The already tightened Real Madrid has some more bad news now. With two matches to go and a nerving close race between them Barcelona now there is some bad news for Real. Their world-class striker Raul has got himself injured at a bad time, again.
They had their match against Real Zaragoza and defeated them 2 goals to1 and one of the goals coming from the injured star himself. In an official statement from the club it’s informed that Raul will be now at rest for what’s left of the season.
Raul’s medical reports state that he has damaged ligaments in his ankle and would be at rest and recovery for at least the next four weeks.
The irony was that Raul came into the game to replace injured Rafael van der Vaart. He opened the account for Real in the match himself with a goal but then fell to bad fate.
Raul made his first appearance for Real Zaragoza in the October of 1994. The 32 year old hasn’t stared a lot this season. With his goal in this game he has his marked up his tally to his 228 goals for Real surpassing Alfredo di Stefano. He is still behind the highest goal scorer for Real Hugo Sanchez but with just 6 goals in defecit. Sanchez has scored 234 goals for Real.
His injury has come in desperate times for Real. The club is at 92 points currently and is just a point behind Barcelona who are leading La Liga right now. There are rumors of Jose Mourinho replacing Manuel Pellegrini if he doesn’t land up with with a title in his two year contract. However there will be issues on the issue by Mourinho on a number of issues.
The club spent about £250m last summer to improve their quality while they then traded some of their best players. They just recently trampled Real Mallorca 4-1 while Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hatrick. All they need now is for Barcelona to slipup in the coming matches and they would then definitely take the title, but Barcelona too aren’t backing as they go with the pace beating Tenerife 4-1.
In the recent win over Athletic Bilbao real gave quite a performance. The score was 1-1 and nearly 70 minutes had passed by but then there were four goals that came blistering together and the match had a completely new angle. They are now at 95 points.
Now Real already having thrashed Athletic Bilbao 5-1 and then have to visit Malaga. Barcelona on the other hand has won over Sevilla with a 3-2 and now has to host Real Valladolid. This match will be the decider for both teams as everybody waits anxiously for the last cards to unfold.
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