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.

chau angeles del madrid

Real's first born and black sheep say goodbye this week, Jose Maria Gutierrez Hernandez, simply known as "Guti," and the Real's golden child Raul Gonzalez Blanco are leaving the true giant of Europe, Real Madrid. Both have a combined fifty years of duty wearing the famous white kit, winning everything that was placed in front of them, La Liga tittles, Spanish Super Cups, Intercontinental Cups and of course the prestigious Champions League Cup.

Guti; what can you say about the brash number "14" that had so many highs and lows during his tenure with the merengues? being apart of the youth development program as a youngster he fought his way to the first team showing elegqnce qnd pure genius as a creative midfielder. As a socio of Madrid I always found myself in the midst of a lo e - hate relationship with him, always knowing that he had the class and technique to become a true legend, he was many times shadowed by the likes of the Luis Fifo's and Zidane' of the footbalp world and really only came to shine late in his career as an all white but, like all fine wines, his aging process released the aromas and complexities of his genius. That magic left foot gave us some of the best footballing memories. Guti will be sorely
missed. To sum up a career that started at the age of 15 is hard to do, so many flashes of the streaking blonde mad
man has forever been eched in my mind and heart. ¡Mucha Suerte! Estas con nosotros hasta siempre...

What a cup we are witnessing, the sketchy J'abulani has never looked so good in these new-classic matches that Uruguay, Holland, Spain and Germany have provided. Being a fan of futbol first makes these matches very enjoyable to watch. Uruguay's raw talents and fortune got them to the semi's in heroic fashion but, this should come to no surprise to us. Yes, they were the last to qualify from conmebol and had to have a playoff with Cost Rica to qualify for the copa but, this is what gave them the team confidence and the "high pressure" match experience that is needed for this intense global prize. They would never back down and always stuck around, showing their identity throughout the entire match, and when you thought they had no more, they scored knowng that if time really existed they would have put another one in to kill off the game in extra time, and they probably would have to. The last place team in South America is know considered to be top four in the WORLD, wow.. vaya. 

I said after the Argentina match that Germany never saw a lethal team on their best day, and its true, I also new that they had peaked as well, I think the same thing about Holland too. Tactically no one is superior than Spain, Del Bosque the mustache that boasts two Champions League titles with Real Madrid and knows each and everyone of is players inside out. Masia, is the youth academy of F.C. Barcelona, and the reason why the Spanish are playing this immaculate futbol. The majestic elfs Xavi and Iniesta are testament to how much the Spanish fubol has evolved, once considered a national disgrace La Furia Roja is set a blaze with this generation of footballers and I firmly believe that they will dismantle the Dutch. Ajax v. Masia and Iker Casillas, Sunday will become one of those classic matches, two great nations never to win the copa, Spain is in the final for the first time, and the Dutch are the best team never to touch glory, everything is set up to be a fairytale ending, vamos Espana...