Cristiano Ronaldo made a goal-scoring return to the Real Madrid line-up as it ran riot in a 5-2 battering of Osasuna at Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday (AEST).
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Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane rants on the Federation Internationale de Football Association sanctions on the club, and Ronaldo’s return to the team from injury.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s return to Real Madrid was a triumphant one.
“I don’t know, you’ll have to speak with the president. Things are going well”, Ronaldo told reporters after the match.
“If I was the president of Real Madrid and I had a player like me, I would renew him for 10 years at least”, Ronaldo said.
Right now I’m not thinking about anything else in my career, all I want is to retire at Real.
“Like everyone I enjoy seeing [Ronaldo] on the pitch, I always want him with me”, Zidane said.
“The most searched for player on the Internet is me”, the Portuguese global said, per Sport.
Local reports have claimed that Madrid’s hierarchy want Ronaldo to allow himself to be rotated at times this season, to avoid a repeat of recent years when he has reached April and May struggling for full fitness.
Danilo, Sergio Ramos, Pepe and Luka Modric were also on the scoresheet for Zinedine Zidane’s men, while Osasuna, who had Cayetano Bonnin sent off for a second yellow card in the 79th minute, rallied late through Oriol Riera and David Garcia.
“I’ve already rested”, Ronaldo said when asked if he should ration his playing time.
He said: “Today I did that, after the worldwide break we had to think about the many games awaiting us”.
As for social networks, Barcelona have 94 million followers on Facebook compared to 92 million for the capital side, while the Catalan team’s Twitter followers (35.7 million) also got past Real Madrid (33 million).
“He played for an hour today, we will see what happens on Wednesday [against Sporting in the Champions League]”.
“I felt good physically, I could have played the 90 minutes without problems”, he said.
“I’m fit again and got back in the swing of things, and I scored a goal, so it was flawless”.
Antoine Griezmann kick-started Atletico Madrid’s La Liga campaign with two goals and an assist as a 4-0 hammering of Celta Vigo gave them a much-needed first win of the season. “I see the team ready to do that”.
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Madrid continued to dominate after the restart and Nauzet was out quick to deny Bale after another lightning counter.
