“Every game. So we know exactly what’s what”, he added.
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In the meantime, it’s time to switch the focus to the UEFA Champions League and get ready for the clash against Manchester City this Tuesday, at the Etihad.
The club confirmed on Friday that Ronaldo suffered a thigh strain as he hobbled off towards the end of Real’s 3-0 win over Villarreal on Wednesday.
The Champions League is part of Real Madrid’s folklore and it is the nature of the Spanish side to always set their sights on Europe’s most prestigious club tournament, having won it more times than any other team, winger Gareth Bale has said. “We’ve had to put the brakes on him and he knows his mind has to be on City”.
Forced to make do without injured super-striker Cristiano Ronaldo and also choosing to rest Sergio Ramos and Luka Modric, Real Madrid was outplayed in the first half at the Campo de Futbol de Vallecas, a Madrid neighborhood.
BARCELONA, April 23 Luis Suarez became the first La Liga player to score four goals for the second game in a row as Barcelona, helped by three penalties in the second half, stayed top by hammering Sporting Gijon 6-0 on Saturday.
Rayo took a surprise early lead when Embarba converted former Manchester United player Bebe’s low cross from six metres, and a weak header from Raphael Varane allowed Miku to make it 2-0.
“I hope that it’s nothing serious and that he’ll be available for Tuesday”.
Rayo had the chance to snatch a point in stoppage time, but Miku’s shot was deflected over as Madrid registered their ninth consecutive La Liga win.
The only lifting news about the Portuguese star is that he will travel with the group to England on Tuesday as confirmed by Zidane after the Rayo game. We started badly but we finished strongly.
“I do dream about that because they are such a great team”, he said. I just enjoyed working with him’.
“He wanted to play tomorrow but he knows he can’t”. There’s no stopping Zinedine Zidane’s team at the moment and after winning El Clasico and getting through to the Champions League semi-finals, they will be hot favorites to beat a struggling Rayo team.
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Bale and Ronaldo have trademarked their free kick techniques, with both favouring a “knuckleball” approach which guarantees the ball is either going in the back of the net or back of row z.
