Cristiano Ronaldo

“I am by nature a dissatisfied” described Cristiano Ronaldo just days before leaving for South Africa, where he promised to “score goals for Portugal.”

The Real Madrid star said in an interview published Sunday by the Portuguese newspaper. He was also asked about other topics such as gay marriage, the arrival of Jose Mourinho to the Bernabeu and the economic crisis in Portugal.

As for the World Cup, Cristiano considered that Portugal is in the toughest group, with Brazil, Ivory Coast and North Korea, and explained that his goal “is to win the first game to enter well in the competition.”

“It will not be easy, we all know, but we have everything we need to move forward. If we pass the group stage, 50 percent of the target will be fulfilled,” he said.

Now, on what will be his new coach at the club merengue Cristiano Ronaldo said he hopes to celebrate with him “many victories” and expressed that “Mourinho is a winner.”

The player also recognized that this year in Real Madrid he felt “frustrated and very sad” for not getting a championship, but predicted that next season will be different.

Cristiano also wanted to talk about his country, Portugal, and assess the present, regarding the recent approval of the gay marriage law. The Real Madrid star said that “all citizens must have exactly the same rights and duties.”

He also commented that he knows that “Portugal is in a period of a strong recession, times are not easy” but he added that this phenomenon is not unique to his country:”All Europe is in deep crisis,” he lamented.

The captain of Portugal and Real Madrid star, Cristiano Ronaldo, arrived this afternoon at the concentration of Portugal ready for the World Cup. He is in great shape,but not ready to carry all the weight on his shoulders .

I don’t play alone or do miracles. If the team is doing well, I trust that we will go far. With a strong group everything is possible” said Cristiano Ronaldo at his arrival in Covilha.The Portuguese footballer believes, that South Africa will reflect his experience and improvement.

“I will try my best, as I always do at the club and in my national team, I am motivated and I hope that the team is at it’s highest level so we can all make a good World Cup” said the Portuguese astro.

Cristiano Ronaldo has the same opinion as his team-mates for group G, which is composed of Portugal,Brazil, Ivory Coast, and North Korea and said that if we beat the Africans in the first game ” We will achieve 50 percent to move to the next phase.”

The Real Madrid player also accepted “without hypocrisy” that Portugal is not in the group of favorites for the title of the world cup in South Africa.”The others want to win. We never win and that is why we are not favorites, but the favorites don’t always win” said Cristiano Ronaldo.

Cristiano Ronaldo admitted that he was “concerned” with Pepe and his recovery from his injury and said that his presence in the world championship “would be decisive.”He added that the same view in relation to Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea), after his recent physical problems.

Real Madrid get a comfortable victory at the Stadium Santiago Bernabeu 5-1 against Athletic Bilbao. Week 37 of the Spanish League, the penultimate game of the season, and despite the victory, Barcelona remains leader by a single point, 96, after their victory in Seville.

Cristiano Ronaldo opened the score with a penalty shot at the 22nd minute, but Yeste equalized at minute 40. The other goals were by Higuain, 77 ‘, Sergio Ramos, 79′, Karim Benzema, 81 ‘, and Marcelo, in the 88th minute.

The First 45 minutes where of real uncertainty. Real Madrid faced a team with historical coats of arms, but which have not served to stay afloat in recent seasons, where they lacked qualifications and preferences.

Despite the advantage in the score Bilbao did not change, Francisco Javier Yeste, with a powerful low shot beat Casillas to tie the game. Furthermore, Pellegrini had left on the bench Kaka and thus creativity,the weapon to the front of the game which caused lack of opportunities. Barn and Gago lacked inspiration, Cristiano Ronaldo was hardly noticed, Marcelo viewed was viewed with frustration.

The second half was another game in the Bernabeu. Real Madrid came out with the conviction marked with an attack that was led by Kaka. Iker Casillas had to work harder and look out for the constant bombardment of Bilbao. The match ended 5-1 in favor of Real Madrid. However, despite the victory Real Madrid is still in second place under the leader Barcelona.

Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo gave praise to Argentine Lionel Messi, his great rival in the fight to be the best footballer in the world, and before the confrontation between the two on Saturday at the Santiago Bernabeu he acknowledged that ” Messi is among the best now and forever. ”

“I’m older than Messi because I am tall and wide,” joked Cristiano Ronaldo, who had expected questions about the Argentine after his last exhibition in Barcelona. “I think Messi is doing a phenomenal season, scoring many goals ” he said.

