Hurah to every Real Madrid fan as Real Madrid increased their lead to a massive 10 points last week and look set to extend that this weekend as well. Real Madrid have been in fantastic form this season in every competition and only Barcelona have been able to stop Real Madrid winning titles, by cheating or on merit, depends on who you ask. If you ask me, then obviously, I would say that on merit Barcelona were able to equal Real Madrid but by cheating Barcelona were able to beat Real Madrid.
Real Madrid got robbed in Copa Del Ray at Camp Nou again this season after the robbing in Champions League last season. Sergio Ramos’s perfect header goal was disallowed at Camp Nou and that could have won the tie for Real Madrid. Anyhow, the fact is that Real Madrid are out of Copa Del Ray now and Barcelona are in the finals.
Barcelona is probably going to win the Copa Del Ray this season after they got beat by Real Madrid to the title last season. There has been some controversy about where the final should be held, some were of the view that the final should be played at the best location possible and that was Real Madrid’s home ground Bernabeu, fans and past players have rejected this proposal as Barcelona are in the final.
Anyway, that is another discussion, right now lets focus on Barcelona who have basically dented their chances of winning the league this season pretty badly after losing their game away from home last week. This is the problem Barcelona has right now, they cannot win games away from home, even at home they are having difficulty in beating La Liga teams, I wonder how they always manage to up their game whenever they face Real Madrid and wherever they face Real Madrid.
Messi again was not able to deliver last weekend but made up for his mistakes in the Champions League clash where Barcelona won away from home 1-3 and that basically means Barcelona will progress to the quarter finals of Champions League. Real Madrid will play their Champions League knockout match next Tuesday or Wednesday (depending on where you live) and should look to end it in the first leg as that would put pressure off the players and hence they will be able to relax and perform with more authority on the pitch.
Real Madrid are ten points ahead of Barcelona but that should not mean that the league is ours for the taking, worst things have happened in football throughout the years than a team 10 points ahead of second place ending up not winning the league. Arsenal is one of those teams, who by the way got hammered this week in the Champions League by AC Milan at San Siro 4-0, Robinho, a former Real Madrid players produced some magic with his head and his right foot and got on the scoring sheet twice which basically ended that tie.
Even though Jose Mourinho says that winning the league would be enough, I think for Real Madrid fans and Real Madrid management, the Champions League is the title everyone is hoping for this season. It is the reason why Mourinho was brought in. Otherwise there was not much wrong with Capello or Schuster, who won league titles with Real Madrid in their first year of management and still got sacked in the next. Mourinho has not win the league or Champions League in his first season with Real Madrid but did manage to win Copa Del Ray, the problem is that damn Barcelona. They keep on robbing Real Madrid from their deserved titles.
This neck and neck battle between Real Madrid and Barcelona is probably a good thing if one is a Real Madrid fan as this means that there is very little chance that Mourinho will leave Real Madrid come the end of the season. Mourinho does not like to lose and he neither likes to be called a loser, Barcelona have beaten Real Madrid a lot of times under his regime and he would want to rectify that before he leaves Real Madrid. I think, the thought of beating Barcelona gives Jose Mourinho a lot of motivation and that is the main reason why I think he would not leave Real Madrid and will take Real Madrid to new heights in world football, especially in Europe’s elite competitions.
What do you guys think? Should Mourinho focus on the league even though we are 10 points ahead or should Real Madrid now just focus on Champions league or may be divide the work between the two? I think Real Madrid should go for the league (even though I want Real Madrid to win the Champions League so bad) as the league is in our hands now, Champions League is not as a clash with Barcelona in the quarter finals is pretty eminent.
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