This is a very important match for Real Madrid.

They are in need of a victory after 2 league draws and a loss in the Copa del Rey.

Also they are only 4 points atop of La Liga and will play Monaco on Wednesday

Ronaldo will miss yet another match. :(

I predict 2-1 Real Madrid

Beckham, Raul
v
Urzaiz

Saturday, 18:00 GMT

Playing at La Catedral (Bilbao) is tough, and Real has like 6 years without a win there, i think is going to be another tie. 1-1, anyway i like the upset. (H)

Real Madrid to win 3-0, i dont giva **** who scores

Bilbao are no push over, especially at home.

Bilbao to win 2-1. :crazyboy:

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/match?id=129948&cc=5901

earlier this year we beat them 3-0

with Ronaldo scoring twice and Figo once


Preview - http://www.soccerage.com/en/13/t9375.html

Probable Lineups -

Athletic Bilbao:
Aranzubia; Javi González, Lacruz, Luis Prieto, Del Horno; Gurpegui, Tiko, Joseba Etxeberria, Yeste, Ezquerro; Urzaiz.

Real Madrid:
Iker Casillas; Michel Salgado, Helguera, Bravo, Roberto Carlos; Figo, Guti, Beckham, Solari; Zidane, Raúl.

Goalless draw!

Madrid 1-0

Raul to score in last 15 minutes

Originally posted by RUSI
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/match?id=129948&cc=5901

earlier this year we beat them 3-0

with Ronaldo scoring twice and Figo once


Preview - http://www.soccerage.com/en/13/t9375.html

Probable Lineups -

Athletic Bilbao:
Aranzubia; Javi González, Lacruz, Luis Prieto, Del Horno; Gurpegui, Tiko, Joseba Etxeberria, Yeste, Ezquerro; Urzaiz.

Real Madrid:
Iker Casillas; Michel Salgado, Helguera, Bravo, Roberto Carlos; Figo, Guti, Beckham, Solari; Zidane, Raúl.

theres a difference between playing in bernabeu and playing in bilbao.. madrid players are well aware of this.
bilbao 2-1

we really need a win to cheer me up after the copa del rey final :(
raul is starting to disapoint me. I kept telling everyone, "no, THS time he will score", so far, nothing. :(. and whats quieroz thinking playing ONE striker? We need goals, dammit! :f***:

Originally posted by valioso
theres a difference between playing in bernabeu and playing in bilbao.. madrid players are well aware of this.
bilbao 2-1
+1
Etxeberria will score..And there'll be good atmosphere in San Mamés..
How bout Julen..is he in good form ? He's doin good these days..

2-1 to Athletic..Gora Athletic :rockman:



Agur..

I got my cash for Real Madrid but my heart for Athletic, so anythings good, even a draw, since It'd help Barca.. :p

2-0 real

Beckham and zidane

Originally posted by valioso
theres a difference between playing in bernabeu and playing in bilbao.. madrid players are well aware of this.
bilbao 2-1

yeah i know i was just throwing it out there


anyways http://www.as.com/articulo.html?xref=20040320dasdai_47&anchor=dasftb&type=Tes&d_date=20/03/2004

Carlos will play in his 396 game for Madrid tying him with Di Stefano

match starts in a few minutes

i gott go but i'll be back after the match

:ewan:

me off for the match too :ewan:

Becks has a new hair style ha, for you hair lovers :confused:

I'll be here for the match.

Originally posted by valioso
theres a difference between playing in bernabeu and playing in bilbao.. madrid players are well aware of this.
bilbao 2-1

Also Ronaldo who is Reals best player is out:kader:

i say 1-1 tie.

