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Real Madrid vs. Getafe

Goalkeepers: Casillas & Dudek.

Defenders: Ramos, Cannavaro, Torres & Heinze.

Midfielders: Diarra, Gago, Robben, Guti, Drenthe, Balboa & Baptista.

Forwards: Raúl, Van Nistelrooy, Soldado & Higuaín.

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Roberto Carlos: Real Madrid's Guti doesn't believe in himself

Fenerbahce star Roberto Carlos says his former Real Madrid teammate Guti would be a better player - if he believed in himself.

Now 30, Guti is set to sign a lifetime contract with Real, but Roberto Carlos says: "As a player he is fantastic. But he still doesn't believe in himself."

The Brazilian also remarked: "Robinho is the second Garrincha. Iker Casillas will become the best goalkeeper in the world.

"Fabio Capello, for me, has been the best coach."

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0 - Real Madrid: Iker Casillas; Sergio Ramos, Cannavaro, Heinze, Torres (Soldado, 83'); Gago, Guti (Higuain, 75'), Baptista (Drenthe, 61'); Robben, Raul & Van Nistelrooy.

1 - Getafe: Abbondanzieri; Cortes (Mario, 9', Albin, 54'), Belenguer, "Cata" Diaz, Licht; Pablo Hernandez, Celestini, Casquero, Cotelo; Manu (Tena, 67') & Uche.

GOALS: 0-1, 64': Uche.

REFEREE: Daudén Ibanez. Booked Cannavaro (42'), Heinze (65'), Higuain (90'), Cellestini (20'), Casquero (21') and Belenguer (27').

HIGHLIGHTS: Matchday 25 of La Liga. Venue: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. Attendance: 73,000.

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Higuaín & Guti

"We will continue to fight"

Real Madrid's players have already forgotten about the defeat and think only about their next League clash with Recreativo Huelva.

Higuaín

"We unfortunately dropped three points. The only thing we can do now is to continue fighting. The League is much tighter. We only think about our match in Huelva. We have to try to win all our games. I don't want to talk about Getafe's goal. I didn't see it. We are strong and we know we can't allow something like that to happen again. We have to stand firm and to start work well again."

Guti

"It's amazing something like this happened to Real Madrid. We can't afford to drop three points in situations like these, especially when we have the game under control and more chances of scoring the first goal. We knew the game was going to be complicated. It's a shame to have put an end to the great run we had at home. I don't think Getafe deserved to win and we are very disappointed. A team like Real Madrid shouldn't lose three consecutive games."

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Guti: We Can't Become The New Barça

Real Madrid playmaker Guti hopes and prays that his side won't follow in the footsteps of Barcelona by surrendering what once seemed to be a commanding lead at the top of the Liga standings...

The veteran midfielder told As.com that mistakes were costing his side, but that he hoped they could stop the rot in time to prevent throwing away the title.

"We're well aware that the errors committed recently have cost us three defeats," he began.

"We might be playing well generally, but we're not getting results. We must deal with these little errors so as not to throw away more matches.

"We must not fall into relaxation mode. We need to be a team, which was what drove us towards the Liga last year. We must concentrate offensively and defensively.

"Will what happened to Barça happen to us? Hopefully not. We know that we're committing the same mistakes and failings as them. But hopefully we can avoid falling into such a situation.

"We must take each day as it comes and not count titles just yet. It's a long time to go before the Liga winner is settled."

Getafe Gaffe

The player was asked to look back on the lapse of concentration leading to Getafe's goal on Sunday evening, during which only he and Heinze were really alert to the danger.

"We didn't hear the whistle, and they took advantage of this opportunity to break forward and make the goal," rued the former Spanish international.

"It was a moment of confusion. I saw hos the linesman lifted his hand, but the referee didn't follow: then came the move and the goal, and only then did the referee see that the flag was raised. Our mistake was celebrating the goal before having it confirmed.

"These kind of mistakes see us lose matches. We need to be focused for the whole 90 minutes, knowing at all times what we need to do."

Renewal

Guti has recently been announced as the next player to join Van Nistelrooy and Casillas in being given a 'contract for life', with As speculating that such gala occasions could prove distracting.

"The fact that they recognise our work is very nice," countered the midfielder.

"The club has relied on these people to continue the good work that started two years ago.

"We need to go along with that and I don't think it's causing problems on the pitch.

"Am I superstitious? No, not much... oh, since Van Nistelrooy signed a renewal he hasn't scored? No, I don't believe that's a factor. I believe that everyone tries their best; I don't think it's an influencing factor. Things are up and down.

"Hopefully I will sign soon. I'm happy to belong to a club like Real Madrid for so long - not just in the first team. One of my dreams was to retire here and it looks like I'm going to achieve it."

The National Side

Everything looks fine for Guti on the domestic front, but he is still far away from Luis Aragones' plans for the national team.

Reflecting on the Raul-Aragones press conference, he shrugged, "These are very personal decisions.

"It's true that it's hard getting up almost every day, and then hearing such discussions on radio or TV.

"In the end, both Raul and Luis want things to go well. Luis has toe decide who goes and who doesn't, and he must be respected.

"I imagine it's difficult for the two of them to see if he is going or not."

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