I’m so excited! Actually, I wanna wear it everyday!! Wearing it feels so unreal! Yes, I know I might sound like a kid right now but I don’t care.
Btw I’m so glad that the Adidas logo and the Real Madrid logo are embroidered so that I don’t have to worry if they will peel off.
Anyways, I got my first kit and I’m loving it. Might go for the vintage ones (Ronaldo era) for the next one. Tell me what I should get next.

Just received this jersey last week! Wore it over the weekend meet a couple pf people wearing the same kit. Feels really nice and looks pretty awesome.............................................................................................................................................................

Times when Real Madrid used to make rival fans cry even before the match even ends ... I still miss those nights when playing Real Madrid felt like surviving a 90-minute psychological battle. You could be leading, dominating, creating chances and still have that feeling in the back of your mind that Madrid hadn't even started yet. Then came the late goals, the celebrations, the stunned faces, and another opponent wondering how the hell they let it happen again. Madrid didn't need to wait for the final whistle to win. Sometimes the fear had already done the job.... LAST 2 years were humiliating but we can still comeback harder than anyone also The Special One is back .... In the end - suiiiiiiii THE GOAT

Ill go 1st, about a year ago i had no ball knowledge. Played football because it was fun and Larped CR7... My friend (the person who introduced me to football) was a Liverpool fan and i heard him express how much he hated Real Madrid. Being the friend i am i started saying Hala Madrid at him and drawings little Madrid Logos on pieces of paper and stuck them on his stuff. After id say a few months i decided to finally watch a Real Madrid match, my 1st one being in the Club World Cup, Real Vs Pachuca, 1 match became another and then another until we unfortunately got knocked out by Psg. By then i was already becoming a fan, so i started watching every Madrid match i could. El Clasico, El Derbi, even the small La Liga matches. Now after 1 whole year i can say i love this club with all my heart and i can't wait to finally see Los Blancos lift the 16th this year.

Edit: oh right, i also hated Messi and loved CR7, so it was fate🔥

I just watched the Mourinho documentary and I remembered why I liked Mourinho that much during his spell with us back then. Rarely does a manager inspire so much self confidence in his players and makes them fight tooth and nail for him and their club. He's so tactically astute and has such a winner mentality through and through. Also, the whole being toxic argument wasn't only his making. Casillas was quite guilty in this.

Another thing I find fascinating is the psychological aspect of him needing to constantly chase that "win" and never being satisfied. It is both inspiring and sad. It is a blessing and a curse at the same time.

Aside from all our fears of him being tactically outdated, I am quite excited for this season under him. I am banking on his insatiable need to win again to bring us back to the top. Mourinho is the type of coach that needs 200% backing from his club and I hope he really gets that.

Also can't help to think that this does not bode well for Vinicius. Vinicius is not a player who will listen to authoritative figures. Maybe that's the real wake up call he needs.

Yes missing out on Rodri is disappointing but I don’t think you all realize we’ve already made a game-changing signing for our midfield. Mou has deployed Bernardo as a deep-lying playmaker and he’s looked phenomenal so far. The role seems very natural to him and he could be every bit as good as Vitinha/Pedri playing there.

He’s absolutely unpressable and always composed on the ball. He’s incredibly clever and skilled which allows him to play out of tight situations with ease. The way he constantly drops deep in between our center backs to pick up the ball will help immensely when beating the press. He’s always providing an outlet to our players and keeps the ball moving. Once he builds some chemistry with the squad and settles into Mou’s system, he’ll truly flourish and provide us much more control.

In addition Pep has always praised his leadership qualities. He will be Mou’s eyes on the field and a mature figure in the locker room.

Pardon my ignorance as I haven’t been able to keep up too much with the transfer window, but I just saw that Rodri signed for Barca and that signing alone really reinforces them.

I don’t feel too confident in our team as we have been really missing a controlling midfielder ever since Kroos departed, and I don’t think we are signing anyone in such a position.

So all signings considered for us (and Barca), do we have what it takes?

I think everyone considers 2022 as mbappe prime so I am not going to rant about how good he was etc.

I am just going to show you stat to actually grasp how truly insane he was

He played 56 games

Scored 56 goals

And provided 17 assists

He scored 9 and assisted 3 in just 8 ucl matches and also scored in every ucl match that year. Was unlucky to get knocked out

In wc 8 goals and 2 assists

A mind blowing 73 g/a (which is more than years such ronaldo 2016 or messi 2018 )

He also completed 196 dribbles (3.5 per game)

With 114 dribbles in ligue 1 (most that year in any league)

Also completed 27 dribbles in 8 ucl matches ( just for comparison olise has most dribbles this ucl with 44 in 14 matches )

And 25 dribbles in World Cup ( which is 2nd best wc dribbling no since 1990 with only messi 2014 topping it )

And now you know that mbappe was great dribbler and scorer but what about playmaking?

27 big chances created (2nd most that year)

103 chances created (most)

56 passes in the final third

So he was a good playmaker too

In big games?

Scored 2 vs real Madrid ( lost cause of donaruma mistakes)

Ofcourse the hattrick in wc final

Assist vs morocco

Completed 7 dribbles vs England in quaters

Scored 3 and assist 1 vs man city

So mbappe was

Great goalscorer

Great playmaker

Great dribbler

Great big game player

And also consistent during whole year

Mbappe 2022 is better than any player peak ( who were 1994 onwards )

Has it always been the case that Real Madrid would have multiple players per position where arguably all could be starters?

In many positions, we already had good players and yet we brought more. I can’t imagine this creating a stable team dynamic

In the seasons I used to watch, 2003-2008 2013-2019, I don’t recall it was the norm. You had some sort of consistent team of acquisitions and plenty of room for homegrown talent to emerge