It was an special match for Arbeloa, he returned home after leaving Real Zaragoza at the age of 18.

Before the fixture, Arbeloa started that his parents and friends life in Zaragoza, where is last game was before going to Liverpool. Due to it, the game had an special motivation for the player.

Real Madrid needed to win the three points if they wanted to keep their title hopes alive. Tow goals, one from Raul and the other achieved by Kaká, maintain the distance of one point between F.C. Barcelona. Colunga scored for the home team.

The first half began with no continuity in the game, although Real Madrid was dominating possession. Álvaro was, as always, convincing at the back of the field. In the 24^th minute, he was penalized with yellow card.

At the end of the second half, Real Zaragoza battled back and the “White Team” continued pressing on till they broke the draw with Kakás goal (81^th minute).

Now, time to think in the next match against Osasuna, a difficult team that’s trying to certificate their seat in the ‘Liga BBVA‘.

After a week that lives tow victories for Real Madrid (Tuesday against the Almería and Sunday against Valencia), the ones of Pellegrini still believe the league is possible and they rank just one point behind F.C. Barcelona.

They completed one of the best matches of the season dominating the first half rewarded with a goal of Higuaín in the 25^th minute. The second goal arrived in the 78^th achieved by Cristiano Ronaldo clousing out the 2-0 in the score.

Arbeloa was solid defensively and also got forward to good effect, laid one on a plate for Ronaldo in the second half, but he couldn’t convert.

He made impossible to players of the quality of David Villa and Silva, display their game. He shown the team spirit that made the Real Madrid win over Valencia.

The salmantino, in words to Agencia EFE last week, said “We can’t throw out the matches by saying everything is lost”.

From now, five finals are left:

Jornada 34 Real Zaragoza – Real Madrid
Jornada 35 Real Madrid – Osasuna
Jornada 36 Mallorca – Real Madrid
Jornada 37 Real Madrid – Athletic
Jornada 38 Málaga – Real Madrid

After the last Lionel Messi’s perfomance against Arsenal on Tuesday (the Argentinian player scored all 4 goals for his team) Spanish sports media keep talking about how difficult will be stop him on the main clash of the weekend.

Real Madrid faces FC Barcelona at the White’s coliseum in a match that will decide who will take the lead at “La Liga”. Real Madrid’s Coach, Manuel Pellegrini, will use Alvaro Arbeloa to try to stop the FC Barcelonas’s star.

Alvaro has thus far marked the Ballon d’Or winner four times and has done so with relative success, but he knows that it won’t be easy and that he will have to be focused since the very first minute of the game. This time there’s no room for error.

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Real Madrid won for 5-0 and it becomes leader of the Liga BBVA. Cristiano Ronaldo (2), Guti, Benzema y Van Nistelrooy do the goals.

Arbeloa next opportunity will be next Wednesday against a desesperate Villareal.

In second half, Xabi Alonso’s injury and non-existent penalty made Real Madrid suffer, although Arbeloa did a great job in his side slowing swiss players.

Now, Madrid put his view in next match, with Xerez in Bernabéu.

The Salmantino played as right winger after heals his injury in Selección match in his classification for Sudafrique World Cup.

In Barcelona, Álvaro showed his solid game becoming his right side impenetrable for Español. He saved against a goal who can turn the match. And now, without rest, he is preparing Real Madrid’s first match in Champions League in Zurich.

This injury doesn’t seem important, but doctors recomended he doesn’t training with the rest of the team. If Del Bosque agrees, he will play in Mérida next Wednesday.

The important victory confirms Arbeloa for the main team in Selección who counts his matches as victories and wants to get enough points as soon as possible to go to SudAfrique 2010.

Also, the Real Madrid’s player confessed “be with the Selección relax stress, although we have a full exigency and responsability. But, at last, we go here plenty delighted“.

Arbeloa is very motivated in a vital point of his career: “This year is very important to get a position in the Selección and go to World Championship”.  After Eurocoupe’s success, Álvaro is hungry with more titles.

Arbeloa also played with the Spanish Team in Skopje, where Spain wins 2-3.

A little injury took Álvaro apart from to play against Borussia de Dortmund. Although, he was presented this monday as new Real Madrid player with Xabi Alonso, Esteban Granero and Ezequiel Garay during Bernabéu Trophy. Later, Álvaro played his first minutes versus Rosenborg doing a great job. He played as right winger and he has the oportunity to shoot to the post with his left.

He played all first half and Madrid wins 4-0.