Tuesday, August 3, 2010


Bienvenidos a la Fiesta Blanca !!!!

 Real Madrid and Jose Mourinho have finally aligned with plans and plots of World Supremacy in mind. The style of staunch tactical perfectionist like Mourinho's has long been overdue. The sour taste of not lifting big cups has made the merengue faithful impatient and the flashes of the Redondo's and Zidane's have since faded into a decades old memory. The new era of Madrid began early this summer when the "The Special One," shouted from Milan to Madrid that he was unhappy and not in love with calcio italiano. Even the chance to defend his Italian treble couldn't impede this dream marriage, I have the feeling that this was in works late in the Serie A season. Before Mourinho even signed the contract papers he had a list of demands and players in mind or else he wouldn't have come and as soon as President Perez got word, Canales and Di Maria were picked up and and some more shopping has since continued with Pedro Leon and Sam Khedira being the latest. Madrid have never really been known as having an amazingly tight defence,for the more than a decade Real's best defender has been Spain's captain and most probable Madrid new captain, Iker Casillas. Look for Mourinho to sign another central defender that will be much needed deep into cup competitions. The most exciting possibility is how Jose is capable of extracting greatness out of average players not to mention those world class players like Higuain, Ronaldo and Sergio Ramos. If there are still any doubters of La Liga not being the best league in the world  then this season alone is reason enough to prove you wrong. More than a few members of any national team represented in this years edition of The World Cup, who made it to the quarter finals is playing in La Liga, with the exception to some European countries. When the hundreds of millions watch this years Super Clasico's it will be anticipated as a Matrix style shoot out. And if the images of shoots on gol moving like SKUD missiles and blowing out the back of the net like canons then the drama between Madrid and Barsa will fuel your fire, Mourinho, who knows the Barcelona system and philosophy intimately will use this knowledge to make the cule's crumble. Real Mourinho or Mourinho Madrid has marked the second occasion that a Portuguese national has defected from Barsa, Luis Figo was deemed Judas for his move and when Mourinho joined, and the Barsa directors were not hesitant and bid him well by publicly saying that they hope Mourinho steers them to Second Division Futbol. La Liga is full of talent in the fields and in the coaching boxes, every point will be hard earned this season, there aren't many minnow teams in Spain and even if one might look small on paper, national pride will motivate them just enough.

Do I have any predictions for this season? No, I don't have any to confess of but, I think the make-up of Mourinho will make the big names of individual talent attack and defend in white tidal waves all over the field. Mourinho is the best coach since Del Bosque to lead the campaign and his work rate will be on display a season long, be weary Barsa the Blancos are back.