level.however im not supporting the idea of building back from scratch,but i believe more of improving on our current team.juande has been here for what,4 months??and were still playing with the lack of confidence and teamwork as we did as when he first started.we might have improved a bit but that is not enough.we need to be better than playing like a bunch of kids kicking the ball with no sense of purpose !
Well said. But Marcelo CAN be be played at wing-back but only when we're platying the double pivot of Lass and Gago like against Recre where Marcelo was very impressive. I didn't really get his position against Getafe, it was like he was doing both left-midfield and defence because VDV was constantly out-of-position, I don't really think it's fair to criticise Marcelo when he was doing double his work, even if we did it poorly. He was provided no cover when he went up either. Pfft, lets just all look towards the future. Hala Madrid!
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
Lass's absence did affect marcelo a little bit but he was apparently not suitable for his "familiar" LB position in the next couple matches. Most of his apprent turnover had nth to do with lacking of covering. he is the one who didn't rotate and cover others and standing still at the same spot marking no one. He will be great keeping playing on the wing(temporarily).
i agree with u. We still have the hope. and i think it's so unfair to Juande who is being critizing on how the team plays lately. He is given an extremely difficult task with this squad, so is Bern Schuster in his last mth with us.
Have any of you noticed the absence of an old reader, 'redsNblues'? I haven't see him in ages. Just wondering, maybe he changed his nick or something?
We beat them at the Bernabeu in the 2006/07 campaign.
Huntelaar trained aside from the team today and it is unsure if he will be fit to play in sevilla because he has some discomfort in his knee but I hope he is ready because we need him
Casillas,Ramos,Metzelder,Cannavaro,Torres,Lass,Gago,Marcelo,Guti,Higuain,Raul.. that is the team I would start for the weekend if Huntelaar is unable to make it and Higuain is most likely going to be allowed to play because his yellow will be taken of but he has not be real careful and not pick up a yellow in the game because he would miss El Classico.. and of the bench we can put in Saviola,VDV, and possibly Drenthe
I got some hopeful news for us Madridistas. MARCA reports that Robbens injury is injury where the pain last for 7 days and then since there is 10 days for El Classico including yesterday he will have 3 days to get in shape for the game and they are saying there is a posibility he can make it because he is working extra at him home.. lets hope he does
Reply to Madridista4:
I hope so robben is an amazing player and if there is one player who can make the difference it's him. I hope if he plays he makes up for the last time when he missed the el classico and ripes the barca defence apart
Reply to real madrid lovee:
our attack seemed so infertile without robben last clasico... but theres a difference now.. we would not go into the match looking to draw, we WILL win!! our team isn't the strongest in europe, and we are nowhere close to that, but, clasico's are not based on current form, clasico's are driven by the will and passion of the players.. 3 years ago, during the start of the 2006/2007 season, we won 2-0 against a barca side in the bernabeu, that had just won the european champions league, and was just as strong as their current side.. this clasico isn't going to be like the last one in the bernabeu where we won 4-1, a lot has changed since then.. but one thing that isn't going to change, is the victory for us, which is going to be a very close match.. HALA MADRID!!
So i've been purposely watching Racing's games to see Garay's progress and I really don't get why some of you are saying he's not the same. Obviously, he doesn't score as frequently but he's an amazing defender, WAY too good for Racing. I would actually say he's as good if not better than Pepe. His performance yesterday, against Athleti was amazing and it goes to show what an agile defender can do. Cannavaro is great and all but he has no pace and is made a fool of when we face the likes of Aguero, Torres etc but Garay made Aguero and Forlan look like babies. I see him as an undisputed starter for next season as a replacement for Cannavaro. Hala Madrid!
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
he is gd but one fullback might not solve all the problems if Cannavaro, Metzelder and Heinze leave. We need to have one more additional quality fullback. I kinda look up to Chiellini since he is capable to play on the left. though, i kinda worry'bout Chiellini's speed and Philip Lahm is the only LB who can attack and defend perfectly. anywayz, either one of them will straighten our defence a lot. I don't suggest on Bruno Alvez. He is great but i agree with u that Garay pretty much can do wut Bruno Alvez can do(that's just my personally opinion). and that Zapata from Udinese is also a very gd choice for us(he may be cheaper than Bruno).
Pepe is suspended 10 matches and Higuain will be allowed to play vs sevilla.. training today Cannavaro recieved a blow when he collided with Drenthe but he rejoined his teamates and will be able to play also and Huntelaar trained solo again maybe if he trains with the team tommorow he might take part in the game
Ruben De La Red has said in an interview that he will not play football again because he does not want to risk anything and his family is first. which I hope the best for him
We spend all our time on this board wondering if Robben is going to make the next (or the following) match.
This is surely an indication that we need to sell.
is it true that robben has chance to make it ore is it just a thing that a fan brought up?
I don't know i heard that De la Red's heart situation was viral inflammation, not hereditary so he would be good for next season but that's just what i heard. And yes we should sell robben the glass boy when do we hear about ribery, silva, messi, or ronaldo being hurt like 5 times per season he needs to add another stat to his bio how many games he averages to miss each season.
