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Rosell slams Mourinho for whining Barcelona president Sandro Rosell has mocked Real Madrid's Jose Mourinho for claiming that his club have a better fixture list. The "Special One" had complained that his side had to play far too many fixtures in a short space of time, but Rosell feels that the Portuguese is simply making a mountain over a molehill, especially given Pep Guardiola has never made similar gripes despite having similar problems at the Nou Camp. Speaking to Spanish publication AS, Rosell said: ''I know we [barcelona] play Tuesday and Saturday or Sunday and Tuesday. "This is sport, and when you are told to play, you must play, there is no other way to deal with it. That's sport." Rosell also extolled the virtues of his club compared to their rivals, saying : ''Barcelona has fantastic values of many sports, the club meets fairly in all areas, especially football.'' Barcelona's next fixture is against Valencia on Wednesday.

Cruyff mocks Jose's fixture gripes Barcelona legend Johan Cruyff has laughed off Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho's complaints of his side's fixture pile-up. Cruyff is regarded as one of the greatest names in Barcelona's history, where he won a La Liga title as a player in 1974, before returning to the Nou Camp as manager and leading the club to four consecutive domestic league trophies, as well as the 1992 European Cup. The footballing legend has become the latest high-profile footballing identity to contradict Mourinho, joining Barcelona president Sandro Rosell who challenged Mourinho's claims that Real had an unfair fixture schedule compared to Barcelona. The outspoken Portuguese manager had earlier blamed fatigue as the reason behind his team's draw against Deportivo La Coruna, stating that his players were tired from playing consecutive games with only a gap of three days. His comments came as a slight surprise considering many big teams who participate in European competition as well as reach the latter rounds of domestic cup competitions often play regularly in midweek and on the weekends. Rosell had earlier challenged Mourinho to prove that Barcelona had a more comfortable schedule. Now it is Cruyff's turn to refute the claims emanating from the Real camp, suggesting it is their inaptitude and game plan that is causing them to be tired. Speaking to El Periodico de Catalunya, Cruyff asserted: "Barcelona have less problems with playing two games per week than Real Madrid. The biggest difference between the two clubs is their style of play and that is the reason why Madrid struggle with the busy schedule." "Barca always dominate the games and have a lot of possession. Real Madrid on the other hand get a lot more tired because they always win the ball far away from their opponents' goal. That means they have to do a lot more running. Both going forward and in defence." Cruyff further went on record saying that Real had only themselves to blame for their disappointing result against Deportivo. "Madrid could have easily won the match against Deportivo. they have some excellent players and always create plenty of chances." "However, there comes a moment where your players get tired and then you pay the price for all the excessive work in the previous games." Following the 0-0 draw with Deportivo, Real remain in second place behind Barcelona, who have now extended their lead to seven points.

During his press conference, Mou was in an offensive mood. He once again criticized those who decide the schedule of games, and it’s not worth repeating here what was said. He also called one journalist “a hypocrite” but later apologized. And he said that the “club’s communication strategy is for me to show my face.” As for Pellegrini, Mou remarked, “if I were kicked out of Madrid, I wouldn’t go coach Málaga, but rather a big team in Italy or England.” Pellegrini wisely chose not to respond to that.

Real can move for Parejo, Callejon Real Madrid want to bring former players Daniel Parejo and Jose Callejon back to the club at the end of the season. Both were youth players at the club before they moved on to make their names away from the Santiago Bernabeu. Parejo, at age 21, is currently plying his trade with Getafe and has developed into one of the most exciting prospects in La Liga. The slightly older Callejon, at age 24, has also enjoyed a stellar season but on the flanks for at Espanyol. Real have the option to buy back both players. "[Daniel] Parejo and [Jose] Callejon are two possibilities we are contemplating in June," Real Madrid president Florentino Perez told radio station Cadena Ser. Reports in Spain suggest that Real can buy Parejo back for around €5million, while Callejon would cost a little more at €8million.

All 20 of the healthy players were called up for the game, which will be Manuel Pellegrini’s return to the Bernabéu after he was fired at the end of last season. I hope he gets a good reception from us in appreciation of all that he did last year. Goalkeepers: Casillas, Adán, Dudek. Defenders: Carvalho, Sergio Ramos, Albiol, Arbeloa, Marcelo. Midfielders: Xabi Alonso, Özil, Canales, Di María, Lass, Kaká, Granero, Pedro León, Gago. Forwards: Cristiano, Benzema, Adebayor.

