Presedintele clubului Real Madrid, Florentino Perez, insotit de Directorul general Jorge Valdano si de directorul sportiv Miguel Pardeza au luat astazi masa la Madrid cu cei patru capitani ai gruparii madrilene, Raul Gonzalez, Jose Maria Guti, Iker Casillas si Sergio Ramos. Presedintele madrilen programase intalnirea cu cei patru capitani inca din Albania de la meciul demonstrativ cu Gramozi. Intre altele, conducatorul gruparii madrilene a dorit sa discute se pare cu cei patru lideri ai Madridului primele de obiectiv ramase pentru Uefa Champions League si La Liga.

Intalnirea care a avut loc la unul din restaurantele de la Santiago Bernabeu, s-a desfasurat intr-un cadru intim, iar sursele televiziunii Cuatro anunta ca Florentino i-a felicitat pe cei patru capitani pentru felul in care au inteles sa se comporte de la inceputul sezonului si pana acum si l-a laudat in mod special pe eroul saptamanii trecute Guti pe care l-a salutat cordial: “Hola genio!”

Real Madrid are two victories short of notching the most points ever (53) after 22 weeks of play

Should Real Madrid win their next two league matches against Espanyol and Xerez, they will set a new club record for points over a 22-week span. The current mark is 50 and was set in 2007/08, the last year they won the league title.

Los Blancos are currently sitting on 47 points after 15 wins, two draws and three defeats in 20 matches played. Equally impressive is the number of goals scored at this stage of the competition in relation to two seasons ago. Manuel Pellegrini's men have 47 goals to their name whereas two season's ago the Whites had only scored 40. Defensively speaking, 14 goals had been conceded at this stage in 200708, while this season 15 have been allowed so far.

In order to set a new record, Real Madrid will need to defeat Espanyol, who are 14th in the league table, and La Liga bottom dwellers, Xerez..