Speaking ahead of Madrid beginning their Champions League defence against Ronaldo’s boyhood club Sporting CP, the Brazil worldwide said: “Everyone wants to talk about Ronaldo”.
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Real are the most successful team in the competition ever with the win over Atletico Madrid in Milan in May our 11th success and second in the past three competition with our defensive starting against one of Ronaldo’s former sides Sporting Lisbon on Wednesday.
Ronaldo has been recovering from a knee injury he suffered during the Euro 2016 Championships and has since been out of the reckoning.
For Cristiano Ronaldo, he would be facing his childhood club and going by his scoring return from injury on Saturday, he can be backed at (3.30) to score first, and also at (1.40) to score at anytime.
“He is ready to play and we want him to be involved as much as possible”, Zidane told reporters. I’m glad to see him play in a different position.
Confident that it already has what it takes to repeat as champion, Madrid bypassed high-profile signings after clinching its 11th European trophy a year ago, limiting its moves to players not in the starting lineup entering the new season.
“We know Luka is the player he is”. “Anyone who wants free publicity or media attention talks about me”.
“Xavi never won the Ballon d’Or, I have three”, he said, referring to the Federation Internationale de Football Association award for the world player of the year. I improved as a player, and I’m improving as a coach.
But all momentum for Osasuna was lost nearly immediately after Tanongsak Promdard was given his marching orders after a second yellow card, as Zinedine Zidane’s men made it three wins from three in the league. “I felt good physically, I could have played for 90 minutes without any problems but in some moments I played with a little fear, but that’s normal after not playing for so long”. But I hope there won’t be any surprises and that we can win both matches.
With the year he’s had, who can really say no to Real Madrid forward and Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo?
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“I thought he was too young to leave”. I am happy for him, not just for today’s game, that ovation is for the work he has done before.
