Your new guest blogger!!! and bad news on a somehow exciting day…

By: Cesar | June 30th, 2009

Hello everybody, this is Cesar, your regular visitor to the Real Madrid Offside. I will be holding down the fort while Corey’s away on vacation, and I’ll try my best to keep up to the high standards that Corey has made us grown accustomed to, so here goes my FIRST EVER BLOG, and I apologize in advance for any mistakes I make (this a learn as you go experience for me).

In what shoul’ve been a great day for us madridistas, with Kaka’s presentation at the Bernabeu (so excited, I’ll write a post about that), we learned today that our team won’t offer De la Red a space on next year’s squad, due to the inconclusiveness of all the tests he’s had to go through in the last year, which to me is a real shame, because I think Ruben is the only canterano who could command a starting spot on next season’s team. Supposedly the club has asked Ruben to be part of the organization, and that to me is a great gesture on the club’s part.

Maybe he starts working with Castilla players, or with younger players in the lower divisions, that would be a real good job for him, given he’s a great player, but also a local product and 100% committed to the cause, so until you’re back on the pitch, GOOD LUCK RUBEN!!!!

Now, to the happy news!!!!

Kaka’s presentation is scheduled for today at 8.30 pm (local spanish time), and I’m really excited about that. He’ll be the first player introduced this season, and I think I can speak for almost all madridistas, that he was the one we all wanted; he’s the kind of player we like on our team, humble, hard working, with world class ability, determination, and who’s capable of winning a match by themselves, something we’ve been lacking since Gornaldo left the club.

What number is he going to wear??? Where will he live??? Will he get along with CR, Raul, and the rest of the team??? etc, etc, etc, at least we’ll find the answer to the first one during his presentation, but my money’s on Florentino giving him number 5, as a Zidane and Cannavaro before.

Kaka’s coming from a great Confed Cup, where he was voted best player of the tournament, and where he guided Brazil (along with Luis Fabiano, Lucio, Melo, and Ramires) to the crown in an exciting final against the USA. Hopefully, this will be the first of many individual and collective trophies he wins as a madridista, so WELCOME KAKA!!!

I’ll write a more detailed post about Kaka’s presentation, and I’ll also be writing until Corey’s back, so let me know if you liked my first blog, and how can I improve as a blogger.

Thanks everybody for your support, HALA MADRID!!!!!