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David Beckham, Landon Donovan, Bruce Arena, and Jose Mourinho discuss their participation in the 2011 Herbalife World Football Challenge

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Cristiano Ronaldo vacations are ending and tomorrow, the 11th of July, Real Madrid unite troops and kickoff the pre-season for 2011-2012. In the end of this article, you may check the 2011-2012 pre-season table containing the schedule for Real Madrid matches and events in the next weeks. Cristiano Ronaldo vacations are coming to an end, and this Monday 11th of July, not only CR7 but also the entire Real Madrid team is expected to gather in Valdebebas, Madrid to start the pre-season for the 2011-2012 campaign. In the next weeks, Real Madrid has scheduled to play 7 friendly matches, being the first against L.A. Galaxy in the 17th of July and the last one against Tianjin Teda in China, in the 6th of August. Remember that you can watch all those matches in ronaldo7.net, inside the Live Game Streams section. ristiano Ronaldo and his teammates should arrive Madrid tomorrow, around 9AM (local time), in order for the medical exams routine, and just a couple hours later, Real Madrid has a booked flight in the Baraja Airport to travel to the Los Angeles, United States. The first training will only take place the following day, Tuesday, and the first friendly match of the season will have as opponent David Beckham's L.A. Galaxy team, in the 17th of July (Sunday). Real Madrid new transfers are already expected to travel with the team and below you may check the full Real Madrid roster for the 2011-2012 pre-season: GOALKEEPERS: Antonio Adán (Spain), Iker Casillas (Spain), Jose Fernandez Collado (Spain), Tomas Mejias (Spain) DEFENDERS: Raul Albiol (Spain), Alvaro Arbeloa (Spain), Jose Casado (Spain), Fábio Coentrão (Portugal), Jose Nacho Fernandez (Spain), Marcelo (Brazil), Pepe (Portugal), Sergio Ramos (Spain), Ricardo Carvalho (Portugal), Raphael Varane (France) MIDFIELDERS: Jose Callejón (Spain), Esteban Granero (Spain), Kaká (Brazil), Sami Khedira (Germany), Mesut Özil (Germany), Nuri Sahin (Turkey), Xabi Alonso (Spain), FORWARDS: Karim Benzema (France), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Jese Rodriguez (Spain), Jose Luis Mato San Martin (Spain) Real Madrid has planned to stay in the United States for 13 days. In this period, Cristiano Ronaldo will work hard to recover his shape and will most likely play in all the 3 friendly matches that are scheduled in Uncle Sam's lands. David Beckham will play for the first time against his former team Real Madrid, now defending the colours of L.A. Galaxy. Real Madrid and Cristiano Ronaldo first official match will be the Spanish Super Cup Final against Barcelona (1st of 2 matches) and will take place in the 14th of August, in the Santiago Bernabéu. Check the full Real Madrid pre-season schedule 2011-2012 below: 11 of July: Medical exams (Valdebebas, Madrid) 11 of July: Travel to Los Angeles, United States of America 11 of July: Arrival to Los Angeles, United States 17 of July: Los Angeles Galaxy vs Real Madrid (Los Angeles, United States) 21 of July: Chivas Guadalajara vs Real Madrid (San Diego, United States) 24 of July: Philadelphia Union vs Real Madrid (Philadelphia, United States) 24 of July: Return to Madrid 27 of July: Hertha Berlin vs Real Madrid (Berlin, Germany) 30 of July: Leicester vs Real Madrid (Leicester, England) 30 of July: Travel to China 3 of August: Guangzhou Evergrande vs Real Madrid (Guangzhou, China) 6 of August: Tianjin Teda vs Real Madrid (Tianjin, China) 6 of August: Return to Madrid

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Best attacking trio in Europe Between them, Real Madrid strikers Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Gonzalo Higuain tallied 65 goals in La Liga last season, making them the most effective attacking trio in European football. Jose Mourinho's team scored 102 goals in 38 league games. Real Madrid had reached the 100-strike mark only four times before, and became the top scoring side in the 2010/11 edition of the championship. As mentioned above, Ronaldo, Benzema and Higuain tallied 65 of those 102 goals, making them the team's top scorers, followed by Kaka (7), Ozil (6) and Di Maria (6). They also make up the best attacking trio in Europe, followed by Barcelona (61 goals), Bayern Munich (52), Lille (47) and Manchester United (44). Cristiano scored a record 40 strikes in the championship last year, while the team earned impressive victories over such sides as Valencia (2-6), Sevilla (3-6), Malaga (7-0) and Almeria (8-1).

