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After a physical examination and a magnetic resonance made to Cristiano Ronaldo, Sanitas La Moraleja Hospital confirms a bone contusion on his internal malleolus and `os tibiale` on his right ankle with a posttraumatic edema. The Real Madrid player is not going to be able to play for approximately three weeks.
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Cristiano Ronaldo has a contusion on his right ankle and is being monitored by the Club’s medical staff.
Source:realmadrid.com
JOSE Mourinho’s Real Madrid career began on a low note with a disappointing 0-0 draw at Real Mallorca that did little to suggest his team can dethrone current champions Barcelona.
Portuguese coach Mourinho and his proven track record have Madrid fans excited about winning silverware after a two-year barren spell but his team failed to convince, lacking cohesion and creativity.
Mourinho gave five players their Real debuts in his first match at the helm but they could not break down a resolute Mallorca side managed by Real old boy Michael Laudrup.
Real scored 102 goals last season under Manuel Pellegrini but they could not muster one for Mourinho in his managerial bow, with Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuain missing three good chances.
‘It is important to defend well and score when you are not at your best and we are far from our best,’ explained Mourinho.
‘We defended well but didn’t score despite having five or six clear chances and that was decisive.’ Madrid trail Barcelona, who crushed Racing Santander 3-0 on Sunday, by two points, putting more pressure on the first home match of the season against Osasuna when the Santiago Bernabeu will expect a more polished display.
Source:www.straitstimes.com
The Whites will face AC Milan, Ajax and Auxerre in Group G
Presented here are Real Madrid’s first three opponents in the 2010/11 Champions League: AC Milan, Ajax and Auxerre.
AC Milan
With nine titles, Real Madrid are the only side with more Champions Leagues than AC Milan, who currently have seven. The Italian side always reaches far in the championship and has an experienced and quality squad with players like Pato, Ronaldinho, Inzaghi, Borrielo and Huntelaar.
Ajax
Four-time Champions League winners Ajax (1971, 1972, 1973, 1995) return to the group stages following a five-year absence from the competition. Luis Suarez led the Dutch team to victory in the Champions League qualifiers against Dynamo Kiev. Ajax have many internationals on their squad, including Dutch goalkeeper Stekelenburg.
Auxerre
Auxerre are one of three French teams in this season’s edition of the Champions League thanks to defeating Zenit Saint Petersburg solidly in the qualifiers. Auxerre have never reached farther than the quarterfinals in the tournament.
Source:realmadrid.com
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Jose Mourinho’s first game in front of the Bernabeu faithful resulted in a second pre-season trophy as the Madrid based club claimed a hard-won victory tonight. New signing Angel Di Maria certainly passed his test with the demanding Blancos’ fans with flying colours, netting an impressive opener 20 minutes from the final whistle.
The game got off to an exciting start when moments after the first whistle a Xabi Alonso piledriver crashed into the left post with the goalkeeper beaten. Gonzalo Higuain had the ball in the net in the 6th minute, following a Sergio Canales cross, but it was rightly ruled out for an offside. Around the 20-minute mark, Penarol had four successive set-pieces situations, but all of them amounted to nothing.
With fifteen minutes before the break, the game turned from a vanity fair of individual efforts from the hosts to a horror show, starring Cristiano Ronaldo and Sergio Ramos. First Ronaldo almost got into a fight with Egidio Arevalo in Penarol’s penalty area, following an on-going spat throughout the first half. Then Ramos almost broke Fabian Estoyanoff’s leg with a horrible tackle near the left-hand side of Real Madrid’s penalty area.
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The two teams withdrew with the result locked in a tie, but with Madrid certainly the team with the better chances of the first half.Penarol started brightly after the restart, slowly picking up momentum and growing in confidence. Things turned gloomy for Fernando Gago, who was forced to leave the pitch due to injury just eight minutes after he had been brought on. Just seconds after the visitors had a goal disallowed in the 68th minute, Angel Di Maria showed us why Los Blancos paid 25 million for the Argentinian this summer when he turned Guillermo Rodriguez inside and out before coolly slotting into the left-upper corner of the net to open the scoring.
Van Der Vaart rounded off the result with a penalty for Real Madrid in injury time, after Rodriguez brought down Benzema in the penalty area. This proved to be the final moment of interest as Los Blancos marched to their second pre-season trophy.
The Spanish runner-ups open their campaign on Sunday with a match away to Mallorca, while the Uruguyan champions open their season in a week’s time at home against Danubio.
source: goal.com
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