A Couple of Questions

By: Corey | February 25th, 2008

I totally ripped this from Chris’s page, but I adapted it to the Spanish lifestyle for easier understanding. Take this small quiz, here are my answers:

1.) All time World Cup moment?

Hmmm, I am partial to USA 94 when the US beat Columbia. It was the first real football match I ever watched at 7, and I was awe struck by it. The stadium was crazy and the players celebrated a goal like they were gonna die any second. Its all about the passion guys. To bad about that Escobar guy who scored the own goal, he didnt deserve that http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9s_Escobar

2.) One Real match in history you wish you had attended?

This is tough, there are so many. Maybe the CL win against Leverkusen in Hamden or the mauling of Frankfurt way back in Gento and Di Stefano’s day. I dont know, to see one of the greatest goals ever score or one of the greatest games every played? I guess I would go with Frankfurt.

3.) One Real scoreline you wish you could reverse?

Real’s 2-1 loss to Deportivo in the Copa del Rey in 2002, our centenary year. Or the strange losses to Tenerife where we lost the league on the last day two seasons. Probably the centenary ruiner though.

4.) Five favorite Real players past or present?

1. Raul
2. Hierro
3. Guti
4. Zidane
5. Di Stefano

Im young, 21 this week, so these players except Di Stefano I actually watched play. Roberto Carlos is a close 6th, but Di Stefano may be the best player ever to grace our shirt.

5.) Five favorite players to have never played for Real past or present?

These arent in any particular order

1. Dennis Bergkamp
2. Edgar Davids
3. Lev Yashin
4. Franz Beckenbauer
5. ***

*** is a player to be named later. That covers everything then.

6.) Maradona or Pele?

Di Stefano

7.) Butre or Raul?

Raul

8.) Del Bosque or Camacho?

Del Bosque

9) Zubizaretta or Casillas?

Zubi, sorry Iker, maybe in 5 years I will pick you

10.) Least favorite player of all time, past or present?

Well I hate it when Cruyff speaks, he is annoying, and played for the enemy. But I would have to say its Wayner Rooney, I think he has no talent and is overhyped to the max. Typical English media.

11.) Do you have a second club?

Lyon

12.) One player right now you would add to Real, past or present, dead or alive?

I would take Zidane back in a heart beat, he was the best player of my lifetime so far and I dearly miss watching him play, but lets stay present. The list is Cristiano, Fabregas, Benzema and Kaka, I would take Benzema. Not because I like Lyon, but because he wins games on his own, the rest either need a supply of the ball, space to create something or a semi-decent partner to operate with.

13.) One football dream you wish to see in your lifetime?

The USA win the World Cup. Or Spain.

14.) Most prized football possession?

Its definately not the two runners up medals I have from State finals in highschool. Hate those things, constant reminder of failure when it counts the most. So I would say my Real jersey, its a little dirty cause I never wash it, but I love it all the same. I also still have my first pair of Predator cleats, champagne one Beckham wore when he scored that incredible free kick against Greece to send England to the 02 WC. Not cause I liked Beckham, I thought they were cool looking boots. I had Ronaldo’s silver R9 Vapor’s too, but they made my feet bleed.

15.) Finally, who is the best player in the world right now?

Corey Fiske of course, Ill take anyone on.

Nah, I always thought Zidane was the best, with him gone its tough. Its like when Micheal Jordan retired, basketball had a void to fill. I will go with Messi, he’s decent, you know?

16. ) Favorite supermodel?

Tie. Marissa Miller and Alessandra Ambrosio

Ok, take the quiz, post your answers, Im interested to see what everyone says. And thanks Chris for the idea. Adios.

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Steve

1. Germany v Italy in the 2006 WC semifinal. I was in Siena at the time, and the place went insane after the win. Of course, I was eyeing a couple German hotties in the same little cafe, but alas, the national team didn't do me any favours that night.

2. I really would've loved to have been at Hampden Park for that CL win against Leverkusen. I watched it in a bar with some Spanish mates, and we went nuts.

3. Any loss to Barca is a scoreline I wish we could reverse.

4. Zidane, Casillas, Roberto Carlos, Figo, van Nistelrooy. Sorry, I really only started watching football in 2001.

5. Cantona, Fabregas, Giggs, Vieira, Roy Keane. I'm quite aware that my list is 3 Man U guys and 2 Arsenal guys, but hey, you can only go with what you have seen. Number 6 on my list would be David Ginola though, I thought he was the dog's bollocks at Tottenham.

