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Training programme

December 16th, 2011 • News about GonzaloNo Comments »

The Rushfit exercise program is just one of the fitness programmes some people use.

The following table illustrates the typical movement activities during high level game:-

Football acitivities Typical Percentage
walking 33%
walking backwards 6%
jogging 38%
running at 3/4′s pace 20%
sprinting 11%

The intensity and the duration of an activity determines the extent to which each energy system is used. In general, certain activities can be classified as being fueled by aerobic or anaerobic energy…

Aerobic acitivities Anaerobic activities
walking
most tackling and contact situations
walking backwards
jumping
jogging
accelerating and changing direction quickly
running at speeds less than 3/4′s pace
running at speeds greater than 3/4′s pace

Common Football Injuries and Prehabilitation Options

Injury Prehabilitation Option
ankle sprain balance drills, calf strengthening, correct footwear, beware uneven surfaces, proprioceptive plyometrics
hamstring tear Strengthen the gluteals and hamstrings, core stability drills.
knee pain (patella tendon) Strengthen the VMO (teardrop muscle that drops down towards the inside of the knee)
knee ligament develop a good ratio of hamstring-to-quadriceps strength e.g. squats, swiss ball hamstring curls, proprioceptive plyometrics

Hattrick against Valencia!

April 23rd, 2011 • Club news, News about Gonzalo1 Comment »

The Real Madrid Valencia received the hallway making recognition of his recent victory in the final of the Copa del Rey. Both had to like the figure on Emery’s men held the courtesy and kindness to his illustrious visitor to the end. Delivered to the contemplative life, the Valencia players attended a festival on the part of Madrid, to a lesson from his second unit, each alternate display many of which are in alignment for Madrid not all fit on the starting lineup. The corridor eventually become a tour of the Deputies of Madrid to holders of third place in the Spanish league. This fact should serve us to reflect on the situation in which lives badly this competition, quite unbalanced.

Real had the same ambition, intensity, commitment and focus on each of the minutes of the game. His voracity not calmed goals and was an example of behavior that many were waiting on the hammer raised to strike him for showing no mercy at the Mestalla with a lineup in which only Casillas and Carvalho were starters in the Cup final can not be doubt that there wardrobe on this computer, another thing is the use hitherto made of it.

Moral rearmament after Cup triumph, freed from much of the pressure that has followed him during the course, but without losing the tension, Madrid ran over his opponent with a direct electric football. His lightning-quick counter-attacks, some of them manual, found no answer in Valencia, which has now turned into a toy tossed without mercy. The mother does not need an elaborate game, or long possession. Overwhelmed their opponents and finished the race running over with goals. With his big personality devoured a cramped and timid Valencia.

The destruction led to the signing Valencia Higuain, with a hat-trick and two assists, Benzema and Kaka, who made a double and galloped with joy unknown. The generosity of Valencia was the best remedy for medical problems and Brazilian football, ever since I saw the shirt of Real Madrid found so many facilities to rebuild their old figure and remember the player he once was. Goals from Soldier, and Jordi Alba Jonas did not go from being a story, a simple data for statistics.

To get an idea of ​​the magnitude of the humiliation to which submitted the Madrid to Valencia only to note the alignment with the one presented at the Mestalla. Albiol and the squad newcomer Nacho occupied the sides, with Garay and Carvalho forming the central couple. Ahead of them stood Lass, with Barn on the right, left channels and Kaka ahead of them all. Above, a couple devastating, Higuain and Benzema.

Any doubts that might offer this line disappeared when the ball started rolling and Madrid was left without an opponent to be measured. There was no discussion possible, and before leaving the locker room Madrid had already settled the match. Went into halftime with a 0-4 as forceful as indisputable. Benzema checked first 20 minutes with a shot against the crossbar and from there came a flood of goals as Valencia drowned.

