September 2010
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La Furia Roja: Las Rozas Arrival Photos Pt. 2
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A Few Random Rafa/Gaba Screenshots
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Rafa: US Open (1st Round)
Wowza. Rafa looks fan-friggin-tastic in all black. More of this, please!
ESPN3 live stream: http://espn.go.com/espn3/player?id=33946&league=US%20Open&size=condensed
August 2010
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La Roja Injury Update: Carles Puyol
Due to his calf injury, today Puyol flew back to Barcelona, where he will undergo futher testing tomorrow.
Del Bosque has called up Osasuna Nacho Monreal as Puyi’s replacement.
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WatchPoor Puyi. He practiced today for five minutes before leaving training to get his leg checked out. Turns out he’ll need two weeks to recover from his injury. He is flying back to Barcelona today.
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A Few More La Roja Training Photos
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La Roja Training Photos
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WatchPepe returns to RM training
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RM: Van der Vaart to Tottenham
*sniffles* We’ll miss you, VDV!
via Google Translate:
Rafael Van der Vaart will play at Tottenham Hotspur. The Real Madrid and the England team have reached an agreement in the last hours and the Dutchman entrocampista march to the Premier after two years at the Bernabeu.
It is speculated that the transfer has been closed for more than 10 million euros. Real Madrid sought to extend...
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RM: Back to Training with No Internationals
Yay! Pepe’s back!
Granero, Marcelo, Dudek, Pedro Leon, Adan and Pepe were the only first team players available to Jose Mourinho this morning given the exodus of internationals. Marcelo has yet to leave to join Brazil. They were joined by Castilla’s David Mateos and the Under-19 side’s Derik. After days of solitary recovery training, Pepe rejoined the squad.
Ball work took...
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RM: Royston Drenthe on Loan to Herculés
He’ll remain at Herculés until the end of this season.
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He can stay there for all I care.
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RTVE's More Detailed Article on the Las Rozas...
Some excerpts of the article, per Google Translate:
The first to arrive at the City of Las Rozas Football players were Villarreal Capdevila and Marchena, who followed the issue of Barcelona, led by Valdes, Pique, Busquets, Pedro, Villa, Iniesta. Puyol and Xavi Hernandez, who also traveled, are in perfect conditions with respect to the inconvenience they suffered in the league debut and were...
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WatchRTVE’s coverage of La Roja’s arrival in Las Rozas.
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Cristiano Ronaldo: Key Figure in the Iberian Bid...
^Why bother wearing shorts? Seriously.
Spain & Portugal have put in a joint bid to host the next two World Cups, so some FIFA committee members responsible for choosing host countries came by Valdebebas today to tour Bernabéu.
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La Rojita: Taking a Walk on the Beach
Yup, I think from now on, I’ll be calling the U-21 boys “La Rojita”.
Who are you texting, Baby Sergio? I think I’ll call him Sergio 2.0 from now on.
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Short video in the next post.
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More Info on La Furia's Las Rozas Arrival
According to Marca, del Bosque was the first to arrive. Capdevila and Marchena were the first players to get there (11:30). Apparently there was an arrival deadline; everyone had to be there by 1 o’clock.
Puyol and Xavi have to be checked out by the medical team. Carles has a sore calf, and Xavi is suffering from an Achilles injury (both are just minor).
The first Soccer City...
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WatchThey arrive in Las Rozas.
sweetlifeoftess asked: So I looked at the pictures you've post of the Spain NT arriving in Argentina and my mom and I both think that Nando is holding a Blackberry in his hand. What do you think, is it a Blackberry or not?
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Ramos: It is too early to compare ourselves with...
Google Translate and I have become good friends:
Sergio Ramos said Tuesday upon his arrival at the concentration of the Spanish team to Las Rozas to Concha Espina all still have “to keep improving,” but declined to draw conclusions from league debut against Real Mallorca because it believes that “it is still soon. “
Sergio Ramos said Tuesday upon his arrival at the...
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La Furia Roja: Las Rozas Arrival Photos Pt. 1
(via Belga)
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Ramos: The important thing is that we keep...
via Google Translate -
Four players from Real Madrid are among those invited by the Spanish team for the next two national team commitments 3 and 7 September. Iker Casillas, Alvaro Arbeloa, Xabi Alonso and Sergio Ramos met this morning with the rest of his team-mates at the Soccer City in Las Rozas to prepare quotations against Liechtenstein and Argentina.Sergio Ramos today reviewed the...
wild-west asked: HI! where did you get that video of iker, iniesta, puyol, xavi, sergio that you posted yesterday (youtube?) i want to HAVE IT because i love it so much! plus the version of waka waka playing was amazing! do you know where i can find that too?
