Raul Albiol signs a contract extension to 2016-17. http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satell...cadoOficial/Comunicado_Oficial_2012-08-06.htm
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ribery-benzema-face-trial-over-underage-escort-151804831--sow.html Thought this horse was dead?
What's so funny about it, you figured it's a joke because you guys over there have made the word completely family comfortable after dancing to it a few hundred times? The case was closed, but it was reopened. What will probably happen is that the French football federation, and the people representing Benzema and Ribery in court will ask for the case to remain closed based on the past decision, so there's plenty of stuff happening until anything happens, if it does.
Most times a prosecutor won't reopen a case unless they have some compelling (to them) reason to do so but it could be nothing but a power hungry prosecutor looking to teach them entitled footballers a lesson and make their lives miserable or there could be some new evidence that they've uncovered that will help make their case against them. We have to wait and see and hope Benzema doesn't turn into a basket case until this resolved. Didn't the girl already get some kind of deal to tell her story after this case was dropped?
So Zizou is now a coach for Castilla, RMC, and Juvenile's AMs. Marca says his new job is to work with the academy's midfielders and try to "mold" them into Zizou style. I like!
Numbers for the new season (obviously it can change) 1.- I. Casillas 2.- Varane 3.- Pepe 4.- Sergio Ramos 5.- F. Coentrão 6.- Khedira 7.- Ronaldo 8.- Kaká 9.- Benzema 10.- Özil 11.- Granero 12.- Marcelo 13.- Adán 14.- Alonso 15.- Sahin 16.- Carvalho 17.- Arbeloa 18.- R. Albiol 20.- Higuaín 21.- Callejón 22.- Di María 24.- Lass 29.- Morata 35.- Jesús Fdez http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satell...del_Real_Madrid_para_la_temporada_2012_13.htm
Not sure this was ever official before today, but Jose mentioned in his post-match that Nacho is also a first-teamer this season along with Morata and Jesus. Guess he IS our RB backup. Good stuff, I thought he looked solid with us last preseason. Better at LB than RB, but solid enough to hold his own.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A1z2jP3CMAA-6Xw.jpg Carvajal was selected to the best XI of the week in Germany
Evidently Voeller wasn't giving empty praise then. Good for him. Hope he makes us have to bang our heads for letting him leave for a season when he could have been starting by the end of this one.