Mourinho: “We must be patient with Kakà” From realmadrid.com, Jose Mourinho talked about tomorrow’s clash with Malaga in the press conference following this morning’s training session. “Kaka hasn’t played for six months, but it has actually been longer because he hasn’t been in optimum form for a year and half. He relies on his talent and speed, which doesn’t make this situation easy for him. I didn’t expect him to be the Ballon d’Or winner he was as soon as he recovered. He is going through a natural process and we must continue to support him. He is a fantastic guy and a great player. We must be patient and allow him to work with no pressure. I don’t put any pressure on him.”

Mourinho: “We must be patient with Kakà” From realmadrid.com, Jose Mourinho talked about tomorrow’s clash with Malaga in the press conference following this morning’s training session. “Kaka hasn’t played for six months, but it has actually been longer because he hasn’t been in optimum form for a year and half. He relies on his talent and speed, which doesn’t make this situation easy for him. I didn’t expect him to be the Ballon d’Or winner he was as soon as he recovered. He is going through a natural process and we must continue to support him. He is a fantastic guy and a great player. We must be patient and allow him to work with no pressure. I don’t put any pressure on him.”

Chelsea, City on Kaka alert Chelsea and Manchester City have been put on red alert after reports suggest Real Madrid are ready to offload Kaka. After a much anticipated £58 million arrival from AC Milan in the summer of 2009, Kaka's time at the Santiago Bernabeu has since been blighted by injury and poor form, and he has largely been overshadowed by team mate Cristiano Ronaldo, who joined Kaka at Real in the same transfer window and broke his record transfer fee within a matter of weeks. Kaka has recently returned from his latest injury layoff, which kept him on the sidelines for eight months at the start of 2011, and was optimistic about regaining his place in the Real Madrid lineup. However, with the La Liga giants extremely active in strengthening their squad last summer, Kaka's is now facing stiff competition from Mesut Ozil and Angel Di Maria for an attacking berth in Jose Mourinho's squad. With Ozil and Di Maria both enjoying impressive first seasons at the club, the Daily Mail has reported that the Portuguese could be ready to sell Kaka. This news will be of particular interest to Barclays Premier League giants Chelsea and Manchester City, both of whom are backed with rich owners who are willing to splash the cash to achieve their ambitions. While Chelsea only recently signed Spanish World Cup winner Fernando Torres for £50 million in January, both Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka are the wrong side of 30. For a team who have struggled to compete in the Premier League this season, with whispers that their ageing team can no longer compete with the other big clubs, manager Roman Abramovich will be eager to bring the Brazilian maestro to Stamford Bridge to rejuvenate his ailing team. Kaka may be tempted to join Chelsea and link up with his one-time mentor Carlo Ancelotti, who managed him at Milan, but Ancelotti's future at Stamford Bridge is far from certain after a disappointing league campaign this season. On the other hand, while Kaka has rejected City's advances in the past due to his refusal to join a side not competing in Europe, the club are currently sitting comfortably in third place in the Premier League standings, and with qualification for next season's UEFA Champions League a distinct possibility, Kaka could now be open to a move to the City of Manchester Stadium. Despite his recent troubles, Kaka is still one of the most highly regarded players in the game, having won the Champions League with Milan, the 2002 World Cup, as well as being awarded the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year awards in 2007.

Milan neutral over Kaka reunion AC Milan managing director Adriano Galliani has left the door slightly ajar for Kaka to return to the San Siro next season. Kaka has failed to produce the goods at Real Madrid after his £58 million arrival from Milan in the summer of 2009 and his future under manager Jose Mourinho remains in question. Speaking after Milan's 3-0 win over Napoli on Monday, Kaka's father Bosco Leite made no effort to play down the mounting speculation that his son could return. Galliani too, was coy on the matter and, did not outright reject the possiblity of the fan favourite swapping Madrid for Milan in the summer. "At the moment there is no hypothesis," Galliani was quoted on Skysports.com as saying. "Kaka is a friend, but we have not spoken about Ricardo. "Would I like his return? I don't know, we will see. Now let's think about this championship." Milan are currently on course to dethrone defending champions Inter Milan to become the new Serie A champions. Galliani's team are currently five points clear of their city rivals Inter at the top of the table.

