When Real Madrid picks up their 10th European at the end of the season then for all Madridismo the mental scars of 19th November will be gone. At this moment in time the Bernabeu is still home to the greatest club in the world and the home to greatest players on the planet such as Zidane, Ronaldo and Robinho. Real Madrid is very well capable of returning that result back to Barcelona with 30% interest. If you analyse the facts and see the great potential then it will be clear that the final victory will belong to Real Madrid.
· Since the arrival of Luxemburgo, Real Madrid has accumulated more points than Barcelona. (Fact)
· Luxemburgo broke the record in Real Madrid for the best start that any Manager has had. (Potential)
· During the summer transfer market Perez has reinforced defence midfield and attack whereas Barcelona did not have the money to do so. (Fact)
· New round of reinforcements due in the January transfer window including the likes of Cicinio, Ballack and Ricardinho wheras Barcelona do not have the funds to do so. (Fact)
· Madrid are well within striking distance despite only 4 points of Barcelona despite having a season plaugued by injuries to key players such as Ronaldo, Zidane and now Raul (Fact)
· Casilla’s broke his record for number of consequitive clean sheets this season because defence has improved. (Potential)
· Ronaldo has a 99% strike ratio with 7 goals in 8 games. (Potential)
· Whether through injury or confidence Real Madrid have not really started playing yet. If they can play and achieve there potential this will reflect in the results (Potential).
· 19th Nov, despite Real Madrid being 10% of their best against Barcelona had Ronaldo’s goal been allowed or the referee spotted the Robinho’s penalty then the outcome of the game would have been different. (Potential)
We will slowly become stronger, more reliable, more consistent, players will recuperate from their injuries and confidence will rise and then only in a few months the great football will come back and we will topple the likes of Barcelona and Chelsea in the European cup because they will not be able to compete man for man with the Real Madrid squad or football. 19th of November will only be Barcelona’s consolation prize.
2 comments:
Agree that Real Madrid will play better as the season continues. They'll hit peak form probably after the New Year. Their signings policy is still suspect though. I for one don't trust Florentino to understand and react to the needs of the squad. I fear he may try to whitewash his image by bringing yet another galactico. Why, for example is Cicihno linked with Madrid. The position is well covered with the addition of Diego this summer.
Batista has been living a nightmare start, through little fault of his own. He and Robihno have been askd to play wide midfield - something they are both not cut out to do.
So yes, Real Madrid have, and will continue to improve. But there are still inherent problems in the planning process. We can only hope that Florentino learns to prioritise the needs of the squad before his own public image.
Hi Matt
Barcelona are the best team in the world at the moment and play beautiful football. At the moment everyone admires Barcelona. But when they played a full strength Real Madrid they lost 4-2. When they played at Stamford Bridge in the Champions leauge they lost to Chelsea 4-2.
I dont think anyone can escape the facts, that despite Real Madrid having all their top players injured for a large part of the season that we have accumulated more points than them since Lux has arrived. This season Barca has only won one more game than Madrid.
Our team is coming back. ZZ is coming back Ronaldo will be hungry to get his form back (close to 100% scoring rate this season previous to his injury) and we will have extra reinforcements in the summer.
I cant wait for 2nd half of the season when we have our full squad.
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