A.Madrid Trash R.Madrid

<div class="g-plusone" data-annotation="none" data-size="tall"></div><img src="http://fcnaija.com/post/1423326810.jpg" /><br /><a name="more"></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12.6000003814697px; line-height: 18.0000019073486px;"> </span><br /><h2 style="-webkit-backface-visibility: hidden; background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Oswald, sans-serif; font-size: 28px; line-height: 32px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 620px;">Real Madrid were taken apart by Atletico Madrid at the Estadio Vicente Calderon with Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale spectators as Diego Simone’s side ran riot in a 4-0 victory.</h2><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It is the first time in 64 years that Real have lost three straight games in the ground of their neighbours but this was different – this was embarrassing for the richest club in football, smothered from the first kick to last by their poor-relations city neighbours.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Real’s £250m forward line of Bale, Ronaldo and Karim Benzema mustered just one shot in a first half dominated by Atletico Madrid who scored twice through Tiago and Saul.<br />And in the second half the suffering CONTINUED when the brilliant Antoine Griezmann added a third and Mario Mandzukic made it four.</div><blockquote style="background-color: white; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 1px; color: #777777; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px; margin: 10px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A shell-shocked Carlo Ancelotti said after the game. ‘They deserved to WIN because they won in every facet: they won the battle and they won the football match. We will have to change our attitude going forward.</strong></div><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">‘We were second to everything; we lost all the aerial challenges, we weren’t in the game. None of our players played well. It’s the worst performance since I have been the manager.’</strong></div><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Simeone said: ‘The way the players carried out the plan was brilliant. We went about the job very seriously and now we need to keep going forward the same way.’</strong></div></blockquote><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Asked if they were now title candidates he said: ‘We still take it one get at a time.’ And when it was put to him that it was one of his greatest games in charge of Atletico Madird he said: ‘No, it was just another a league game’.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Atletico Madrid shot out of the blocks. In contrast Real Madrid were strolling and it wasn’t long before they were paying the price for that lack of intensity. Gabi’s Corner on 13 minutes was brought down by Mandzukic who laid it back to Tiago on the edge of the area.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The former Chelsea midfielder shot through a crowded penalty area and Iker Casillas fumbled the effort and allowed it to squirm over the line. ‘Iker Iker’ sung the Atletico Madrid supporters. They had been given a helping hand by Real’s keeper, not that they needed it.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Real Madrid were playing without three of their first-choice back four and it was showing with Fabio Coentrao struggling to deal with Arda Turan and Nacho and Raphael Varane not able to handle Mandzukic.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Perhaps their preoccupation with the Croat striker was the reason why they left Saul in so much space in the penalty area on 19 minutes. The young midfielder who was out on LOAN at Rayo Vallecano last season and interesting a host of Premier League clubs had only been on the pitch for nine minutes replacing the injured Koke.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Siqueira got away from Dani Carvajal, dribbled along the byline and pulled the ball back where Saul finished with an acrobatic scissor kick past a this-time faultless Casillas.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Carvajal had received no support from Bale who had more importantly been anonymous in attack down the Madrid right. Likewise Ronaldo was missing in action down the left. By half time Carlo Ancelotti had seen enough and put Ronaldo at centre forward bringing, on Jese at the EXPENSE of Sami Khedira but it made no real difference.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Real were fortunate to only be two goals down at half-time. Griezmann had scored what would have been a third only to be incorrectly flagged offside. 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A.Madrid Trash R.Madrid

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Canadian university offers chance to study Cristiano Ronaldo