1-0 bilbao 40th minute

2-0 Bilbao 44th minute, header

OMG wtf... 2-0, bilbao header
omg were screwed!
ronaldo, where are you? :f***: :( :( :(

oh no :kader:

crap, what are they doing out there?:f***:

Pathetic play by Helgera to pass the ball to the Bilbao player for the first goal

Bad marking on the second

(H)

Real defense again, is killing them.

i dont see Carlos Queiroz staying for another year :kader:

Originally posted by micho
i dont see Carlos Queiroz staying for another year :kader:


what does he have to do with helguera's poor passes?:crazyboy:

Originally posted by Parasol
what does he have to do with helguera's poor passes?:crazyboy:

lool

well it doenst but Perez doesnt see that the defence is bad and he wants someone to blame when the team screw up, sooo who is better than the coach to blame

i dont see quieroz staying for the rest of the season, at leats if I was perez :crazyboy:

You guys can have Walter Smith, we'll happily take Carlos Queiroz back as our #2. :ewan:

nothing, he just is a ****e coach

I say next year sell beckham to chelsea and figo to another team, put guti back on the bench, get two new defenders and move helguera back to defensive mid. Also if Raul keeps up playing poorly for the rest of the year sell him and get RVN(even though hes playing much worse than last year)..

Then we must buy totti and put him on attacking mid with Zidane in free role and buy joaquin on the right.

Also we must raise Ronaldo's salary cause clearly is the most important player on our team. And also raise Casillas cause he is just to good to let go.

2-1

Goal - Raul.

YESS FINALLY RAUL!!!!!!!

Madrid will probably win it now.

Solari offsides. :(

Madrid are turning up the heat, though.

2-2 Raul 17th minute

Goal goal goal - Raul

YESSS!!! Raul is finally back! :rockman: :rockman: :rockman: :rockman:

Ah see Ronaldo is the best Real player.... and Raul finaly scored:crazyboy: his been sh!t this season.

raul again!!

Madrid, really need to win this game. They need to stay ahead of Valencia, and also it be alot better coming off a win to play Monaco on Wednesday.

hell yeah

maybe raul can score a hatrick for an amazing comeback.

damn i hate living in canada

cant watch spanish league

back home al-jazeera sports roxxxx :rockman:

Originally posted by Rochester Rhino
Madrid, really need to win this game. They need to stay ahead of Valencia, and also it be alot better coming off a win to play Monaco on Wednesday.

Don't forget Barcelona, their form has been fantastic.

If Madrid draw then Barca could move 7 points behind.

3-2 Bilb

4-2 Bilb

:f***: :f***:

tell u what, i think we need to ******* BUY A GODDAM DEFENSE< BECUASE THE CRAP WE HAVE NOW CAN GO SCREW THEMSELVES.

4-2 :kader: :f***: :f***: :f***: :f***:

Good game 4-2 Bilb

Del Horno 4-2!!!!!

Del Horno has scored 8 goals in his life and 4 to madrid :rockman:

WTF kind of defense is that . . .

:rockman: :hump: :jacko: :hit: :funny:

like I said earlier.. playing in Bilbao aint the same as playing in Madrid.. specially not for Real Madrid.

bah, we can beat u in space, as soon as we get a GODDAM DEFENSE :f***:

every game Madrid loses its the defence's fault:rolleyes:

somehow that same defence managed to hold Bayern Munich to one goal and stopped Porto as well.

Madrid needs another centre-back and right back, but their defence as it exists is not as terrible as people say, it certainly has been good enough to lead La Liga for two years and make it to the CL semis and quarters.
Teams don't do that with a terrible defence.

It seems Real Madrid are setting the benchmark for **** defending.

Don't even think of mentioning Manchester United's defending either, we got a clean sheet today. (H)

ok sometimes the defense is on form/lucky/saved by casillas, but today. omg its bad.

Originally posted by Omi
bah, we can beat u in space, as soon as we get a GODDAM DEFENSE :f***:

Madrid hasnt won in Bilbao in at least 6 years

Becks is pissed. :brow:

I don't think all real madrid defence is crap. I like Salgado and Helguera. IMO the defence is crap because they don't have deffensive midfielders(Makelele).

I like roberto calros and salgado, but the defense in general is crap. i think ur rite dream team :f***: :f***: :f***:

Originally posted by Dream Team
I don't think all real madrid defence is crap. I like Salgado and Helguera. IMO the defence is crap because they don't have deffensive midfielders(Makelele).

that seems more logical, because I cannot see Carlos, Salgado and Helguera as bad defenders.
All three of them could make any team in the EPL.