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Cristiano Won't Be Traveling With Portugal
As expected, he will be unavailable for the national team due to his ankle injury. According to the Federación Portuguesa de Fútbol (FPF) Cristiano will be replaced by Quaresma.
After conferring with RM’s medical team, Portugal’s staff did not want to risk further injury. Cristiano will miss two qualifiers: September 3rd’s match against Cyprus and the game against Norway on...
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RM: 1 Down, How Many More to Go?
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According to Marca, Royston Drenthe is expecting to be leave Real Madrid, and thus after the Mallorca game, he invited all of his teammates to a good-bye party. The party took place at Tónica 90, in La Moraleja. Among the players who showed up were Gonzalo Higuaín, Karim Benzema, Sergio Canales and Marcelo. Roya is quite popular among his teammates, and so he wanted...
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Tumblr, you're being a real bitch tonight.
Nothing wants to load. I’m looking at a white screen right now. What the deuce?!
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From Con la Roja: Spain's U-21 Team Bonding
For all you Bojan and Baby Sergio lovers:
Here is part of the U-21 team yesterday, in Oliva (Valencia). Clockwise from the top, we have Diego Capel, Bojan, Sergio Canales, Thiago Alcântara, Dani Parejo and Ander Herrera. Poor Dani, as soon as he gets out of the clutches of the paparazzi, along comes the RFEF photographer! And it looks like Ander has been taking posing tips from one David...
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Rafa Begins US Open Bid Tuesday
Rafa Nadal needs only the U.S. Open title to complete a career set of grand-slam titles but the humble champ says he will never allow it to become an obsession.
“I hope I have more chances to play well here and to have the chance to win, but without it becoming an obsession,” Rafa told the international media at Flushing Meadows on Saturday before he begins his quest for the title on...
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Real Madrid will miss 17 internationals this week...
Real Madrid internationals will play in the qualifying rounds for the Euro 2012. Seventeen players will return to Madrid next week on either Tuesday or Wednesday to prepare for the second league match against Osasuna at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.
Poland-Ukraine Euro 2012 qualifiers start next week. Real Madrid will have players on the Spanish, Dutch, French, German and Portuguese...
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Navalacruz's Favorite Son: Iker Casillas
from Con la Roja-
The town of Navalacruz (Ávila) named Iker Casillas as a favorite son today in a tribute for his role in leading Spain to World Cup victory. There, he was greeted by applause and shouts from both the townspeople and fans from neighboring areas, and got to unveil a sculpture representing the link between Iker and this town. It was made from stone, and in the form of...
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RM Injury Update: Cristiano Pt. 2
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The chief of Real Madrid Medical Services confirmed that the player feared a much worse injury After the medical examination carried out to the player Cristiano Ronaldo at the Hospital Sanitas La Moraleja, Dr. Carlos Diez, chief of Medical Services of Real Madrid, said that “the resonance to which we have submitted confirms the lesion in the medial malleolus and...
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RM: The team will train without the internationals
Translation by Laura Lopez After Real Madrid’s debut against Mallorca, the Whites will have a day break and return to work tomorrow. The session will start at 17:00 CET, but the internationals will be absent due to their national coaches call up. Jose Mourinho will complete the squad with players from Real Madrid Castilla.
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RM Injury Update: Cristiano
After having an MRI at Sanitas La Moraleja Hospital, it has been confirmed that Cristiano has a “bone contusion on his internal malleolus and os tibale on his right ankle with a posttraumatic edema”. It is estimated that he’ll be out of play for three weeks.
So what does this injury mean for international and club play? It seems as if he would definitely be unavailable for...
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“He’s a player that, when he’s in the right emotional state, can play either as a...”
– Vincent del Bosque on what position Sergio will play in La Roja’s upcoming Euro 2012 qualifier.
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In case you missed it. →
You can download the Mallorca/Real Madrid game here.
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WatchA few of La Roja in a “making the video” World Cup promo.
BTW, Sergio looks goo-oood.
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RM Roundup: Mallorca
Three articles for the price of one.
Mourinho: “We had enough chances on goal to win the game”
Cristina Monge (Mallorca) / Translation by Michael J. O’Donnell
Jose Mourinho highlighted the solid work his team did against Mallorca.
“A positive aspect of our game was that we practically had no problems in defence. We did well there. Another positive aspect were the many...
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RM Medical Report
According to RealMadrid.com, Cristiano suffered a contusion to his right ankle and is being monitored by team staff.
Lass suffered a contracture of his right hamstrings muscle. He is also being monitored by staff.
