Guti Wants The Champions League
I don’t think there is a player who doesn’t want The Champions League glory and Guti is no different, it is rather logical, that since Real Madrid has not progressed past the round of 16 for the past five seasons, Guti is bound to feel that way. I think the whole of Real Madrid and it’s community is under pressure now because a while has past since Real Madrid won it’s last Champions League title.
I don’t think it is absolutely Real Madrid’s fault that Real Madrid could not progress beyond the round of 16, Real Madrid has been extremely and I mean extremely unlucky for the past 3 consecutive seasons. We always had the toughest of draw whereas as Manchester United always was given the weakest team from the bunch.
I took the Manchester United example because they also had not progressed beyond round of 16 for 3 seasons and then in the next one, Manchester United got Lille I think and Real Madrid got Bayern Munich. Manchester United went into the semis of 2006-2007 Champions League and then in 2007-2008 Real Madrid got Roma and Manchester United got Lyon.( I have all the facts and figures and all the lineups against Manchester United did the 7-1 an all but that counts to another post so I wont go into detail here).
As I was saying, Guti probably feels that too. The match against Arsenal in 05-06 season was a very very tight affair, Ronaldo was denied a penalty which could have tipped the balance in Real Madrid’s favour as, there was only one goal scored over the two legs between Real Madrid and Arsenal and that goal was scored by Henry.
Then Against Bayern Munich, Real Madrid went into Bayern Munichs home with a 3-2 lead and Real Madrid was disallowed a good goal from Sergio Ramos by the refree which I think was unfair as the ball didn’t hit his hand to change it’s direction nor did it affect the way the ball would have behaved, Ramos’s arm just kissed the ball but the refree disallowed it which I think was not a good call.
Against Roma, I cannot make any excuses, Real Madrid were poor and the two goals Real Madrid conceded at home were just awfull, if Real Madrid is to progress in the Champions League then they have to improve their defending against air balls alot.
Here is what Guti had to say
“Last year was good, but we expect improvements this year,” he said in the interview. “We still have the same squad of players and we all know what we want to achieve.
“We must get a good start to the season so that we will be comfortable in the league and that will allow us to focus on Europe. We want to be one of the best four teams in the continent again, which is what Real Madrid deserves to be.”
Guti then inevitably touched on the club’s transfer activities, especially those concerning the departures and one player who has been hitting the headlines lately in that department, Robinho.
“The squad tries to stay away from all the rumours of players leaving. Everyone likes to play for Real Madrid, but it can be difficult to make any progress in this team. It is sometimes better to leave and play elsewhere than to stay here and not play at all.
“But Robinho’s case is rather special. He feels happy at the club and the club also knows that he is a strong asset for the future and I believe all Madridistas want him to stay.”
Finally, the 31 year old club vice-captain voiced his joy about La Furia Roja’s triumph at Euro 2008.
“I think Spain surprised all of us. You never know what will happen in football but this young team had made us all proud and they will be very important in the World Cup. I would’ve enjoyed myself greatly on the team, but it wasn’t meant to be,” he concluded.
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