It's one thing to lose, all teams go through rough periods, but for REAL MADRID to be not only losing, but playing an uninspired, average, hardworking pedestrian style instead of the world class flowing attractive attack minded soccer which is supposed to be its trademark is in no uncertain terms . Click to continue reading...

ST PETERSBURG, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Real Madrid scored twice in the first half to defeat a spirited Zenit St Petersburg 2-1 on their home Champions League debut on Tuesday.

An own goal by Zenit defender Tomas Hubocan and an opportunistic strike by Ruud van Nistlerooy gave nine-times European champions Real their second consecutive victory in Group H. Click to continue reading...

THE OLD MEN AT MADRID ALWAYS SHINE EARLY IN THE SEASON
I'm still kind of busy these days so I'll keep posting AP and REUTERS coverage of futbol until I have time to cover the games myself. In overall Flowing Futbol commentary, I have noticed that the supposed two best players in the world these days C. Click to continue reading...

MADRID, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Real Madrid new boy Rafael van der Vaart scored a hat-trick to help the champions thrash promoted Sporting Gijon 7-1 in the Primera Liga on Wednesday.

Sporting were subjected to a 6-1 beating at home to Barcelona on Sunday and were quickly on the back foot at the Bernabeu as Netherlands midfielder Van der Vaart completed his hat-trick in the 46th minute. Click to continue reading...

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MANCHESTER, England (AFP) - Robinho produced another captivating display to inspire Manchester City to a thumping 6-0 win over Portsmouth here Sunday.

This crushing win left his new club fifth in the Premier League table while Portsmouth dropped down into 12th place.

Robinho, making his second league appearance since joining from Real Madrid for a British record 32. Click to continue reading...

My little bro was in town so I skipped the game and took him to the BRONX ZOO. Based on the highlights I saw and commentary it looks like I missed another SNOOZEFEST. Winning like this is good for the standings but bad for the soul of a team that is supposed to be about attractive 'futbol'. Anyways here's what GOAL. Click to continue reading...

I don't remember when was the last time I was in full agreement with MARCA, but yes, MADRID and their 'pedestrian futbol' stunk it up again. Warning - Guti had an excellent game, now expect him to disappear for the next 5 matches.



ENGLISH TRANSLATION - "NOT MUCH SOCCER, NOT MANY GOALS, A WHOLE LOT OF WHISTLING, but we're LEADERS" Click to continue reading...

NICOSIA (AFP) - Cash-rich Manchester City needed a brace from Brazilian striker Jo to overcome Cypriot minnows Omonia Nicosia 2-1 in this UEFA Cup first round, first leg tie here on Thursday.

Omonia surprisingly went ahead from Klodian Duro's direct free kick on the edge of the area after 49 minutes but Jo grabbed the headlines with two second-half goals to clinch victory. Click to continue reading...

I arrived at the NYC MADRIDISTA hangout(the IRISH ROGUE in Midtown) a little late but no one seemed to be able to convince me that I had missed anything, even though we were up 3-2 at that point. As soon as I started watching the game I could see why. Although played at an extremely frenetic pace, this MADRID team just isn't that fun to watch. Click to continue reading...

Chelsea defeated Manchester City 3-1 as the brilliance of human innovation and skill did not prevail over a well oiled footballing machine that further established its dominance in the Premier League with ruthless efficiency. It's clear that Manchester City still have a lot more players to buy(already questions must be asked of Manager Mark Hughes in having Stephen Ireland starting ahead of Elano)and more time to develop team chemistry. Click to continue reading...

The repercussions of Robinho's absence on the pitch are just now beginning to be felt by MADRIDISTAS everywhere. Last year, whenever Madrid played this bad, Robinho bailed them out, which is what great players do, they create something out of nothing. No one else on this team has that ability to be the 'rompe esquemas'(spanish for gamebreaker). Click to continue reading...

MADRID (AFP) - Real Madrid's Brazilian striker Robinho said Sunday that his "head was at Chelsea" and that he was determined to leave the Spanish club despite efforts of team bosses to keep him.

"I've already told the president (Ramon Calderon), and coach (Bernd Schuster), management and (the media): my head is there (at Chelsea), I want to play over there," the 24-year-old said. Click to continue reading...