Highlights of the La Liga match between Real Madrid and Deportivo.
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Despite the rampant mockery on social media, Ronaldo’s injury – caused by a boot to the head from Deportivo La Coruna’s Fabian Schar – was deemed serious enough that he could not continue. Real has fallen a remarkable 19 points behind runaway league leaders Barcelona and is now fourth in the standings, trailing second-placed Atletico Madrid by 10 points and third-placed Valencia by eight, although it has played one game less.
“We all needed a game like this”, Zidane said. Zidane said his main focus now was Wednesday’s Copa del Rey quarterfinal second leg against Leganes, and getting a third straight win. It’s not something that happens very often so we are happy about it. We’re not going to sign anyone.
Valencia had two players sent off as they fell to a shock 2-1 defeat at lowly Las Palmas, while Atletico Madrid gave leaders Barcelona the chance to pull 11 points clear after only drawing 1-1 with Girona.
With that strike, Bale became the first Real Madrid player to reach five goals in La Liga.
The Portugal worldwide left the field with blood streaming down his face after being caught by defender Fabian Schar as he dived to head home Real’s sixth goal at the Bernabeu Stadium.
PS: Please forget all about this article when Cristiano Ronaldo does inevitably sign for Manchester United for €450m in the summer of 2018, earning £1m/week post tax and recuperates his number seven shirt from Sanchez. “Cristiano has a wound, they have done two or three stitches”, he said.
The fans who had loudly jeered the team in recent matches were cheering on their feet after the final whistle at the Bernabeu. “The result, of course, as it was a big win”. Over their last three games, Madrid have picked up only one point, putting pressure on manager Zinédine Zidane for the first time in his tenure.
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Garth Bale then scored either side of half time to put Real 3-1 up. Real Madrid star Ronaldo is believed to earn just over 400,000 euros a week and is unlikely to be offered an increase. He did not celebrate. His performance in that game was clouded by boos from the Parc des Princes crowd when he stepped up to take a penalty to score his fourth goal.
