“Zidane is doing well and you can see the results on the pitch”, Ronaldo told reporters.
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Real Madrid are now 4 points behind league leaders, Barcelona.
Madrid have now taken 10 points and scored 17 goals in four games since Zidane replaced Rafael Benitez earlier this month.
Elsewhere, Australian goalkeeper Mat Ryan again started for Valencia who lost their first league home match since November 2014 after Sporting Gijon claimed a 1-0 victory at Mestalla Stadium to climb out of the relegation zone.
The battle between Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale on who scored more money for Real Madrid is still running in the football world.
It has also been reported that a handful of teams in Germany’s Bundesliga and the Russian Premier League would like to sign him. “I didn’t watch their game yesterday, I was taking a nap”.
“The team keeps on getting better, but we need to keep working hard, me and the whole team”.
He turned in James’ inch-perfect cross from six yards and then Ronaldo doubled the lead from the spot five minutes later when he was brought down by Enzo Roco.
Benzema thought he had given the home side three minutes in when he attempted to tap home from Ronaldo’s deflected effort but the flag was up but he had to wait four minutes to give Madrid the lead.
Ronaldo did get the fourth before the break with an audacious piece of skill to skip past Alvaro Gonzalez before blasting into the top corner on his left foot.
With this, Ronaldo now has 39 career hat-tricks. He has also now won more penalties, 14 to be exact which is more than any player since the 2009/10 season. “We know we can’t drop any more points”.
Yet, Neville denied his position was fast becoming untenable. “I find this question ridiculous”, said the former Manchester United captain.
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It’s worth noting that Zidane is yet to beat any side of real quality and the draw at Real Betis was a big disappointment, but there’s no doubt that his honeymoon period is seeing lots of goals and it is seeing them early.
