<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[following Real Madrid...]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://unamadridista.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[unamadridista]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://unamadridista.wordpress.com/author/unamadridista/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[just a short one&nbsp;today&#8230;]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>&#8230; because it&#8217;s Friday, and what little energy I have left was used up at the gym this morning, plus I have to start saving my energy for tomorrow&#8217;s game!  Plus, there&#8217;s really not much real Real news, since no one is talking (so you can really skip this post since you won&#8217;t be missing out on anything), not even Mou &#8211; Aitor Karanka will give today&#8217;s press conference.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft" src="https://i0.wp.com/i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx268/unamadridista/unamadridista4/2011-04-14ozil.jpg" alt="" width="324" height="432" /><span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong>Here&#8217;s the answer: </strong></span>it looks like we know who Sergio was aiming his (inadvertent) <a href="http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx268/unamadridista/unamadridista4/2011-04-13sergio01b.jpg">kissy face</a> at during the game against Tottenham, because Mesut Özil posted this picture on his <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150157615184663&amp;set=a.386241989662.162087.369162099662&amp;type=1">Facebook</a> yesterday.  Can we talk about the shiny, overly tan face and the unbuttoned denim (please tell me he hasn&#8217;t matched it with jeans) shirt?  No and no.  Meanwhile, Gareth Bale told Sergio via <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/garethbale03/status/58432231114416128">twitter</a> that he needs to improve his English.  I wonder if Sergio tried to say anything to him?  Anything about help going on?</p>
<p><span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong>Will there be questions about hair gel: </strong></span>Cristiano&#8217;s Real&#8230; interview will air today at 18h, a perfect appetizer for tomorrow&#8217;s <em>clásico</em>, no?</p>
<p><!--more--><span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong>The front line: </strong></span>Madrid&#8217;s online magazine for their supporters (you have to be a registered member of their web site to access it) has a mini-report on Madrid&#8217;s three forwards, Pipita, Karim and Manolito.  They got them to pose (somewhat cheesily) at Valdebebas and talk about each other.  Manolito speaks in English and Karim in Spanish!  And I&#8217;m liking the five o&#8217;clock shadow on Gonzalo!</p>
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<p><span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong>One more to follow: </strong></span>Castilla&#8217;s Dani Carvajal has joined <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/DaniCarvajal92">twitter</a>, or this &#8220;<a href="http://twitter.com/#!/DaniCarvajal92/status/58595524445601792">crazy world</a>&#8221; as MFC has <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/AlvaroMorata/status/58805011458699264">informed</a> us.</p>
<p><span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong>It now stands at four: </strong></span>Cadete A (where Enzo Zidane plays) became the latest Real Madrid team to win their group, after they beat Getafe 4-3 yesterday to become champions of the First Autonomic Division&#8217;s Group 1, with four matchdays left.  They join Juvenil A, Cadete B and Juvenil B in the winners&#8217; circle.</p>
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<p><span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong>Watch and listen: </strong></span>watch Iker and Víctor talk about the upcoming <em>clásicos </em>here.  It looks like this was filmed during their last <em>concentración</em> with the national team.  Once again, I love Iker&#8217;s smile lines.  And Míchel Salgado is always a pleasure to listen to; interview with &#8220;El Larguero&#8221; from last night <a href="http://www.cadenaser.com/deportes/audios/michel-salgado-agradable-jugar-partidos-mismo-rival/csrcsrpor/20110415csrcsrdep_2/Aes/">here</a>.</p>
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<p><span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong>To finish: </strong></span>an interesting article <a href="http://www.rollingstone.es/noticias/view/los-musicos-espanoles-juzgan-a-mourinho">here</a> (if you can read Spanish) where various Spanish musicians give their opinion on José Mourinho.</p>
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