Zidane has a near complete squad to choose from with only Keylor Navas and Fabio Coentrao missing out, so Ronaldo could start alongside Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema up front for the first time this season.
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Ronaldo has since established himself as one of the greatest players to have played the game during his time at the Santiago Bernabeu and Carvalho hopes to see Ronaldo in a Sporting shirt again before he hangs up his boots. It is a title that we will be going after and the team are looking good and solid. “I have come to win titles and fulfil myself as a footballer”, he said. He will be motivated to dominate his former team but also pump up his goalscoring statistics.
Ronaldo’s first appearance since injuring his knee in the Euro 2016 final was curtailed with his 65th-minute substitution despite opening the scoring in Real Madrid’s 5-2 win against Osasuna on Saturday. “He’s beating all the records one by one and I’m sure he’ll get to 100 [Champions League] goals”, said Zidane, who will now switch his attention to the European fixture with Sporting CP. “But anything can happen in a game”.
“It isn’t just what I think”.
“Ronaldo is a player of his time”. “I felt good physically, I could have played for 90 minutes without any problems but in some moments I played with a little fear, but that’s normal after not playing for so long”.
“I enjoyed seeing Cristiano in action, just like everyone else”. Sporting is his club, he grew up there so it’s to be expected. To play Sporting again is a privilege for me. “When the referee blows his whistle he’ll be focused as always”.
Koscielny: Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny is fit to face Paris St Germain in tonight’s Champions League meeting at the Parc des Princes. Isco was also expected to comeback after the Spaniard returned to the training sessions earlier this week following a spell on the side-lines. However, he did say that things were apparently going well at this point.
“The players understand, although it’s not easy”.
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“I thought he was too young to leave”.
