I love OleOle. I love its concept, its site, the freedom it gives and these are only a few reasons why it is just so awesome. I also love Joe (who always has to put up with my annoying e-mails) and I love Mr.Knittle for creating such a project and for giving me the honor to be part of it.

As such, I'm working hard to ensure that Real Madrid has the best presence it deserves on OleOle. I have been editing a few player profiles but since Real Madrid is such a big and presteigous club, it needs a hell of a time and effort in order to complete all realmadrid-related profiles on OleOle.

UPDATE 2: Squad List for tonight's game has been announced:

Bernd Schuster has included all his men on the squad list for tonight's game, save for Javier Saviola, Wesley Sneijder and Míchel Salgado, who are injured.

Squad list:
Goalkeepers: Casillas, Dudek, Codina
Defenders: Sergio Ramos, Miguel Torres, Gabriel Heinze, Pepe, Cannavaro, Javi García, Marcelo, Metzelder
Midfielders: De la Red, Diarra, Gago, Van deer Vart, Robinho, Robben, Drenthe, Guti
Forwards: Higuaín, Van Nistelrooy, Raúl

Club Friendlies, 27 Aug 08 - 20:00 BST

Real Madrid - Sporting CP

WE ARE CHAMPIONS, WE ARE CHAMPIONS, WE KICKED ASS, WE REALLY DID KICK ASS, WE WERE JUST Phenomenal!!!

I'm still thrilled. It was an amazing match. Schuster's lineup was not the best one, but he fixed everything in the second half.

Once again, Casillas was just phenomenal. Pepe proved he is a great defender. Ramos was awesome. Diarra was okay. Guti kinda sucked, so did Rau'l.

Van Goal was absoloutely great... and oh yeah, Robben and De La Red, those two were just so good. And don't forget Higuain!!

I just didn't expect VDV to be sent out. I mean, he didn't have the intention to hurt the Valencia player, but anyway he was sent out.

UPDATE: SQUAD LIST ANNOUNCED

Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Pepe, Diarra, Raúl, Robinho, Robben, Guti, Heinze, Van Nistelrooy, De la Red, Van der Vaart, Higuaín, Torres, Javi García, Marcelo, Drenthe and Dudek

This is just in: Real Madrid have officially announced in a statement on their official website that they are not going to force Robinho to stay and therefore will terminate his contract if he wishes too.

Here is the text in Spanish:

1. El Real Madrid ha tenido conocimiento de las declaraciones de su jugador Robinho, cuyo contenido lamenta profundamente dada la alta consideración que le merece y la estima personal y profesional que siempre le ha tenido.

2. El Real Madrid nunca mantendrá en su equipo a un jugador contra su voluntad, por lo que no tendrá más remedio que aceptar la resolución unilateral del contrato si esa fuera la voluntad del futbolista.

UPDATE: Robinho has spoken publicly about moving to Chelsea! Via Guardian UK

"It's not my objective to continue at Real Madrid," he said in remarks reported by Brazilian website globoesporte.com. "I highly respect the club, the players, and especially the fans, who've always treated me well, but that's not my objective. I have an offer [from Chelsea] which is good for me and the club. I dream of playing in the English league.

"Chelsea have a great squad and a great team. My objective is to play there. I've got nothing against Real Madrid, but I hope to resolve this situation as soon as possible."

Review:

Last night I had to visit someone and therefore I missed the match. From the reports and your comments, it seems that the defense sucked badly. I expected that with the absence of Pepe and Cannavaro.

I also heard that Robinho was crap. Not good for him, but If he was pretending to be crap to move to Chelsea, then he must be a jackass.

Anyway, I apologize for not providing more in-depth analysis, but boys, you all kick ass so please provide them in the comment section and I will include them here in the post.

Julio Baptista has seeminly arrived in Rome. My uncle works in the airport and he told me that he saw some buzz today but not sure if that was really Baptista, but, it is official: Real Madrid has officially stated on their website that Julio Baptista is an AS Roma player.

The transfer fee is unknown, but reports say 12m euros. However, as far as his salary goes, it is said that it will remain the same and thats why this deal has taken sometime.

This is the best news I've heard so far: Real Madrid Tell Robinho To Fuck Off! Awesome! Yeah, they are not going to let him go easily. Actually, Calderon held talks with Robinho and his agent and made clear to them that there is no way that he leaves. Done.

However, Chelsea officials are still hoping to snatch the kid. Wagner Ribeiro, Robbie's agent has said this to the Daily Star:

 "I will try and do everything possible to get this resolved,"

Real Madrid has finished their pre-season with a 1-1 draw last night in Germany against tough side, Frankfurt.

Bernd Schuster started with Casillas in goal, Ramos (Salgado, min.65), Heinze (Metzelder, min.45), Pepe (Javi García, min.79) and Torres in defense, Diarra (De la Red, min.45), Guti (Baptista, min.45), Van der Vaart (Higuaín, min.65) and Robben in midfield, while Raúl (Saviola, min.65), Van Nistelrooy (Robinho, min.45) started up front.

As with all friendlies, the game started with the two teams trying to understand each other. Real had two problems last night: defense and attack. Well, at least to some point.