6. Having seen neither play, I'll go with Pele because Maradona strikes me as a real twat.

7. Raul, though only because I've seen him at his best.

8. Del Bosque, you can't argue with the results.

9. Casillas, again due to short-term memory.

10. Agree with Corey, Cruyff is an idiot. Beckenbauer can also stick his foot in his mouth quite well. Materazzi just for the last World Cup.

11. If any, it would be Arsenal.

12. Yeah, Zidane for real. Just magical on his feet. Present players would be either Fabregas or Benzema.

13. Dream or impossibility? Spain to win the WC for the former, Canada to win the WC for the latter.

14. My Casillas shirt.

15. I hate to go with C-Ron, but I do think he's currently the best... Kaka maybe too.

16. Alessandra Ambrosio, yup.
Corey

Nah Gonz, Marissa Miller is not that thin actually, and she has the chest of a real woman, big C I believe, its why I like her, she is an American woman and looks beautiful while having the phsyqiue of an almost average girl. As for your players, I never saw Santillana, Juanito and Hugo play, and I noticed people saying Laudrup and my own inclusion into the greats, Zamarano. I never say these guys play though, so I didnt think it was fair to add them to my list.
Gonzalo

1. Failing any decent performances from Spain, I'll keep the 1998 final with France putting 3 past Brazil

2. No question - Hampden Park 1960 - 7-3 against Eintracht; the greatest European cup final ever

3. 1981 European Cup final against Liverpool - this is the first one I remember watching and was desperately wishing to see Real winning it "in colour" after listening to my dad's tales of the great Real Madrid of the 50s and 60s

4. Of those I ever saw play: 1. Santillana, 2. Juanito, 3. Raúl, 4. Zidane, 5. Hugo Sánchez

5. Maradona, Maldini, Cruyff, Beckenbauer, Van Basten

6. Maradona - I never saw Pele play

7. Raúl - more of a captain than Butragueño ever was

8. As a player: Camacho. As a coach: Del Bosque

9. Casillas

10. Stoitchkov - the man radiates hate

11. No - I'm a one-club man

12. Zidane - for the same reasons as everyone else - wish we could have had him for longer

13. Spain win the World Cup

14. My memory of Mijatovic scoring against Juventus in 1998 to give us our first European Cup in 32 years. Zidane's goal against Leverkusen is a distant second.

15. No single player stands out

16. Don't care - they're all far too thin ;)
Corey

We will not know what is going on with the medical staff this is true, and as Haran pointed out, when the going gets tough there needs to be a scape goat doesnt there? I dont like the scape goat approach though, the whole club is involved in wins or losses, even down to the minute details of pitch preperation from the old man who mows it.

But, the fact that the medical staff head, Di Salvo, is not responisble to the coach but Calderon makes no sense to me. Being a management major, I know plenty of organizational theory and I can tell you one thing, Real needs a total restructuring and some intensive role clarifitication and core competencies identification. The fitness head should be under the coach, the coach is in control of all aspects of the players, not the president of the club. Di Salvo had such a clause in his contract where he is responsible to none other then the president, so if Schuster doesnt like what he is doing he has to talk to Calderon. Now that just smells fishy to me, along with how much money we are paying his team of experts.
john

It's so hard to speculate on matters like this - as an outsider I have absolutely no clue what's happening in the locker room, on the practice field, and on the medical bench. I do agree that Pepe's re-introduction seemed a little hasty, even to me, and the fact that he went back out injured that same day seemed confirmation. But even with that, how much of it is outside pressure, Calderon and Schuster wanting (needing!) him back on the field, and Pepe himself insisting he's fit. Impossible to know.

But, in essence, Corey's right. If they're shite, they need to go.

p.s. Good call on Redondo, Sanchez and even Laudrup, peeps. All glaringly absent from my list, and not justly so.
Haran

When the team was doing well, in particular Raul, everyone lauded the medical staff for that. For keeping him fit, giving that oxygen etc.. but now they're saying they're not doing well. It is as much down to the players as to the medical staff.
Corey

People around Real have recently questioned the methods of our physical trainer Di Salvo, who supposively only answers to Calderon meaning Schuster can not question his methods. It seems that many senior players are unfit and the recovery time for injured players is really poor. And the same players keep getting injured, namely Robben, Pepe and Metz. If indications are true, he should be axed immediately, his team costs a cool 2 million to have on the staff and our players are fragile like glass, what does everyone think of this?
Haran

