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Vol. 5 Num 484 Wed. October 05, 2005  
   
Sports


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Real Madrid's Brazilian players are the centre of attention once again after a new round of comical goal celebrations during their side's 4-0 weekend win over Real Mallorca at the Bernabeu.

Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos and Julio Baptista scored all four Real goals against the islanders on Sunday and celebrated first by hopping up and down like kangaroos and then by playing leapfrog.

The previous week Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos and Robinho had caused offence to Alaves president Dimitry Piterman when they dived on to the ground and waved their arms and legs about in a dance they dubbed 'the cockroach'.

The celebrations drew an angry response from the outspoken Alaves chief who said that the trio had behaved like "circus clowns" and "needed their heads examined" following his side's 3-0 defeat.

Real Madrid midfielder Pablo Garcia said he had tried to prevent the latest round of celebrations, but was pushed away by Roberto Carlos when he tried to intervene.

"I tried to stop them," Garcia told sports daily Marca on Tuesday. "But they can do whatever they want as long as they don't harm anyone.

"They are just joking about because that's the way the Brazilians are -- they're different and always happy."

Atletico Madrid striker Fernando Torres was also in hot water for his goal celebration in his side's 2-0 win over Malaga on Sunday.

The Spanish international was bombarded with plastic bottles thrown from by Malaga fans when he stuck his fingers in his ears and poked out his tongue after scoring a penalty against the Andalucians.

Torres said the celebration had been a joke between him and former team mate Jorge who now plays for Celta Vigo.