List of the top 25 paid footballers published by a Portuguese finance firm:

25] Deco (Chelsea) £5.2mn

24] Frederic Kanoute (Sevilla) £5.2mn

23] Victor Valdez (Barcelona) £5.2mn

22] Iker Casillas (Real Madrid) £5.2mn

21] Robinho (Manchester City) £5.2mn

20] Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) £5.2mn

19] Kolo Toure (Manchester City) £5.6mn

18] Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United) £5.6mn

17] Raul (Real Madrid) £5.6mn

16] Michael Ballack (Chelsea) £5.6mn

15] Daniel Alves (Barcelona) £6.1mn

14] Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) £6.5mn

13] Ronaldinho (AC Milan) £6.5mn

12] Xavi (Barcelona) £6.5mn

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Over and over again, we’ve seen money spoiling our beautiful game. To start with, the Introduction of Ronaldo, Kaka and now Benzema in the same team which already has stars like Raul, Robben, Casillas, Van der Vaart, RVN, Ramos, etc. is just another way of buying a trophy! It would definitely be harder for Real to not win any kind of silverware next season than win it!

If FIFA expect teams to play fair, how is this being allowed then? In simple words, why don’t they introduce a salary cap in order to achieve financial stability? With clubs like Real, City, etc. dominating the transfer market with their excessive funds, it is FIFA’s responsibility to introduce a salary cap since it is the most ideal way to restrict clubs from becoming bigger than the game itself! Or how about they introduce something like a club only being allowed to spend as much as they earn?

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Team of the year

-Manchester United

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Most shameless person

-Steve McClaren (He didn’t quit despite his horrendous performance, he was sacked!)

Coward of the year

-Roy Keane

Luckiest manager

-Juande Ramos

Confusion of the year

-errrrr….(Fat) Ronaldo’s sex incident

Brave Heart of the year

-Avram Grant

Fall of the year

-John Terry’s ’slip’

Surprise of the year

-Hull City

Most improved team

-Aston Villa

Most confused team

-Real Madrid

Dud of the year

-Thierry Henry

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FC Barcelona 2-0 Real Madrid

Eto’o 83′ / Messi 89′

Real Madrid fought, they fought for as long as they could but sadly it came after a long spell of hopeless football and obviously couldn’t save them from going to down to Barcelona. Their rubbish football(read Defence) has been instrumental in their lacklustre performances off late and so has Bernd Schuster. But now he’s gone and there’s no point in complaining. All new manager Juande Ramos(again, this guy was KICKED out of a not so very big English club called Tottenham Hotspur) could do was to instill some sort of confidence into the famed Real defence which was seeing kicking Lionel Messi left-right-and-centre after the little Read the rest of this entry »

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Real Madrid played one of their poorest matches of the season for the first 75 minutes. If there was any doubt, Madrid is in as much a crisis as the American economy is in a recession. The team does not respond on the pitch to any challenge that their opponents give them.

Valladolid was suffocating throughout all of their lines. They gave a pallid Madrid less space and even less ability to perform the way they could. Let’s not doubt it, Madrid is going through a great deal of trouble on both ends of the ball and things got worse as soon as Fabián Canobbio put Valladolid on the board. The home side was able to hold on when their goalkeeper stepped up in a big way. When Madrid decided to play, they threatened and took the ball away. That led to very important opportunities that if cashed in, would have given the game a different look. Madrid looked to get bailed out by that last minute performance, but it would not be this time around.

There could be one more opportunity for Madrid to save Schuster and possibly their short-term success if they can get a win against BATE Borisov in the Champions League. If that match comes up negative (loss or draw) then Bernd Schuster could kiss the job adios.

According to one of Madrid’s ‘mouthpieces’, club board members have former Racing coach Miguel Ángel Portugal as the top candidate in the event the former German international does not satisfy his end of the ultimatum.   Another one that might have better standing at the club is Madrid idol Michel.

There is always the Juande Ramos option available after he signed his walking papers at White Hart Lane.

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Real Madrid ’stole’ a goal after setting up a penalty after being 1-2 down in the first half of a dramatic match. Real Madrid players very sheepishly scooped the ball towards Weligton’s left arm, who was standing right on the edge of the box to set up a penalty. The decision, very much debatable, should have gone Malaga’s way but the clownish referee ruled in favour of Real Madrid who were just very, very lucky to get it. Real thus leveled the scores which then went on to help them win the game in a big way. Higuain, their lone striker scored all the four goals, to help them win the game 4-3. Malaga, who put up a brilliant show against a struggling Real at least deserved a point here. They can all but cry for the unfair deal.

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