Luxembur'go'

And it finally happened.Real Madrid have sacked their Brazillian coach Luxemburgo.The official news here. This was very much on the cards the day Real lost against Barca(0-3).Though Luxemburgo cannot be blamed fully for the bad performance of the team, I think he has been provided with lots of oppurtunities to prove himself.He will have his own theory, say injury to players and international commitments.But at the end of the day what does really matter is the victory and three points or at the least a good football game. In the last game against Getafe Real Madrid won 1-0.Since Beckham was red carded the coach had to play all his 10 men defensively. It was total scrappy. Not the usual real madrid game we see. The coach just wanted a victory and I think was hoping that he would not be sacked if he won this match.
But he should know that a couple of years back the then coach Vincente Del bosque was sacked even though he managed to win the la liga that season.It was still claimed that he did not win the Champions league.For any normal person its a way too much of an ask.But not for Real madrid or its supporters.

I was hoping that either Souness or O'Leary would be gone this weekend.But it was Luxemburgo who got his marching orders.There were moments of brilliance in his coaching stint at Madrid.Especially the replayed match(for 7 mins)last year against Real sociedad when Ronaldo sprinted into the opponents defence and winning a penalty.There could be arguements if it was dirty tactics, but at the end of the day they got three points.So there were at times I enjoyed his strategies and substitutions.But nothing off late.

As such there are lots of rumours now about new coach. The list has all the VIPS Fabio Capella,Arsene Wenger,Jose Mourniho and infact Sven Goran Erickson.(and there is another German coach and my question does Sir Fergi knows spanish).Its a very much coveted job - Coaching Real Madrid - the galacticos.But the difficulty is all these galacticos are not played to their best or their convenient positions.Usually some adjustments are to be made to include all the galacticos in the team, thereby the players lose commitment and also sometimes they are not capable of performing to their fullest extent.Though most of them are multi talented there is a bit of difference if they are not playing their natural game.Eventually the coach is blamed.I liked the Vincente del Bosque's team.Especially Makelele is terribly missed now.Pablo Garcia is a good find and it took two years for Real Madrid to find him and then some more time for the coach to use him in correct position.

In the coming weeks I would be pondering upon all the gossips colums of spanish and english websites.(come on..I'm a Real Madrid supporter:-)).So once again a very rich and coveted job is at stake.Any one would want to take it- a popular club,rich club and talented players.But the expectations are also so high for the same reasons.Hence its not an easy job.After all not all clubs sack theer coach after winning a match/ trophy, but it happens in Real Madrid.By the way will someone get a rich and coveted job easily.

PS: The day I changed my Blog background,Real Madrid also have realised its time for a change.Ithu timing..But hope its not all blues for them as my blog's background.Let them be their own Whites.