Pelligrini’s strength training starts the session off and finishing with a 10 vs 10 game.

As we were watching the Cristiano Ronaldo X Real Madrid presentation the other day, the BP_TOW crew got caught up in an interesting conversation regarding his choice of the Number 9 shirt, the fact that the Original Ronaldo rocked it with the Original Galacticos, if the Portuguese International would go with CRonaldo and if not, whether supporters would buy the new kit or just recycle the old one.  Seems like we found an answer to at least one of those subjects…

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Still can’t get over the size of their squad….. and the amount of money invested standing around in a circle listening to ne Real Madrid head coach Manuel Pelligrini’s plan for the first time.

It wasn’t a Cristiano Ronaldo type presentation, but French International Karim Benzema got his big day…

Cristiano Ronaldo credits Sir Alex Ferguson for turning him into a less selfish footballer.

The Portuguese forward completed his world-record transfer to Real Madrid this week, and claims he can keep improving in Spain.

But he has hailed Ferguson for changing his game and making him more aware of his team-mates. (more…)

From the beginning of the day to the end… and equipped with obligatory tunes.

I remember my first day at work at my new job.. ..They just showed me to my cube and pointed to where the bathroom was. CRon’s reception was a little different. Over 80,000 fans came out in support of the Portuguese star

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It was the CR9 trademark back in January that fueled the initial speculation (he was CR7 with Manchester United) that Cristiano Ronaldo would be on his way to Real Madrid at the end of the 2008 / 09 season and now it’s minted as the Portuguese International has chosen the Number 9 shirt.

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