Bromance in the air!

-Describes the complicated love and affection shared by two straight males

-A bromance is a close but non-sexual relationship between two (or more) men, a form of homosocial intimacy.

-El Urban Dictionary ofrece en internet hasta 32 definiciones de la palabra, que al parecer patentó en los noventa el periodista David Carnie en la revista para skaters Big Brother para referirse ala relación que se da entre dos patinadores que pasan mucho tiempo juntos.

" We appreciate people more when they are no longer with us "/Es schätzen die Menschen mehr, wenn es

"We did not know you liked soccer so much " My friends wrote the other day. And I said: "How would you know if none of you like soccer, so why I would talk about it ? "

I do not have a great passion for soccer, I said it before many times. I only see games when the national team is playing a big game or when Real Madrid is playing but today, another team was added to my list: Schalke 04.

For the people who read my previous post; you will know that I started writing on this matter when Raúl Gonzalez Blanco announced his departure from Real Madrid and a famous phrase gained great significance that day: " We appreciate people more when they are no longer with us ". This happened to Real Madrid's fans. They did respect him and loved him but when he left for Germany, he definitely left a void in Real Madrid's family. No one saw this coming, we all thought Raúl would stay forever in the club and that his career would end with Real Madrid.

After painfully watch the man who made me interested in football and that made me a fan of the great Real Madrid leave Spain I started to watch the matches of Schalke 04. Someday Raúl will end his career as a professional footballer and I definitely want to be there when he hang up the boots. Today, he is in Germany, happy and at ease. He is loved and he is playing like a young guy again. 

I don't miss an opportunity to talk about a great player, a legend, an icon of the soccer world because seeing him is to see the Fair Play at its finest, pure and clean which should reign on the soccer field. This is something we are missing today. No pulling shirts or pushing, no Oscar worthy performances, no insults and fights. Raúl is on the field to play and that is what he do best.He is a gentleman outside and inside the field. He is a person who loves the love of the fans but at the same time he is humble.

Yesterday Schalke 04 played against Manchester United, a team who was superior and sadly Schalke 04 stay one step further from the Champions League 2011 final. Despite this, I do not consider that every effort was in vain, they had nothing to lose. The S04 came farther than they ever imagined, a big part of this was thanks to Raúl and as a result of this many people noticed this German team. I just regret that Raúl finished this journey without a final goal. Many say that this is his last UEFA-CL but Raúl is like this, he can not stray away from what he likes to do most; play soccer. That's why this season was a successful one because he achieve to enjoy the game one more time. I am sure that if he doesn't return to UEFA-CL as a player, he will return as a coach someday. 

Schalke Null Vier !!!! Closer to be Champs!

When I heard about Raúl Gonzalez Blanco leaving Real Madrid I was heart-broken, the same happened the next day....when Guti also left the white team.

Couple of days Later I found out that Raul was ready to work with a team called Schalke 04 (for many months a struggled with this name).

It was already so hard to know that, the so called "Madridistas", gave him a cold farewell...forgetting about the tittles and games Raúl won for Real Madrid. The hard work that this player put on his club , on his field, but what did the most famous number 7 got in return? Just Bad criticism, insults, contempt and name-calling, trying to belittle the great figure and legend that Raul already was.

But the hardest part for me; was when I first saw him in his official Schalke Uniform:(Royal) blue and white. It was so different from his RM uniform. I just couldn't get used to the idea he was there and not in the Bernabeu. To be honest I was familiar with names like Neuer, Escudero,Jurado, and Huntelaar but I didnt knew them very well. I felt bad for Raul, he was the new guy in a different country, culture and customs, he didn't even knew the language!!! He probably thought "How did this happen?" Almost everyday I thought about it and how he was hanging on.

After I learned he had 3 team mates he could talk to, I felt good but, what kind of image they had of Raul? I mean there were so many wicked mean rumors about how he handled the club as a player and other stuff. Maybe they would feel threatened by him, who knows?! But knowing what a good person he is, Raul was more "present" on the practices, talking more, smiling more, so i guess he felt more confortable.

Schalke 04 turn out to be the best choice for him, because it's a club with traditions and hard working people, just like Gelsenkirchen, a place where soccer is everything. Also known by the famous Veltins Arena which is the most modern stadium in the world.

As you may expected, people were saying crap about Schalke 04 and why Raul was there. Belive me I heard it all! "Schalke04 is the worst team in Germany","a team of third category" "The Bundelsiga has a low level of football in Europe" By the time Raul was on Schalke04, they were number 16 on the bundesliga, but now they are in number 9 and going up! and the bundesliga is in the top 5 of European Leagues ! What about that?!!!Haters!

LINKS: http://realaljuego.com/2011/02/28/la-tercer-liga-tiene-nombre-bundesliga/

http://bundesfussball.com/la-bundesliga-acelera-como-tercer-campeonato-mas-atractivo/

How things have change since last year, now the people who talked trash about him are silent or even saying that they always supported him! false! 2 faces people!. Schalke players and club has won my white heart and Raul still have my support. Little by little the Raul haters remain silent. For the past 10 months Raul showed them what a great football player is all about.

In European play, Raul has since become the highest goal scorer in all UEFA competitions with 73 goals, ahead of Milan veteran Filippo Inzaghi with 70 goals. He scored 71 goals inUEFA Champions League (66 goals with the Castilian and 5 others with Schalke 04) and addition his two goals with the capital side, one goal in 2000 UEFA Super Cup and the other one in 1998 Intercontinental Cup (also commonly referred as known as EUSA Cup). On 22 October 2010, the former Spanish international scored twice against Hapoel Tel Aviv in a 3–1 win, which tied him with German legend Gerd Müller for the most number of European goals. Raúl duly broke this record on 15 February 2011 on his return to Spain, with a crucial away goal in the last 16 tie against Valencia at the Mestalla Stadium in a 1–1 draw. In the quarter-finals, Raúl scored two goals against Internazionale. He scored one goal in the first leg, a 2–5 away win in San Siro and one goal in the second leg, a 2–1 home win in Veltins-Arena. Schalke progressed to the semi-finals of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League for the first time in their history, where they will play against Manchester United.(wikipedia.org)

I believe going to S04 was the best thing Raul could do in his life! he is happy, respected and recognized all over the world! something that should had happened before! All I know is that, I know Ill see Raul and Schalke 04 on the top of Europe! meanwhile we just have to wait and support them.