Saturday, April 16, 2011

Real Madrid: Use of Mesut Özil questionable against Barcelona

As the duel would offer not enough urgency, Barcelona's goalkeeper Victor Valdez was apparently on confrontation. Before the game Saturday night against Real Madrid, he quipped at least according to your heart's content. In all public Valdez presented hypocritical the question of when Real won the last time against arch-rivals Barcelona: "Can you still remember it.

Was still in black and white era, or was there already since the color TV? "In fact, success is returned, the last years, on 4 May 2008, he succeeded in the Madrid's home game 4-1. Barcelona has since won five times in a row against the Spanish record champion. Last 5-0, which explains the goal difference: 16:2! Since the course can taunt safely who plays for FC Barcelona as Valdez.

Others, however, is this dismal balance sheet under pressure. About Real's coach Jose Mourinho. For him not only the league game is tomorrow against the Catalans in the house, but within 18 days, three more arguments with the intimate enemy. On 20 April meet both clubs in Valencia in the Spanish Cup final, followed on 27 April and 3 May the return game in the semifinals of the Champions League.

From "El Clasico" are also "Los Clasicos. While Madrid is hopeless in the championship eight points behind Barcelona and can see why the game as a warm-up, Mourinho was in the cup and can provide the pinnacle better results. For a season without a title is at Real Madrid as a disaster. If it is then also completely devalued by FC Barcelona, which is a tragedy on an unimaginable scale the same.

Mourinho has most recently again boasted of his infallibility. He was "the first-best, second best and third best coach in the world," he announced. But that is measured by success, especially at a club like Real. What is noticeable in him, how fickle he presented himself in recent months.

Every now and again, he flirted with his untimely departure from Madrid, where he is under contract until 2014. Most recently, he was dreaming of Silvio Berlusconi as an opportunity to go to distance himself from his current employer. The club president of AC Milan flirted with a commitment of Real Madrid's star striker Cristiano Ronaldo.

"If Ronaldo goes, I go too, but not to Milan," threatened Mourinho. According to information the British newspaper "Sun" wants to coach the Portuguese in the future must be team manager of Manchester United. Sir Alex Ferguson stands still under contract until 2012. Should the Scot win but this season with his team the Champions League, meet in the English semi-final against Schalke 04, a premature withdrawal of the 69-year-old is also conceivable.

"Mourinho and I have spoken often about his future, and I understand his desire to return to England," said Ferguson. Particularly as the prestigious duel over the next two and a half weeks against the FC Barcelona is little that Mourinho's men could make too much courage. "Barcelona are not from another planet," while Ronaldo said.

But once a team is playing like stable and successful as the Catalans. In the championship they are even on the way to their own league record (99 points) to improve. Currently, the team has 84 counters in seven matches remaining. And with Lionel Messi an offensive artist in his own ranks, as there are no second worldwide.

The Argentine storm flea dominated with 48 goals in 46 competitive matches all comparable competitors. Even Ronaldo is only 40 goals in 45 season games. "We just have to find out how we can inflict the most damage," said coach Josep Guardiola. In fact, the real, despite the German international Mesut Özil out as an optimist "We can still get all the tracks.

We have the potential, "he said. However, it is unclear whether the ex-Bremer is in Madrid's Bernabeu Stadium are in the starting XI. The sports pages "Marca" and "As" speculated coach Mourinho could save the playmaker for the cup final. The first Madrid win against Barcelona after a long time so could still leave something coming.

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