<div class="g-plusone" data-annotation="none" data-size="tall"></div><a class="twitter-share-button" data-count="none" href="https://twitter.com/share">Tweet</a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');</script><a class="wa_btn wa_btn_s" data-href="" data-text="Take a look at this awesome website:" href="whatsapp://send" style="display: none;">Share</a><br /><br /><img src="http://static.goal.com/700800/700822_heroa.jpg" /><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;"></span><br /><a name="more"></a>A Canadian university is offering fans of Cristiano Ronaldo<span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;"> the opportunity to take a course in the </span>Real Madrid <span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">star.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">The University of British Columbia Okanagan is enrolling for a fourth-year sociology module on Ronaldo due to his popularity and influence on Portuguese and global society.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">Luis LM Aguiar, associate professor of sociology in UBC Okanagan’s Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, said: "Sociology is nothing if not the delving into the processes of structuring identities and experiences and exposing the social forces that push these processes.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">"In this case, I'm interested in how Ronaldo has been used to construct several discourses about who he is, what makes him distinct as a footballer, what is his relationship to Portugal, Madeira (his hometown) and indeed Portuguese identity."</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">During the semester-long course, students will examine the stereotypical image of Ronaldo and the Portuguese diaspora.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">"Ronaldo is said to embody features and characteristics of speed, strength, competetiveness, dogged work ethic, discipline, and adaptability," added Aguiar on </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">news.ok.ubc.ca</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">"These features are also in a sense 'very Portuguese' since the Portuguese outside the homeland are nothing if not constructed as hard workers, disciplined and determined. Even as a global athlete transcending geographical boundaries, Ronaldo cannot  escape the stereotypical constructions of 'the Portuguese'.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">"My two greatest passions are football and critical sociology. A course on Cristiano Ronaldo gives me the opportunity to combine the two.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">"While I’m an admirer of Ronaldo, I’m also a sociologist interested in understanding the social and economic forces driving the various constructions of this athlete and what this says about our contemporary values and culture."</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" />

Canadian university offers chance to study Cristiano Ronaldo

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The 20-man squad for the Atlético clash

<div class="g-plusone" data-annotation="none" data-size="tall"></div><img src="http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheader=image%2Fjpeg&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1203355172643&ssbinary=true" /><br /><div class="m_section_news_header" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="display: block; font-size: 2em; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px;">Real Madrid travel to the Vicente Calderón for matchday 22 of the La Liga campaign.</span></div><div class="m_text_content" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="cap" style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px;">Carlo Ancelotti has named 20 players in his squad for the Real Madrid's La Liga matchday 22 meeting with Atlético in the Vicente Calderón (Saturday at 4pm CET).<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">REAL MADRID SQUAD:</strong><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Goalkeepers: </strong>Casillas, Keylor Navas and Pacheco.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Defenders: </strong>Varane, Coentrão, Marcelo, Carvajal, Arbeloa, Nacho and Diego Llorente.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Midfielders:</strong> Khedira, Kroos, Bale, Lucas Silva, Isco and Illarra.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Forwards: </strong>Cristiano Ronaldo,<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </strong>Benzema, Chicharito and Jesé.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">PRE-MATCH MEET-UP:</strong><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Friday 6 February at 8:30pm CET at Ciudad Real Madrid.</div></div><br /><a class="twitter-share-button" data-count="none" href="https://twitter.com/share">Tweet</a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');</script><a class="wa_btn wa_btn_s" data-href="" data-text="Take a look at this awesome website:" href="whatsapp://send" style="display: none;">Share</a>

The 20-man squad for the Atlético clash

Real Madrid travel to the Vicente Calderón for matchday 22 of the La Liga campaign. Carlo Ancelotti has named 20 players in his squad for th...

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Ronaldo Named Best EPL Player Of All Time

