Iker Casillas

3- REAL MADRID: Iker Casillas; Michel Salgado (Drenthe, min.80), Sergio Ramos, Cannavaro, Miguel Torres; Gago, Guti, Baptista (Sneijder, m.73); Robinho (Higuaín, m.88), Raul, and Van Nistelrooy.

2- VILLARREAL: Diego Lopez; Javi Venta, Cygan, Godin, Capdevila; Senna, Bruno (Josico, m.58), Cazorla; Cani (Angel, m.58) Nihat (Tomasson, m.74), and Rossi.

GOALS:

1-0 (m.9): Robinho

1-1 (m.16): Rossi

2-1 (m.56): Robinho

2-2 (m.75): Capdevila.

3-2 (m.76): Sneijder

REFEREE: Alvarez Izquierdo. Booked Gago, Godin, and Senna.

NOTES: Matchday 21 of La Liga played at the Santiago Bernabeu. Attendance: 80,000.

Gago & Casillas

"We have to keep fighting in every match"

Iker Casillas and Fernando Gago gave us their opinions of Sunday's important 3-2 victory over Villarreal.

Gago:

"I feel more and more comfortable. A confident player only improves and I am pleased with the way the match ended. It was a pretty goal. I saw Sneijder and gave him the ball. We were lucky and managed to score."

"We knew they were a good team, but we had faith in our abilities. We had to stay awake in attack, but more so in defense. Proof lies in the fact that one little distraction resulted in their second goal."

"Winning is all that counts, but playing well makes it more special. We have to keep winning this way. It's time to enjoy this victory. Barcelona lost two points and our lead is quite significant, but we have to focus on playing our game and winning."

Casillas:

"It was complicated. We played well in the first half, but their first goal cooled us off. We wanted to answer from that moment on and in the second half we had plenty of chances to win. We capitalized on them and took this well-deserved win."

"Diego López was great. He had several praiseworthy saves. We're happy to have won and to have a larger lead over our rivals.

"We have to keep playing like this. We're winnig. We're in good form and we cannot think that we're already champions. We have to keep fighting in every match because we cannot let our rivals catch up to us with such a substantial lead."

"The record for not conceding a goal didn't create any pressure. Not allowing any goals for so long makes me very proud, but what's best for this team is winning and then taking the title."

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iker w eva (and iker's mommy...awww)

Iker looks like his mom, lol!

Bridal event in Sevilla

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Real Madrid president Calderon presses Casillas for lifetime deal

Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon has informed the agent of Iker Casillas that he wants to tie the goalkeeper to a lifetime contract.

Calderon made the proposal to Gines Carvajal after discussing a similar deal for Raul - the agent represents both Real legends.

The Real president knows Casillas has a contract until 2011, but wants to reward him for his excellent form this season. Carvajal has thanked Calderon for the offer, but maintains that at 26, Casillas is too young to be thinking about locking himself into a lifetime agreement.

Calderon, however, won't give up his bid as he is eager to avoid the controversy of 2005 when Casillas came close to quitting Real as they struggled to reach terms on a contract extension at the time.

Almeria vs. Real Madrid

Goalkeepers: Casillas and Dudek.

Defenders: Salgado, Ramos, Cannavaro, Marcelo, and Torres.

Midfielders: Diarra, Guti, Balboa, Drenthe, Baptista, Robben, Sneijder, and Robinho.

Forwards: Higuain, Soldado, Raul, and Van Nistelrooy.

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2 - ALMERIA: Diego Alves, Bruno, Carlos Garcia, Pulido, Mane, Juanito, Felipe Melo, Juanma Ortiz (Soriano, 80’), Corona (Ortiz, 64’) Negredo (Uche, 78’) & Crusat,

0 - REAL MADRID: Casillas, Salgado (Baptista, 63’), Sergio Ramos, Cannavaro, Torres, Sneijder (Balboa, 74’), Guti, Diarra, Robinho, Raul & Van Nistelrooy (Higuain, 45’).

GOALS:

1-0: (15') Juanito.

2-0: (46') Negredo.

REFEREE: Clos Gomez. Booked Sergio Ramos (15’), Casillas (25’), Sneijder (44’), Guti (74’), Felipe Melo (24’), Diego Alves (25’) and Soriano (87’).

HIGHLIGHTS: Matchday 22 of the Spanish League. Real Madrid wore black arm-bands in mourning for the death of Uli Stielike's son, who passed away on Thursday. Almeria's and Real Madrid's players held a banner supporting Juanma, a three-year old boy from Almería who has a degenerative illness. Attendance: 21,300. One minute's silence was held in memory of Isabel Mª Robles.

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