Kritik und Lob » scored five points.Torloft Thomas led

Bolton defender Derik Osede talks to Sky Sports about swapping the bright lights of Real Madrid for a chaotic season at the Macron Stadium. This time last year, Derik Osede was rubbing shoulders with Cristiano Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane at Real Madrids plush Valdebabas training complex. The 23-year-old had spent his entire career rising through the youth ranks of the biggest club in the world, but when his final season in their Castilla B team drew to an end, he knew it was time to leave his comfort zone.Real Madrid is the team of my heart and to play there was a dream, he tells Sky Sports. I had been there for 13 years and everything was perfect, but breaking into the first team is difficult because its full of the best players in the world. I had to leave the cantera to see real football. When you leave, you realise theres more to life than Real Madrid. Derik Osede (right) in action for Real Madrid in a pre-season clash with Inter Milan The Spanish U21 international set his sights on a move to England, and when an offer arrived from Bolton Wanderers in July, he didnt hesitate. I wanted to come to England and grow as a player, he says. There was interest from a few teams but obviously Bolton has always been a great club. They were the first ones to say: Look, Derik, we want you here.Derik followed in the footsteps of former Madrid players Ivan Campo and Fernando Hierro as he signed a three-year contract at the Macron Stadium, but nothing could have prepared him for the turbulent campaign ahead. To a backdrop of spiralling debts, transfer embargoes and disarray behind the scenes, Bolton have won just four games out of 41 in the Championship.They have been without a permanent manager since Neil Lennons departure by mutual consent in the middle of March, and Saturdays 4-1 defeat to Derby County - their ninth in the last 10 games - confirmed their relegation to League One. Derik has made 18 Championship appearances for Bolton this season When I arrived I had no idea it was going to be like this, says Derik. After some time we knew it was going to be difficult to stay in the division but we always hoped we could start winning games and get out of it. We are all very sad. It has been a complicated year for Bolton as a team and as a club, and now its the fans who are paying for it.Obviously the players are partly to blame but its a mixture of everything. Maybe if the previous owners and the people who were running the club had a clearer idea on things it would have been better, but there was no organisation. Thats the word that was missing. Obviously Madrid is the best club in the world, but I felt like everything there was done with organisation. Bolton takeover completed Dean Holdsworths Sports Shield consortium completed their takeover of Bolton in March. For Derik, adapting to Championship football has been another challenge. The first year in England is… complicado, he says. In Castilla we were used to always having the ball but here its different. Its much faster and a lot more physical. There is less control of the ball. There are lots of attacks and counter-attacks. The style is more direct. Derik impressed as a tenacious, ball-playing centre-back in a 2-1 win over Wolves on his debut in September, but he was sent off in a 4-1 defeat to Huddersfield Town a few days later and he dropped out of the team altogether between November and February.Until two months ago I wasnt playing, but Im an optimistic person and Im very hard-working, he says. I knew I was going to end up playing, so I worked, and worked, and worked, and now Im back in the team. It hasnt been easy. Osede applauds Boltons travelling fans after a 1-0 defeat to Birmingham Derik has slotted in at left-back, right-back and defensive midfield since his return to the side, and his improved form has been one of few bright spots for Bolton in recent months. The blood and thunder of the Championship is a world away from Valdebabas and Real Madrid, but Derik has fallen in love with English football and has no regrets about the move.At Castilla we had our stadium and people came to support us but at most there were three or four thousand people, he says. At Bolton we can get 20,000, and at Derby County last week there were 30,000. The atmosphere here is very good and the stadiums are full. Our fans are always supporting us - even on long away trips. I really like that. I would happily finish my career in England because I like this style of football. I like the rhythm of life and I like the atmosphere at the stadiums. Derik Osede So will he stay and play for Bolton in League One? To tell you the truth I have no idea, he says. I havent spoken to the club yet. Its still too early to talk about those things. We have to see whats going to happen next year and what the plans are, but I still have a contract here for two more years and I am still a Bolton player.What is certain is that Derik is enjoying life on and off the pitch in his new surroundings. I have matured as a player and a person and I am very happy here, he says. I would happily finish my career in England because I like this style of football. I like the rhythm of life