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Ramos replaces Schuster at Real

Wednesday, 10th December 2008 1:09pm
Juande Ramos has replaced Bernd Schuster at Real Madrid with Real lying fifth in La Liga and nine points behind league leaders Barcelona.

Ramos started the season with Tottenham Hotspurs where he was replaced by Harry Redknapp after a string of poor results that left Spurs bottom of the ladder.

On the other hand Schuster replaced current England coach Fabio Capello last season and managed to win the title in his first season.

But things have not been as smooth this season for Real after a spate of injuries to key players including Arjen Robben, Mahamadou Diarra, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Gabriel Heinze, Pepe, Wesley Sneijder, Miguel Torres and Ruben de la Red .

Schuster's next league match would have been against arch-rivals Barcelona but that will now be Ramos' problem.

Below is the full list of results for the thirteen UEFA Champions League matches Real played under the guidance of Schuster:

Tuesday, 25th November 2008 7:45pm
BATE Borisov			Real Madrid
Wednesday, 5th November 2008 7:45pm
Real Madrid			Juventus
Tuesday, 21st October 2008 6:45pm
Juventus			Real Madrid
Tuesday, 30th September 2008 6:45pm
Zenit St Petersburg			Real Madrid
Wednesday, 17th September 2008 6:45pm
Real Madrid			BATE Borisov
Wednesday, 5th March 2008 7:45pm
Real Madrid			Roma
Tuesday, 19th February 2008 7:45pm
Roma			Real Madrid
Tuesday, 11th December 2007 7:45pm
Real Madrid			S S Lazio
Wednesday, 28th November 2007 7:45pm
Werder Bremen			Real Madrid
Tuesday, 6th November 2007 7:45pm
Olympiakos			Real Madrid
Wednesday, 24th October 2007 6:45pm
Real Madrid			Olympiakos
Wednesday, 3rd October 2007 6:45pm
S S Lazio			Real Madrid
Tuesday, 18th September 2007 6:45pm
Real Madrid			Werder Bremen

Please note that the kick-off times are for the GMT timezone.

So in the thirteen matches, Real won just 6, lost 5 and drew 2 and both draws were away from home.

The two losses at home were to Italian teams Roma and Juventus.

Its interesting to see that Real failed to score in just two matches but worringly only managed clean sheets against two teams BATE Borisov and Olympiacos.

Ramos will take over in the match against Zenit St Petersburg and he has signed a contract to the end of the current season. He will have some work to do.