25/05/2009

Let it end

Real Madrid 1-3 Mallorca

As Juanma Trueba put it in AS, Juande is responsible both for the stunningly brilliant run of 17 wins in 18 games, as much as he is responsible for the stunningly awful four consecutive defeats. Losing to Osasuna next weekend (the Navarrans need to win to stay up) will equal the unequabale string of five defeats that Carlos Queiroz orchestrated a few years back.

Everyone has given up. The Bernabéu has half empty (definitely not half full) to see the final home game of the season. The only player to emerge with any credit from this season took his haul to 21 goals before the rest of the side lay down and let Mallorca put three past them. 

Okay, so one of the goals was a freak of nature - Kleber's goal - but still. Mallorca!

The elections are already taking its toll. The rumblings of court appearances, along with presidential candidates who present their project, say that Obama started supporting Real Madrid when the club played, yes, in black, and are then forced to withdraw his candidacy are hardly helping. 

Cannavaro said goodbye to the Bernabeu. There is one week of 'football' to go. There are three before the elections happen. Let it end, and lets get on with next season. Gracias.

Transfer news update: 
CR7- Público say Florentino will announce him on Thursday, the News of the World quote him saying he'll stay at Man U
Ribery - Zidane prefers him to CR7
Van Nistelrooy - Galatasary have made an offer
David Silva - virtually guaranteed he'll swap the white of Valencia, for the er, white of Real Madrid

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