{"id":379854,"date":"2011-04-13T18:55:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T18:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/13\/ricardo-carvalho-i-joined-real-madrid-from-chelsea-because-i-needed-a-new-challenge\/"},"modified":"2011-04-13T18:55:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-13T18:55:00","slug":"ricardo-carvalho-i-joined-real-madrid-from-chelsea-because-i-needed-a-new-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/13\/ricardo-carvalho-i-joined-real-madrid-from-chelsea-because-i-needed-a-new-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Ricardo Carvalho: I joined Real Madrid from Chelsea because I needed a new challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Subhankar Mondal<\/h3>\n<h4>13 Apr 2011 19:55:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"66.844911639244\">\n<div readability=\"15.288888888889\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ricardo Carvalho - Real Madrid (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/f1849155124356_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ricardo Carvalho &#8211; Real Madrid (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"32.231506849315\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/spain\/124\/real-madrid\">Real Madrid<\/a> defender <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/portugal\/2195\/ricardo-carvalho\">Ricardo Carvalho<\/a> has explained why he joined the Spanish giants from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/96\/chelsea\">Chelsea<\/a>, citing his urge for a new challenge as the main reason.<\/p>\n<p>The Portugal international centre-back played for the Blues for six seasons between 2004 and 2010, winning three Premier League titles and reaching<em><\/em> the final of the Champions League in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>However, last summer Madrid landed Carvalho from the London side and the defender admits he wanted to prove he could be a success with the La Liga giants.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <em>Fifa.com<\/em>, he said: &#8220;I can understand why some people were critical when I signed. I\u2019m 32 but I was sure I\u2019d be successful here. It\u2019s a different style of play, and I wanted to show that I was in the right physical and mental shape.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It would have been easier for me to stay at Chelsea, where I\u2019d already earned people\u2019s respect. Leaving there meant starting again, but that\u2019s just what I needed: a challenge. Real Madrid was just the challenge I was looking for.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 2004 Champions League winner with Porto has already won a host of trophies during his career but is hungry for more with Real this season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mourinho and I have won a lot of titles together, and I hope to win more with him here,&#8221; enthused Carvalho. &#8220;He\u2019s the best coach in the world, and he knows exactly what needs to be done.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/f1849155124356_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Excerpt from:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/3277\/la-liga\/2011\/04\/13\/2440045\/ricardo-carvalho-i-joined-real-madrid-from-chelsea-because-i\" title=\"Ricardo Carvalho: I joined Real Madrid from Chelsea because I needed a new challenge\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ricardo Carvalho: I joined Real Madrid from Chelsea because I needed a new challenge<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Subhankar Mondal 13 Apr 2011 19:55:00 Ricardo Carvalho &#8211; Real Madrid (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Real Madrid defender Ricardo Carvalho has explained why he joined the Spanish giants from Chelsea , citing his urge for a new challenge as the main reason. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-379854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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