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Robben gets fit!

September 14th, 2007 | By: Jan | 14 Comments »

Arjen Robben will be making his Real Madrid debut real soon! The left winger has had three group training sessions and all looked good. Robben is recovering from an ankle injury that kept him from playing all summer. Newspaper AS saw Robben train with a vengeance the other day and did not give the impression of a player out of rhythm…

Still, Schuster doesn’t want to hurry the former FC Groningen star. Only if Robben is 100% fit will he play. It seems the next competition match (Almeria) and the first CL match versus Werder Bremen will be too early. The away game against Valladolid seems to be the target, for September 23.

Tags: Arjen Robben, Bernd Schuster, The Netherlands

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By a | September 15th, 2007 at 12:30 am

Great to hear, I wish most of the Dutch players at Real didn’t play in the same position though.

Kinda worried for Drenthe, especially once Heinze gets back. Wish he’d stayed at Feyenoord for one or two more seasons…

By Mario | September 15th, 2007 at 9:59 am

I don´t think you should be worried!. Drenthe will have many chances to play because Real Madrid plays in many competitions so he will play a lot and he is a quality player who will grow there and will show his real value to the team, he is going to be a hit there.

By ferenc | September 15th, 2007 at 2:38 pm

real has a 12th man: the referee - 1 goal disallowed,1 expulsion injust.
sneijder scored (now he’s substituted by higuain),ruud is benched,drenthe substituted heintze at half-time.
i hope referees won’t help too much los merengues. mes que un club,forca barca!

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By Mario | September 15th, 2007 at 3:36 pm

Barca sucks!. Now I love Madrid, is like watching Oranje!. I love to see Sneijder doing so well there and Ruud has proved his value there already and Drenthe and Robben will have a big impact on the team.

By ferenc | September 15th, 2007 at 5:17 pm

i would like to see sneijder doing so well rather in oranje and a little bit worse in madrid. anyway real can do anything,barca is still better and will be better in the coming years. sorry real fans,but this is the truth. rijkaard is better coach than schuster. the 23rd of december you will see the difference.

btw Mario: what do you think about geovani dos santos? (it’s a little bit off topic) i saw him 2 or 3 times and he was amazing.

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By Mario | September 15th, 2007 at 7:07 pm

He is from México Ferenc and I am from México, hehe, so I can give you a better opinion about him.

He is an excellent player and he will be one of the biggest players in the world. I saw him when México became World Champions U 17 in 2005 and he showed there all his talent and here in México everybody thinks he will be the best player in México´s history even bigger than Hugo Sánchez. He has an amazing technique and is very fast and has a tremendous shot and vision on the game. For sure he will be important in the years to come and Barcelona have a player that can be big in the upcoming years because he is only 18 years old but has a lot of mentality and hopefully injuries will respect him so he can develop all his football. Ferenc, this boy can be as big as Ronaldinho in a few years and Barcelona is lucky to have him in the team.

By goose | September 16th, 2007 at 2:08 am

Another goal by Sneijder..great fre-kick; heres the tube:

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=xoGwJGJVULk

grtz

btw; great change Jol will be available pretty soon

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By a | September 16th, 2007 at 2:08 am

Thanks for reassuring me Mario. =)

Can someone tell me why van Nistelrooij didn’t start / play for Madrid this weekend?!

By Lerkot | September 16th, 2007 at 4:31 am

“Barca sucks!. Now I love Madrid, is like watching Oranje!. I love to see Sneijder doing so well there and Ruud has proved his value there already and Drenthe and Robben will have a big impact on the team.”

Yes. I too like every team that wins and dislike every team that loses.

Van Nistelrooy was just resting, he has played a lot of games the last weeks.

By Jan | September 16th, 2007 at 5:55 am

Ruud came back with a lot of little injuries from Albania and Schuster wants a fit Ruud for the CL match against Werder Bremen this week!

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By bobotoh | September 16th, 2007 at 8:27 am

Sneijder will become the new legend at Real Madrid.

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By ferenc | September 16th, 2007 at 8:54 am

he has the potential for becoming a legend,but after 3 good games it’s a little bit early to say this. even after a good season - for becoming a club-legend players need to win championships,cl,etc. let’s see for ex. clarence (and maldini,gattuso,kaka,etc.) is a legend at milan,ronaldinho and puyol are legends at barca,gerrard is a legend in liverpool,raul is a legend in madrid. after this list it seems that wesley is still far for and has a lot to do and several years for achieving the legend status. but he really has the talent for this.

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By a | September 16th, 2007 at 3:04 pm

Sniejder is amazing, glad he came to his senses and moved away from Ajax (me being a Feyenoord fan).

Hope van Nistelrooij gets europe’s top scored this season, damn totti. :p

By Caleb | September 17th, 2007 at 8:27 am

Damn totti indeed! What a bastard that guy is.

ferenc: “1 expulsion injust” - that expulsion was completely just. It was a tackle from behind, last man back, and he went right through the player to get the ball. He didn’t touch the ball first and it was from behind. Straight red for sure. I missed some parts of the game so I don’t know anything about a disallowed goal though.

I was hoping to see Ruud play, but it’s good to rest him. I hope he’s the European top scorer this year. I like Saviola too though, I’m glad Real snapped him up from Barca. He’s a very talented player, I’d like to see him and Ruud play together.

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