<div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #323232; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.35; margin-bottom: 16px; word-wrap: break-word;"><img src="http://level3.soccerladuma.net/cms2/image_manager/uploads/News/200234/7/default.jpg" style="line-height: 1.35;" /></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #323232; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.35; margin-bottom: 16px; word-wrap: break-word;"></div><a name="more"></a>The Portuguese, who spent six years at Manchester United, beat Arsenal legend Thierry Henry and his former teammate Ryan Giggs in an online survey conducted by <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Usurv, </em>as reported by English media.<br /><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #323232; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.35; margin-bottom: 16px; word-wrap: break-word;">One thousand members of the public were asked to choose between 10 players to vote for the best player in the English top flight’s 23-year history.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #323232; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.35; margin-bottom: 16px; word-wrap: break-word;">The other seven pre-selected players on the short-list were: Eric Cantona, Gianfranco Zola, Dennis Bergkamp, Steven Gerrard, Alan Shearer and Patrick Viera.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #323232; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.35; margin-bottom: 16px; word-wrap: break-word;">The Portuguese received almost a quarter of all votes (24 percent) and finished six percent ahead of Henry (18 percent).</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #323232; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.35; margin-bottom: 16px; word-wrap: break-word;">Giggs received 13 percent of the votes, while Eric Cantona and Alan Shearer both collected 12 percent.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #323232; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.35; margin-bottom: 16px; word-wrap: break-word;">Steven Gerrard followed in sixth place with 10 percent, while Bergkamp, Zola, Keane and Viera only received 11 percent of the votes between them.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #323232; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.35; margin-bottom: 16px; word-wrap: break-word;">Marginally, over a quarter of the surveyed people selected the 11<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">th</span> option, specified as “other/don’t know”.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #323232; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.35; margin-bottom: 16px; word-wrap: break-word;">Ronaldo joined Manchester United as a 18-year-old in 2003 and scored 118 goals in 292 appearances during his time in England.</div><div class="g-plusone" data-annotation="none" data-size="tall"></div>

Ronaldo Named Best EPL Player Of All Time

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Cristiano Ronaldo given two-match ban

<div id="headline" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; outline-style: none;"><h1 class="story-header" itemprop="headline" style="font-size: 2.308em; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin: -2px 0px 18px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 6px;"><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/80581000/jpg/_80581410_ronaldoedimar_getty.jpg" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;" /></h1><h1 class="story-header" itemprop="headline" style="font-size: 2.308em; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin: -2px 0px 18px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 6px;">Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo given two-match ban after red card</h1></div><div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1" itemprop="description" style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.462em; line-height: 1.11; margin-top: 20px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 12px;">Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo has been given a two-match ban after his sending-off for kicking out at Cordoba defender Edimar on Saturday.</div><div style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 1.35; outline-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 12px;">The forward, 29, will miss the next two La Liga games against Real Sociedad and Sevilla but will be available for the derby against Atletico Madrid.</div><div style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 1.35; outline-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 12px;">The Portuguese, whose earlier punch at Jose Angel Crespo was missed by the referee, and was later dismissed on 82 minutes.</div>

Cristiano Ronaldo given two-match ban

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Neymar wants Ronaldo Punished

