<i>Party's on for Robinho</i>

Real Madrid winger Robinho embarks on his trademark celebration after netting his second goal against Olympiakos during their thrilling Champions League tie at the Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid on Wednesday.Photo: AFP

Real Madrid's Brazilian international Robinho completed his transition from villain to hero, and all in just seven days, in the eyes of the Spanish public and media on Thursday.
Robinho had been criticized by most parties after his late night celebrations which followed Brazil's 5-0 thrashing of Ecuador last week and which appear to have delayed his return to Madrid from international duty.
However, the 23-year-old winger was back in everybody's good books following his two-goal contribution to Real's 4-2 defeat of Greek side Olympiakos in the Champions League on Wednesday.
"Robinho carries on the party," commented Spanish sports daily Marca on its front page on Thursday.
"The orgy of Robinho," read the more lurid headline above one of Marca's columnists.
The rest of the Spanish media didn't spare the puns and references relating to Robinho's nocturnal activities, both on and off the field.
"Robinho's night on the town," added the more sober mainstream El Mundo newspaper.
Robinho himself knew exactly who to thank after recovering his credibility with the Real faithful, more than 50,000 of whom watched him turn on one of his best displays in the famous all-white strip since he joined the club in 2005.
"I dedicate my goals to the boss (Real coach Bernd Schuster) because he backed me all the way," reflected Robinho after the game.
"Now I want to continue at this level in the coming games and help the team to carry on winning, that's the most important thing."
"We started playing well but when they got an equalizer (to make the score 1-1) we lost a little of our patience and that's normally one of our best virtues when we are playing at home," added the player.
"At least in the second-half, we played better and finally deserved to win."
Robinho's goals after 67 and 83 minutes turned an emabarrasing 2-1 deficit to the Greeks, who had been playing with 10 men since the 12th minute, into a 3-2 lead before Javier Balboa added Real's fourth in injury time.
"Robinho responded, we worked well with him. What happened, happened, but he's still a Real Madrid player and that's how I treat him," commented Bernd Schuster on Wednesday night.
After his late return to Madrid last Friday, Schuster dropped Robinho for Saturday's 2-1 loss at Espanyol, the Spanish giants' first defeat of the season and then had a face-to-face meeting with his errant player on Monday.
However, Schuster showed the player that he did not hold any grudges by naming him in the starting line-up for Wednesday's crucial encounter with Olympiakos which propelled them to the top of the Champions League Group C.
"Robinho helped us a lot with his contribution (against Olympiakos)," added Schuster.
Robinho is likely to contribute even more to the club in the coming days, this time to the Real coffers.
Club directors are still mulling over what punishment to exact for Robinho's recent indiscipline but figures in the Spanish media suggest that it is likely to be a fine of between 3,000 and 4,000 euros.
The episode was particular embarrassing in the wake of the highly publicized exercise of showing off the Real players getting their copies of the club's Code of Conduct last month.
The code specifically asks players "to pay attention to their public image".
Real sources at the time said that the code had been drawn up so that their players avoided the excesses attributed to Barcelona's Brazilian striker Ronaldinho, a clear swipe at their bitter rivals' star.