The Great Real Madrid (25-Aug-2008)
Ok, I do not know about you guys but I just cannot get enough of Real Madrid. Everywhere I go, I see Real Madrid (in sports that is, as I consider all Spain’s athletes to be Real Madrid players and infact, many of them are huge fans of Real Madrid and I have yet to come across one who supports Barcelona or Manchester United).
These past few days, Real Madrid season has really kicked off, on field and off field. The rumours are now much more varied than before. All that I heard until this week was either related to C.Ronaldo or Robinho. Now only Robinho is the old NEWS and there are plenty of things to talk about.
The season is really lighting up now as the transfer season heads to a close down. I am hoping Real Madrid would sign two players more now that the departure of Robinho is nothing less than certain. My picks are Quaresma or Diego and Huntelaar. I first wanted Adriano but it seems like Chelsea have a done deal over there which will see Drogba move to Inter Milan to rejoin his former coach Jose Mourinho while Adriano will move to Chelsea, for a possible reunion with fellow Brazillian Kaka or Robinho.
The most talked about personality now a days is Rafael Nadal not David Beckham. Nadal who beat Roger Federe (world number 1 for 4 consecutive years) at French Open and Wimbledon this year. Anyway, I am not here to talk about Tennis History, though I am a huge fan of tennis just like I am a huge fan of Real Madrid, but it makes me feel proud to see Nadal succeed as he is a big Real Madrid fan too.
When Real Madrid loose, I think to myself that I have lost as well. I feel down and am not able to feel “ready”the next morning as I get demotivated whenever I see Real Madrid loose, same is the case with Nadal. Infact, I only started watching Nadal because I saw him at Real Madrid’s match final match of 2006-2007 season, when Real Madrid won their last home game against Mallorca I think, to win the league and Nadal went like crazy, jumped up and down and was really feeling the atmosphere as well.
That just shows, how big Real Madrid really is. Not only Rafael Nadal but also Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic (world number 3) are huge fans of Real Madrid , though not as passionate as Nadal is but still, it shows the powerful brand Real Madrid is.
I have never seen these kind of things happening with Barcelona or Manchester United. Only Businessman come and see Manchester United games because Manchester United does not give a damn to it’s fans and its followers while Real Madrid does, infact most of the time a player or even presidents get the kick on Real Madrid fans demand (by the way, that also happens in Barcelona but not in Manchester United).
Manchester United just care about making more money from football and getting more debt to form more businesses, that is why some Manchester United’s fans got upset when it was sold to American businessman’s (The Glazers) and formed their own club by the nmae of FC United (currently plays in , I think 7nth league in England).
Anyway coming back to Real Madrid. There has been a lot of buzz surrounding Real Madrid in the transfer Market.
Robinho has been asked to leave if he wants to, by buying out his contract valued at about 45 million euros. Real Madrid are also looking to buy Da Maria, I think he plays for Benfica or some club.
Also, the magnificent performance and character displayed by Real Madrid against Valencia in the Super Copa. All Real Madrid players are are ecstatic about the way they handled the pressure. Schuster has come out and praised Real Madrid, Casillas says the red cards (which were very unjust from what I have seen) helped Real Madrid (do not know how). Pepe has also said that it was a very unique experience.
The key to the victory over Valencia was Real Madrid’s mentality (similar to Nadal’s mentality), do not give up till the last second and that paved way for Real Madrid to launch an attack with nine players, no strikers and still managed to score 3 goals.
Though I said it earlier ( in the match report and also above) that Real Madrid red cards were unjust. For those who think otherwise, I know that the tackles were two footed and vicious (van Der Vaart’s one not Van Nistelrooy’s) but I am just saying that, it was the first tackle and should have been a yellow card not a red one.
Yesterdays match was nothing less than a classic which is very rare, considering the importance of Super Copa, teams USUALLY do not take it seriously. It is not often one sees this kind of a performance from Real Madrid, but I do not know what has happened but these past two seasons, Real Madrid have lived up to something called “comeback kings”, before that Real Madrid just used to go out and blow every team out of the ground.
I have to mention another important news and that is , Robinho has lost everything at Real Madrid now. The fans booed him when he came to celebrate the victory and called him something in spanish which means money grabber. Pepe and Casillas have also said that Robinho should be allowed to leave as they do not want him to upset the dressing room atmosphere.
C.Ronaldo saga may have been over (for this season ) but Robinho’s saga has just started to take it’s share in the media headlines. I think it’s about time Real Madrid kick him out and get Quaresma, Yes Quaresma. I am a big fan of Robinho and I would love to see him play for Chelsea as Chelsea now have many players which I admire a lot.
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