“I’m doing a good job in my first year in Spain. I am very happy and I want to continue helping my club. I’m sure in the coming years I will be the best,” he said showing humility. Cristiano asked not to approach the match between Real Madrid and Barcelona in a face to face with Messi. “Everyone talks about me and Messi, but we don’t play alone. It is not a duel between the two.”

Cristiano Ronaldo hoped that Messi will not repeat the exhibition that took place in the Champions League, scoring four goals against Arsenal to qualify Barcelona for the semifinals. “I hope that Messi can score many more goals, but not on Saturday.

He is good,but he does not play alone. His teammates have great merit as well. When I was named best player of the world in Manchester, I did not play alone. Without my team I was not the best, “he recalled.

Real Madrid, despite not playing well, but longing for the figure of Xabi Alonso played against a timorous Racing Santander that fell 0-2. Madrid achieved its twelfth consecutive victory with goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and Higuain, who maintain Madrid leader awaiting the Classic at Barça.

Before the first two minutes, Real Madrid had two occasions for goal. The first ball in a controlled back to Higuain, but the Racing defense reacted well to cut of Argentinean and the second occasion was in a free-kick taken by Cristiano Ronaldo.

A misunderstanding between Pinillos and Arana was taken advantage of by Cristiano Ronaldo. Cristiano then raced deep into the area, where he did a bicycle and confused the defender Moratón. However, failing to stop Cristiano Ronaldo the Santander defender made a clear penalty that was materialized into a goal by the Portuguese winger.

With the game against Racing they timidly moved the lines forward giving Real Madrid more spaces, but Madrid lacked creativity in the midfield by the low contribution of Diarra which required a greater wear of Gago.

Guti who entered in the second half at minute 60 picked up the handle and increased ownership of Real Madrid, but with little danger. The Santander defense hated the Cristiano Ronaldo bikes, which was the whites only resource in attack until Guti focused a depth ball to Higuain, who left the limit of offside to beat the goalkeeper with a low shot, adjusted to the base of post.

The score could have increased by Real Madrid, with a shot from Guti that hit the post and with a clear miss of Cristiano Ronaldo. Nonetheless, the match ended 2-0 in favor of Real Madrid.

Madrid regained the lead league with a display of strength and goals in 45 minutes, with Cristiano Ronaldo and Gonzalo Higuain enjoying the defensive weakness of an unknown Getafe.

Real Madrid was the leader from the start. Playing it short and without pressure from the rival. Madrid had a lot of mobility with two forwards who form a lethal pair: Cristiano and Higuain.

Xabi Alonso had warned Getafe with a shot that Marcus Hahnemann blocked, and two headers from Van der Vaart and Cristiano. When the Portuguese player showed he is the league’s most lethal free-kicker he did not disappoint. The defense of Getafe was like gelatin. They saw an airplane pass as Cristiano Ronaldo took a lovely free-kick for the first goal of the night at minute 12.

Getafe could do nothing to Higuain. At minute 20 Higuan crossed the ball inside the pitch beating the goalkeeper for the 2-0 of the night. The product was a pass from Gago to Van der Vaart that ended in Higuains boots.

Only three minutes after with Real Madrid playing at will, Gago invented a deep pass to cause a defensive chaos that allowed Higuain exploit his speed and good definition. He Dribble to his left before Ustari could touch him and shot into the unguarded goal.

At minute 36 Cristiano Ronaldo confused a defender by doing a bicycle and concluding the play with a furious cannon that ended inside the goal. Getafe’s goalkeeper had a chance to stop it as he came in contact with Cristiano’s cannon, but decided not to since he did not want to get hurt. Cristiano Ronaldo made the 4-0 and sentenced the match.

Getafe made efforts to come back by scoring 2 goals, but that was not sufficient to stop Madrid. The match ended 4-2 with Madrid as the clear victor.

Real Madrid, despite playing in the Stadium Santiago Bernabeu, barely managed a tie with Olympique Lyon in the eighth final round of the Champions League to be eliminated 1-2 overall, after the defeat on French soil.