This weekend, the English newspaper "Sunday Mirror" published an interview with Cristiano Ronaldo. However, Ronaldo himself publicly announced on his Twitter and Facebook personal pages that the interview was entirely false. Cristiano Ronaldo released a statement on his personal Facebook and Twitter pages, denying having granted the interview that the British media "Sunday Mirror" published this weekend, written by Jim Hughes. CR7 is still on vacations with his son and his girlfriend Irina Shayk and affirmed that he never met with the reffered journalist or anyone else from the Sunday Mirror staff in the last days. Cristiano Ronaldo posted the following statement on his Twitter and Facebook personal accounts: "The Sunday Mirror publishes an interview with me today. All that content is false. I have never spoke with the newspaper, and never made those statements." In the reffered false and fake interview, Cristiano Ronaldo was quoted saying that he doesn't like London and he would only play in a North West English club, which would be the same as saying he would only consider a move to either Manchester City or Manchesster United. Sunday Mirror false story also contained statements from Cristiano Ronaldo regarding the Manchester City approach in order to attempt transfering CR7 to the Citizens. On this matter, Ronaldo would have allegedly said that if José Mourinho had left to Chelsea in the end of this season, then he would have left Real Madrid and joined Manchester City, because he was flattered to receive an offer around 20 million pounds a year. Once again, those statements were false and Real Madrid fans can relax because Cristiano Ronaldo will keep wearing the number 7 shirt in the next seasons.

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Yes, they'll have a child soon

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Cris with Marosca & Abelinha

Cristiano Ronaldo and Irina in Algarve Beach (28 June 2011):

Cristiano Ronaldo continued his summer holiday in Algarve with girlfriend Irina. But this time, he took all of the family member with him, including his son, Junior. Travelling in a yacht seems like his favorite kind of holiday. However, despite in his most relaxed moment, he still showed the hates to the paparazzi who’s taking pictures of his son, by giving them a welcome ‘finger’…

Irina with binoculars

Irina with binoculars

Iker Casillas and Cristiano Ronaldo Praised by Sports Illustrated's World XI According to the Real Madrid website, Iker Casillas and Cristiano Ronaldo have been selected by Sports Illustrated's World XI. Iker Casillas was selected on the basis of being the best goalkeeper in the world. During the 2010-2011 UEFA Champions League, Copa Del Rey and Liga Espanola First Division, Casillas participated and started in 54 matches in 5,629 minutes. The total passes by Casillas was 1,027. The number of complete passes by Casillas was 680 out of 1027 compared with 347 of the incomplete ones. Casillas has 341 steals, 273 turnovers, 40 conceded goals, four penalty kicks conceded, one assist, five fouls drawn and one foul committed. The only problem with Casillas was one red card and four yellow cards during the season. Cristiano Ronaldo was selected on the basis of being the best forward during the 2010-2011 season. Ronaldo was the recipient of the 2011 Golden Boot Award. The total number of Ronaldo's activity during the 2010-2011 UEFA Champions League, Copa Del Rey and Liga Espanola First Division was 54 games, 365 shots, 53 goals, 151 crosses, 33 yellow cards (including provoked), 14,467 minutes played, 613 turnovers, 2,335 passes (1,963 of which were complete), 41 fouls committed, 129 fouls drawn, 151 crosses and nine penalty kicks. The awards by Sports Illustrated show that the Santiago Bernabeu made impressive advances in spite of his second place finish in the 2010-2011 season.

25/06/11Cristiano Ronaldo And Irina Shayk Leaving to Bodrum

25/06/11Cristiano Ronaldo And Irina Shayk Leaving to Bodrum

Neymar: "I admire both Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi" Brazil's most promising star, Neymar, said recently that he admires Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi and he hopes that he can reach their level in the future. However, in Neymar's opinion, Messi is the World's best player and is better than Ronaldo at the moment. Brazilian wonderboy, Neymar, who just helped his team Santos winning the "Libertadores" last night, affirmed that he respects a lot both Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. The Portuguese and the Argentinian are the World's maximum references these days, when it comes to make an assessment for any new player's potential. Neymar: "I like both Ronaldo and Messi. But in my opinion, Lionel Messi is the best player in the World right now and I have no doubts on that. But in the other hand, Cristiano Ronaldo is also great, big and a very complete player." said the Brazilian prodigy to Spanish newspaper "As". Neymar has been strongly linked with a transfer to Real Madrid in the last days and weeks. The possibility of Cristiano Ronaldo playing side by side with Neymar is very likely to happen, but for now, Neymar assumes he has no rush in making the move to Europe, despite several news about clubs being interested in signing him. Neymar: "I'm happy in Santos here in my country and I think I'm playing good football. It's probably not the right moment to move to Europe yet."