-=- 4-2 FULL TIME Bilbao wins -=-

Originally posted by Dream Team
I don't think all real madrid defence is crap. I like Salgado and Helguera. IMO the defence is crap because they don't have deffensive midfielders(Makelele).

nah there defence is ok but if they got a Defender centeral then Helguera could play DMC.

Is Over.. f*ck all gloryhunters that follow madrid

Originally posted by renege
that seems more logical, because I cannot see Carlos, Salgado and Helguera as bad defenders.
All three of them could make any team in the EPL.

I thought Helguera position was DMC not Defender:confused:

Puyol and Helguera are the best CB from Spain without doubts.



Congrats Valioso.

Poor Madrid... Congrats to Athletic. Totally trashed Real Madrid! :p

Originally posted by Dream Team
Puyol and Helguera are the best CB from Spain without doubts.



Congrats Valioso.

Puyol is class:rockman:

Well.. delayed coverage of this match started 30 minutes ago on Sky Sports 1 so I think I'll watch this, nothing else on.

Originally posted by valioso
f*ck all gloryhunters that follow madrid
:|

Originally posted by renege
that seems more logical, because I cannot see Carlos, Salgado and Helguera as bad defenders.
All three of them could make any team in the EPL.
The problem is that Madrid doesnt have a good DMC. Guti cant defend, Beckham does his best but he's better at the MC or at the right wing. Both Carlos and Salgado running to the wings to support the attack, plus Guti that cant mark and defend, Helguera that is a DMC not a defender, so tends to play out of position sometimes, and there you go. The "Galacticos" cant defend.

Originally posted by Dumisani
:|

http://www.soccergaming.tv/showthread.php?threadid=96450

:ewan:

:D

"I just don't support Juve anymore"

That's ace (H) You're my hero
































































:| :| :|

Originally posted by shokz
http://www.soccergaming.tv/showthread.php?threadid=96450

:ewan:

Oh, man. Their performance is not relevant. :funny:

another freakin loss for Real madrid :f***:

i wonder how we will do in CL next week wiz very bad morale :kader:

I said it, La Catedral is a hostile place for Real Madrid... that defense is not bad... is awfully bad. :kader:

jajaja that guy that supported juve and now supports real kills me!!! hahahahaha :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

anyways......poor real, you can join us in our sorrow :)

Bilbao owned Madrid.

CAN SOMEONE MAKE ME A BILBAO SIG I LIKE THEM NOW

:rofl:

Ha, Ha, funny

can someone make a sig for me I want it to say somethin like

Inter 3-1 Juve
Milan 3-1 Juve
Roma 4-0 Juve
Lazio 2-0 Juve

oh and don't forget
Juve 0-1 Depor
Depor 1-0 Juve

then i want a

juventus 3 - 1 real madrid

sig

:rolleyes:

Then you could follow that up with

Juve 0-0 Milan*
MILANO champions of Europe

Originally posted by bsoccer
Then you could follow that up with

Juve 0-0 Milan*
MILANO champions of Europe

:rockman: :rockman: :rockman:

Originally posted by bsoccer
Then you could follow that up with

Juve 0-0 Milan*
MILANO champions of Europe


sure, at least we reached the finals and only lost by a penalty :rolleyes:
you think that would hurt me. but it just makes me like juventus more and more.......:)

4-2 Bilbao

i honestly stopped liking juve too. probably for a totally different reason than you guys, i just got so pissed that brescia was cheated out of a win with that 2-3 match (in my opinion, so dont get mad at me :)), i started despising juve, and even though i still respect players like nedved, buffon, del piero, i just cant support them anymore.
ive always been a Real fan, and a NK Mura fan (first NK Mura, then Real, then Brescia).

btw, what does Real mean anyway? :)

Originally posted by Drvar
i honestly stopped liking juve too. probably for a totally different reason than you guys, i just got so pissed that brescia was cheated out of a win with that 2-3 match (in my opinion, so dont get mad at me :)), i started despising juve, and even though i still respect players like nedved, buffon, del piero, i just cant support them anymore.
ive always been a Real fan, and a NK Mura fan (first NK Mura, then Real, then Brescia).

btw, what does Real mean anyway? :)

:funny: :funny: :funny:

Originally posted by northstar
Bilbao owned Madrid.

