http://www.madridismo.org Follow original news & analysis on Real Madrid, Club de Fútbol, commonly known as Real Madrid, which is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. en © 2012 Madridismo info@madridismo.org http://www.madridismo.org/article/the-i-c-e-factor A match where we could have done much better, here’s what I feel contributed to the 1-1 outcome.   Injury: The biggest blow that we received was in the first fifteen minutes itself. You can’t pinpoint anybody out here, but I guess the cold, some poor warm up and just plain bad luck… http://www.madridismo.org/article/the-i-c-e-factor 2012-02-22 08:53:07 http://www.madridismo.org/article/post-match-cska-moscow-vs-real-madrid Real Madrid locked horns with CSKA Moscow in Russia, Jose Mourinho made a few surprising changes. Marcelo was on the bench, Fabio Coentrao started instead of the Brazilian. As expected Benzema started ahead of Higuain, Jose Callejon was handed a start by Jose Mourinho. Sami Khedira also started the… http://www.madridismo.org/article/post-match-cska-moscow-vs-real-madrid 2012-02-21 02:36:52 http://www.madridismo.org/article/preview-cska-moscow-vs-real-madrid Real Madrid will travel to Russia to take on CSKA Moscow in the 1st leg of the knock round of the Champions League. The temperature in Russia is much different from the temperature in Spain, the players will have to acclimatize quickly and get on with usual business. Scoring away from home is the key… http://www.madridismo.org/article/preview-cska-moscow-vs-real-madrid 2012-02-20 07:25:01 http://www.madridismo.org/article/know-your-enemy-cska-moscow The Champion's League resumes play finally!  Yeah yeah, I know technically it already resumed last week, but until Madrid plays it doesn't count.  Madrid resumes its march towards its tenth title with a journey to the frigid block of ice that is Russia to face a CSKA in pre-season… http://www.madridismo.org/article/know-your-enemy-cska-moscow 2012-02-20 10:01:32 http://www.madridismo.org/article/postgame-qa-real-madrid-vs-racing-santander Hello fellow Madridistas! Here's the latest edition of our podcast. I was joined today by Apakshit and Tanuj to discuss our last Liga game Real Madrid vs. Racing as well as our upcoming Champions League match vs CSKA Moscow. Here is the list of the topics we covered: Lineup: Ramos as RB - What about… http://www.madridismo.org/article/postgame-qa-real-madrid-vs-racing-santander 2012-02-20 07:24:33 http://www.madridismo.org/article/post-match-real-madrid-vs-racing Real Madrid took on Racing knowing that a win would take them 13 points clear off Barcelona. The home side started the match brightly; quite a few changes were made to the starting line-up by Jose Mourinho. Varane was given a rare start in defense by the gaffer, Kaka was also handed a start by Mourinho.… http://www.madridismo.org/article/post-match-real-madrid-vs-racing 2012-02-18 07:25:28 http://www.madridismo.org/article/preview-real-madrid-vs-racing-santander Real Madrid will lock horns with Racing in a home game, Real Madrid have a lead of 10 points over Barcelona and it is great opportunity to extend the lead to 13 points.  Sami Khedira and Di Maria have recovered from their injuries and look set to start tonight's game, Esteban Granero and Gonzalo… http://www.madridismo.org/article/preview-real-madrid-vs-racing-santander 2012-02-18 19:17:02 http://www.madridismo.org/article/winners-and-losers-tenemos-10-ahora-la-dcima-edicin For a moment I will let myself ride on the wave of overconfidence- the one that Mou, along with many others including myself, blames Levante's first goal on.  Seriously though, a ten point gap is huge; while we could very well still lose the league if things implode, it is highly likely that… http://www.madridismo.org/article/winners-and-losers-tenemos-10-ahora-la-dcima-edicin 2012-02-13 05:22:09 http://www.madridismo.org/article/postgame-qa-real-madrid-vs-levante Hey listeners! I’m in a jolly mood today, courtesy of Apakshit, Tanuj and Aaron. We had quite a few laughs on the Q&A! But we still focused on the task at end –I mean, we’re serious journalists. Oh no, wait, we’re not …yet! Anyway, as usual, we analyzed the latest… http://www.madridismo.org/article/postgame-qa-real-madrid-vs-levante 2012-02-13 11:10:04 http://www.madridismo.org/article/the-catalyst In the past few weeks, we’ve seen quite a brilliant transition. Barcelona is going absolute downhill and Madrid are slowly but surely showing the world the prowess this team has. The players, the supporting staff, the whole club – they all are having a certain sense of unanimity amongst… http://www.madridismo.org/article/the-catalyst 