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Real Madrid – Copa Del Rey a Chance for Cristiano Ronaldo & Jose Mourinho to Say the Season was a Success
When a team like Real Madrid sets its goals before every season, the definition of success isn’t counting on winning the Copa Del Rey, even if the final is set to be against their big local rivals, Atletico Madrid. After another season of relative failure, Jose Mourinho and Cristiano Ronaldo have a chance to add a meaningless trophy, not for the first time, in order to say that it wasn’t as bad as the “pro-Barcelona” media is trying to present it.
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Barcelona & Real Madrid Won’t Miss Jose Mourinho
For some, having an antagonist like Jose Mourinho makes football a lot more interesting. But while managers like him are good for the ratings and interest in the game, it does blur the lines between right & wrong, moral and immoral. He’s a great manager, but Real Madrid don’t look back at periods without too many titles with longing, while Barcelona were sick of him from even before he arrived.
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Fabio Coentrao is the Stupidest Player Real Madrid Have
It might have been an honest mistake, but it seems some of the Real Madrid players weren’t that surprised that Fabio Coentrao showed up on the bench before their match against Espanyol even though he wasn’t in the squad, as Iker Casillas, Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo had a good laugh at his expense.
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Transfer Rumors 2013 – Real Madrid & Possible Mega Move for Neymar
While Neymar is constantly saying he’s not going anywhere before the end of the 2014 World Cup, business keeps moving around him, and not the kind he is likely to refuse. The next big rumor about the Brazilian phenom? With Santos unable to sign him on an extension, they’ll be selling him this summer, and Real Madrid are looking to be the ones who reach the prize first, potentially spending €100 million on him.
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Real Madrid Are Terrible Without Cristiano Ronaldo
A futile chase that has been going on for months ended three matches before the end of the season, as Cristiano Ronaldo came on a little bit too late to give Real Madrid enough of a boost and make a comeback from deficit to victory, but proved once again that without him on the pitch, despite all the money spent on making this the most impressive squad in Europe, there isn’t that much to be impressed about.
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Real Madrid & Jose Mourinho Playing a Dangerous Game
It’s all about money, ego and respect. The losers? Both Real Madrid and Jose Mourinho, who won’t budge from their stances despite not really wanting to be a part of each other anymore. Unless certain key players, like Cristiano Ronaldo being the prime example, actually present the board with some sort of ultimatum, this might be going on for much longer than anyone expected.
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Real Madrid – Cristiano Ronaldo Stuck With Individual Achievements
It’s hard to eclipse the persona and havoc of Jose Mourinho these days, spewing fire and other venomous things in every direction, but Real Madrid keep on winning, with Cristiano Ronaldo reaching quite incredible milestones a lot faster than anyone expected him to. Unfortunately for him, these will be the only achievements he has to remember from his first four seasons with the most underachieving club in the world.
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Real Madrid – Jose Mourinho Might Stay Only Because of Money
Above pride, arrogance and vanity, it seems almost everyone involved in football appreciated money more than anything else. With that in mind, while Jose Mourinho is trying to worm his way out of Real Madrid by burning every possible bridge, his contract and the financial implications of breaching it might lead to him staying where he isn’t wanted, and he isn’t too keen on staying.
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Jose Mourinho Hates Pepe & Iker Casillas but Loves Diego Lopez & Raphael Varane
It’s always personal for Jose Mourinho, always has been. Probably knowing his time at Real Madrid is coming to an end, he doesn’t mind blasting out at strong dressing room figures like Pepe and Iker Casillas, while praising himself by “supporting” Raphale Varane and Diego Lopez.
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Cristiano Ronaldo Needs to Get Used to a New Real Madrid Manager
Two names on everyone’s lips when it comes to the garbage time of the Real Madrid season: Jose Mourinho and Iker Casillas. Still that battle of egos keeps on clashing, while Cristiano Ronaldo, quietly, a failure of the Champions League semifinals, is going about his business.