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Real Madrid star Ronaldo unimpressed by Ballon d’Or snub for Casillas

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ltpgtBarcelona Cristiano Ronaldo Lionel Messi Manchester United Real Madrid World Cup Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo was left bewildered by the nomination process of this years FIFA Ballon dOr. Ronaldo cant believe Real teammate and Spain captain Iker Casillas was not among the final nominees. quotCasillas is a field player and has the same value as the others,quot said the former Manchester United ...ltpgtSee the rest here lta targetquotblankquot hrefquothttpwww.tribalfootball.comarticlesrealmadridstarronaldounimpressedballondorsnubcasillas1379471quot titlequotReal Madrid star Ronaldo unimpressed by Ballon dacircOr snub for CasillasquotgtReal Madrid star Ronaldo unimpressed by Ballon dacircOr snub for Casillasltagt

Atletico hopes cup finally yields win over Madrid

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ltpgtAtletico Madrid is hoping a Copa del Rey derby against Real Madrid on Thursday will lead to its first win over its city rival in over a decade. Atletico last beat its crosstown neighbor in 1999, but all those matches have come in the league. The last time Atletico beat Madrid in the domestic cup competition was also at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in the 1992 final.ltpgtGo here to read the rest lta targetquotblankquot hrefquothttpsports.yahoo.comsownewsslugapspanishpreviewquot titlequotAtletico hopes cup finally yields win over MadridquotgtAtletico hopes cup finally yields win over Madridltagt

Video – Ronaldo – Best 10 goals for Real Madrid

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Watch the video ... again and againltspan idquotmore85quotgtltspangtlth2gtltscript typequottextjavascriptquotgt lt!CDATA googleadclient quotpub1743270496504594quot 728x90, Leaderboard, Frikadeller, oprettet 120210 googleadslot quot6534350436quot googleadwidth 728 googleadheight 90 gtltscriptgtAcircnbspAcircnbspltscript srcquothttppagead2.googlesyndication.compageadshowads.jsquot typequottextjavascriptquotgtltscriptgtlth2gtlth2gtWatch Ronaldos 10 best goalslth2gtAcircnbspAcircnbspAcircnbspltobject classidquotclsidd27cdb6eae6d11cf96b8444553540000quot widthquot560quot heightquot340quot codebasequothttpdownload.macromedia.compubshockwavecabsflashswflash.cabversion6,0,40,0quotgtltparam namequotallowFullScreenquot valuequottruequot gtltparam namequotallowscriptaccessquot valuequotalwaysquot gtltparam namequotsrcquot valuequothttpwww.youtube.comvVi5Ji0gEAEYfs1ampamphldaDKampamprel0ampampcolor10x234900ampampcolor20x4e9e00quot gtltparam namequotallowfullscreenquot valuequottruequot gtltembed typequotapplicationxshockwaveflashquot widthquot560quot heightquot340quot srcquothttpwww.youtube.comvVi5Ji0gEAEYfs1ampamphldaDKampamprel0ampampcolor10x234900ampampcolor20x4e9e00quot allowfullscreenquottruequot allowscriptaccessquotalwaysquotgtltembedgtltobjectgtxxx ltscript typequottextjavascriptquotgt lt!CDATA googleadclient quotpub1743270496504594quot 728x90, Leaderboard Tekst, Frikadeller, oprettet 120210 googleadslot quot8704754204quot googleadwidth 728 googleadheight 90 gtltscriptgtltscript srcquothttppagead2.googlesyndication.compageadshowads.jsquot typequottextjavascriptquotgtltscriptgt

Madrid striker Higuain has successful back op

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ltpgtReal Madrid says striker Gonzalo Higuain has successfully undergone surgery on a back injury that has sidelined him for the last six weeks. The Argentina international will be discharged Wednesday from a hospital in Chicago, where the operation was carried out. Madrid didnt say when it expected Higuain to return to firstteam action.ltpgtFollow this link lta targetquotblankquot hrefquothttpsports.yahoo.comsownewsslugaprealmadridhiguainsurgeryquot titlequotMadrid striker Higuain has successful back opquotgtMadrid striker Higuain has successful back opltagt