1. It has to be Argentina vs Holland 98 WC. I cried and cried and cried, for Argentina. Sad moment though.

2. Tough one. Real vs Bayern Leverkusen or Real vs Manu. Maybe the former because it was the final.

3. Real vs Arsenal. home leg. It hurt a lot.

4. Raul, Redondo, Guti, Zidane, Casillas

5. Bergkamp, Torres, Riquelme,

6. Di Stefano

7. Raul

8. Del Bosque

9. Casillas

10. Henry, Viera, Wiltord, Trezeguet

11. A very very far second. Ajax

12. Zidane!!! hands down! present - Messi or Ronaldo. or Mascherano! he's the best holding midfielder.

13. Argentina for WC. Spain for euro

14. none!

15. Messi?
mike

no mention for REDONDO???
my favorite to ever wear a Real jersey. raul a close second.
elisa

1. Being in Stuttgart and watching Spain beat Tunisia in person.

2. La Septima when we won the CL for the 7th time. It had been what 34 years?

3. When we last the 1980 CL Final to Liverpool. 1 nil =(

4. Di Stefano, El Butre, Hugo Sanchez, Raul, Zizou, Iker, Hierro, Laudrup - hah can't count

5. Baggio, Totti, Platini, Henry, Pele

6. Di Stefano, then Pele

7. Hard one - Raul

8. Del Bosque

9. Iker

10. Well - I don't really hate anyone. OK Romario

11. Roma and Liverpool

12. Zizou in his prime agreed

13. Spain as World Champions, like John. Or US.

14. Spain cap and frienship scarves from all the 2006 games that I attended.

15. Messi, then C-Ron

16. Francesco Totti, Iker Casillas, and Steven Gerard. Hah.
Corey

This is true elmeromero, Hugo Sanchez was a great striker, one of our finest players. The same can be said about Sanchis, who has something like 900 appearence for the club. The list is so long for great Real players I decided to stick to players of my lifetime plus Di Stefano which is an obvious choice. Technically Gento and Puskas could be considered greats as well, there is so many.
elmeromero

I don't have time to answer the whole survey, but I just want to add one name to the all time Real greats. Hugo "HUGOL" Sanchez, the Penta-Pichichi and the second highest scorer in the history of the entire spanish league. As a Mexican, you can imagine, he is the very reason I became a Real fan. Well I also was a huge Butra fan, loved the 4 goals he scored on Denmark in Mexico 86. Come to think of it, that entire World Cup was my favorite soccer moment of all time, until Germany stole the semi-final from Mexico. But then I saw Maradona score the Goal of the century and all was right in the football world again.
john

This is tough.

1. Zidane's headbutt. This is a moment I wish I could forget, but can't. It left a huge, gaping impression on me.

2. It's between two games - the first and second leg of the Champions league tie between Real Madrid and Manchester United. The first is the obvious pick, a win at the Bernabeau. But the 4-3 thriller at Old Trafford, Zidane's magic, Ronaldo's hat trick. That's a hard one to pass up.

3. Bayern Munich 1, Real Madrid 2. (That's what the score line should have been). Last year's Champions League fixture in Germany. Because I HATE Bayern Munich.

4. Raul, Guti, Zidane, Di Stefano, Ronaldo. In no particular order. And Ramos should, and probably will end up on that list.

5. Garrincha, Fernando Torres, Franz Beckenbauer, Kolo Toure, Samual Eto'o- er, wait...

6. Pele (not necessarily better player, I just like him more)

7. Raul

8. Del Bosque

9. Casillas

10. There's so many to choose from: Cristiano Ronaldo, Joey Barton, van Bommel... and this is all present. But I think I'll go with Marco Materazzi

11. Arsenal and Getafe (though Geta just dropped on my list, due to Lucas Licht's flopping about like a little girly fish last weekend. Was Licht on the list above?)

12. I'm with Corey on this one.

13. Spain as World Champions, Guti included

14. Knock-off Madrid kit (home) my brother bought me in England after getting engaged.

15. I don't think there's a stand out, so I really don't even like answering this question. Last year I would have said Messi, but C. Ronaldo has only gotten better, as much as I hate him.

16. Irene Sheik. Though I'd be happy with Daniel Güiza's girl, Nuria. And I'm spent.