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Ok YES! This has got to be one the best tweets ever

Madrid’s Certainly in Good Spirits After Eden’s Goal

So does anybody still have any hope that we’ll see the Bernabeu turn into the Garden of Eden, at least for a few games?

Marcy Handed Three-Match Ban

*sigh* It was coming... Marcelo has been handed a 3-game ban for telling the referee that he was “very bad” after getting his red card, which was probably true anyway. What do you guys think? Well-deserved or not?

Have a great Saturday fellow Madridistas. May the Madridismo be with ya all. Remember; Your mods love ya... sometimes.