Benzema scored the first after a pass by Higuain and that Guaita not measure it in the output. The Argentine put his signature to the second after chasing Mathieu awaiting the ruling of the French. Higuain found his prize when the side claimed that Guaita cogiera the ball and what he did was to invite Argentina to score.

In Madrid crecidísimo, overflowing with confidence and Valencia with more questions than ever before, dropped two more. A great combination of Benzema, Higuain and Brazilian Kaka culminated with the third in the afternoon. A manual backlash Madrid, started with a great pass from Kaka Lass, ended the quarter of Madrid, Higuain work to pass from Brazilian midfielder. In between came after Valencia’s only response throughout the first half, a shot that cleared Banega Casillas.

No respite either Madrid to Valencia in the second half, which began with a pass from Kaka for the Argentine Higuain completed his hat-trick. Began to make up the result of measurement fata Soldier to time, but just smile Valencianism took three minutes to erase Kaka, who after a ‘pipe’ to beat Stankevicius Guaita. Wonderful Brazilian individual action.

Then it was time to save even more efforts in the visitor side. Xabi Alonso, Christian and replaced Pedro León Canales, Higuain and Garay and what should have improved the figure of Madrid he did was break it down. Madrid fell apart somewhat in the center and doubted in some defensive maneuvers, which took Valencia to Jordi Alba Jonas and scored two further goals.

Simple makeup this time it serves to hide the wrinkles, much less the terrible humiliation suffered at the hands of a great Real Madrid.

 

Real Madrid 1-1 Barcelona

April 17th, 2011 • Club news1 Comment »

In many ways, yesterday’s game was perfect for Mourinho, not thrashed out, avoided defeat and ended with ten players, which he feeds the discourse for the next few days. Real Madrid coach rightly complain because Alves had to be sent off in the penalty Marcelo, but that fact does not justify his approach, very similar to that deployed with Inter on his visit to Camp Nou. He then explained that his scheme was influenced by the expulsion of Motta (28 ‘) and this time you might say ahead of the destination and played as if directed to field ten players visitor. The other perspective, subversive certainly suggests that Barcelona still sentenced the league, after tying a match deservedly dominated for long minutes as I had thought.

But Let us place ourselves in the first minute exposure intentions. The idea of ​​Madrid was basic, if not prehistoric, wait, biting and stealing and, once recovered the ball long to launch Christian or Di Maria. Xabi and Khedira converted quarterbacks and other athletes. Real Madrid fans that there were satisfied to learn that there was a plan, even as petty as this: rugby or pieces. As an orphan has come to feel the love, so in need of a guide is that any way you look good if you do not return, as every year, the starting line.

Possession. Barca took a few minutes to absorb this approach. Leader visited the Bernabeu as Madrid advantaged and gave him the ball and field. At times, the situation was Kafkaesque. If Barcelona had not crossed midfield, the game had ended in a goalless disconcerting. However, the ship crossed the line, and made between the boos from the stadium, most of which has ended up part of the schizophrenia of the coach. Quarter hour, the possession of the visitor and reached 81%, which at one time had more than enough as an argument to dismiss the coach.

In the end, Mourinho had decided that the team’s image was that of Peter, as Pepe, fierce marker in midfield, he became a major player in the scheme. For several minutes Messi scored the man, something like what he did last season when Almería placed on Xavi Chico, you will remember. Nobody thought then Hugo Sanchez, technical visitor, as a shrewd strategist and innovative. Quite the contrary.

Should be recognized that Pepe overwhelmed Messi stole a number of balls and a few splintered shin. Ie fulfilled. It is also true that Real Madrid went three or four times and had drawn his coach, firing arrows Di Maria and Christian. That led to five corner kicks and a couple of fouls on Cristiano frontal chute with different risk. In a corner, precisely, was the best local chance, a header by Cristiano (44 ‘) aborted by Adriano in the same goal line.