<h2 style="-webkit-backface-visibility: hidden; background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Oswald, sans-serif; font-size: 28px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 32px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 560px;"><img src="http://soccerblitz.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/download-5-620x400.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" />Neymar believes <a name="more"></a>Cristiano Ronaldo “needs to be punished” for the action that led to his red card last weekend, though the Barcelona star did commiserate with his La Liga rival about the incident.</h2><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #282a2f; font-family: BentonSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-top: 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ronaldo kicked out in frustration at Cordoba’s Edimar on Saturday to earn himself a straight red card and apologised after the game. The Ballon d’Or winner faces a ban of up to four games from La Liga’s Competition Committee, according to AS.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #282a2f; font-family: BentonSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-top: 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Neymar said Ronaldo’s action was wrong, but also stressed that players can often be provoked into wild retaliations, such as Zinedine Zidane’s famous head-butt in the 2006 World Cup final, or his Brazil teammates’ reactions after he suffered a tournament-ending injury last summer.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #282a2f; font-family: BentonSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-top: 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“It’s easy to talk for those who aren’t there. All players are exposed to that and sometimes we deal with it. It’s bad, it’s a negative thing. We can’t do things like that, so I think he needs to be punished,” Neymar told reporters on Monday. “It’s hard too, because sometimes there might be a provocation, like happened to Zidane or to me. You need to work on that with your mind.”</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #282a2f; font-family: BentonSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-top: 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ronaldo will learn the length of his ban after the committee meets on Wednesday, but Neymar would not speculate on how long Real Madrid should be without their talisman.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #282a2f; font-family: BentonSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-top: 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“I don’t work in the Competition Committee. I don’t know. It’s a decision for the Committee,” Neymar said. “I only think about my own team. In our play and how we train. I don’t like talking about other teams, if they don’t talk about us. If I worked at the Committee I’d tell you how many games he should be banned for.”</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #282a2f; font-family: BentonSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-top: 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Neymar said the referees are right to limit violent play, but he said protection shouldn’t just be limited to top players.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #282a2f; font-family: BentonSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-top: 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Not just for me, but for everyone playing,” he said. “I think the referees should clamp down on tough play. It’s the referee who can look after the players.”</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #282a2f; font-family: BentonSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-top: 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The 22-year-old also rejected Johan Cruyff’s recent comments that Barcelona playing dual global superstars — Neymar and Lionel Messi — could lead to complications within the club.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #282a2f; font-family: BentonSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-top: 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“I don’t know. I respect Cruyff’s opinion. I think he was one of the best players in the world but yes, he’s wrong there,” Neymar said. “We’re getting better all the time and this is the start. We can do so much.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #282a2f; font-family: BentonSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-top: 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“I’ve no problem. I’ve shared a dressing room with lots of players. I never had problems with Ronaldinho. I respect Messi and I’ll always respect him. Of everyone I’ve seen play Messi is the best and I’ll always have so much respect for him.”</div>

Neymar wants Ronaldo Punished

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Cristiano Ronaldo apologises fo red card

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: RobotoMedium, Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18.1440010070801px; text-align: start;">The Real Madrid forward lashed out at Cordoba's Edimar in the closing stages of his side's 2-1 victory, and has taken to Twitter to apologise for his actions</span></div><a name="more"></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: RobotoMedium, Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18.1440010070801px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGRxjHXXHdpwopAt5z_DlKOA_DBTThsNCG8FFm8jBXHpuJv575lmCaefVQR4VrOm0ZfA-pIkrYdfl4JC1ddQ1xpH0rSvJad0YcFPbjl6MYCfr0COQUnVAzwYj7kVrvg84N7L8CeJAnuBjL/s1600/Screenshot_2015-01-24-16-44-19~2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGRxjHXXHdpwopAt5z_DlKOA_DBTThsNCG8FFm8jBXHpuJv575lmCaefVQR4VrOm0ZfA-pIkrYdfl4JC1ddQ1xpH0rSvJad0YcFPbjl6MYCfr0COQUnVAzwYj7kVrvg84N7L8CeJAnuBjL/s1600/Screenshot_2015-01-24-16-44-19~2.jpg" /></a></div>Meaning<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1RQzx3oLQGJqq9BpIdFcrz84p-KmcTOx22yJncfJRVuVWLyLjbv6Zw3U-KwJJy34Gaj8knMqlrhmuwnWbd4hLmXNRsBGHvJJxFI4dU96C-EbCpIgI3GnJBHy-xktdnDB5ClZ3Oz3JnUT5/s1600/Screenshot_2015-01-24-16-46-26~2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1RQzx3oLQGJqq9BpIdFcrz84p-KmcTOx22yJncfJRVuVWLyLjbv6Zw3U-KwJJy34Gaj8knMqlrhmuwnWbd4hLmXNRsBGHvJJxFI4dU96C-EbCpIgI3GnJBHy-xktdnDB5ClZ3Oz3JnUT5/s1600/Screenshot_2015-01-24-16-46-26~2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><img src="http://u.goal.com/855000/855012hp2.jpg" /><br />Ronaldo was not sent off for this.<br />But was sent off for this⬇<br /><img height="277" src="http://u.goal.com/855900/855912.jpg" width="400" /><br /><br />

