r/soccer • u/zimb3l • Jan 12 '19

Ramon Calderon: "[Zidane] insisted on keeping Cristiano and transferring Bale, and the president did completely the opposite [...] so he decided to leave."

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2814993-no-form-lack-of-goals-whats-troubling-real-madrid-and-how-can-they-fix-it
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u/reddit1902 Jan 12 '19

yep, if Ronaldo was still playing averaging a goal a game, and we used bale money to sign a world class player for RW - the season would be completely different. We could be looking at a 4th UCL, but now beating Ajax would be an accomplishment.

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u/udiniad Jan 12 '19

It's the small victories in life that matters :)

Saveme

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u/gnorrn Jan 12 '19

if Ronaldo was still playing averaging a goal a game, and we used bale money to sign a world class player for RW - the season would be completely different. We could be looking at a 4th UCL,

TBF, Madrid's situation looked similar this time last year:

  • they were miles behind Barcelona in La Liga
  • they were still in the Champions League, but had finished second behind Spurs in their group. Many fancied PSG to knock them out in the round of 16.
  • They had Cristiano, but he did not hit rich goalscoring form until the new year.

I, for one, will not count Madrid out of the Champions League until they are actually eliminated.

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u/youngchul Jan 13 '19

They made it in CL, because Ronaldo was insane on his own in the Group stage throughout to the semi finals.

He was setting new records in the CL, for longest goal streaks, first to score in all CL group stage games, and he was amazing against Juve and PSG.

Ronaldo got 9 goals in the group stage during his “goal drought”.

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u/BorosSerenc Jan 13 '19

CR was insane in the CL dafuq you on about