Cristiano Ronaldo moved in front of Lionel Messi as the top goalscorer in Champions League history with a hat-trick as Real Madrid opened their European campaign with a 4-0 win over 10-man Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday.
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“I’m really sorry. I think I played the ball”, said Moreno. I’ll be here five more years, and I just want to win trophies for this club. The forward has made a blistering start to the new season, with eight goals coming in his first four games in all competitions for Los Blancos.
Bale saw an audacious back-heeled effort with his weaker right foot held by Pyatov before Benzema somehow contrived to blast over with the goal at his mercy after rounding the Ukranian ‘keeper.
“Bale has had a spasm in his calf”, said Benitez in his post-match press conference on Tuesday, before adding the club would have to wait, “a few days”, discover just how serious the injury was.
After conceding three goals on the season’s opening weekend to Eibar, the same Eibar that were relegated last season but are still in the division thanks to Elche, Granada watched Villarreal put another three past them last time out, their defence maintaining last season’s, well, standards, if you can call them that.
“I spoke to [Ronaldo] as I do every day and discussed tactical issues with him“.
The success of Spanish clubs marked a sharp contrast with their rivals from the English Premier League, with Manchester United and Manchester City both surrendering their lead in 2-1 defeats at PSV Eindhoven and at home to Juventus. It is good from Keylor, and good from all the team.
He had innumerous chances in Madrid’s first two games in the Spanish league, many of them easy ones by his standards.
Ronaldo also has a habit of scoring in El Clasico, with 15 goals against Barcelona putting them joint-third with Atletico Madrid in his list of favoured opposition.
However, the friction appears to be in the past and Benitez was adamant about Ronaldo’s value to the team.
Gasol and his countrymen will play off for a gold medal against Lithuania in the EuroBasket final on Monday morning (AEST), having already earned a place at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
With James Rodriguez also now out with a thigh muscle injury, Isco could be set for a run of starts in the team.
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“I’m not going to lie – obviously, I’m very happy with the goals and the records”, Ronaldo, known as CR7, told Uefa.com.
