26 GOALS NOW AND LA DECIMA IS GETTING EVER CLOSER For over 10 years, the wish of Real Madrid hasbeen a 10th crown in Europes Premier competition. For over 10 years,La Decima has been elusive and has defined the aspiration of Madridistas. Club Chairmanship elections have been won and lost based on the La Decima quest. From Carlos Queiroz to Vanderei Luxemborgo, Fabio Capello to Juande Ramos, Manuel Pellegrini and of recent Jose Mourinho, Managers have been hired and firedin part for not meeting the La Decima target. From David Beckham to Michael Owen, Ronaldo to Robinho, Ruud Van Nistelrooy to Wesley Sneidjer, Cristiano Ronaldo and now Gareth Bale, an array of world talents (Galaticos) have been recruited to fuel theLa Decima cause and in the process of these recruitments,huge money have been spent, but yet La Decima hasnt arrived. If ever anything qualifies as an obsession, for Madridistas that has to be La Decima. While events of the past few seasons have shown massive improvement following a period of doldrums,the signs are quite more positive this season.The recipe is complete and La Decima is closer than we thought. Having qualified unbeaten in Group B and scoring an incredible 20 group stage goals, Real Madrid entered the Round of 16 and showed ahigh depth of class in a country that has for so long been a difficult terrain to thread. 6 - 1 was the result last night as a compact,classy,brilliant and clinical Real Madrid side inflicted utter destruction, the Hitler style on Schalke 04 in Gelsenkirchen. It was a beautiful all round display with Karim Benzema, Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo all scoring bracesto show how far the Real Madrid team havecome in togetherness this term. The victory on Wednesday proves that there is something different this term for Real Madrid. Team compactness and togetherness - checked, individual talents and performance - checked, quality of play and form - checked, managers capability - checked, Team desire and determination - checked, experience blend - near perfect, team structure (blend of ages) - checked. The ingredients needed to win the Champions League is in possession of this current Real Madrid side and this might just be the year when the La Decima dream will be fulfilled.
Posted on: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 14:13:25 +0000
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