Reply to Caracoleo:
It doesn't show we need to sell, it means we need more class. We need to sell fringe players to bring in some class. And whoever says we should sell Robben should really think twice considering him, Lass and Higuain has triple-handedly kept our season alive and I don't see any reason to sell him. This is only his 4th injury this season so I think he deserves an upgrade to the 'plastic' man
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
Well, I totally disagree with you that Cannavaro has no pace and is not made a of fool of when we face the likes of Aguero, Torres or even Maradonna. As a matter of fact, he was the only defender who was capable of stopping Messi in the first Clasico this season (check the vids on YouTube) and he has always saved our butt. What Cannavaro needs to perform in an excellent level is an excellent partner and he found that in Pepe. When those two folks play together, our defense is stronger. Haven't you noticed that?
The same goes with Italy. Cannavaro has formed a great partnership with Matterazzi and this was appearent in the World Cup.
I'm not saying that Garay shouldn't be at Real, he should be, but unless one of our defenders proves they are as good as Cannavaro (in terms of football and attitude) then we should keep him. We don't want people as foolish as people who would blow it up.
For me, the Clasico is much more important than anything else. A win in the Bernabeu is A MUST no matter what.
Reply to Adambader:
I'm not saying he's bad or anything, still great but he's not the old Cannavaro. Yes, he did wonderfully against Messi at the last El Clasico but he was made a fool of against Torres, watch the game again. Gerrard and Torres were exploiting Heinze and Cannavaro in particular. Even Aguero was all over him. Everybody has bad games, okay, but will he really be able to keep with with the pace of this generation at the age of 36? He should stay, but not remain a starter, sorta like Raul and Guti. They should be our super-subs. Hala Madrid!
Reply to Adambader:
I agree....it's more than just 3 points...it could also affect morale
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
I agree with you however he has said he would like to re-join Juve.and since Ranieri wants him...and allegedly Juve offered him a contract...I can't see any R.Madrid future for him beyond next summer.I think Cannavaro,Heinze,Raul and the fact that we don't have two propper wingers are our defects this season.
Reply to Danniel:
didnt the juventus fans protests canna's signing because he was considered a traitor?
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
Truely, Higuain, Robben and Lass are the best 3 performers this season but i would also put Iker and Pepe to the list.
For all the RM fans, the El Classico is far more meaningful than any others. so even if we get our asskicked by Seville and being hopeless to the title, we will still be honorable for beating Barca at home. Technically, i would say it's almost impossible(so unfortunately). but I think the only driven force for us to win barca is the "spirit" which can maintain our morale up high. BUt honestly if we play like how we did against Getafe(the last couple min), we can lose more than 3-4 goals against barca. Barca's recent form is horribly great. their rotation, pace, and passing were fantastic against Sevilla and Bayern munich(the 1st leg). The key to destroy them is to play dirty as much as possible in the midfield but this can affect us on attack. i just hope juande can appropriately come up with a tactic against them(offensively and defensively). But think of myself as Juande, i find it's almost impossible. I just hope they'll get all exhausted and shit after playing Chelsea. I hope Messi, Inesta(especially him), and Xavi can get injuried at the same time.....
hello every body!!! i have been visiting this blog for a very long period of time and since the season started i have noticed us fans discussing about who should start and who should be in the squad and which player should be bought...it just my opinion that to much interference from the fans in the squad and other decision making is the major factor why real madrid has been suffering since the galactico era!!! we real amdrid fans have started to think that winning every major trophy is our birth right and i f u have noticed one thing that bernabue have become more demanding then ever...besides we all love to see possession football(one which is being demonstrated by barca these days) and with dutches on the field it never gonna happen!!they dont know how to keep and move the ball and they way to injury prone///and what can say about Raul...he is done!!!the type of football we paly nowadays reminds me of late 80s..i would compare our style of play with mid table italian team..even juventus play sexy than us...i watch arsenal, chelsea, barcelona, etc almost every team uses there fullbacks except us, because i dont see ramos moving forward that often. but this is just my opinion, i dont know if any body will agree with me hear
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
Bench him when you've got an old Cannavaro
Reply to trooper:
that's true, this geneartion's dutch players seem much less entertaining compared with the 90's. I don't mean our dutch players lack of quality but they don't seem capable on playing possession football as gd as Spanish players.
Reply to Anti-Mijatovic:
well i persenaly think robben is the most entertaining one in the squad but yeah the rest of the dutch are not soo.. real needs to buy more spanish players though i mean after all it's real madrid and liverpool has even more spanish players as real.
Huntelaar has made the squad list and he trained with the squad today meaning he is fully recovered from his injury which is good news
Reply to trooper:
Not all of them but since I spent quite a lot of my life in Madrid, it's really annoying. It's their stupid views which matter compared to those who actually know shit. Though, you're right about one thing, we think winning is our right which does get annoying sometimes but you must undersatdn that the club has set us those standards. I am patient enough to wait but being knocked out 5 cosecutive times from the CL in the Round of 16 is a joke, for any big club. Welcome to the blog though. Hala Madrid!
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
I'm talking about Ultra-Surs btw, a part if this got cut.