In return, the club dominated with relish, with little depth, but mature slowly, making progress on each attack. At 18 ‘, Casillas prevented Messi scored twice in his only forays behind the plants. At 28 ‘, Villa was shot down by Iker and the referee missed the penalty. The play was based on that which claimed the Madrid in the first round, and Valdes Christian protagonists.

As shown, two radically different systems offered similar returns to rest. But the question should be whether Madrid has invested 80 million this season (coach included), to behave as a junior team in the field, to assume so clearly his inferiority to Barcelona, ​​to give up football and submitted to the spirited of his players and the peculiar growth of grass, higher than at other times, or maybe it was an optical illusion.

It is possible that this question has been discarded by Real Madrid for the benefit of immediate success, what they call resultadista; win anyway, but to win. The problem at the moment is that yesterday was not won.

But to go. Back of the wardrobe, the party seemed more turned on. Cristiano crashed into the pole a foul and the return of the seized Albiol played Villa into the area to prevent the plants only to Casillas. The referee pointed to the penalty and drove to the defense without anyone doing too much fuss. Messi converted the penalty.

Change. With one less player and the result against Real Madrid had no choice but to appeal to the heroic, or put another way, he had no other solution than to behave as he often does on Madrid’s stadium. Attacking the heart, with pride and with people. Take the initiative, take risks, play football.

Never had a harder time Barca. And the transformation of Madrid coincided with the entry of Özil, the star had been marginalized in favor of the scheme beginning battleship. Stirred the team and freed from the chains, Marcelo went up the left wing causing panic and one of its arreones led to the penalty of Alves, also very clear and worthy of a card, either yellow (second) or red. Muñiz Fernández was wrong to not show it and while loaded revolver drum Mourinho.

Cristiano was a draw and both Madrid and Barcelona are traded punches and counter. Khedira could get the second after a fielder’s Özil formidable, but shot centered and perhaps overwhelmed by responsibility.

In this final section was who said that Barcelona is not as in the past, and it is very true. However, it serves as consolation also should apply to lament the missed opportunity, not having shaken the tree with more emphasis. There will be more opportunities, however, three in particular. And those who think that Mourinho has it all planned state that yesterday was the first part of a general idea, Machiavellian and deadly. Perhaps they are right. Maybe your players run twice to hide, to lay the perfect trap, in which some have already fallen.

Real Madrid – Barcelona

April 16th, 2011 • Club newsNo Comments »

Put the pieces on the board, the first consideration is that Real Madrid and Barcelona face the game tonight without holding anything back, as if there were world behind Cup final tomorrow or next Wednesday. That generosity (apparent) at the time of raising the battle is great news for the show, but it at least intriguing. Hard to believe how fine strategists as Mourinho and Guardiola, when face four Classics, have not distinguished between them and other parties. And today should be the least important of them all, especially for the club, unless we think that each meeting will be sports and emotionally connected to the next, or unless the plan, savage and primitive, is none other than the annihilation of the opponent.

For starters, Mourinho yesterday repeated one of those little scenes that have become military tactics that many will jalean. Karanka delegated to the press conference and stood beside him in a position to watch dumb. Spanish journalists and many other foreign colleagues left the newsroom and Real Madrid’s first reaction was camper rally around the coach, as if someone had attacked.

Karanka, who makes efforts to look bad, he recited the speech of the head and then clarified that the allocation of training bibs had been randomized (Pepe, Di Maria and Benzema holders did not dress), what makes us bet on a team with Marcelo them and interior, without missing any Star: Xabi and Christian (no goals in six games against Barca). That is, eleven of luxury, with the only caution of Arbeloa on Messi, if Messi is not surprising relocating to the tip or in midfield, which has tested all Guardiola in the Classics and undoubted success.

At Barcelona, ​​the novelty is already known: Busquets as central. It is in that position and that of Maxwell which overlook the only two cracks of Barcelona, ​​who in his last five victories against Real Madrid is always accompanied by Puyol, Valdés addition, Alves and Messi.

