“At Manchester United I won the Champions League and I didn’t speak with (Rio) Ferdinand, (Ryan) Giggs or (Paul) Scholes”.
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With Bale still absent due to a calf strain, James Rodriguez is expected to come in for the Welsh winger in a three-pronged attack which also includes striker Karim Benzema.
Neymar has formed arguably the world’s best forward line alongside Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez.
Ronaldo is believed to have said, “I’m sure Arbeloa will shoot [from the kick], oh!” – before he imitates a fake from the penalty that they had decided the defender would take.
“But I don’t need Bale or Benzema to come to my house for dinner, the important thing is that we all get on well on the pitch”, he explained. Zidane has done a stellar job at Madrid having won six out of his first seven games in charge and even saw the Madrid side defeat AS Roma in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League tie.
Yet their record against Italian teams in the competition leaves a lot to be desired, with Juventus dominating last year’s semi-final and Roma stopping Los Blancos at the knockout phase in 2008.
Ronaldo recently admitted he could leave Real Madrid when his contract expires in 2018.
‘We talked on the pitch and that is all that mattered.
“I know why Messi shot it that way and I’m not saying anything else about this”, sentenced the Portuguese player when asked about the controversial PK between Messi and Suárez. Yes, they must focus on the Champions League, they have everything to succeed.
“On the field we fought for the best interests of the team”, he added.
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‘I actually used to take the mick out of him in the changing rooms, I think he’s got the hump. “Dennis Bergkamp was capable of giving great joy, but rarely looked like he was experiencing any himself: a player imprisoned by his genius, haunted by the millions of passes that only he could see”.