and I like the atmosphere at the stadiums.Deriks future will become clearer at the end of the season, but before that there are five Championship games left to navigate - including Saturdays reunion with Middlesbrough manager Aitor Karanka at the Macron Stadium. Osede (right) featured prominently for Spain as they won the European U19 Championship in 2012 Six or seven years ago I played under Aitor when he was the manager of Spain U16s and U17s, says Derik. The following year he became Jose Mourinhos assistant at Real Madrid, so I knew him from training there, too. Hes a good manager and a good person. Its great to see him doing so well.Derik could be excused for envying his former managers position at the other end of the Championship table, but his experiences in England have taught him self-pity gets you nowhere. If you work hard, the future will always bring you something positive, he says defiantly. I always think like that. Im an optimistic person.Watch Bolton v Middlesbrough live on Sky Sports 2 HD from 12pm on Saturday Also See: Backroom duo leave Bolton Whats it like to play for Zidane? Vente Vapormax . How great will be revealed in the next couple of days at the board of governors meeting in Pebble Beach, Calif. Air Max 270 Pas Cher Chine . Paul Pierce couldnt believe he missed at the end. Young scored a season-high 26 points to spark a huge effort from the leagues most productive bench, and Los Angeles beat the Brooklyn Nets 99-94 on Wednesday night after blowing a 27-point lead. http://www.airmaxpaschervente.fr/destockage-air-max-90-france.html . Bryzgalov stopped 25 shots on Saturday in the Oklahoma City Barons 4-1 victory over the Abbotsford Heat. The Oilers signed Bryzgalov to a one-year $2 million contract last Friday after shedding payroll by dealing defenceman Ladislav Smid to the Flames. Air Max 270 Pas Cher France . The move comes after the Canadiens were approached by the Buffalo Sabres for permission to speak to Dudley - a former Sabres player and head coach. "The Sabres called for permission and I appreciate that, Im flattered, Dudley told TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun of ESPN. Vente Air Max 95 . To the surprise of many, it isnt the Wolverines but their in-state rivals the Michigan State Spartans. SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego State Aztecs didnt pay much attention to Alabama States record.They just knew that a fourth straight loss would have been nightmarish for a program not used to faltering badly.Malik Pope scored 16 points and the San Diego State Aztecs breezed to a 73-41 victory against the Hornets on Monday night to snap a three-game losing streak.The Aztecs (5-4) needed a laugher after losing at Loyola and Grand Canyon, and at home to Arizona State.They got it against the Hornets (1-8) by jumping to a 10-0 lead in the first four minutes. They were up 42-22 at halftime.It feels a lot better after you find a way to get a victory, coach Steve Fisher said. It doesnt matter who you play, it feels good to win.Zylan Cheatham and Montaque Gill-Caesar scored 11 apiece while Dakarai Allen had 10 for the Aztecs.I think it was a step in the right direction to say the least, Cheatham said. Coach Fisher definitely challenged us, definitely. Wanted us to bounce back pretty much and like I said he challenged us and we stepped up. Weve got a long way to go.It just seemed like it was a different feeling in the locker room. Guys were just so anxious, so ready. Not to say that we werent for any other game, but we executed, we made the right plays, and we played for each other.Pope said SDSU is not known to be like a losing team. So, were just as hurt as everybody else and we just had to get back to the grind and fix what was broken. So thats what were trying to do, making progress, so when we go to Hawaii, weree just going to keep this momentum going and go from there.dddddddddddd.Its all about being hungry. You dont get anything you dont deserve, Pope added.Point guard Jeremy Hemsley, SDSUs leading scorer at 17 points per game, sat out with a right foot injury. He would have been available in an emergency. Forward Matt Shrigley started in his place and scored five points.Torloft Thomas led the Hornets with 14 points.The Hornets knew it would be a tough game.They took us out of everything we were trying to do, coach Lewis Jackson said. We got down and they were long and athletic. This gives us something to build on, but they moved the ball well, they ran their sets, they executed well. It was a tough night for us.BIG PICTUREAlabama State: The Hornets only victory this season was 76-67 against Cal State Fullerton in the Global Sports Classic in Las Vegas on Nov. 26. Coming into Monday night, theyd been outscored by an average of 80-65.San Diego State: After playing two games in three days, the Aztecs will take off 10 days for final exams.STATSThe Hornets made only 15 of 60 shots (25 percent).Youre not going to be very competitive shooting that percentage, Jackson said.Each team had 15 turnovers.UP NEXTAlabama State plays at Tennessee State on Wednesday night.San Diego State faces Southern Miss on Dec. 22 in its opening game in the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic in Honolulu. ' ' '