http://real.theoffside.com News from Real Madrid Spanish football team Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:11:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Real Madrid's pre-season is shaping up nicely now, with all the friendly dates announced (finally) but no word yet from the league on next seasons fixture list. That should not come as a surprise though, the LFP are always slow to release the schedule. Were European Champions, lets celebrate! is ... http://real.theoffside.com/team-news/reals-preseason-schedule.html My RSS Feed was over-active yesterday with news linking Robinho to Chelsea. Of course I dismissed it as the usual offseason trasnfer gossip, and that the Chelsea rumors had appeared before but they never came to anything. But when I loaded up my Firefox last night I saw the headline ... http://real.theoffside.com/team-news/robinho-to-chelsea.html So this was a post a few of you have been waiting for, a rating of how all the Madridistas did in the Euro tournament. Let me first start by saying that I am so happy that Spain won. As many band wagon fans have come to the conclusion is ... http://real.theoffside.com/team-news/euro-08-grades.html We did it! We are through to the final as I for one am so happy. I was jumping around like a mad man when Guiza scored, it was as he described "a beautiful moment". Spain severly outplayed Russi the whole game, and kept the shackles on Pav and Arshavin, ... http://real.theoffside.com/team-news/316.html And while I have been advocating it and had expected for awhile, today was finally the day that Javier Balboa left for Benfica. Realizing he barely ever played this past season (when he did play he either scored or had an assist, talk about effective) after over 20 games the ... http://real.theoffside.com/team-news/a-sad-day-for-corey.html These are late, because I completely forgot about the kits for next season. I had posted a video awhile back with pictures of the new kits, but here is some official stuff for everyone to drool at. So Gonzo and Mamadou made it into the picture, impressive. They look so ... http://real.theoffside.com/team-news/0809-kits.html I was as ecstatic as any other La Furia fan on Sunday when we out played, out classed and beat the Italians in a less then aesthetically pleasing but still interesting game. As it was our first progression into the semifinals in some years, it seems that all the celebration ... http://real.theoffside.com/team-news/phil-ball-is-a-god-amongst-men.html This will be a discussion about where our players fit into our formation that was used last year and how tactically Schuster could use the massive squad he has at his disposal. So lets begin with a breakdown from the back. GK: Casillas Dudek Codina Adan Casillas will be the starter again, not that its a ... http://real.theoffside.com/team-news/looking-ahead-to-next-year.html For awhile now we have been hearing about how Real Madrid is using all avenues possible, whether legitimate or not, to lure Cristiano Ronaldo form Manchester United. And we have also heard of the backlash from the Manchester United camp of Real being less the honorable business men. But the ... http://real.theoffside.com/editorialopinion/the-double-standard-of-english-football.html I know I said I didnt want to cover the EURO, but I am bored at work. So it seems that with Spain already having qualified for the quarterfinals, that Aragones will play the reserves against an absymal Greece team on Wednesday. And this means we will get to see ... http://real.theoffside.com/team-news/de-la-red-to-get-a-game.html