Dorival Júnior: "Neymar is better than Cristiano Ronaldo" The Brazilian coach Dorival Júnior affirmed that Neymar has the potential to become better than Cristiano Ronaldo. The former Santos coach and the current manager of Atlético Mineiro knows Neymar very well and has no doubts about his overall quality. This summer transfer season promises to be exciting for Real Madrid. Among names such as Alexis Sanchez or Kun Aguero, who have been mentioned on the press as potential transfers for the "Merengues", Neymar is certainly one of the few who can be regarded as a "Galáctico" transfer. A potential partnership between Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo is seen by many as something unpredictable, but one thing is for sure, the Santiago Bernabéu wouldn't complain about the lack of quality and talented players. Dorival Júnior has coached Neymar in the past and he's confident that the Brazilian prodigy is prepared to join Real Madrid. Dorival Jr.: "In my opinion, Neymar is only worst than Messi. I think he is better than Cristiano Ronaldo in many aspects of the game. He's a lot more pragmatic than Ronaldo, more decisive, more genius. In a few years, I'm confident he'll also reach Lionel Messi's level." said the Brazilian coach to the website Lancenet. Dorival Júnior: "Neymar is a great kid and has an incredible charisma. If he focus himself on his career, he'll grow very fast because he has such an immense potential." Dorival also praised one of Neymar's teammates, Paulo Henrique Ganso, the other rising star from Santos. "Ganso is a great professional, just like Neymar is an exceptional player. Neymar is a genius and Ganso is more of a maestro in the midfield. They both complement each other very well on the field." Petkovic, the former International from Serbia, who played for Real Madrid, Sevilla and Racing Santander, also agrees that Neymar is better than Cristiano Ronaldo. "Neymar is superior than Cristiano Ronaldo. CR7 has a lot of strenght and plays well with his head, but with all the respect, he doesn't have the technique level of Neymar. In the next years, Neymar will fight with the best to become the World best player, just like Messi does." Petkovic: "Neymar isn't a "Pichichi" kind of player, like Cristiano Ronaldo is, but he is a great forward. He's really good and besides scoring many goals he also helps the attacking plays becoming more dangerous. He has a lot of easiness in finishing his teammates plays. This is the right moment for Neymar to take this step and go play to big European club. He has to leave Santos now and take his chances in Europe. If Real Madrid doesn't sign Neymar, than Barcelona or Manchester United will."

Pelé: "Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are the best in the World for now" Pelé joined the debate and spoke about Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, but also left a warning note regarding Neymar's potential. The "King" said that Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi are the best in the World right now, but the Argentinian is still one level above the rest. It seems like it's turning out to be the eternal question of the modern football era. In a topic almost impossible to find a consensus, Pelé shared his thoughts on the matter and said that Lionel Messi is the best player in the World right now, overcoming Cristiano Ronaldo and Brazil's rising star Neymar. Pelé: "Messi better than Pelé? Messi is the best in the World for now, but he still needs to score at least 1283 goals more, in order to be seen as the best football player ever. There's also Cristiano Ronaldo, who has a lot of strenght and scores plenty of goals every season. He still has a lot of potential. Pelé believes that the World Best Player "fight" is exclusive to Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, but only because Neymar is still very young. "Please don't tell me that Neymar has to be the best in the World at the age of 19, because that's just too much responsability for such a young kid. He has time to develop and become the best player in the World in future. I'm pretty sure he'll get there someday, but for now, the best players in the World are Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi. I also hope that Neymar can give his full contribute to the Brazil National Team and doesn't do the same that Messi does with his weak performances for Argentina." Pelé also said that Neymar best choice for the short-term should be accepting the challenge to play in Real Madrid, under the command of José Mourinho. "I advised Neymar to transfer to Real Madrid, but Santos President doesn't want to sell him until the 2014 World Cup." However, Maradona doesn't seem to agree with the Brazilian legend and spoke recently to the Spanish television "TVE", reffering to Neymar as a rude boy who shows no respect for anyone. "Neymar is not polite at all, a bit like Pelé. Messi in the other hand, is an exceptional player and I doubt Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar or anyone else in the World can be better than him."

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