Alvaro Arbeloa Included In Real Madrid Squad To Face Atletico Madrid

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ltpgtReal Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has named defender Alvaro Arbeloa in his squad to face Atletico Madrid in the Copa del Rey on Thursday.ltpgtView post lta targetquotblankquot hrefquothttpwww.goal.comennews1035copadelrey201101122302320alvaroarbeloaincludedinrealmadridsquadtofacequot titlequotAlvaro Arbeloa Included In Real Madrid Squad To Face Atletico MadridquotgtAlvaro Arbeloa Included In Real Madrid Squad To Face Atletico Madridltagt

Real Madrid’s Higuain has back surgery in Chicago

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ltpgtCHICAGO AP Real Madrid forward Gonzalo Higuain has had back surgery at Northwestern Memorial Hospital to repair a herniated disk.ltpgtRead more lta targetquotblankquot hrefquothttpsportsillustrated.cnn.com2011soccer0111higuain.op.apindex.htmlsectionsilatestquot titlequotReal Madrids Higuain has back surgery in ChicagoquotgtReal Madrids Higuain has back surgery in Chicagoltagt

Lucky Real Madrid and Cani’s bottle

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ltpgtCristiano Ronaldo bails out bad Real Madrid with a stunning hattrick to defeat fantastic Villarreal at the BernabAtildecopyu quotReal Madrid bad, Villarreal fantastic.quot In five words acirc or five words, a comma and a full stop for the pedants out there acirc JosAtildecopy Mourinho summed it up perfectly. The way that Villarreal played. The way that Real Madrid did. And the destination of the league title. It was only ...ltpgtFollow this link lta targetquotblankquot hrefquothttpwww.guardian.co.ukfootballblog2011jan10cristianoronaldojosemourinhowaterbottlequot titlequotLucky Real Madrid and Canis bottlequotgtLucky Real Madrid and Canis bottleltagt