2012-02-13 18:06:54 http://www.madridismo.org/article/post-match-report-real-madrid-vs-levante Barcelona lost 3-2 against Osasuna which meant that Real Madrid were presented with an ideal opportunity to go 10 points clear at the top of the La Liga table and they did exactly that. It was quite a nervy opening in the opening few minutes of the game for the home side, the away team took the lead… http://www.madridismo.org/article/post-match-report-real-madrid-vs-levante 2012-02-12 12:14:02 http://www.madridismo.org/article/real-madrid-vs-levante Real Madrid are sitting pretty at the top of the La Liga table with a lead of 7 points but the job is far from being done. The next game is against Levante, there are problems for Jose Mourinho to deal with. Hamit Altintop is expected to be out for over a month after the player tore his calf muscles.… http://www.madridismo.org/article/real-madrid-vs-levante 2012-02-10 02:20:51 http://www.madridismo.org/article/portugal-in-real-madrid-real-madrid-in-portugal A friend of ours once told us that while Barça was the incubator for Spain's National Team, Real Madrid was basically enhancing Portugal NT (as you might have guessed, this friend is on the dark side of the force, LOL). Beyond the joke, it is true that Portugal has had a strong presence in… http://www.madridismo.org/article/portugal-in-real-madrid-real-madrid-in-portugal 2012-02-09 18:59:21 http://www.madridismo.org/article/winners-and-losers-new-website-edition Sorry for the delay in this post, I wanted to christen the new layout with an edition of winners and losers.  So for the record you can be expecting winners and losers as a weekly format for the foreseeable future, which means I will have to redouble my efforts when it comes to thinking up clever… http://www.madridismo.org/article/winners-and-losers-new-website-edition 2012-02-09 17:01:43 http://www.madridismo.org/article/winners-and-losers-end-of-enero-edition Please excuse the forced alliteration in the title, but I couldn't results having Winners and Losers triple E.  Here we will look at the team and figure out who ends the month on a high note and who ends on a low note. Winners Esteban Granero- El Pirata is finally getting his chances.  Any… http://www.madridismo.org/article/winners-and-losers-end-of-enero-edition 2012-01-31 16:21:03 http://www.madridismo.org/article/barcelona-winning-to-whining-in-90-minutes The past week has been a troublesome one in Catalonia. On Monday morning, it was like waking up from a mildly bad dream. The canaries weren't quite chirping as usual, and the tapas weren't tasting as good. Their cage had been rattled, and the Cules knew it. After taking a pounding from Real… http://www.madridismo.org/article/barcelona-winning-to-whining-in-90-minutes 2012-01-31 19:01:17 http://www.madridismo.org/article/we-support-pepe This is an initiative by madridismo.org  joined by @RMadridInfo and @RMadridGirl. This past couple of weeks, Real Madrid player Pepe has been caught in a storm of bad press and unflattering media attention due to his controversial behavior on the pitch during Madrid's last Copa del Rey matches.… http://www.madridismo.org/article/we-support-pepe 2012-01-30 00:13:52 http://www.madridismo.org/article/getafe-another-chance-for-nuri-to-shine Real Madrid are in a killer vein of form. If you overlooked 2 bleak outings and one spectacular performance against Barcelona, we've won all of our last 24 games. Home or away, doesn't matter. Mou's boys have taken care of business regardless of the opposition. There've been some games where the mighty… http://www.madridismo.org/article/getafe-another-chance-for-nuri-to-shine 2012-01-30 03:14:39 http://www.madridismo.org/article/special-qa-post-copas-clsicos-part-1-post-real-madrid-vs.-zaragoza-part-2 Hi listeners! Seven points ahead, seven points ahead, seven, seven, seven points ahead! I thought I'd start with a nice musical (yeah, you have to read it chanting) opening, not only because it's the highlight of this Liga weekend, but also to put you in a good mood before we go back to the… http://www.madridismo.org/article/special-qa-post-copas-clsicos-part-1-post-real-madrid-vs.-zaragoza-part-2 2012-01-29 08:30:30 http://www.madridismo.org/article/post-match-real-madrid-vs-real-zaragoza-2 This was a top vs bottom clash which was already won on paper by the home side. There were a few changes made by Mourinho, as expected Marcelo started the game. Sergio Ramos was entirely left out of the squad, he was not even on the bench let alone featuring in the starting line-up. Kaka and Altintop… http://www.madridismo.org/article/post-match-real-madrid-vs-real-zaragoza-2 2012-01-28 10:29:04