Cristiano Ronaldo apologises fo red card

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Bale Bales RealMadrid out

<div class="medical_report inverted" style="margin: 0px 10px 20px; padding: 0px; zoom: 1;"><div class="m_text_content" style="color: #666666; margin: 0px 10px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7841646797722552770" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7841646797722552770" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7841646797722552770" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7841646797722552770" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="cap" style="line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Córdoba - Real Madrid" height="272" src="http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheader=image%2Fjpeg&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1203354646503&ssbinary=true" width="640" />Real Madrid</div><a name="more"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7841646797722552770" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7841646797722552770" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7841646797722552770" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7841646797722552770" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a>fought back after going behind in Cordoba and picked up three important points in their bid to lift the La Liga title. Things could not have gotten off to a worse start in the first <span class="el879" id="el879_4" style="border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; height: 14px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">game</span> of the second half of the season. A Bebé strike from outside the box hit Ramos's arm inside the penalty area. Ghilas converted the resulting spot kick in the 3’ to put the home side ahead.<br /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />A comeback was required against a team playing with lots of self-belief and a stadium packed with their home supporters, but there was practically a whole game still to play and the league leaders have already demonstrated their ability to achieve whatever objectives they set out for themselves. That is how the <span class="el879" id="el879_6" style="border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; height: 14px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">match</span> would play out. The Whites equalised before the half-hour mark. Ancelotti's <span class="el879" id="el879_5" style="border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; height: 14px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">training</span> ground moves did the trick yet again. James took one of the Whites' many corners of the encounter in the 27’, Bale flicked the ball on and Benzema intelligently brought it down in front of goal and fired it past Juan Carlos.</div><br /><br /><br /><figure class="m_news m_news_simple" style="background-image: url(http://www.realmadrid.com/StaticFiles/RealMadridResponsive/images/icons/svg/bullet_news.svg); background-position: 16px 33px; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-bottom-color: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-style: solid none; border-top-color: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-top-width: 1px; font-size: x-small; margin: 30px 10px 35px; padding: 30px 20px 30px 90px;"><blockquote style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7841646797722552770" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7841646797722552770" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7841646797722552770" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7841646797722552770" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">REAL MADRID HAVE NOW SCORED 13 GOALS FROM CORNERS THIS SEASON.</div></blockquote></figure><br /><div class="m_text_content" style="color: #666666; margin: 0px 10px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px;"><br />The Frenchman's goal did not change the outlook of the game. Real Madrid controlled possession of the ball and Córdoba tried to hit them on the break. The whistle blew for half time with these two contrasting styles still battling it out against each other. The second half got off to a<span class="el879" id="el879_1" style="border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; height: 14px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">more</span> exciting start. Both teams went out for the win and either one could have scored. Córdoba came close to getting a second when Varane fluffed a clearance and the ball fell nicely for Florin, who lobbed the ball over Casillas in the 70’ but saw his effort come off the crossbar.<br /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Dominance by the visitors</strong><br />All the chances belonged to the visitors from then on. Kroos, in the 31’ and Benzema, three minutes later, tried their luck from outside the box, but they were up against an inspired Juan Carlos. The task became even more difficult when Cristiano Ronaldo was shown a straight red in the 83’.<br /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Even so, the Whites looked for a <span class="el879" id="el879_7" style="border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; height: 14px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">winner</span> right until the end and the efforts of the ten men left on the pitch were eventually <a href="http://www.realmadrid.com/en/news/2015/01/1-2-real-madrid-come-back-from-behind-in-cordoba#" id="_GPLITA_2" in_rurl="http://s.srv-itx.com/click?v=VVM6Nzk4Nzg6MzI4NTpyZXdhcmQ6Y2NiOWM1YWVlZTgzNWMxZGQzOWFkZGRjOGZkN2E3YjE6ei0yMjQ3LTE2Mzg5NzU0Ond3dy5yZWFsbWFkcmlkLmNvbToyMzU4NDM6NTY3NTFiYzI2ODg0YmNhYzUzYzNkYmViOTcxNzVkMmQ6ODM3M2VhYjI5MjEzNGU1MDhhMDBiZmVmNTQ0NTA0YzQ6MDpkYXRhX3NzLDcyOHgxMzY2O2RhdGFfZmIsbm87OjQzNjMyOTc&subid=g-16389754-591141addcae4761b33e141cb264f949-&data_ss=728x1366&data_fb=no&data_tagname=P" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; color: #0255a5; display: inline-block !important; float: none !important; font-weight: bold !important; height: auto !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: 0px !important; min-width: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-transform: uppercase !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;" title="Click to Continue > by InText">REWARDED<img src="http://cdncache-a.akamaihd.net/items/it/img/arrow-10x10.png" style="-webkit-user-select: none; background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; display: inline-block !important; float: none !important; height: 10px !important; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px !important; max-width: 100%; min-height: 0px !important; min-width: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: super !important; width: 10px !important;" /></a>. A Bale free kick in the 87’ clearly came off Cartabia's hand, resulting in a penalty for Madrid and a second yellow card for the Córdoba man. Bale stepped up to take the spot kick two minutes later and shored up three important points against a courageous Córdoba performance.</div><div style="line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px;">Realmadrid.com</div></div></div><div class="opta_mods_row" style="margin: 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><div class="o_heat_map" style="border-top-color: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; margin: 0px 0px 20px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; zoom: 1;"></div></div>