Real Madrid Faces Final Test in Champions League

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Real Madrid will qualify for the knockout stage of the Champions League if it can maintain its supreme form and complete a Group G double over A.C. Milan in the standout match of the tournament this week.ltspan idquotmore47quotgtltspangtlta hrefquothttpwww.kamkaza.comFootballwpcontentuploads201011RealMadrid.jpgquotgtltimg classquotalignleft sizemedium wpimage48quot titlequotRealMadridquot srcquothttpwww.kamkaza.comFootballwpcontentuploads201011RealMadrid300x237.jpgquot altquotquot widthquot300quot heightquot237quot gtltagtMadrid and Milan, who have won Europeacircs biggest prize 16 times between them, met two weeks ago, when early goals by Cristiano Ronaldo and Mesut Atildezil earned the Spanish club a 20 victory. The result kept up Madridacircs perfect record in the competition, lifting it to nine points. A victory at the San Siro on Wednesday will guarantee JosAtildecopy Mourinhoacircs side a toptwo group finish and allow it to relax in its final two matches.acircOur objective is to secure the top place in the group as quickly as possible,acirc Madrid defender Ricardo Carvalho said. acircAt the Bernabeu stadium, we were better than they were and now they will want to show that they can beat us.acircMadrid beat Hercules, 31, over the weekend to preserve its unbeaten start to the season in all competitions and leave it top of the Primera Liga, a point ahead of Barcelona.Milan, which is level on four points with the fourtime European champion Ajax, lost 21 at home to Juventus in Serie A on Saturday but is likely to have the Brazil pair of Ronaldinho and Thiago Silva back from injury against Madrid.ltscript typequottextjavascriptquotgt lt!CDATAgoogleadclient quotpub1743270496504594quot 728x90, Leaderboard Tekst, Frikadeller, oprettet 120210 googleadslot quot8704754204quotgoogleadwidth 728googleadheight 90 gtltscriptgtltscript srcquothttppagead2.googlesyndication.compageadshowads.jsquot typequottextjavascriptquotgtltscriptgtThe match will see Mourinho return to Italy for the first time as a coach since leading Inter Milan to the Champions League title in May.Ajax plays at Auxerre in the groupacircs other match.Inter took control of Group A with a 43 victory over Tottenham two weeks ago and will also qualify for the last 16 by winning the return match at White Hart Lane. Inter coach Rafael BenAtildeshytez is awaiting fitness updates on two of his key players acirc midfielder Esteban Cambiasso and goalkeeper Julio CAtildecopysar acirc after both came off during Fridayacircs 10 victory over Genoa with strained hamstrings.BenAtildeshytez, who could partner the striker Diego Milito with Samuel Etoacirco up front, will know all about Spurs from his six years in England in charge of Liverpool, and will be wary of Tottenham winger Gareth Bale.ltscript typequottextjavascriptquotgt lt!CDATAgoogleadclient quotpub1743270496504594quot 728x90, Leaderboard Tekst, Frikadeller, oprettet 120210 googleadslot quot8704754204quotgoogleadwidth 728googleadheight 90 gtltscriptgtltscript srcquothttppagead2.googlesyndication.compageadshowads.jsquot typequottextjavascriptquotgtltscriptgtAside from Madrid, four other teams head into this week looking to defend perfect records in their groups.The English champion Chelsea, which stayed five points clear at the top of the Premier League after grinding out a gritty 21 win over Blackburn on Saturday, will aim to make it four wins out of four when it hosts Spartak Moscow in Group F.Arsenal has a maximum nine points ahead if its match at Shakhtar Donetsk in Group H, while Bayern Munich and Lyon, who play Cluj and Benfica respectively, also have 100 percent records after three games.The leader of Group D, Barcelona, which has won the European Cup three times, will put one foot in the last 16 if it completes the double over F.C. Copenhagen, which lost 20 at Camp Nou a fortnight ago after two goals by Lionel Messi.acircWe are playing at a very high level, like we have for the past few years,acirc said Xavi, the Barcelona midfielder.Defender Gabriel Milito may be available for the Spanish champions after recovering from injury, but goalkeeper Jose Pinto is suspended.Elsewhere, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson believes a victory over Bursaspor on Tuesday will see his team through to the knockout stage. United is leading Group C with seven points, two more then Rangers, while Bursaspor has lost all three of its matches so far.acircThe way I have to look at it is if we win the match it will put us on 10 points, and that would be us qualified,acirc said Ferguson, who is without Wayne Rooney, Michael Owen and Ryan Giggs against the Turkish champions.Valencia will leapfrog Rangers into second place if it beats the Scottish champions at the Mestalla.

After Sami Khedira no place for Lassana Diarra – Man United bits 13 M Euro

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Manchester United are ready to splash out as much as acircnot13 millionltspan idquotmore264quotgtltspangtonAcircnbspReal Madrid defensive midfielderAcircnbspLassana Diarra, according to the SpanishAcircnbspASnewspaper.lta hrefquothttpwww.kamkaza.comFootballwpcontentuploads201012SamiKhedira.jpgquotgtltimg classquotsizemedium wpimage265 alignleftquot stylequotpadding 6px margin 10px border 1px solid 336699 float leftquot titlequotSami Khediraquot srcquothttpwww.kamkaza.comFootballwpcontentuploads201012SamiKhedira300x226.jpgquot altquotSami Khedira Real Madridquot widthquot300quot heightquot226quot gtltagtThe 24yearold Frenchman has been linked with a Bernabeu exit for some time with both Spurs and United expressing interest in the former Chelsea, Arsenal and Portsmouth man.Diarra has spent two seasons at Real MadridAcircnbspsince moving from Pompey, but has seen his place at the Bernabeu fade away, following the signing of Sami Khedira from Stuttgart.Acircnbsp As a result, Diarra has completed 90 minutes just twice so far this season for Jose Mourinhos side.There has been speculation for some time that Manchester UnitedAcircnbspare interested in Diarra. Given that Owen Hargreaves continues to make only a very tentative return from injury, there could well be a space in the Manchester UnitedAcircnbspmidfield for Diarra, who would battle Paul Scholes and Michael Carrick for a central midfield spot.ltscript typequottextjavascriptquotgt lt!CDATA googleadclient quotpub1743270496504594quot 336x280, oprettet 101110 googleadslot quot3348725915quot googleadwidth 336 googleadheight 280 gtltscriptgtltscript srcquothttppagead2.googlesyndication.compageadshowads.jsquot typequottextjavascriptquotgtltscriptgt

