Real Madrid Football Fans Blog
Following their exit from the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday night, Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane has admitted that his side now have to dust their backs and try to focus on the Spanish La Liga title as it is their next priority this season. Real Madrid were not able to conquer the resilience and excellent form of English Premier League side Chelsea and were eventually knocked out of the competition by the Blues.
The El Clasicobetween Real Madrid and Barcelona is undoubtedly the biggest gameon the European scene this weekend as the two teams target a big win in the race to win the Spanish La Liga this season. Ahead of the game at the Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano on Saturday evening, there has been a late change to the centre referee for the game.
Spanish champions Real Madrid failed to close the gap on league leaders and city rivals Atletico Madrid after they managed to earn a late point at the home of Real Sociedad. Real Madrid were unable to secure the win that would keep their run going. Ahead of the league trip to Real Sociedad, Real Madrid had won their last five games in all competitions including the 1-0 away win over Italian Serie A club Atalanta in the first leg of their last 16 clash in the Champions League. Real Madrid left-back Ferland Mendy was the matchwinner for the Spaniards on that occasion. His second half strike was enough to give Real Madrid an advantage over 10-man Atalanta ahead of their home leg at the round of 16 stage of the Champions League. Real Madrid were on a four-match winning run in the league before the Real Sociedad game. and that saw them close the gap on Atletico Madrid to three points having played a game more but they were not able to maintain that winning form at Real Sociedad as the two teams played out a 1-1 draw.
When Real Madrid completed the transfer that saw former Chelsea attacking midfielder Eden Hazard leave Stamford Bridge in favor of a move to the Santiago Bernabeu, the football world thought the Spanish giants had finally signed a replacement for their legend Cristiano Ronaldo – or at least, something close.
Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane put his players through their paces as they prepared for their La Liga encounter with Osasuna away at the El Sadar stadium on Saturday. The players had to resort to training in the third field at Valdebebas instead of making use of the first or second field which were the usual options. Thus was as a result of the gravity of the snowfall that occurred at their preparation ground.
Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has targeted three young players according to one of the major Spanish newspapers as the club prepares for what could be a busy summer next year. Media outlet AS is one of the biggest newspapers in Spain and a report from that platform revealed that Perez and Real Madrid want to sign the trio of Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappe and Eduardo Camavinga next summer. It was revealed thatFlorentino Perez is looking at ways to pull off the signing of the three world class players.
Colombia international James Rodriguez believes he can play at the top level for many years to come after making the switch to the Premier League with Everton. The 29-year-old endured a frustration final season with Real Madrid where he was restricted to only 14 appearances across all competitions.
Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane has assured that the club stands united brushing off questions regarding Gareth Bale’s future at Real Madrid. The Welshman has only played 100 minutes for the club since the return of the league after the three months-long period of lockdown. Even though he has not been spending time in the pitch he has been constantly in the headlines of the news. Last summer he has intended on leaving the club for the Chinese establishment Jiangsu Suning and with the arrival of Zidane on his second spell at the club, it seems like things are not good between these two.
Gaizka Mendieta says that James Rodriguez is a real player with the advantages but he hasn’t used this well after his arrival at the club. He attracted the attention of many clubs with his performance in the 2014 World Cup which was held in Brazil. In the world cup, they qualified for the quarter-finals and he had played a major role in it. He was later transferred to Real Madrid for £71 million from Monaco as signed a six-year contract with the club.
Real Madrid are looking forward to signing the Uruguayan forward Facundo Pellistri from the club Penarol. They have previously signed Federico Valverde who is now has become one of the best midfielders of Real. They signed him for £5 million five years back and he now is playing for the first team of the club by contributing a lot.
