SAMI KHEDIRA

Real Madrid recently lost in the derby against Atletico Madrid for the first time in 23 matches after suffering a 1-0 defeat at the Santiago Bernebeu. Inform striker Diego Costa scored the only goal of the match, as the pressure on Carlo Ancelotti increased.

This defeat means that Madrid have fallen an incredible 5 points – even at this early stage of the season – behind Barcelona. As result of this victory, archrivals Atletico Madrid have now begun the season with seven consecutive victories. After this defeat, manager Ancelotti has come in for a lot of criticism, but star striker Cristiano Ronaldo chose to blame the players. Read the rest of this entry »

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Real Madrid midfield general Sami Khedira has played down talks of a move away from the Santiago Bernabeu and follow his former manager Jose Mourinho to Chelsea and stated that he is looking forward to working under the new manager Carlo Ancelotti.

The Germany international joined the Spanish giants at the beginning of the 2010 season after his stellar showing for the national team at the FIFA World Cup in South Africa and had been one of the first signings by the then new manager Mourinho when he took over the club after winning the UEFA Champions League with Inter Milan.

When Mourinho resigned at the end of next season to return to England with Chelsea, Khedira was rumored to follow his former manager and move to the Stamford Bridge outfit. But speaking to a German sports publication, Sami Khedira has stated that he has enjoyed working under Mourinho a lot and he rates him highly.

He went on to add that three years back, the Portuguese manager handed him the chance to come from the Bundesliga into the Spanish League with one of the biggest clubs in the world and he is thankful for that but he is now contracted to Real Madrid and is looking forward to working with new manager Carlo Ancelotti.

Khedira, who is half Tunisian, still has two years to run on his current contract and he also imagines himself signing on an extension. He added that it is an issue but mentioned that his agent takes care of these things and there is nothing concrete to announce at the moment.

Speaking of Ancelotti, Sami Khedira mentioned that he has heard a lot of him, especially from Kaka who worked under him at Milan and is excited at the prospect of a new season under him.

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Real Madrid’s defensive midfielder Sami Khedira has said that the Spanish club need to have a disciplined approach in order to overturn a 4-1 deficit from the first leg. Real Madrid will be taking on Borussia Dortmund looking to qualify for the Champions League final against all the odds.

Polish striker Robert Lewandowski destroyed Real Madrid by scoring all four goals in the first leg. The away goal from Cristiano Ronaldo has given the Spanish club is like glimmer of hope, but Khedira has said that there is a mountain ahead of them in the hopes of reaching the final.

There is a real danger of both the Spanish clubs being knocked out of the competition after Barcelona suffered a 4-0 defeat in the first leg against German club Bayern Munich. Real Madrid will be facing Dortmund for the fourth time, as the two teams have already met in the group stages earlier in the season. Back then, it was the German team at the upper hand as well. Yet, Khedira is confident that Madrid will be able to progress if they manage to play with balance and patience. He has said that an early goal will help them give confidence that they can win the tie.

“It is important to score a goal early, but at the same time we can’t lose our head. We have to find a middle ground. The manager will prepare us very well for this game because an early goal for the opponent can increase the pressure even more. Therefore we need to pressure Dortmund up front but not from the first minute because the game last 90 minutes and we have already seen how quickly they can score one or more goals,” said Khedira ahead of the match.

The German international has been one of the important players for Madrid, and has been linked to Manchester United according to the man utd football news site.

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The Celta Vigo manager Abel Resino has said that his team should be extremely cautious about attacking Real Madrid because the Spanish giants are extremely dangerous on the counter-attack. Real Madrid come into the match after having won the last five matches in all competitions.

Even more impressive is the fact that they have played against the likes of Barcelona and Manchester United in these five matches. Hence, they are the overwhelming favourites to get the three points during the weekend when they take on Celta Vigo, who were fighting against relegation. The team are currently 19th in the Spanish league table. Read the rest of this entry »