Just Real Madrid News

The Spanish cup final tonight is the last chance for Real Madrid and Jose Mourinho to finish the season in a positive way and they are favourites to do so. Tonight’s opponents and fierce city rivals Atletico Madrid are determined to spoil that, however, and their Argentinean coach Diego Simeone has got his players believing.

Atletico have not lost many games this season, especially at home, but they have lost both La Liga games against Real. Despite this, and the fact that tonight’s final is at the Bernabeu, Simeone knows that anything can happen in a one-off match.  ......Read more...

It seems to be the worst kept secret in the world that Jose Mourinho will not be the manager of Real Madrid next season, although there has been no official announcement. I don’t know what he is trying to do, but Mourinho’s comments to the Spanish press have been getting more and more bizarre, while the players and coaching staff are also starting to say things that are normally kept behind closed doors.  ......Read more...

It seemed as if the Brazilian midfielder Kaka was on his way out of Real Madrid in the summer, and then again in the January transfer window, but the deals never quite materialised. After a great performance in Madrid’s 2-o victory over Rayo Vallecano on Sunday, however, his career at the Bernabeu may have a new lease of life. He worked tirelessly and showed great skill, especially after Sergio Ramos was sent off.  ......Read more...

Jose Mourinho must be absolutely furious after seeing his Real Madrid side on the wrong side of a whole string of strange and incorrect decisions by the referee Paradas Romero. Thankfully, the result was not affected, and the player he sent off for two yellow cards will only miss next weekend’s game against Deportivo.

It was a real shame for the young striker Alvaro Morata who was given his first start in La Liga by Mourinho. The 20-year old striker who has done so well in the Madrid B team opened the scoring in the third minute after a sweeping move involving Ronaldo and Kaka. The Brazilian midfielder was also given a rare start and was determined to show that he can still grace any football pitch.  ......Read more...

I don’t think it is an exaggeration to say that Jose Mourinho has had an absolute nightmare with injuries for Real Madrid this season. Since it began last summer, Mourinho has hardly ever been able to select from a full squad and this can be seen in the gap to Barcelona in the Primera Liga. This also means that the Copa Del Rey and the Champions league have taken on an even greater significance than usual for Los Blancos and the special one, because a season without trophies is unacceptable at a club like Real Madrid.  ......Read more...

It appears that Real Madrid are hitting form at exactly the right time. Despite suffering with injuries and suspensions, Los Blancos have not lost a game in over a month. It seems as if Jose Mourinho has steadied the ship and stopped the rot. His well publicised row with Iker Casillas, whether true or not, seems to be over. The players seem to have accepted, at least for now, that Mourinho is in charge and is their best chance of rescuing something from the season.  ......Read more...

The Spanish newspaper Marca is well known to be generally supportive of Real Madrid. There have always been good relations between the club and the reporters and staff of Marca. Until recently, that is. The president of Real Madrid, Florentino Perez, issued a statement yesterday that declared Marca’s story completely false and suggested that it was an attempt to destabilise the club, the president and the manager.

Today, Marca struck back, insisting that `Marca does not lie`! The paper published a picture of the text message it received, apparently from a Madrid player, telling them about the meeting in question. Apparently, Sergio Ramos and Iker Casillas had a meeting in a restaurant with Perez, at which they told him that many players would leave the club if Jose Mourinho did not.  ......Read more...

When the president of Real Madrid, Florentino Perez, had a meeting in a restaurant with the captain and vice-captain of the team, he could not have expected the media furore that would ensue. The next day it was all over the Spanish papers that Iker Casillas and Sergio Ramos had issued an ultimatum to Perez that demanded the departure of Jose Mourinho from the club. If their demands were not met, alleged the stories, then the players would leave.  ......Read more...

The one thing that Real Madrid have had going for them recently is the form of the Portuguese striker Ronaldo. It was clear when he was suspended against Osasuna just how much the team relies on him. Not just for his goals, 28 already this season, but his all round performance.

That is not good enough for Jose Mourinho, apparently, as he laid into his star player after the Spanish cup game against Valencia. Video shows Mourinho becoming exasperated during the second half of the game. He was unhappy at some of the decisions made by Ronaldo going forward and felt that he was failing in his duties tracking back and helping the Brazilian left back Marcelo.  ......Read more...

Real Madrid have been on the wrong side of some poor decisions this season, and it seems to have got worse recently. Kaka was sent off against Osasuna on Saturday for two yellow cards, both of which were extremely soft. The first was for an elbow when replays showed that he merely jumped with his hand up. The second was for impeding afree kick when the player just kicked the ball at him on purpose.  ......Read more...