Ronaldo Talks Tough On Critics

According to ESPN, Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has responded to his critics in the Spanish media. The Portuguese forward opened fire on recent media stories that are giving him an unfair reputation

The FIFA Balon d'Or winner was responding to the reports making ground after a picture gesture was released during Madrid’s 4-1 victory over Celta Vigo last week suggesting he believes celta had received a maletin, a bribe or financial incentive, to beat Madrid, on behalf of their Clasico rivals FC Barcelona.

He was quoted as saying "People talk about me and don't know s---," when they talk about Cristiano they get it wrong, inside and outside of football… They always have two stones in their hands when I speak... I am not a saint, but I am not a devil either, which is what many people say I am."

Champions 🇵🇹🇪🇸simmmmmmmmmm pic.twitter.com/WX8kTy8kJq

— Cristiano Ronaldo (@Cristiano) May 21, 2017

 
Despite the negative reports making ground about him,  Ronaldo still took the time to celebrate Madrid's manager and teammates on Twitter and Instagram for helping secure the trophy.

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Cristiano Ronaldo Becomes All-Time Top Scorer Across Europe's Top 6 Leagues After Goal vs Valencia

​Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has become the all-time leading goalscorer of the top-six European leagues after his first-half goal against Valencia on Saturday.

The 32-year-old superstar has now scored 367 goals during his time at Sporting Lisbon, Manchester United and Real Madrid, 19 more than Barcelona rival Lionel Messi.

His record-breaking goal came from a beautifully whipped cross from Dani Carvajal, who placed the ball right onto the head of Ronaldo who nodded it in from five yards to make it 1-0.

The Ballon d'Or winner had the chance to score his 368th goal later in the game, only for his penalty to be well-saved by Valencia goalkeeper Diego Alves 

Real Madrid will go three points clear at the top of La Liga if they can hold on to their 1-0 advantage, but they might be knocked back down to second later on Saturday as Barcelona travel to local-rivals Espanyol.

With just four La Liga games remaining this season, Zinedine Zidane's side have a slight advantage as they have a game in hand on their Catalan giants.

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Real Madrid Rebellion: Players want Cristiano Ronaldo out

It has been revealed that six players have risen up against the club, with the plan of having Cristiano Ronaldo dropped from the starting line-up. The Portuguese star has scored 31 goals in 39 appearances this season for Real Marid, yet the players feel the team plays better without him.

According to Spanish media outlet Don Balon, the players who want Ronaldo dropped are Gareth Bale, Toni Kroos, Luka Modric, Isco Alarcon, Marco Asensio, and Alvaro Morata — warning the club officials that the idea of untouchables need to be broken. The 32-year-old was criticized for his performance in home El Clasico loss against Barcelona last Sunday.

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The source also said that Ronaldo had a huge bust-up with team-mates Marcelo and Modric after the match, with the club captain Sergio Ramos even having to hold him back to stop the argument from turning into a fight. The Portuguese was reportedly unhappy with both players’ role in conceding the late goal to Barcelona, scored by none other than his biggest rival Lionel Messi.

Madrid’s bench players shone against huge win over Deportivo La Coruna yesterday, with James Rodriguez striking twice while Lucas Vasquez, Morata, Isco, and Casemiro also chipping in with one goal each. The players believe that the team plays with much more unity without Ronaldo, and with important matches coming up in both La Liga and Champions League, they want Zinedine Zidane to field the best eleven possible without any bias.

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Real Madrid To Replace Zinedine Zidane, Names Replacement Target

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Despite the top form play this season, Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane has been highly criticized in the last couple of months.
 Players, for example, James Rodriguez and Isco have turned out to be dispirited with their absence of playing time and Zidane's insistence on playing the front three of Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo to their detriment has drawn a considerable measure of criticism with every one of the three players showing inconsistent form at times this season. The Frenchman has even admitted in interviews that he is not worried that he will be sacked and that he completely anticipates that it will occur sooner or later in his career at the club.
Zidane only took charge at Real in January last year and won the Champions League in his first season.

