Gonzalo Higuain

The Almería — Barcelona match had not con­cluded when Real Madrid took to the pitch, but a few min­utes into their match with Sevilla, they knew that Barça slipped at the Esta­dio de los Jue­gos Mediter­rá­neos and dropped two points with a 2–2 draw against Almería.  Expec­ta­tions were that Real Madrid would not have the […]

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Denial Although Real Madrid needed five goals to over­turn their Round of 32 tie with Alcor­cón, a cer­tain sense of denial was impor­tant in this par­tic­u­lar sit­u­a­tion so that they could believe that their task was not impos­si­ble.  Kaká stated, “For the pride and for the his­tory of Real Madrid, we have to win this […]

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The fash­ion­able dis­trict.  The working-class south.  The estab­lished.  The dis­re­spected.  Com­merce.  Indus­try.  A com­par­i­son between the two top Madrid clubs.  Getafe just wants to be in the con­ver­sa­tion.  They are in the city too, they say.  Real Madrid does not dis­re­spect them because they are not in Real’s radar.  With Atlético Madrid strug­gling to steer […]

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What Is Wrong With Villarreal?

by Andy Pineda on September 24, 2009 · 0 comments

After another under­whelm­ing per­for­mance in a 0–2 loss to Real Madrid at El Madri­gal on Wednes­day evening, Vil­lar­real cur­rently sits in 18th place with only two points from four La Liga matches.  In their defense for their show­ing against Madrid, Vil­lar­real played with one less man for 65+ min­utes after Gon­zalo Rodríguez received his second […]

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