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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Real Madrid 5–0 Xerez 1–0 Ronaldo, 1′ 2–0 Ronaldo, 75′ 3–0 Guti, 78′ 4–0 Benzema, 82′ 5–0 Van Nistelrooy, 89′ Real Madrid moved to the top of the table Sunday, ahead of Barcelona on goal differential, after a 5–0 rout of Xerez that was a more difficult affair than the final score might indicate. Cristiano Ronaldo […]
Espanyol 0–3 Real Madrid 0–1 Granero, 39’ 0–2 Guti, 77’ 0–3 Ronaldo, 90’ This was a constant refrain from the Spanish language announcers and the theme of most of the match, as the Merengues struggled to hold their nerve at the back, occasionally looking as porous as SpongeBob Square Pants in defense. It should be […]
The much-anticipated return of La Liga began with a scintillating match between the new galácticos of Real Madrid and the pesky Deportivo La Coruña, who always gives Madrid a run for their money, literally. Because of the continued suspension of Pepe and the tendinitis suffered by Sergio Ramos, the Real Madrid defense was not at […]
