All posts tagged "Real Madrid"

  • Zinedine Zidane completes grooming and secures Real Madrid’s top job

    Zinedine Zidane might never have managed a top division team, but he is unquestionably accustomed to handling the pressure of doubters harrowing his every movement 24/7.  In April 2005, seventeen cameras were specially-placed inside the Santiago Bernabeu...

    • Posted January 4, 2016
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  • Raul calls time on a storied career with NASL title

    The press know a man by the name of Raul Gonzalez. A figure just as introverted and softly spoken at thirty-eight as he was at seventeen; over the course of a twenty-odd-year career at the top of...

    • Posted November 15, 2015
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  • Ronaldo’s eyelids: Sparking transfer rumors for ten years

    There is a certain way to wink with maximum effect and swagger; just a gentle bat of the eye, so the subject(s) of your trickery can’t tell if you have actually winked or not. Cristiano Ronaldo has...

    • Posted November 5, 2015
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  • MOTD: Paris Saint-Germain 0-0 Real Madrid

    Tonight’s clash between European football royalty Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain was made possible by UEFA’s new seeding system, but the scoreless draw was disappointingly won by conservatism and reminded one far too much of a high...

    • Posted October 21, 2015
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  • Villarreal enjoying life as underdogs atop the La Liga table

    The critics say that Barcelona and Real Madrid’s duopoly in La Liga takes the excitement out of the league title race. At least in terms of their dominance, history is certainly on their side, the two rivals...

    • Posted September 29, 2015
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  • Karim Benzema embracing role as Cristiano Ronaldo’s understudy

    No one will soon outshine Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi. Not the record breakers, poster boys and unparalleled legends; not the men who have split the FIFA Ballon D’Or award for the past seven years; especially not...

    • Posted August 3, 2015
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  • What is De Gea worth to Real Madrid?

    What Real Madrid want, Real Madrid get. €100 million didn’t stand in their way for Gareth Bale, nor did €94m when they wanted Cristiano Ronaldo in 2009. The Galacticos have held the last five world record transfer...

    • Posted June 21, 2015
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  • Real Madrid’s managerial cycle stars anew

    The moment the whistle hit Jonas Eriksson’s lips at the Santiago Bernabeu, closing a fantastic, if exhausting night of football at the Santiago Bernabeu, Real Madrid’s history entered yet another new managerial chapter. They might as well...

    • Posted May 25, 2015
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  • MOTD: Real Madrid 1-1 Juventus (2-3 agg)

    It was a hot, humid night at the Bernabeu, and Juventus and Real Madrid dragged each other to the ground over the course of ninety minutes of draining football. When the whistle blew after ninety minutes, pure...

    • Posted May 13, 2015
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  • MOTD: Juventus 2-1 Real Madrid

    Juventus thoroughly deserved a win after their robust and outstanding shift, yet Real Madrid will head home feeling hard done by.  Madrid can beat anybody on their day, and even came close when they fell a bit...

    • Posted May 5, 2015
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