“And that’s his competitive streak coming out”.
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“I think you have to take your hat off to him for what he’s done for Roma over the years”, said Zidane, who refused to be drawn on when Totti should call it a day. He used to come in tight jeans and we used to murder him. “He didn’t get it”.
“I’m going to tell you something”.
An annoyed Ronaldo replied: “At Manchester United, I won the Champions League and I didn’t speak with [Rio] Ferdinand, [Ryan] Giggs or [Paul] Scholes. The important thing is that we all get on well on the pitch”, he added.
“I don’t need to have dinner with Benzema and Bale”. It is not important. “We don’t have to give each other kisses”, Ronaldo said.
Ronaldo has failed to find the net in 15 of his 31 games this season, with Madrid not emerging victorious in nine of those 15 encounters, whereas they have won every game in which the prolific attacker has scored. It’s made the Blaugrana a formidable attacking force.
It was on Sunday that Messi, Suarez and Neymar proved their mutual love once again with a scintillating performance during a 6-1 victory over Celta Vigo – a polar opposite of the atmosphere with Madrid’s front three. But with Gareth Bale out of tonight’s clash, Rodriguez will link up with Ronaldo and Benzema behind Toni Kroos and Luka Modric. The forward did win over many of his team-mates with his contributions on the pitch, notably during the 2007-08 season, when he scored 42 club goals and helped United to become champions of Europe as they defeated Chelsea.
Cristiano Ronaldo has rejected suggestions that a lack of team spirit has contributed to Real Madrid’s slow start in La Liga – saying he took a similarly distant approach to squad friendships at Manchester United.
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If Ronaldo, Benzema and Bale can thrive in the run-in and push Los Blancos to some kind of silverware, there will be vindication to the Portuguese’s claims.