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We will continue asking them for stories. You are sitting where Mourinho sat two weeks ago and he said that he thought that this team was going to be successful although it's very young. What has Mourinho added to the Real Madrid dressing room? We are obligated to win this tie. It was a shame since we played a good match in a very difficult stadium against a team that had already eliminated us twice and that we had beaten. We had a great result with ten minutes to go in the match and ended up with a draw. We can't be negative though. We know that an away goal is very important and that playing in the Bernabeu with our fans will be a decisive factor. Having fans like ours is a privilege, but we have play our game and hopefully get through to the quarterfinals to not only give our fans what they want, but to also accomplish what we strive for. How do you want the fans to support the team during the match against Lyon? I'd like to have fans that we are used to. Fans that are not only hungry for the Cup and La Liga, but also for the Champions League. When you go the Bernabeu for Champions League the atmosphere is different because people really want to win the tenth Champions League title, and want to be one of the top teams in Europe, not just in Spain. So I trust our fans and I know that it will be a special night worthy of our victory on the field and our pass to the quarterfinals. In closing, Jose Mourinho said that when he passed by Cibeles he would glance at it thinking that he wants to be there at the end of the season, although he doesn't like celebrations too much and that he would love to see his players there celebrating a title. Casillas said that his dream is to be at Cibeles and that for this club it would be very important to be there at the end of the season. When you pass by the Paseo de la Castellana and you see Cibeles, what do you feel? I feel a lot of things. My first titles were with Real Madrid. I celebrated my first two leagues with this club so I have great memories of being at Cibeles and looking around and seeing the streets full of Real Madrid supporters. It is priceless. What football makes people feel and especially what Real Madrid makes people feel is special, so every time I pass by Cibeles I want to go back to celebrate a title there, but I know that this is done with hard work and by doing things well. So I think that if we continue in this path of humility, hard work and hunger, we will be successful at the end of the season.

Iker Casillas spoke very well about you in the previous interview. He said that for being so young you embody a lot of the values that a real Madrid captain should have. What has he taught you? We have a great relationship. I can't put it in words. It is true that we've always had a special relationship since I started playing in the national team; not only him but with Raul too. He has been very kind to me and since they are unconditional Madridistas they taught me a great deal of things from them, but also from Zidane, Beckham, Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos. A player from the Real Madrid youth system like Casillas that has fought and worked for years to become what he is now has given me an example to follow and sharing the dressing room with him, the best goalkeeper in the world and all that entails has been an incredible lesson for me on how to carry a dressing room, be a leader and captain of such a great club. So I’ve been very lucky to share this with him and hopefully we will continue to have this relationship for many years. I always ask myself what does a player do when he signs for Real Madrid? What did you do and how did you feel the day that you signed? Wow. I was called up for the Spanish national team that day. I just had a couple of things in my bag since it was a typical concentration for the national team which was just a couple of days long. We trained, played the match and then went back home. That day I didn't go back home. I signed at 11:30 at night and the transfer window closed at 12:00. I was in Las Rozas Football City, where the national team trains, and when I signed it was unbelievable. I think I've never received so many text messages. I knew it was a huge step in my life that came with a great deal of responsibility that I wasn't fully aware of because I was so young without the experience that I have. So for me it was something that I couldn't believe or understand. I went to sleep as a Sevilla player and woke up as a Real Madrid player knowing that I was going to share a dressing room with incredible players like Ronaldo, Beckham, Zidane, Raul, Casillas and Roberto Carlos, who were my idols so I had them on a pedestal. So I had two options. One was to think that after signing for Real Madrid I had conquered it all, and the other was to accept the reality that I hadn't done anything as a professional and that it was time for me to really show my skills as a player. Did you sleep that night? No. I slept very little; my brother can attest to that. My family stayed up celebrating but I tried to get some rest and get back to normal and that night I would be exaggerating if I told you that I slept for an hour. Have you changed a lot between when you signed in 2005 and now? In general I think everybody changes as time goes on for many different reasons, Whether it's because of mistakes you've made or goals you have accomplished, different experiences or family issues, I think that it's a series of factors that affect you as a person or as a professional. I've matured, I'm more experienced now, I now have clear ideas of what I want and what I don't want and also what is good or bad for me. Evidently this helps me in my life. Talking to you is talking to a quiet and calm guy, but then in the dressing room you are the life of the party so to speak. You bring happiness; you are notorious for always putting on music. What is the best thing that ever happened to you in the dressing room? I don't like telling too many anecdotes about the dressing room, but as I said before, I think that people have a completely different perception of who I really am. In my case it's completely the opposite and I think anyone from Real Madrid or the Spanish national team will tell you that I'm the first guy to put on music and joke around with everybody. I can joke around with people but also take jokes from others. You have to be able to give them and take them. Even if a joke makes you feel a little uncomfortable. Yes of course, there are a lot of those. Right now in the dressing room boots are disappearing. One of Casilla's boots went missing and a week later one of my boots went missing. I think that joking around like that makes everybody be on the same level and it unites us in the dressing room. I think that this is necessary for us to ultimately win titles. There has to be a good vibe in the dressing room, even if we are from completely different parts of the world with different cultures and religions. All of us are here to defend our crest and to fight for titles because that’s what we all want. So we have to have fun, laugh and create a good atmosphere. I could tell you a million different stories but I'd rather let my teammates tell you. They'll have a lot about me. We will continue asking them for stories. You are sitting where Mourinho sat two weeks ago and he said that he thought that this team was going to be successful although it's very young. What has Mourinho added to the Real Madrid dressing room? We are obligated to win this tie. It was a shame since we played a good match in a very difficult stadium against a team that had already eliminated us twice and that we had beaten. We had a great result with ten minutes to go in the match and ended up with a draw. We can't be negative though. We know that an away goal is very important and that playing in the Bernabeu with our fans will be a decisive factor. Having fans like ours is a privilege, but we have play our game and hopefully get through to the quarterfinals to not only give our fans what they want, but to also accomplish what we strive for. How do you want the fans to support the team during the match against Lyon? I'd like to have fans that we are used to. Fans that are not only hungry for the Cup and La Liga, but also for the Champions League. When you go the Bernabeu for Champions League the atmosphere is different because people really want to win the tenth Champions League title, and want to be one of the top teams in Europe, not just in Spain. So I trust our fans and I know that it will be a special night worthy of our victory on the field and our pass to the quarterfinals. In closing, Jose Mourinho said that when he passed by Cibeles he would glance at it thinking that he wants to be there at the end of the season, although he doesn't like celebrations too much and that he would love to see his players there celebrating a title. Casillas said that his dream is to be at Cibeles and that for this club it would be very important to be there at the end of the season. When you pass by the Paseo de la Castellana and you see Cibeles, what do you feel? I feel a lot of things. My first titles were with Real Madrid. I celebrated my first two leagues with this club so I have great memories of being at Cibeles and looking around and seeing the streets full of Real Madrid supporters. It is priceless. What football makes people feel and especially what Real Madrid makes people feel is special, so every time I pass by Cibeles I want to go back to celebrate a title there, but I know that this is done with hard work and by doing things well. So I think that if we continue in this path of humility, hard work and hunger, we will be successful at the end of the season.

