The Romans, as you know, used to say Vinny, Vidi Vidi Vici.

I came, I saw, I conquered.

Julius Caesar did. At Real Madrid, they don't bother with that. They just say, Vinny, Vinny, Vin.

What a big weekend this has been for La Liga. This is a summary. This is a little experiment from us to you and the bad people at Substack and Backpage. I've told me five, six minutes. How do you pack it all in? Try to be succinct and try to focus on the main issues. Suddenly, Realmoded are only six points behind Barcelona. Thrasht in the classical, yes.

Looking like they were limp against Milan, but six points behind Barcelona and a game in hand too.

Why? Well, at the Burnabelle, Osirutas, and Venetius got thrashedashed and Vanessa's got his second hat trick of the season.

Ballandor controversy, how he fits with Imbapi, the way in which people hammer him for his somewhat eccentric, volatile behaviour, most of which I love.

Put that aside and think about this guy, how he's reacted to the pressure, how he's

taken the mantle. With Mbapis still not anywhere near his absolute best, then he keeps scoring.

One of his goals was absolutely fantastic. Prime central striker, but it came at a cost. It was on

Saturday afternoon, early, sometimes a sleepy

time at the Burn of Bail. Everybody's wishing they were had their lunch, or they were, maybe a couple of

beers into the day. But I really did steamroller or Dostassoon away. Belling's first goal of the season,

the big deal was that the cost it came at has proved to be high.

After having lost Alaba and Militou and Courtois devastating the injuries last season,

even though Madrid stayed champions of Spain, champions of Europe.

They've now lost Militau for what looks like being the rest of the season, with Carverhal

already out, guaranteed with a knee ligament injury until next season. Why? Why does this plague of injuries,

not all of which occur at the Bernabille, keep happening? Some and Alvaro Benito, their ex-player and their ex-coach, are saying, look at the way that

the injuries have augmented since the stadium was changed, since the pitch, this new pitch which is

retractable and gets buried vampire-like underground when it's not in use. Is the pitch fit for

purpose? Alvaro Benito's idea is examine that.

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