David Silva turned down Real Madrid offer

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Manchester City winger David Silva has claimed that he received offers from Barcelona and Real Madrid before opting to move to the English Premier League.ltbrgtltspan idquotmore236quotgtltspangtlta hrefquothttpwww.kamkaza.comFootballwpcontentuploads201011davidsilva.jpgquotgtltimg classquotsizefull wpimage214 alignleftquot stylequotmargin 10px border 336699 1px solid padding 6px float leftquot titlequotronaldorealmadrid2010.16.11quot srcquothttpwww.kamkaza.comFootballwpcontentuploads201011davidsilva300x225.jpgquot altquotquot widthquot250quot heightquot250quot gtltagtManchester City winger David Silva has claimed that he received offers from Barcelona and Real Madrid before opting to move to the English Premier League.ltbrgtThe former Valencia wide man was coveted by many sides after a successful period with Los Che, and in the end the Spanish international opted to move to Eastlands, disappointing La Ligaacircs big two sides.ltbrgtMercafutbol reports that the 24yearold opted for a new challenge rather than remaining in Spain, and he said of his transfer, acircI had offers from both Barcelona and Real Madrid, but I chose the Premier League because I wanted to live a new experience outside of Spain.ltbrgtacircCity placed trust in me, and were the ones who were willing to be on me. Also coach Roberto Mancini said that he had followed me when he was coach at Inter.acircltbrgtSilva signed a fouryear deal at the bigspending club during the summer, and has been a regular in the side this season under Mancini.ltbrgtltscript typequottextjavascriptquotgtlt!googleadclient quotpub1743270496504594quot 336x280, oprettet 101110 googleadslot quot3348725915quotgoogleadwidth 336googleadheight 280gtltscriptgtltscript typequottextjavascriptquotsrcquothttppagead2.googlesyndication.compageadshowads.jsquotgtltscriptgt

