The Daily Mail (London, England), September 24th, 2005
Byline: DES KELLY
WHITE ELEPHANTS Woodgate debut farce helps explode myths at Soccer Hollywood NOBODY actually scoffs out loud when the team are still referred to in breathless prose as the 'White Angels' or 'White Storm'. That says a lot for the enduring power of the myth that swirls around Real Madrid.
The romantic nicknames cling on, enduring in books and articles celebrating the Spanish club despite the absence of any compelling evidence to suggest they are properly equipped to recapture those past glories.
Time, then, for a new label: one more in keeping with Madrid's current status ...
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