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Real Madrid – Gareth Bale Makes the Most of a Missing Cristiano Ronaldo
The evening was about Cristiano Ronaldo and making a push to help him win the Ballon d’Or, although it looks like FIFA are doing their most to make that happen anyhow. Instead, it was about Gareth Bale showing just how good he can be even without the other Real Madrid superstar, while Alvaro Arbeloa provided a rare inspiration from the back, especially after Sergio Ramos extended his impressive record of red cards.
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Real Madrid – Cristiano Ronaldo Injury Can End Their Season
A Gareth Bale injury? Real Madrid can handle that. A Cristiano Ronaldo one? Not too sure. The Portuguese star, playing better than anyone in the world right now, is going to be out for three weeks with the thigh injury he picked up against Almeria after everyone thought it was a harmless knock. This kind of injury can mean the end to the title race for Real Madrid, unless the whole concept of this being a one man team is wrong.
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Real Madrid – Cristiano Ronaldo is on a Tear Because of Gareth Bale
No need to worry – Cristiano Ronaldo isn’t going to be out for long, or at all, despite picking up a bruise during the 5-o win over Almeria. Like anything that has to do with the most famous footballer in the world, even the slightest of injuries has to become one huge display of drama and tragedy. Meanwhile, not playing with Sami Khedira has had some pleasing affects so far.
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Diving Footballers – Every Big Team Needs One
Diving in football is an epidemic, but one of the biggest problems is that some of the world’s most famous players do it quite consistently, on the biggest stage possible: From Critstiano Ronaldo, maybe the most recognizable athlete in the world, to Ashley Young, who isn’t a big star, but plays for the most popular side, Manchester United.
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Juventus vs Real Madrid – Cristiano Ronaldo Turns it On and Off
There’s no other player in the world right now on the scoring run Cristiano Ronaldo is on with 8 goals in the first 4 matches of the Champions League this season, tying a 11 year-old record, showing a remarkable ability to look horrible for one half and then switch to dangerous with every touch later on as Real Madrid drew 2-2 with Juventus and pretty much punched their ticket to the round of 16.
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Real Madrid – Cristiano Ronaldo Deserves a Better Defense
The amazing scoring form Cristiano Ronaldo is in won’t matter if the Real Madrid defense, filled with talented yet not too intelligent players like Pepe and Marcelo keeps making things a lot more difficult than they should be as they feverishly try and catch up with the league leaders before it gets too late.
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Real Madrid – Gareth Bale Diving Like Cristiano Ronaldo
Maybe Gareth Bale silenced some critics by scoring two goals and playing his first 90 minutes for Real Madrid, but he also showed he’s aligned with Cristiano Ronaldo in more than just putting the ball in the net, bringing his diving repertoire to the La Liga in embarrassing fashion.
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Real Madrid – Cristiano Ronaldo is Still Crying Instead of Playing
Even if Cristiano Ronaldo was fouled, he did have another embarrassing moment of diving instead of playing through the tackle. While he has a manager at Real Madrid who hasn’t been making the wisest and boldest of decisions when it comes to starting lineups, you expect a lot more from a player who considers himself to be the best in the world.
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Francesco Totti & The Amazing Numbers at Old Age
While it is arguable whether or not Francesco Totti is actually playing well as Roma tear from the Italian league, it’s hard denying his efficiency, which is quite easy to demonstrate through numbers, making him quite a phenomenon at the advanced footballing age of 37.
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Real Madrid – Cristiano Ronaldo Needs to Finish Better
It might be absurd to ask Cristiano Ronaldo, already scoring 8 league goals this season, to do a better job at finishing than he has so far, but Real Madrid seem to be so bad this season when it comes to finishing the chances they are able to create, be it Alvaro Morata or Karim Benzema in the starting lineup, it once again falls on the shoulder of their best player.