Will Benitez see out the season at Real Madrid?
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During their time together at Anfield, Benitez and Gerrard won the 2005 Champions League and the 2006 FA Cup before narrowly missing out on a 19 title to Manchester United in 2009.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice to help Real Madrid cruised past Shakhtar 4-3 to claim another victory of the Champions League at Arena Lviv.
I just wonder what his relationship is like with his big players in the dressing room. “We are extremely upset by the defeat to Barca as it was a very important game for us”.
The match seemed over as a contest when Real added two quickfire goals early in the second period, with Ronaldo bagging his hat-trick to make it 4-0 with 20 minutes to play.
Former Tottenham midfielder Modric admitted the Spanish giants abandoned their hard-grafting principles in the weekend’s damaging 4-0 Clasico defeat to arch-rivals Barcelona.
Luis Suarez seemed to have been in a state of daze, as he suggested that it was a bad day in office for the Madrid players as nearly every mistake was punished by FC Barcelona, but was careful enough not to sound too sympathetic as he warned his teammates of complacency.
“We don’t think it’s an attitude problem, but we don’t know the reason”.
“Unfortunately, we conceded a silly first goal and Madrid took control of the game”.
Fans of the Catalan club were celebrating on Wednesday, while Madrid supporters were left wondering if another setback was imminent in the team’s Champions League game at Shakhtar Donetsk.
Ronaldo made amends for his miss when he headed his side in front in the 18th minute when he finished a fine team move, which involved Modric and Gareth Bale. “Now we have to show character”, Modric told Real’s news site this week. If not, there’s no motivation to implement a system or get the players working.
Italian World Cup victor Marco Materazzi has slammed Real Madrid manager Rafael Benitez’s style of play and listed numerous top players who have not enjoyed playing for the Spaniard. The win was a bounce back performance since Shakhtar lost in their first league match against Malmö FF (1-0) last October.
“But I only talk about this moment”.
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Louis van Gaal’s team created plenty of chances, but in the opposition box they looked toothless and Wolfsburg now top Group B.
