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Jose Mourinho vs Real Madrid – Not Bigger Than the Club
No one should be bigger than their own working place. Jose Mourinho has one of best footballing minds in the world, but also one of the biggest egos. The combination of the two has led him to great success, but to quite a rocky time at Real Madrid, reaching some sort of peak, or low, depends how you look at it, with the benching of Iker Casillas.
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Best Goalkeepers in the World
It’s hard to talk about new guard and old guard when it comes to goalkeepers, because of the relatively late age they both breakout in and continue on playing to. Still, the world’s best goalkeepers list is slowly changing: Gianluigi Buffon and Iker Casillas are still with us, entertaining the younger talents of Samir Handanovic, Joe Hart and the fantastic Hugo Lloris and probably above the rest, Manuel Neuer.
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Real Madrid – Cristiano Ronaldo Forgotten in all the Drama
While all the talk after another Real Madrid drop of points is about the manager who thinks he’s bigger than the team and the goalkeeper who won’t take this benching quietly Cristiano Ronaldo, the most interesting man to look at no matter the room he steps into, was forgotten and ignored as the season took another turn for the worse.
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Casillas vs Mourinho – Only Real Madrid Lose
No one is bigger than the club. Jose Mourinho often thinks he is, but that’s usually when things start to go South. Iker Casillas, with all of his achievements, is not an untouchable, perfect goalkeeper. It’s OK to bench him. However, with everything reeking from some stupid ego war, Real Madrid are the big losers from this. Mourinho is next in line, while Iker Casillas’ position just grows stronger.
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Real Madrid – Iker Casillas Thinking About an MLS Future
After 14 seasons in the spotlight of being the first team keeper for Real Madrid, Iker Casillas might be looking for a bit of peace and quiet in the near future. Already a living legend for Real fans, Spain and for most football fans around the world, taking it easy in the final years of his career, like playing in the MLS, sounds very appealing to the captain for both club & country.
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Nominees for the 2012 Ballon d’Or
The list for the nominees for the 2012 Ballon d’Or award were released by FIFA, with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as the obvious candidates to win this one, while Real Madrid beat Barcelona in terms of number of players on this list and no one really came close to Spain on the international front.
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Real Madrid – The Conspiracy Against Iker Casillas
According to Raul Albiol, there’s some grand campaign and conspiracy by the Spanish media to prevent Iker Casillas from winning the Ballon d’Or, despite everything he’s done and won this year with the club and the national team.
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Iker Casillas Asks Referee to End Match at Euro 2012 Final
Respect for the rival, respect for Italy. Iker Casillas has drawn enough praise during his long and incredibly successful career, but the closing moments of the Euro 2012 final, with Spain already leading 4-0 and the referee adding needless injury time minutes, might have been his finest moments in the terms of sportsmanship, asking the ref to blow the whistle out of respect for their rivals.
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Sara Carbonero, Hottest Sportscaster in the World
Unlike most WAGS, Sara Carbonero actually does something for a living, besides simply being gorgeous and sexy and beautiful. She’s a sport journalist and TV presenter for Telecinco in Spain, gaining global recognition in the 2010 World Cup as Spain ran for the world title. Being the girlfriend of Iker Casillas, some say her presence distracted him […]