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Raul's triumph over F4

AFP, Madrid
The 2007-08 Spanish season started with everyone asking whether Barcelona's 'Fantastic Four' of Thierry Henry, Ronaldinho, Lionel Messi and Samuel Eto'o could help wrestle the title from Real Madrid.
The answer was 'no' with Henry, a 24-million euro summer signing from Arsenal, and Ronaldinho a shadow of their former selves while Eto'o and Messi spent far too much timeon the treatment table.
It was the Real Madnd old guard of goalkeeper Iker Casillas and captain Raul Gonzalez. two local heroes bom and bred in Madnd. who were to prove the driving force.
A rejuvenated Raul banged the goals in at one end while Casillas kept them out at the other as Real notched their 31st championship although it was a first for German coach Bernd Schuster in his maiden season.
Schuster was a surprise choice to replace the sacked Fabio Capello -whose football was deemed to dour -at Real and was under no illusion what was expected of him.
'1 know the club will demand the
maximum along with football which will win over the fans," Schuster said on his arrival.
Schuster added some flair through Apen Robben and creative midfielder Wesley Sncijdcr and shored up the defence with Pepe.
Real had spent the previous season chasing Barcelona before pipping them on the finishing line but under Schuster they raced out of the blocks winning their first three matches including a derby curtain raiser against Atletico Madrid.
Barca were being troubled by the antics ofBrazilian Ronaldinho whose poor form had been attributed to his penchant for late night partying.
Ronaldinho spent most of the season on the sidelines with mysterious injuries but Messi was on fire scoring six games in a row as Barca kept on Real'sheels.
Villarreal stopped Barca in their tracks with a 3-1 win at the end of October but Real failed to capitalise with Schuster tasting his first league defeat at EspanyoL
The second came soon after when Sevilla outclassed Real in a 2-0 win and Barca moved a point behind with a win at Real Betis.
A Christmas cracker saw Real play Barca at Camp Nou in ElClassico'.
Barca lost Messi to injury and it proved significant as Real won 1-0 at Camp Nou with Julio Baptista,
fanned out on loan to Arsenal last season, the unlikely match winner.
Real went into the new year with a commanding seven-point lead over their Catalan foes.
The champions started 2008 with three straight wins and Barca fell nine points adrift.
The title race looked over by January but Real hit a real rocky patch losing three games to Almeria. Real Betis and Schuster's ex -club Getafe.
Barca took advantage and a 5-1 destruction of Levante saw them move two points behind Real at the endofFebruary.
"We are in great form and the objective is to win all the remaining matches," Rijkaard said at the time.
Adetico Madrid did their city rivals a favour defeating Barca 4-2 in the next match and Real won at I lecreativo to go five po ints clear.
A shock Champions League exit to Roma at the start of March saw Schuster come in for stem criticism for his team selection and he cut a glum figure with Real crashing to defeats against Deportivo La Coruna andValcncia.
But fortunately for him Barcelona let Real off the hook losing against Villarreal and drawing with Almeria
Last season a 1-1 draw against Betis cost Barcelona vital points in the title race and the Seville club all
but ended their title hopes at the end ofMarch with a sensational 3-2 win.
Barca were two goals up but conceded three times after the interval and Real surged seven points cl ear witha3-l win over Sc villa.
TVe arc embarrassed about what happened," confessed Rijkaard.
The Betis loss sapped Barca's confidence and they drew the next four matches scoring just two goals.
Real sensed the title was theirs and their wild celebrations after a 2-0 win at Racing on April 20 underlined that they felt the championship was under lock and key.
Real finally sealed the championship on Sunday with sensational late goals from Arjen Robben and Gonzalo Higuain sealing a 2-1 win over Osasuna and the title.
It was a successful season for Schuster and Raul, although he continues to be ignored by Spain coach Luis Aragones, on the domestic front although the ineptitude of Barcelona aided their cause.
For Barcelona it was another trophy-less season and the future of Rijkaard hangs by a thread. •
Rijkaard is expected to be axed in the summer while Schuster has probably earned himself another season in the Madrid hot-seat although he cannot afford another Roma debacle next season.