Club Focus – Milan – No margin for errors against Real Madrid

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If the win against Napoli showed a ray of light in the grey Milan sky, all is doom and gloom again after the defeat at the hands of Juventus. The Rossoneri now need a win against Real Madrid in the Champions League, but that is easier said than done.ltspan idquotmore17quotgtltspangtAcircnbspThe Milan team seen on Saturday night does not seem to offer the solidity and the strength needed to beat the current leaders of La Liga.lta hrefquothttpwww.kamkaza.comFootballwpcontentuploads201011milanbig.pngquotgtltimg classquotalignleft sizemedium wpimage18quot titlequotmilanbigquot srcquothttpwww.kamkaza.comFootballwpcontentuploads201011milanbig300x92.pngquot altquotMilan vs. Real Madridquot widthquot300quot heightquot92quot gtltagtIf the general feeling is that the Rossoneri do not seem to find an effective way of playing, at Via Turati there is instead the belief that Milan played a good match against Juve and that a draw would have been a fair result. After the defeat, Coach Massimilano Allegri said that ltemgtquotthere have been some individual mistakes and we have been hasty in some occasions, but we played well, we created chances and we didnt deserve to lose the matchquotltemgt. There were individual mistakes on the night but there were also collective mistakes and after allowing the second goal the squad lost cohesion and did not seem to attack as a unit, relying more on the individual genius for a comeback rather than on team play.ltscript typequottextjavascriptquotgt lt!CDATAgoogleadclient quotpub1743270496504594quot 728x90, Leaderboard Tekst, Frikadeller, oprettet 120210 googleadslot quot8704754204quotgoogleadwidth 728googleadheight 90 gtltscriptgtltscript srcquothttppagead2.googlesyndication.compageadshowads.jsquot typequottextjavascriptquotgtltscriptgtThe long list of injured or unavailable players, or the injury picked up by Daniele Bonera in the firsthalf, cannot be used as an excuse for Milanacircs defeat as the Bianconeri themselves could not rely on a large number of injured players. During the match Gigi Delneri also lost Paolo De Ceglie and Jorge MartAtildeshynez, and had to resort to play winger Simone Pepe at fullback. More, as President Silvio Berlusconi pointed out ltemgtacirca great team has to have second lines up to the task, so no complaint if we were missing some playersacircltemgt.The verdict from Saturdayacircs night match against Juve is that Milanacircs second lines do not perform as first lines and were not up to the task. Luca Antonini seemed unsecure, suffered a lot from Fabio Quagliarellaacircs pace and was unable to stop Mohamed Sissoko despite the Malian mAtildeordflAtildecopye with the ball for the second Juve goal. Ignazio Abate, who came on to replace the injured Bonera, did not cause any problems on his side nor took advantage of Pepe playing out of position, while there are questions asked about Sokratis Papastathopulosacirc sense of position and timing.But that is not the only problem that Allegri faces, as the Brazilians seem to have lost their fair. Robinho is too inconsistent and has failed as a replacement for Ronaldinho. He enjoys playing wide and does not keep to the central position when played as an attacking midfielder behind the two strikers. Ronaldinho has also been inconsistent and his lack of good performances has reignited all the rumours about his future at the club. Alexandre Pato is, at the moment, a shadow of himself. He does not seem to get anything right and makes elementary mistakes. So far Allegri has shown no intention to remove him from the starting lineup as he waits for the young Brazilian to get back to top levels but things may change in the light of recent results and the urgency to win the next Champions League match.As far as Real Madrid is concerned, Allegri faces dilemmas all over the pitch. In defence he may be able to field Gianluca Zambrotta and possibly Thiago Silva. They both trained with the rest of the team on Monday but the Brazilian skipped the afternoon practice. In midfield it will be crucial to choose the right support for Andrea Pirlo and Gennaro Gattuso, and with Massimo Ambrosini now available the Coach may decide to utilise his grit. In attack, the only reliable player remains Zlatan IbrahimoviAuml. Ronaldinho should get his place back while the evergreen Filippo Inzaghi, the only Milan striker who seems to give nightmares to JosAtildecopy Mourinho, may oust a currently dull Pato.The match is one of vital importance for Milanacircs season as a defeat would seriously jeopardise their chance of qualification to the next stage of the Champions League. Real Madrid are in a far better situation acirc top of La Liga, top of the Champions League group and scoring plenty of goal thanks to an on fire Cristiano Ronaldo. Against Los Merengues there is no margin for errors for Allegri and his team. Two days ago Berlusconi declared that ltemgtacircMilan have to win in a convincing wayacircltemgt, but tomorrow night everybody at the club will be happy with a scrappy win as it is the only thing they need now.

Ronaldo leaving Real Madrid for Man United?

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ltabbrgtReal Madridltabbrgt winger ltabbrgtCristiano Ronaldoltabbrgt confesses he misses ltabbrgtManchester Unitedltabbrgt.ltbrgtltspan idquotmore213quotgtltspangtltbrgtlta hrefquothttpwww.kamkaza.comFootballwpcontentuploads201011ronaldorealmadrid2010.16.11.jpgquotgtltimg classquotsizefull wpimage214 alignleftquot stylequotmargin 10px border 336699 1px solid padding 6px float leftquot titlequotronaldorealmadrid2010.16.11quot srcquothttpwww.kamkaza.comFootballwpcontentuploads201011ronaldorealmadrid2010.16.11.jpgquot altquotquot widthquot250quot heightquot250quot gtltagtDespite making a blistering start to the season at ltabbrgtReal Madridltabbrgt under new boss ltabbrgtJose Mourinholtabbrgt, Ronaldo has refused to rule out a move back to the North West giants.ltbrgtHe said quotTo be honest I miss the Premier League a lot. Of course I have good memories about Manchester. I have good friends there and I miss them a lot, so you never know.ltbrgtquotltabbrgtSir Alex Fergusonltabbrgt is like a second father for me. He helped me a lot during the six years I was in Manchester, he taught me many things.quot