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Saturday, July 5th, 2008
Cristiano Ronaldo could be headed to Real Madrid, or he could not. The Glazer family, who owns Manchester United are talking like Ronaldo to Real Madrid is almost a certainty but other United officials are not so sure. Reports are circulating that the Glazers are now focused on the fee they will charge Real Madrid for the world’s best soccer player. It is expected to be a world record transfer fee, perhaps as high as 70-75 million Euro. Other reports have the club saying that Ronaldo will not be sold for any price.
Jorge Mendes is Ronaldo’s agent and he has reportedly told Manchester United that Ronaldo wants to go to Real Madrid. Ronaldo is set to have ankle surgery in the next few days and is availability for the start of next season is in question. He will not be making the preseason trip for Manchester United that begins in South Africa later this month.
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In other transfer news, Manchester City is getting tired of waiting for a decision from Barcelona’s Ronaldinho.
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Saturday, May 24th, 2008
Cristiano Ronaldo has said that he will decide next week whether or not to stay with Manchester United or go to Real Madrid.
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It is expected that Real Madrid will make an offer of up to £100 million for soccer’s best player Cristiano Ronaldo. Ronaldo had 42 goals in all competition this season as Manchester United won both the Soccer Betting Premier League and the Champions League. “My future will be clear next week. Everyone will be pleased - my club as well as me,” Ronaldo said, “I think I will definitely be here next season. Yes, I want to stay. I have played five years for this club and I’d love to stay here. I love the people, the players are fantastic, the atmosphere is unbelievable, the staff are great. That is the reason I want to stay. We won the most important trophies this season. I want to do it again next season but no one knows the future.”
Cristiano Ronaldo is aware that Manchester United has a great team capable of winning again next season. “This is a young team and we have everything to win next year,” said Ronaldo. “We want to win the Champions League again and we have a good chance. We have a good team spirit. I can get better. The goals are not the most important thing. Maybe I will…
Read more on Manchester United Soccer News: Cristiano Ronaldo’s Future to be Decided Next Week
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Saturday, March 15th, 2008

The draw for the quarterfinals of the Soccer Betting Champions League was held on Friday and Arsenal will face Liverpool while Manchester United will play AS Roma. Barcelona takes on Schalke and Chelsea takes on Fenerbahce. The semifinal draw was also held. The winner of Arsenal-Liverpool faces the winner of Chelsea-Fenerbahce. The winner of United-Roma faces the winner of Barcelona-Schalke. The first legs of the quarterfinals are scheduled for Tuesday, April 1st and Wednesday, April 2nd.
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“I think it’s challenging, interesting as well. It’s a good opportunity to be consistent against Liverpool because it’s three very important games for us,” said Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, “It’s amazing but not surprising because I have seen that many times.” It would seem from the quarterfinal draw that United and Barcelona would be headed for a great semifinal while Chelsea would face the Liverpool-Arsenal winner. The Liverpool-Arsenal match looks to be a classic test in the quarterfinal round.
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Sunday, February 24th, 2008
A seemingly safe lead of nine points in the Spanish League has dwindled to five for Real Madrid. FC Barcelona is rolling over everyone and is looking like a serious threat. Madrid has 56 points in first place, Barcelona has 51 and sits in second with Villarreal at 43 points in third and Atletico Madrid with 41 points in fourth.
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Barcelona has not lost this year in 11 games including a 3-2 Champions League win at Celtic on Wednesday. Barcelona has some serious talent with Lionel Messi, Thierry Henry, Ronaldinho and Samuel Eto’o. The win against Celtic was impressive. “It was one of our best games of the year,” captain Carles Puyol said. “We’ve rediscovered the pressure in our play that we did well in other seasons, and you can see the difference.” Barcelona has the leading scorer in Europe in Lionel Messi. Henry and Ronaldinho are also looking good.
The pressure is starting to mount on Real Madrid. “A week ago, everyone was saying the league was ours,” Madrid defender Gabriel Heinze said. “I don’t care about Barcelona. I have a lot of work to do on my team, which is the only one I think about.” Madrid is coming off a loss to AS Rosma and they are dealing with injuries. They were missing Robinho and Wesley Sneijder upfront and Pepe on defense. Madrid has to play their rival, Getafe on Sunday.
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Saturday, February 9th, 2008
AS Roma vs. Real Madrid
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Italian Serie A club AS Roma have been quite formiddable in the UEFA Champions League, posting 3 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss during the group stages. In their campaign for the Italian Serie A title, AS Roma are 2nd place so far in the standings, behind Serie A leaders Inter Milan by 8 points.
