Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates his first goal of three against Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday night in the Champions League. “But this is not my goal”.
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However, despite accomplishing this astonishing feat, Salgado believes not everybody realises how much work Ronaldo puts in to achieve his success.
Club president Florentino Perez had already given the family a tour around Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu home stadium earlier this week.
“I have been saying it since the pre-match press conference and I said it to my players; I warned them of Granada’s strengths”. He now has scored 321 goals for the club, just two short of the all-time record set by legend Raul Gonzalez. In Syria we dreamed of seeing a Real Madrid game and now it will come true’. After a series of medical tests following the game, it appears that the Welshman has not done any real damage to the area and he will need to just rest up in order to recuperate properly.
On missing some of his key names missing for today’s encounter: “Even missing four important players, we got the result in a different game and gave important minutes to other players”.
“Of course, James Rodriguez and Gareth Bale can also take free-kicks, but they were not there against Granada”.
“I know Cristiano Ronaldo’s value and performance level”, Real coach Rafa Benitez told a news conference after the Shakhtar game.
In the next game, Real Madrid will face Paris Saint-Germain while Shaktar Donetsk will try to get a win agains Swedish side, Malmoe.
Both defeats have seen three goals conceded, and with rivals Barcelona not in action until Sunday, Benitez will fancy his chances of seeing his side’s goal streak continue not to mention going top for the first time this campaign with a win.
“In spite of all that, and without playing brilliantly, we did create a lot of chances”, Benitez said.
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Navas had to be at his best after 60 minutes, as he thwarted El Arabi with a good black from point-blank range, after the Granada forward skipped past two Real defenders.