Ramos: "Against Lyon, I'd like to see fans that are not only hungry for the Cup and La Liga, but also for the Champions League" Realmadrid.com Sergio Ramos was the third guest on RealmadridTV's exclusive new show Real, which airs on Thursdays at 20:10 CET. During the interview, the team's second captain discussed the more personal side of things such as his early days in Camas, the inner workings of the Real Madrid dressing room and his hopes for the return leg of the Champions League Round of 16 tie against Lyon. This song talks about a street where dreams come true. Where was that for you as a youngster? Well, it wasn't really a street; it was a square in my neighborhood in Camas. It’s where I started playing games using two trees as one goal and two rocks as the other. That's where you really enjoy your childhood and your friends. That's where you start to dream about your future and have aspirations of becoming somebody. So Sergio Ramos' first football pitch was a square with rocks instead of goals? That's right, that's the reality of how a lot of footballers have started. In my case that's where I started. As time passed a few friends and I played behind the buildings where we lived. It was still a rocky pitch but at least it wasn't asphalt like the one in the square we used to play on. Until what time did your parents let you play football? Did you have a curfew? Yes, my parents were very strict when it came to that. I had to get up early in the morning to go to school and because I had been training since I was very young in the Sevilla youth academy my timetable was very full. I would train with my team all the time and have very few days off. So around 9:00 at night my parents were always whistling at me from the balcony telling me to come home. Who is the real Sergio Ramos as a person, for those who don't know you? That's difficult to say. When people first see a footballer the impression they have is what they see on TV or in a match. It's a shame because people don't really know what footballers are really like. They remember isolated incidents in matches that could be negative, like a strong challenge or a something they see in training. People have access to limited information so they don't really know what you are like; they don't know if you are humble, outgoing or nice. I'm very honest, sincere, a good friend and very outgoing and happy although sometimes that is not what people see when they look at me. I consider myself a very happy guy. I wake up and sing and also sing when I go to bed. I play the guitar and always try to be happy, so I think that if people got to spend some time with me they would see what I’m really like. How can you be the second captain of Real Madrid being only 24 years old? Well, it's taken a lot of hard work and all my experience as a footballer has rewarded me with being second captain of real Madrid. It's a dream come true for me so of course I'm very happy to share my captainship with Iker Casillas. There are a lot of people that have been very important for me to achieve my goals and one of them is our President Florentino Perez. He took a chance by signing me and through hard work I've shown everybody that he made the right decision. It's very important for me to have clear ideas and to know exactly where I stand. I know the history of this club so for me it's a dream come true to be here for six years and be the second captain and hopefully I’ll be able to end my professional career in this club.

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