AS Roma, coached by Luciano Spalletti, will be relying on key players like David Pizarro, Philippe Mexes, Simone Perrotta, Ludovic Giuly and Francesco Totti to deliver a victory over Real Madrid.
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Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
Barcelona FC picked up 3 points while Real Madrid picked up ZERO!
Barcelona FC were able to secure a 1-0 victory at the Nou Camp against Osasuna to give them 3 points to move up in the Spanish La Liga standings with a total of 47 points. Current Spanish La Liga champions Real Madrid still lead the Spanish La Liga standings with 53 points, but a disapointing 2-0 away loss to Almeria allows Barcelona to close the gap for the race for the 2008 Spanish La Liga title.
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Spanish La Liga Champions Real Madrid are now nine points clear at the top of the Spanish Liga after a 3-2 home win Sunday over third-placed Villarreal. Villarreal equalized twice against Real Madrid in the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid, but Villarreal were finally beaten by a goal 13 minutes from time from Real Madrid substitute Wesley Sneijder.
The late win keeps Real Madrid’s 100-per-cent home record intact - and leaves them well placed to claim their 31st Liga title. Real Madrid now have 53 points from 21 games, nine more points than Barcelona at second place, who were held to a 1-1 draw in Bilbao.
Star of the show in the Estadio Bernabeu was Real Madrid’s Robinho, in his best form since joining Real in 2005.
Robinho shot the hosts ahead after just eight minutes, on a perfect pass from veteran playmaker Guti. In the 15th minute, Guiseppe Rossi levelled for Villarreal with a clever, left-footed shot from just outside the penalty area. It was the first league goal that Real had conceded in 564 minutes.
Read more on Spanish La Liga Betting Results: Real Madrid Win Against Villareal 3-2
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
The Madrid Derby is the Spanish La Liga football match that involves the rival teams based in the city of Madrid in Spain - Real Madrid vs. Atletico Madrid.
Spanish La Liga champions Real Madrid were favorites going into this Spanish La Liga regular season match against Atletico Madird. However, Atletico Madrid thrives on defeating its cross-town rivals Real Madrid whenver the two come together to play the Madrid Derby. Besides, Atletic Madrid was looking forward to the home pitch advantage at the Vicente Calderon Stadium in Madrid.
Real Madrid had goals from its star strikers Raul Gonzalez and Ruud van Nistelrooy to ensure the victory over Atletico Madrid. Real Madrid striker Raul Gonzales scored a goal only 33 seconds into the match when Raul guided a short pass from team mate Robinho into the back of the net to make the score 1-0.
Read more on Spanish la Liga Betting: Real Madrid Win Against Atletico Madrid 2-0 in Madrid Derby
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Saturday, January 12th, 2008
Spanish La Liga champions Real Madrid were given an unlikedly 2-1. defeat by Real Mallorca during the first leg of the Spanish King’s Cup final round of 16. Real Madrid were visitors at the Ona Stadium to play the first leg against Real Mallorca and the home pitch must have favored Real Mallorca as they opened the scoring on the 24th minute with a goal by Real Mallorca player Oscar Trejo. A minute into the restart, Real Madrid’s Gonzalo Higuain was able to draw the score level at 1-1.In the second half, Real Mallorca took the lead with a goal in the 54th minute from Real Mallorca midfielder Juan Arango to beat Real Madrid keeper Jerzy Dudek. Real Madird had several chances to grab a goal, but the efforts of Javier Saviola, Guti and Robinho were not able to get past Real Mallorca goalkeeper Miguel Angel Moya.
Read more on Spanish Cup Betting: Real Mallorca Winners Over Real Madrid 2-1
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Monday, January 7th, 2008
Spanish La Liga champions Real Madrid have kept an undefeated streak at their home pitch at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid, following a recent 2-0 victory against Real Zaragoza in their quest for a second consecutive Spanish La Liga title.
Real Madrid’s win also extends their lead in the Spanish Primera Division standings to seven points over current second-placers Barcelona. Real Madrid has a total of 44 points while Barcelona has 37 points in second place. Espanyol has 36 points while Atletico Madrid has 34 points in the La Liga standings.
The goals of Real Madrid came in the second half courtesy of soccer superstars Ruud van Nistelrooy and Robinho. Dutch international and Real Madrid’s main striker Ruud van Nistelrooy grabbed his 9th goal of the 2007-08 Spanish La Liga season with a spectacular 66th minute header coming from a wonderfully timed Robinho cross.
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