We are down, but not defeated!

In what has been a horrific 24 hours for his team, Real Madrid boss JM has asked his team to use this anger and take it out on their opposition in the remaining games of the La Liga season.

A bad run of form leading into the Champions League debacle saw arch rivals Barcelona run down a significant league to now lead the La Liga race with under 10 games remaining. And things got even worse for Madrid once they discovered their Champions League dreams had been removed from them.

"Yes we are down in spirit at this moment, but we will fight to the end because we are Real Madrid and we owe it to our fans - to our history." JM spoke before a waiting media huddle today

"My players are angry, yes! But we must use this anger and play to win every last game this season. We cannot let it all go because of someone stupid ruining our season."
"Champions League will come again and we will be ready."

 JM speaks to his players today at training

Cope Del Rey Scrapped

In the wake of the Black Friday scandal, the Final of the King's Cup of Spain has been canceled for this season.

These were immediate steps taken by FIFA and UEFA officials to deny anyone else the opportunity for a 'Double' this season.

In a press release to the the world's media - FIFA President Sepp Blatter stated - "This would not be fair to give anyone else the chance to celebrate a cup victory since we have already destroyed the hopes and dreams of all those teams competing in the UEFA Champions League".

Friday The 13th - The Curse Of The Black Friday!

Many are calling it a curse. Others are saying it was divine intervention. The rest of us just think it was freakish stupidity.

It was just like your classic horror movie. On what should be a glorious occasion for all those teams competing in Season 3/2011 Champions League, things took a turn for the worst - to the very worst.
Lets call it a glitch - or 'Human Error' - caused all return leg games and the entire tournament to be erased from our system, our minds, and our hearts.

For Real Madrid it was to be a joyous day. A return leg, at home, although down 1-2 from the opening leg - there is little doubt their home support would have seen them through to the semi-finals stage of the competition. But I guess now we will never know.

The investigations will continue into how this happened. Was it a ridiculous error caused by a fool wearing clown shoes? Or was it something more sinister? Lets look at the facts here people.

Real Madrid took their place in the Quarter Finals of this competition only after eliminating the almighty powerful Barcelona - something perhaps the controllers of this competition and sponsors of Barcelona (UNICEF) didn't like to see. How was this allowed to happen? Was it actually sabotage at the hands of those who run the game to prevent a very first PS3 Real Madrid Champions League victory? Was it a corporate masterstroke? Was it the act of of a very jealous individual who could not handle that his time in the sun had actually passed?!

One thing is certain - we may never truly know what happened that fateful Friday the 13th - Black Friday - but the show will go on and justice will be served. The cream will rise to the top once more - and champions will never die.

FIFA boss Sepp Blatter has promised to investigate the scandal

Barce Boss remains upbeat despite disappointment

Despite an early exit from the big tournament of the season - The Champions League - at the hands of their arch rivals Real Madrid, Barcelona Boss Pep (SB) has assured fans that all is not lost this season.

Already in the final of the Copa Del Rey and currently sitting 2nd in the La Liga race to the title, Pep (SB) today spoke about finishing the season on a high and taking out 2 of the 3 targeted trophies this year.

"If we can finish on top of the Liga and also win the Kings Cup, then yes I would say this is not a bad season." Pep said at a Sunday Press conference.

"Yes we are bitterly disappointed about our exit from the Champions League - but what can I say - these things happen."

Privately it known that the big boys who run the club are not excited about missing out on the big trophy of the season - and they feel anything less than a Copa Del Rey and La Liga victory at this point would be a disaster and perhaps this would spell the end of the current reign of this coaching staff.

The Barce boss yesterday