C. Ronaldo's halth updates

Following an MRI on Wednesday to monitor the evolution of Cristiano Ronaldo’s injury, the pathology report shows that the soft tissues (joint synovitis, tenosynovitis and sprained internal lateral ligament) are healing favorably and that swelling of the bone edema has decreased.

Despite this improvement, a minor bone edema has been found in the center of his right ankle. The player must remain inactive until he undergoes another examination in one week’s time.

The whites recie unexpected Alcorcon blow

The Copa del Rey is always unpredictable. Real Madrid found that out tonight by facing an inspired Alcorcon.

Two goals by Borja at (16) and (53), another by Ernesto at (40) and a final own goal from Arbeola at (22) gave the locals the victory.

The Madridistas had chances to score, but bad luck and an excellent performance from keeper Juanma and the defense thwarted them.

The knockout stage will be decided at the Bernabeu on 10 November.

After defeat againts Alcorcon, Raul still hopeful

"This team needs to put all its effort into turning this around"
Realmadrid.com
Raul Gonzalez insisted that the team will do everything in its power to turn around the Copa del Rey tie against Alcorcon.
“I think we need to put ourselves in Madridistas' shoes today. We apologize. The image we showed tonight isn't what this club and its history deserves. We are sorry, but this tie isn't lost.” “This team must remain strong, and on such a disappointing day we need to look at the positive. We did the worst we could do today, so as of tomorrow we can only continue working. People want to see us win, so it is in our hands and depends on us.” “This is football. We played a hyped up team who played well and put us in our place. We need to accept it. We know what path not to take and showed that today.” “If there is a club capable of turning this around it is Real Madrid. We will not give up. We play each other again in two weeks, when we have a chance to remedy the situation. In four days we play Getafe. It is a long road and we are capable of traversing it.” “I have experienced elimination from the Cup and other adverse results, but the historic turn-arounds in the history of Real Madrid are due to bad matches in important competitions. I congratulate Alcorcon because they played great. It is big day for them, but there is another match to be played and we must do everything we can to turn this around. We all win and lose, which is why we are all responsible.”

Pix from RM album

While looking in the club oldest album, we came a cross a number of interesting photos and decided to share it with the fans of the Madridistas














This was the club's first president Julián Palacios


















The club's first crest

















Real Madrid's pioneers with the must-wear caps.

















The whites oldest dressing room

Intro to Real Madrid Club de Futbol

Real Madrid is the most successful team in Spanish football and was voted by FIFA as the most successful club of the 20th century, having won a record thirty-one La Liga titles, seventeen Spanish Cups, a record nine European Cups and two UEFA Cups. Real was a founding member of FIFA and the now-defunct G–14 group of Europe's leading football clubs as well as its replacement, the European Club Association.

It was founded in 1902. In the 1940s, the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium was rebuilt following the Spanish Civil War.

The club established itself as a major force in both Spanish and European football during the 1950s. In the 1980s, the club had one of the best teams in Spain and Europe (known as La Quinta del Buitre), winning two UEFA Cups, five Spanish championships in a row, one Spanish cup and three Spanish Super Cups.

Real Madrid holds long-standing rivalries with some other clubs; the most notable of these is with FC Barcelona, the two teams regularly contest in El Clásico.

The club is the world's richest football club (€351m) in terms of revenue and the second most valuable (worth over €950m as of 2008).