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
yup i agree with u there!!!havent u all noticed that none of our player excepy pipita and glass man robben can beat there markers and dribble with the ball...ou midfield simply got owned by getafe and guess what a playerfrom our acedamy was tormenting our defence....cant believe all this is happening>>>frankly speaking i have no idea about barcelona success factor!!we all saw galactico era play champaign football but they too concedded lots of goals unlike barca...seriously we have tried everything in recent years but no results..i think it's time perez should return..he is a guy who can lead real madrid!!!!believe it or not he is the only one who can do impossible
Both Fernando Gago and Higuain have 4 yellows meaning if they recieve one tommorow they will be suspended for El Classico
Reply to trooper:
BTW everyone deserves a second chance...look at barcelona they gave a second chance to laporta and he completely transformed barca in to monster or rather team of mean machines...
yeah man, it's so fraustrated to see our broken squad b4 the El Classico. I think you would know that im such a fan who advocates beautiful football all the time and i always hope my team can take down any other teams in a brilliant way and i hate dirty football so much too. however, as a matter of fact, i just can't come up any tactic in my mind that we can beat team(of course, im not a professional football coach). wut i tryna express early on is that we gotta put as much as pressure to them in the midfield, even our strikers must come back to defend. that's the only way to reduce their possessing time. and I agree with u, football is football, it's somewhat unpredictable forever, and that's wut i hope too. once again, it's all about Higuain, our hope to win, or maybe we can rely on some setpiece to score(feeling ashamed to say this, this could never happen in the Zidane and Figo team).
Yeah man, he just ruined himself u no, mostly against his reputation. That's so silly and so unprofessional. He appeared to be the most important man in our backline this season(except for Iker) and he did such a silly thing b4 the most important mth, that's stupid. The solid backline is our biggest advantage against barca, but now...... i don't think Metzelder can replace him cuz he is way too slow against the barca players.
Reply to i lovee football:
Robben is great and has the ability to beat up everyone. However, in term of "possession football", he is still not mature enough to participate in the passing games. simple, just make a comparison bw robben and david Silva. they are both great wingers with great dribbling skill. and i personally think Robben is even better on penetrating and speed. But David Silva can do way better on "connecting" and properly "mainteining" the possession for the team. brilliant robben can beat 2 to 3 defenders anytime but he always also left his teammates behind cuz he lacks a sense of communication with others. He somehow had himself isolated after dribble through couple of defenders and his teamate coudln't catch up with him. This is the coach's responsiblity to establish such a communication bw each player. this is the key thing to play possession football. Just look at how the Spain national team performed in Euro 2008. I personally like that kind of football rather than the one we are playing now.
Reply to Anti-Mijatovic:
And i mean that i just hope to see them get injuried prior to the el classico@!!!
well thanks to valencia they got a draw vs barcelona in which valencia should of won they were robbed a clear penalty but we have the chance to cut the lead into 4 points tommorow
If we win all our remaining games and Barca draw atleast one...we win the league
Reply to Danniel:
nope not yet.. we have to beat them at el clasico AND they have to at least draw again.. another great winger is pablo piatti from almeria..he plays for argentina U-21..
So who would you all Madridistas start tommorow got to keep in mind that Gago and Higuain both cannot pick up yellows or they would be suspended for El Classico.. so I think a good option would maybe not to start Gago and play Lass with Guti and VDV or another possbility is to play Lass with Javi Garcia what do you all think
Reply to Madridista4:
I want the line-up to look like this; Casillas, Ramos, Cannavaro, Metzelder, Torres, Higuain, Lass, Gago, Marcelo, VDV, Huntelaar. VDV should play as a supporting striker in my formation. Hala Madrid!
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
What about Mr Raul madrid he will start any game coz he is king whos what king that guy is letting down the team he should just be on the bench and next season out of the team completely.i think he is the one blocking David villa to come to madrid.guys you might think iam joking but Raul has a lot of influence around the team .yes great player yesteryears but must quit now. i hope we win at sevilla today to keep up with Barca but a very difficult game for us
Seville is gonna be our biggest obstacle to keep up with Barca. It wouldnt be an easy task for us to beat them away from home even if we could play with full team. TheAngelofMadrid's lineup will be the best for us tommorow, it's better be like a 4-5-1 formation with Higuain and Marcelo playing at both side while VDV play as his most familiar "number 10" role. But i think raul will be started as usual(unreasonably) and i dun really look gd on this. I've started praying............and hope that we can turn things around with another miracle.
This is my formationfor today:
--------------Casillas
Ramos---Metz-----------Cannacaro---Torres
-----------Lass
----------------Guti/Sneijder
VDV-----------------------------Marcelo
----------Raul
-------------------Higuain
I Predict a draw or a 2-1 win
Reply to chancat:
His influence is obvious and your opinion is shared my many on this board. But Raul will always be the man I named my profile after, and that's not going to change
Though, his playing days are at their end. He has no chance under Perez. If Perez wants the likes of Higuain, Robben and Sneijder gone, God help Il Capitano. Hala Madrid!
that coach we have will not try anything new upfront since he came in as coach, that's the biggest problem i have with ramos .....he don't hav any BALLS....