Bale Bales RealMadrid out

Real Madrid fought back after going behind in Cordoba and picked up three important points in their bid to lift the La Liga title. Things co...

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Three match Ban for Three times Ballon D'or winner

<div class="ui-droppable" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 20px 0px 80px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Cristiano Ronaldo Faces 3-Match Ban for Red Card vs. Cordoba" height="266" src="http://img.bleacherreport.net/img/images/photos/003/249/117/aad67f409a8d39234ad3786cbe2ea507_crop_north.jpg?w=630&h=420&q=75" style="background-color: transparent;" width="400" />Triple</div><a name="more"></a>Ballon D'Or <a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2341069-cristiano-ronaldo-faces-3-match-ban-for-red-card-vs-cordoba#" id="_GPLITA_1" in_rurl="http://s.srv-itx.com/click?v=VVM6MzM4MTU6MTA5Njp3aW5uZXJzOjZkODY5OTFjMjE2NmM4ODZhOTE3ZTQ0OWQ5ZGMzMzU2OnotMjI0Ny0xNjM4OTc1NDpibGVhY2hlcnJlcG9ydC5jb206MzM4Nzc6NWFiMTBlZjVhOTQ5NDBkZDBhNDkwM2RiZTM4Nzg5ZDM6MWJlMjQwNTJkMDRjNDgxM2EzOWI0NzMwYTU5YjEyODQ6MDpkYXRhX3NzLDcyOHgxMzY2O2RhdGFfZmIsbm87OjQ0MjE2MjI&subid=g-16389754-6513c4e62a894513a3e44fcac4698fcf-&data_ss=728x1366&data_fb=no&data_tagname=P" style="background: transparent !important; border: none !important; display: inline-block !important; float: none !important; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold !important; height: auto !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: 0px !important; min-width: 0px !important; outline: 0px; padding: 0px !important; text-transform: uppercase !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;" title="Click to Continue > by InText">WINNER<img src="http://cdncache-a.akamaihd.net/items/it/img/arrow-10x10.png" style="background: transparent !important; border: none !important; display: inline-block !important; float: none !important; font-size: 16px; height: 10px !important; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px !important; min-height: 0px !important; min-width: 0px !important; outline: 0px; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: super !important; width: 10px !important;" /></a> Cristiano Ronaldo saw triple match ban (red card) on Saturday afternoon after he was sent off for Real Madrid against lowly Cordoba.<br /><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 20px 0px 80px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Portugal superstar was given his marching orders on 82 minutes after striking out against an opponent, leaving the referee with little choice but to send the mercurial attacker off.</div>

Three match Ban for Three times Ballon D'or winner

Triple Ballon D'Or  WINNER  Cristiano Ronaldo saw triple match ban (red card) on Saturday afternoon after he was sent off for Real Madri...