As always, the midfield duel it seems decisive. Without Lass (injured) and Barn (passed), Mourinho will need the work of Marcelo and Di Maria in the drop and in touch. Guardiola’s obsession is to avoid the caps cons of Madrid.

Warning: may occur as described or something completely different. Because, although there is no top hats in sight, do not dismiss it out tonight to see some rabbits.

Tottenham 0-1 Real Madrid – qualified for semi-finals!

April 13th, 2011 • Club newsNo Comments »

The Real Madrid is where I wanted, in the semifinals of the Champions League. What he plays now is dreaming or suffer. Or suffer for dreaming. In this undefeated Madrid Barcelona now awaits after a comfortable ride around London. The work was done in the first leg, where the Madrid broke the tie with Tottenham. This time, the meeting was a non-aggression pact and had the same excitement and uncertainty to sit and watch a flower grow. It happens when you sleep a good siesta. She wakes up and sees that everything is in place. Life was not altered by the holding of this meeting. He won it without apparent effort, thanks to a goal from Christian, who should be grateful to Gomes, who in this tie is choking from eating both goals.

The only one who wanted to bring some excitement to the evening was Mourinho, who warned five suspended reserved only start to Di Maria. Fell to the semifinal round and survived Carvalho Ramos, Albiol and Christian. The Portuguese central sanction is a lesser evil for Madrid, but he may have saved his coach. There came a time when the only interest of the night was whether the Madrid lose more players through suspension to be measured at Barcelona.

The mother went home playing, playing, sending and in three minutes and got Özil wasted a clear chance to the public Gomes and Cristiano juggling whistle, but without them he had been whistled in any way. If the whistle-quoted Cristiano would offer good dividends. It was a start lying, because the further development of the game does not parallel with that boot.

Mourinho took shelter behind, placing Arbeloa at left-back Marcelo and passing to the midfield. Too many precautions if it was because of the presence of Lennon. Did not deserve it. More logical seems to think that Mourinho started preparing the strategy for the matches against Barca.

Missing Modric and Van der Vaart, the only way we found to annoy the Madrid Tottenham was his left wing. Bale’s band, a special player at White Hart Lane that he is small. Ramos was passed easily through the Welsh insulting. Warned of suspension, alignment Ramos maneuvering Mourinho seemed to see the card and could not play the first leg semifinal against Barcelona. Seville only breathed when he received aid Khedira and Albiol, always ready for a release and go to the crossing. In the absence of half an hour, Mourinho ended the game and replaced by Ramos Barn.

The first time barely able to rescue the two controversial actions of the night, two possible penalties that claimed the demolition of Tottenham by Albiol Xabi Alonso and Lennon and Pavlyuchenko. There did seem clear from Albiol.

The regulations also required which will be played the second part, which is encouraged with a goal from Cristiano. It was after five minutes thanks to a far-away shot which Gomes tried to catch clapping. Normal thing happened when you try these things, that the ball went between his hands and finished into the goal.

Then came the said replacement of Ramos by Barn and later produced the Kaka, which brought interest and to which he was active and Cristiano Benzema and Xabi Alonso. He declined to take more risks Mourinho.

Being Tottenham will shake, perhaps because he started to realize that their time was running out in this Champions League and decided to enjoy it. Pavlyuchenko wasted a great opportunity, heading too high, and was then Defoe, absent substitute Lennon, who demanded Casillas as he had ever done. First with a long shot and then with a shot in the small area that deflected Iker not really know how.

Madrid struggled just to hide it until the end only concerned that time went. Too much at stake in the coming weeks to risk.

