Esteban Granero made no excuses during Friday’s press conference and insisted that the team is ready for its upcoming matches.
Criticism:
The criticism we have received since Tuesday is out of place. We maintain the same style of play week in and week out, and it corresponds to what the coach wants and the idea the club has. There wasn’t much difference between the match against Lyon and the way we have been playing in La Liga.
Our game plan on Tuesday was the same. We were counting on a lot of mobility and aggressive play. That’s not to say that we played well. We played poorly which is why we lost. We had a bad day in the midfield and we weren’t very solid providing the final assist. Growth is never progressive. There is always a setback at some point. We need to turn the page, win our Liga match, prove who Real Madrid is and move into the quarterfinals.
Coach:
We have total faith in our coach and his methods. We don’t want someone else. We hope [Pellegrini] stays for many years. We are sticking by his side and we believe in his style.
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Finally I have some time to spare for you Madridistas out there. It has been a busy day for me and I assume you too have been busy. But I do hope you spare some time to read this post of mine cos this one does have some stuff in it. So lemme get straight to it.
Marca claims Real Madrid have begun to assess the possibility of bringing Jose Mourinho to the club from Inter Milan in the summer. Even though the fans oppose it, even though Jose Mourinho himself opposes it – nevertheless in a usual Jose Mourinho manner – Marca is still stubborn about the prospect of Mourinho replacing our dear beloved Manuel Pellegrini as the new manager of Real Madrid next season.
As I expected, the majority of the Madridista Republic – a massive 78% of the the 13,000 Madridistas who participated responded to the poll saying that they would not sign the Portuguese gaffer clearly indicating that Manuel Pellegrini’s current handling of the team is satisfying and that no one wants to Real to be known as the team that toys around with managers as much as they toy around with their players. I figured that the rest of the Madridistas, the minority 22%, are just in for the big name signings and ergo can go to hell.
When the special one was asked about all these rumors, he said this:
I don’t enter this game. There are two difficult things to accept in the world – one is that I speak mainly only in press conferences, I give few extra interviews. I understand in England I would talk about Chelsea but I decided that I will only speak in press conferences – and so dishonest papers invent. Another thing that is not accepted – I haven’t and I don’t want to have a social life. I don’t like it and on this level I want respect.
And as far as what he means here goes, I have to admit that I’ve got no clue. Your guess is as good as mine.
Higuain’s misfortune has been growing bigger and bigger for the past few weeks. First he got injured right after a great spell with the team. He did come back with a beautiful goal against Espanyol but then he has looked completely out of sorts in the last few games or so.
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February 19, 2010 | Categories: Comments, News | Tags: Gonzalo Higuaín, Interviú, Jerzy Dudek, José Mourinho, Manuel Pellegrini, Rafael van der Vaart | Leave A Comment »
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Finally I have some time to spare for you Madridistas out there. It has been a busy day for me and I assume you too have been busy. But I do hope you spare some time to read this post of mine cos this one does have some stuff in it. So lemme get straight to it.
Marca claims Real Madrid have begun to assess the possibility of bringing Jose Mourinho to the club from Inter Milan in the summer. Even though the fans oppose it, even though Jose Mourinho himself opposes it – nevertheless in a usual Jose Mourinho manner – Marca is still stubborn about the prospect of Mourinho replacing our dear beloved Manuel Pellegrini as the new manager of Real Madrid next season.
As I expected, the majority of the Madridista Republic – a massive 78% of the the 13,000 Madridistas who participated responded to the poll saying that they would not sign the Portuguese gaffer clearly indicating that Manuel Pellegrini’s current handling of the team is satisfying and that no one wants to Real to be known as the team that toys around with managers as much as they toy around with their players. I figured that the rest of the Madridistas, the minority 22%, are just in for the big name signings and ergo can go to hell.
When the special one was asked about all these rumors, he said this:
And as far as what he means here goes, I have to admit that I’ve got no clue. Your guess is as good as mine.
Higuain’s misfortune has been growing bigger and bigger for the past few weeks. First he got injured right after a great spell with the team. He did come back with a beautiful goal against Espanyol but then he has looked completely out of sorts in the last few games or so.
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February 19, 2010 | Categories: Comments, News | Tags: Gonzalo Higuaín, Interviú, Jerzy Dudek, José Mourinho, Manuel Pellegrini, Rafael van der Vaart | Leave A Comment »