CAN SOMEONE MAKE ME A BILBAO SIG I LIKE THEM NOW

:rofl:

How about that picture as background :crazyboy: (H)

I can't believe that Real lost :o though I take comfort in the fact that no one else predicted such an ending to this match :p

i thought that guy used to like Juve & Real:confused:
does that still make him a gloryhunter?

Good game, although i didnt watched it :P

Enjoy it Valioso ! :)

Drvar : "Real" it means "Royal", from the king and that stuff. There are many clubs in spain called "Royal", i dunno why, i just know they all have the spanish royal crown.

Real Madrid:

http://event-center.at/fussballspanien/images/real-madrid.gif

Real Zaragoza
http://www.telecable.es/personales/ajnosti1/1%20division%20gif/36-zaragoza.gif

Real Club Deportivo Español

http://www.telecable.es/personales/ajnosti1/1%20division%20gif/07-espanol.gif

Real Sociedad (San Sebastian)

http://www.telecable.es/personales/ajnosti1/1%20division%20gif/04-sociedad.gif

Real Betis

http://www.supercable.es/~gsalas/escdefut/betis.jpg

etc

Originally posted by Drvar

btw, what does Real mean anyway? :)

Real = Royal in English.

Athletic Bilbao 4-2 Real Madrid - 7mb - Windows Media Player 9 Needed (http://www.shokz.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/bilbao-madrid.zip)

yeah, i found it weird that everyone was named Real :). just as i found it weird there is no London club in EPL, and then found out theres like 5, 6 :).

shokz Again the man around here... thanks for the highlights. (H)

I saw the highlights, thks shokz

I saw Mejia playing in the Madrid defense LOL

I meet that guy last Thursday to Friday night at CATS discotheque in Madrid, at 06.30 am...

Friday 06.30 am dancing
Saturday 19:30 playing Ath.Bilbao

Originally posted by Crusad3r
I saw the highlights, thks shokz

I saw Mejia playing in the Madrid defense LOL

I meet that guy last Thursday to Friday night at CATS discotheque in Madrid, at 06.30 am...

Friday 06.30 am dancing
Saturday 19:30 playing Ath.Bilbao


i think they should fine him or do something about that

i remember when Kahn went to a night club last year or early this year the manager of BM took an action against that

thanks for the video shokz

Originally posted by shokz
Real = Royal in English.

Athletic Bilbao 4-2 Real Madrid - 7mb - Windows Media Player 9 Needed (http://www.shokz.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/bilbao-madrid.zip) Thanks :rockman:

Del Horno's goals were class, actually all 6 goals were class

I was in the San Mamés.. the crowd was f*ckin good.. E'thing was superb.. 6 goals, good game and real lost by 4 goals.. VCF will playa against Mallorca today, it'll be an easy game for them, so there'll be only 1 point between Madrid and VCF.. I'm not a fan of VCF, but in that case Amunt Valencia !
anyway, Athletic on a good way.. hope they can play their next games like they played against Madrid..

A por ellos OE OE OE !!!!!!!! Aupa Athletic !!!

Originally posted by #1 interista
...and real lost by 4 goals..

Actually the lost by 2 goals.;)

Anyway, Barca and Valencia must now have a chance at winning the title, as it seems Madrid's defence is in shambles just like Manchester United, even though we kept a clean sheet today.:p

It's not over and all crisis for Real Madrid just yet. I mean look at Juve and Man United, now that's a bad season. Unlike Real who are still at the top and are still favourites for CL.





but it's funny to see, how at the start of the season, everone was saying Real will be ****ed, with such defense, while a couple of Madrid fans claimed that they rather lose with high score, then win with a low one (Say they rather lose 4-3, then win 1-0).

