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When you hear about Madrid, what comes to your mind first? Is it not the Real Madrid that strikes you first? The Real Madrid is the professional football team of Madrid, Spain. This club has been voted as the most successful football team by the FIFA. It has won uncountable trophies and untouchable fame and success.
The word ‘real’ in the club’s name stands for ‘royal’. This title was given to them by the King Alfonso XIII in the 20th century. The club was founded in the year 1902. Since then it has been a part of the La Liga league. The team is one of the best known teams of Spain and Europe. In the 2008, the club was hailed to be the world’s richest football club and the second most valuable club.
Its career began in 1905 when it won the Spanish Cup final for the first time. It received its name, the Real Madrid in 1929 after having an agreement with the foundation of Spanish FA. In the same year, the first Spanish football league was founded. The Real Madrid won its first title in the 1931-1932 seasons. In the following year, it won the title again and thus became the team to have won the league consecutively two times.
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In the 1940s, during the Spanish Civil War, it was losing its popularity and fame. The evils of the war had decreased the popularity of football. The club recovered its fame quickly and won the European cup five times in a row between 1956 and 1960. After having won the cup for the fifth time they permanently awarded with the actual European Cup.
In the 1970s, the league championships were won five times by the Real Madrid. They won the 3 Spanish Cups in the same year. But by the 1980s, it had lost its popularity amongst people until a new group of home-grown players brought back its success. Having formed a new team, the Real Madrid won two (Union of European Football Association), five championships in a row and three more Spanish Cups. The Real Madrid was one of the best football teams in Spain and Europe during the later part of 1980s.
However in the 2000s, it started losing games. They got excellent players like David Beckham, Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos, Luis Figo but inspite of that, they failed to win for the following few years. Ramon Calderon was elected as the president and Fabio Capello was the new coach. After this, the club won the La Liga league after four years.
The current Real Madrid team comprises of like Iker casillas, Fabio Cannavaro, Sergio Ramos, Xabi Alonso, Ronaldo, Junior Marcelo, Kaka and Jose Manuel Reina Paez. The current head coach of the Real Madrid team is Jose Mourinho and the president is a famous business man, Florentino Perez.
Historically, the Real Madrid team is Spain’s most successful football team. It has won 59 domestic trophies and 15 international trophies. They are the second best team in Europe and the fourth best in the world.
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The exodus of so many great players from the English Premier League does force one to believe that perhaps it is not as appealing to world football stars as the football leagues of Spain and Italy. Despite the fact that it offers so much financial benefits and world-wide viewing as compared to other leagues, we have observed that more foreign stars have been found leaving the Premier League than joining. And whats more interesting is the fact that most of these players either opt for the football leagues in Italy, or Spain.
Here i look at some of the reasons why Premier League has been hit by the exodus of players like Ronaldo, Henry, van Nistelrooy and many others to the football clubs of Spain and Italy!
First of all, the style of football played in these two countries differs from that of the English. They provide players with much more time on the ball and matches and therefore feature more skillful moments.
Another reason for the preference given to Italy and Spain would be the fact that the foreign players are more comfortable in a Mediterranean climate than an English one.
Perhaps the players who are recognized worldwide do not like the media attention they get from playing in English League. Most of the foreign players, especially the ones from Argentina and Brazil, are from humble backgrounds and the media attention really bothers them. Such media attention is not a problem in other leagues as they don’t have much viewership but provide even a tougher atmosphere to hone your skills.
If you make a mistake in English Premier League, you will have to bear the media bombardment for at least a whole week. And that can really get to your nerves. People will always be babbling about the style of your game, or the lack of it.
The only thing perhaps that may bring in more foreign stars to the English Premier League is money. And believe me there is no dearth of it In the English Premier League. However, not everyone plays for money. And there are things even money cannot buy!