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Real Madrid – Morata & Sergio Ramos Steal Show From Cristiano Ronaldo
With the league being the least important competition at the moment for Real Madrid, it was no surprise to see Morata and Kaka in the starting lineup. A match that could have gone in a very different direction after Sergio Ramos got sent off, but eventually didn’t need anyone to step up, not even Cristiano Ronaldo, to pick up a meaningless win.
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Cristiano Ronaldo Will Always Be Behind Lionel Messi
Unless their careers suddenly take a very different path in the next few years, it’s safe to assume that despite Cristiano Ronaldo winning everything possible in club football and being as good as humanly possible on the football pitch, he’ll eventually be remembered as the second best player of his era, behind Lionel Messi.
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Real Madrid – Mesut Ozil & Angel Di Maria Didn’t Come Through
Maybe Jose Mourinho has a point in deflecting the blame from his own players to the way Manchester United played, but in all fairness, Real Madrid needed more from Cristiano Ronaldo, and more from the talent around him, that didn’t step up – especially Angel Di Maria and Mesut Ozil.
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Real Madrid & Jose Mourinho Needed More From Cristiano Ronaldo
It’s not over yet, but the smell of defeat was in the air. Jose Mourinho had no answers to the Manchester United defense, or a couple of great saves from David de Gea. What he needed the most was Cristiano Ronaldo at his best for more than one half, and more than just a single goal. That didn’t happen, and Real Madrid find themselves not too far from ending their season in February.
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Real Madrid – When Cristiano Ronaldo Gets Everything Right
All it took for a potentially complicated match for Real Madrid, as many tend to be this season, was Cristiano Ronaldo deciding to continue his amazing home form this season, scoring a second consecutive Bernabeu hat trick before making his early exit from the game, to get some rest with the Champions League in mind.
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Not Just Cristiano Ronaldo – Footballers Are Ordinary People
It’s easy to criticize someone like Cristiano Ronaldo, doing the job 90% of the world would dream of doing, dating a super model, getting paid huge amounts of money to do so (play football, not date) and then seemingly look ungrateful for it at times. People are people, whether they’re bankers, office workers or mega sport stars.
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Cristiano Ronaldo on Lionel Messi, Jose Mourinho and Manchester United
It never gets boring with Cristiano Ronaldo, who has some very interesting words to say about his “biggest rival”, Lionel Messi, his manager Jose Mourinho and about the upcoming Real Madrid – Manchester United Champions League clash, seeing he’s picked up on a thing or two from the man who coaches him.
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Cristiano Ronaldo, A Happy Camper All of a Sudden
If anyone thought the reason that Cristiano Ronaldo was ‘unhappy’ earlier this season because of anything other than money, the timing of his statement that everything is alright within the club so adjacent to the news that Real Madrid will be offering him a new, improved contract, the truth has been revealed.
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Real Madrid are the Favorites Against Manchester United
Does Alex Ferguson mind heading into a Champions League clash as the underdog? Probably not, but it does mean that he has the inferior team going into the round of 16 clash with Real Madrid, with the first leg taking place on February 13 at the Santiago Bernabeu.
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Real Madrid – Cristiano Ronaldo Setting a New Kind of Record
Losing matches on the road isn’t something new for Real Madrid this season, dropping three points away from home for the fifth time this season. The real change comes from Cristiano Ronaldo, scoring the first own goal of his career in the only real incident in a terrible match for the La Liga champions.