When the king gives a club his royal blessing, they become 'real' (royal) and can use it in thier title

Originally posted by Crusad3r
I meet that guy last Thursday to Friday night at CATS discotheque in Madrid, at 06.30 am...

Friday 06.30 am dancing
Saturday 19:30 playing Ath.Bilbao


:kader: dancing and drinking, of course!
what a shame!

Originally posted by claupastore
then i want a

juventus 3 - 1 real madrid

sig

:rolleyes:

the i want a

juventus 0 - 3 Man Utd

sig

:crazyboy:




















ok the joke isnt funny anymore :$:p

Originally posted by valioso
Is Over.. f*ck all gloryhunters that follow madrid

AS Crus said, Enjoy it man

All I can say is Holy ****

I know that it is very hard to win in Bilbao but our defense left me speechless. Terrile Marking:kader:

Bilbao played well, and definately deserved the victory

atleast Raul scored a pair to get out of his draught

All i know is that we better start playing well soon

thanks for the highlights ben

is funny.. when madrid loses.. is like they lost the game and other team didnt do anything to win..

Originally posted by valioso
is funny.. when madrid loses.. is like they lost the game and other team didnt do anything to win..


what is this -

Originally posted by RUSI
Bilbao played well, and definately deserved the victory

i am not talking about anyone in particular.. just generally.. what I've read in the papers mostly.. anyway.. if valencia and barcelona win.. la liga is gonna get very tight

o.k.

It looks like it will come down to the very end like it did last ear between Madrid and Sociedad (:/)

Which isn't terrbile because it's more exciting but keeps me nervouss 24/7 :crazyboy:

I dont think Madrid is gonna have the fitness to be able to be competitive in both Champions and Liga

I think they wont get past the semis in CL, they still have a good shot at La Liga, since Valencia is inconsistent sometimes. But even so, it's a threatening end of season for Madrid, they may finish the season without silverware (if you dont count the supercup).

I see a Arsenal and Milan final where......





Arsenal win 3-2:mrpimp: :rockman: :hump:

Originally posted by TottiNZidaneR#1
I see a Arsenal and Milan final where......





Arsenal win 3-2:mrpimp: :rockman: :hump:
Milan conceding 3 goals in a match? You gotta be kidding me mate....;)

Originally posted by Grunger0x
Milan conceding 3 goals in a match? You gotta be kidding me mate....;)

Aginst Arsenal its possible trust me.;)

Originally posted by TottiNZidaneR#1
Aginst Arsenal its possible trust me.;)
Arsenal are a great team, but... how about, NAW(H)

Valencia arebeating Mallorca 1-0 at the half on a mista goal.

It looks like our lead will be down to 1 point after today:rolleyes:

Valencia is winning 3-0 now, with about 20 mins to play, Real need to pick it up next week and wednesday.

Its already 3-0... amunt valencia and visca barca :crazyboy:

Valencia is trashing Mallorca, I sincerely have lost the count
The good thing is they are just one point below RM now, last Liga games are going to be thrilling :rockman:

Valencia 5 Malloraca 0..... Mista 3 ridiculous :mrpimp:

valencia now winning 5-0 in the 76' with mista scoring a hatrick

FT Valencia 5-1 Mallorca
:f***:

Ah well, at least this makes it more exciting :crazyboy:

so after madrid lost, this became the valencia-mallorca thread? :confused:

I think Madrid will lose the title to Valencia, maybe even Barcelona, who are 8 wins straight now. But the CL is Madrid's. Real will win the CL, but lose La Liga.

that is the way the pattern has gone the past few years

either La Liga or Champions League

I hope and think we can get both :brow:

Originally posted by RUSI
that is the way the pattern has gone the past few years

either La Liga or Champions League

I hope and think we can get both :brow:
That's is why i said that they will win the CL.
It's like for the past 6-8 years they won
CL then La Liga, then CL, then La Liga again etc.
That's why i was 85% sure that they will NOT win The Copa Del Ray.