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Real Madrid sign Lucas Silva

<img alt="Real Madrid sign Lucas Silva" src="http://static.goal.com/522800/522811_heroa.jpg" /><br /><a name="more"></a><br />Real Madrid<span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;"> have confirmed the signing of Brazilian starlet </span>Lucas Silva<span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;"> from </span>Cruzeiro<span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">.</span><br /><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">The midfielder has signed a five-and-a-half-year contract with the European champions, who have been linked with the South American for a while.</span><br /><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">The 21-year-old - who had been linked with a host of clubs over the past few months and is reported to have snubbed Arsenal to link up with Carlo Ancelotti's men - has featured for Brazil's Under-20 and Under-21 levels</span><br /><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">A statement released on Friday said: "</span><span class="em6kz" id="em6kz_2" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; height: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">Real Madrid</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;"> and Cruzeiro have reached an agreement for the transfer of the </span><span class="em6kz" id="em6kz_1" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; 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Real Madrid sign Lucas Silva

Real Madrid  have confirmed the signing of Brazilian starlet  Lucas Silva  from  Cruzeiro . The midfielder has signed a five-and-a-half-year...

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Three reasons why Real Madrid are right to sign Martin Odegaard

<h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: CircularStd-Medium, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Martin Odegaard has completed his move to Real Madrid. (©GettyImages)" height="413" src="http://gms.cachefly.net/images/f8247f96d356d41ac4874637ab0b8756/960.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" width="640" /><a name="more"></a>POTENTIAL</h2><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: open_sanslight, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When the best young players become available, the elite clubs in World football have to be in the market.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: open_sanslight, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We live in a world now where the sums on offer are astronomical but that's hardly the players fault.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: open_sanslight, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Clearly Odegaard has the skills to pay the bills and those within the game that have seen him first hand, suggest that Real Madrid have got themselves a player with his head screwed firmly on. 16 going on 26 if you like.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: open_sanslight, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A decision made purely with a notion of receiving the best education possible in Madrid, which will be reciprocated by the club. </div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: open_sanslight, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">No Freddy Adu this.</div><h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: CircularStd-Medium, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">UNIQUE</h2><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: open_sanslight, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Real Madrid have some of the best exponents in world football, of that there is no doubt.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: open_sanslight, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">However, they don't have a player like Odegaard. In many respects his skillset will be unique for Los Blancos.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: open_sanslight, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The pace of Bale allied to the trickery of Ronaldo plus a helping hand of a passing range similar to Kroos...yes, the kid has it all.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: open_sanslight, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Why wouldn't you want to purchase a player that offers you so much? Age is just a number right? Lionel Messi made his debut for Barca at 17 remember...</div><h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: CircularStd-Medium, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">EVOLUTION</h2><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: open_sanslight, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Players get old. Players move on. It's a fact of football life.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: open_sanslight, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sooner or later any team needs to undergo some sort of evolution.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: open_sanslight, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Real Madrid's side is top-heavy with players in their late 20's or early 30's at present and so arguably there needs to be some youth injected at the appropriate time.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: open_sanslight, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">By the time of Ronaldo's retirement, Odegaard will have been schooled at the club for at least a couple of years but will still be just 18 or so.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: open_sanslight, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Alongside the likes of Jese and co., the Norwegian can rule the roost at Madrid for years.</div>

Three reasons why Real Madrid are right to sign Martin Odegaard

POTENTIAL When the best young players become available, the elite clubs in World football have to be in the market. We live in a world now w...

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