  As indicated by Spanish daily paper AS, Real Madrid will sack Zidane if the club fails to win any trophy this season. Sunday's El Clasico loss to Barcelona is said to have harmed his credibility at the club. He got overwhelming feedback from the Spanish press after playing a half-fit Bale who was removed in the 38th minute after another injury.

 Real Marid are currently tied with Barcelona at the top of the La Liga table despite the fact that Los Blancos have a game in hand. They are also in the semifinals of the Champions League, set to play local rivals Atletico Madrid. On the off chance that Zidane does in certainty get sacked, one potential target is German national team manager Joachim Low. In spite of the fact that his agreement with Germany endures until 2020, there is a clause that allows him to leave if there is an agreement with a noteworthy European club.
Chelsea coach Antonio Conte and Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino have also been linked with the Real Madrid job.

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Lionel Messi Scores his 500th Barcelona Goal at santiago-bernabeu

 

Lionel Messi blew the La Liga title race wide open as his 500th Barcelona goal stunned Real Madrid by giving the Catalans a 3-2 El Clasico win at the Bernabeu.

Messi — sporting a black eye and missing teeth following Marcelo’s first-half challenge on him — struck twice with his winner coming from the last kick of the match.
Ivan Rakitic had earlier given Barcelona a 2-1 lead, while Casemiro and James Rodriguez were on target for hosts Real, who had skipper Sergio Ramos sent off 13 minutes from time for a two-footed challenge on Messi.
Barcelona go top because they have a better head-to-head record than Real, although Zinedine Zidane’s men have a game in hand and therefore six matches left to play to the Catalans’ five.
In an end-to-end contest, Real took a 28th-minute lead when Ramos hooked his shot against the post and Casemiro slid the rebound into an empty net.
But Barcelona were level within five minutes when Rakitic’s pass picked out Messi and the Argentinian swerved past Dani Carvajal to finish unerringly past Keylor Navas.

Gareth Bale was forced off through injury on his 100th La Liga appearance, but that was a rare stop in the action with both Marc-Andre ter Stegen and Navas making excellent stops.
But Navas had no chance keeping out Rakitic’s 73rd-minute piledriver and it got worse for Real when Ramos received a Clasico red card for the second successive season.
The challenge on Messi did not make contact with the Barcelona player, but the two-footed tackle was wild and reckless and worthy of a straight red card.

Rodriguez, who had only been on the pitch three minutes, looked as if he had handed Real a point when he converted Marcelo’s cross from close range.
But then Messi met Jordi Alba’s cross from eight yards out to find the bottom right-hand corner of Navas’ net.

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Zinedine Zidane has so many stars his Real Madrid XI can manage themselves, says Ronald de Boer

Real Madrid have so many stars they can put eleven players out on the pitch and the rest will take care of itself, according to former Barcelona midfielder Ronald De Boer.

Los Blancos are currently sitting top of the La Liga table with a three-point advantage over their bitter rivals and are once again in the Champions League semi-final – where they’ll face Atletico Madrid in a repeat of the 2014 & 2016 final.

De Boer, who spent one and a half seasons at the Camp Nou in the late 90’s, has hailed the strength of Zinedine Zidane’s squad and feels the Frenchman has stabilised the entire squad this year and insists the best players in the world are in Spain.

“The best club players in the world are playing at the Spanish clubs,” De Boer is quoted by Football Espana.
“In the last few years the Spanish teams have dominated in Europe and there’s been nobody close to Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi, but the best players in the world are at the Spanish clubs.
“Real Madrid are quite stable this year – there is no speculation over the manager and relatively little over the players, and performances might not be fantastic but they’re generally strong.

“They can score from every position, they have so many stars – they can just put eleven players on the pitch and they will play with each other.
“Barcelona are more in my eyes a team with a stronger template of how they want to play and perform, at the minute I believe the two are equal.”

With El Clasico on the horizon, Madrid warmed up for the meeting with a 4-2 win over Bayern Munich on Tuesday evening – in a game that was shrouded in controversy as two of Cristiano Ronaldo’s three goals should have been ruled out for offside.

Victory over the Catalan giants will be a big boost for Zidane as he bids to bring the title back to the Santiago Bernabeu for the first time since the 2011/2012 season as they would move six points clear and still have a game in hand.

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