Tottenham – Real Madrid

April 13th, 2011 • Club newsNo Comments »

Anyone who thinks that Madrid does not play anything tonight forget the pride and prestige. It also underestimates the significance of playing in England, the birthplace of this invention, specifically at White Hart Lane stadium opened in 1899, not admitted as neat advertising until 1970 and so ingrained in the culture of the country that shares the fifth name more repeated in British pubs: The White Stag (White Hart), the emblem of Richard II. There is little chance of playing fields, as opposed to similar public, in areas appear, crowned the stadium, in this case, a fighting cock bronze from 1909, is the symbol of the old Tottenham hot spurs.

The possibility of a catastrophe or is contemplated. It is so unlikely that the host score five goals as the Madrid leave London without having achieved any. Facing a team that will courageously dump (they’re English), Madrid will find the perfect place to practice your favorite resource: the backlash. And it will have a team of tronío that recovers for the eleven to six alternates San Mames: Carvalho, Marcelo, Xabi Alonso, Özil, Cristiano and Adebayor.

The idea, besides protecting the warnings, is to continue polishing the record: seven wins and two draws so far in the Champions League. The purpose is to promote confidence in the group with the classic approach: first League Cup and then later those who resist semifinals since 2003. Was then eight years ago now, when Madrid Del Bosque crashed against Juve and elements: Ronaldo limping and missed penalty by Figo.

But that’s another story. In this, the game is presented as a gift. How will the atmosphere of enthusiastic Redknapp has come to test the penalties. Expect some more of it after the Bernabeu cytokines. It is also expected more of Sandro, the new Dunga, of Modric, the young Cruyff, or Bale, the futuristic side. Lennon played at last.

Indeed, only three teams have overcome a very unfavorable outcome: Leixoes, Partizan … Real Madrid.

Gonzalo returned to training!

March 2nd, 2011 • News about GonzaloNo Comments »

Gonzalo Higuain is recovering, so he is back on training! Here are some pictures:

Will Higuain Be The Same When He Returns For Real Madrid?

February 23rd, 2011 • Club newsNo Comments »

Sports betting players who follow Real Madrid have watched Gonzalo Higuain blossom into one of the world’s best strikers and he was starting to find his form for the Argentinean national team as well. However, Higuain suffered a terrible back injury in December, and he has a long road ahead of him in his recovery.

Higuain was going into his fifth season at Real Madrid, and he exploded in his third season, scoring 24 goals in 44 appearances. The following season, Higuain upped his total to 29 goals in 40 matches for Higuain, forming an incredible duo with the newly-signed Cristiano Ronaldo. He took that form into South Africa for Argentina at the World Cup, scoring a hat track against South Korea in the group stages, and Higuain added another marker against Mexico in the quarterfinals. This year started off promisingly for the French-born Higuain (his father Jorge was Argentinean), as he scored seven goals in 12 games for Madrid, and Higuain also got on the scoresheet in a 4-1 thrashing of Spain in July.

However, it all went south in December for Higuain when he was diagnosed with a herniated disc, and after surgery on January 5th, Higuain will be off the pitch for four months, at least, along with two more months of rehab/recovery and two more months of training. That is a long road for the talented striker, who has a knack of scoring late goals, and while Madrid has managed to get by without him, Higuain is still second on the team in goals despite playing half the games, which is a testament to his importance.

“My goal is to play in this season”

January 21st, 2011 • News about GonzaloNo Comments »

Higuain landed yesterday at 07:45 pm after his hernia surgery in Chicago.

“I’m happy, I lost most of the leg pain. ” The pipita did not hide his optimism about recovery times: “They are estimates, mark my body. We are on track and I intend to play before the season ends. I am totally confident that I can return before the end of this campaign, but it will be sending my body. ”

Gonzalo said something about that Mourinho will leave Real Madrid: “Our, and I hope the boards intention is that Mourinho stays. We are happy with him.Let’s wait and see whati will happen in June. ”

Pipita did not avoided to talk about Ruud Van Nisterlooy, as a possible signing of Real Madrid: “He is a great player. The leaders wil decide whether to transfer Ruud Van Nistelrooy to RM again.”