It is recalled that in the first leg Lyon won with a goal from Jean Il Makoun. The ‘Merengues’ were bound to win by two goals to advance directly to the quarterfinals, something that did not happen. Lyon just needed a to tie or to win by any score or even lose by one goal difference, provided they score. Miralem Pjanic was who finished with all the aspirations Real Madrid after his goal by the left side of the pitch at minute 75 ‘in a play caused by’Chelito’Delgado, Lisandro and the conclusion of the Bosnian.

Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring after six minutes, after a long service from left to right by Guti. Cristiano Ronaldo concluded with a crossover that went through the goalkeepers legs for the 1-0. It was a vertical first half, with good football, in which Real Madrid came out and determined. However, after the first 45 minutes it was a team lacking in the definition. They had various opportunities to score, but they were all wasted.

Cristiano Ronaldo injected much confidence with his early score, but Madrid needed to tie the score to avoid falling out of the Champions League knockout stage, but neither Granero, Kaka ,or Higuain marked a difference. The match ended in a draw.

Real Madrid lived an epic night at the Santiago Bernabeu. Manuel Pellegrini’s team rallied from two goals against caste-based and turned the light. Xabi Alonso’s auto goal and Dragutinovic gave the lead to Sevilla for the 2-0, while Cristiano Ronaldo and Ramos tied the game. Then Van der Vaart unleashed the madness in the Bernabeu with the third goal for the Whites for the 3-2.

There were 22 minutes of the game that was overflowing with magic, intensity, winning spirit, sevillas goalkeeper Palop performing miracles again and again …
The 3-2 win against Sevilla not only served Real Madrid to reunited with the epic after a long time (Madrid has not come back from two goals since the 2006-2007 season in a match against Espanyol), it also meant a ‘yes we can’ from Madrid fans.

Even though Real Madrid was down 2-0 Cristiano Ronaldo never showed signs of giving up. He displayed acts of danger again and again by releasing powerful shots into Sevillas goal. Finally, Marcelo gave a pass inside the area that was deflected by a Sevilla defender into the feet of Cristiano Ronaldo that took advantage of the situation for the first goal of Madrid.

Real Madrid made a real ‘Merengue’ fiesta after defeating Tenerife 5-1. With this result Real Madrid climbs the chart to get closer to rival Barcelona. The match began slowly and with no emotions. However, ‘El Pitita’ Gonzalo Higuan opened the match up at minute 29 with an incredible shot that beat the goal keeper.

Finally, in the second half Cristiano Ronaldo executed a penalty shot that marked the 4-1. The match ended with a goal by Madrid legend Raul that sentenced the game at 5-1.

SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Spain, Feb. 2010 .- The old memories of two league losses in the last game at the stadium Heliodoro Rodriguez Lopez, crowded into the memory of Real Madrid but some players just remember that time and that his return to the cursed island will find themselves a fighting Tenerife.

About to turn twenty years of two games to forget in the history of Real Madrid, and of great excitement in the stages of Tenerife in the first division, the two clubs meet again Saturday in league at the scene of the crime.

“Algún día espero devolver lo que le he quitado al Real Madrid,” said Jorge Valdano, who was then trained to set Tenerife after completing his playing career with the highlight of Real Madrid. Now, is general manager of the club and remember better than any of his players what had happened.

Some of the current white stars and know the past in Tenerife. A Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Higuain, Marcelo o ‘Lass’ Diarra, all holders this Saturday, they unveiled the past. One way to tell that those meetings are always special duels in Tenerife and find a team that fighter.

Club Deportivo Tenerife because he does not throw the towel in advance this season and will face Real Madrid with the clear intention of greening old laurels and his fifth victory in eleven Premier League clashes.

An extra attraction to duel, if proof were few, is the sibling pique. On the pitch will face Xabi and Mikel Alonso. In the first round out better off in terms of the game is unmatched, despite losing the whole island.

For the coach of Tenerife, José Luis Oltra, the meeting can be a “punto de inflexión” for his team. A “refuerzo anímico” for achieving victory. Expected to serve “to give joy to their fans,” he said.

Oltra is aware that they will face one of the best teams in the world and the best club football history, so “will it be harder to get a good result.”

However, do not lose optimism and insists that his players are capable. He wants his team to compete beyond the results and noted that football is very big because there is nothing written, and not always true that win those bigger budget or better players.

Arrives Tenerife at the event with more confidence to play at their stadium, the scene where he won his fifth win of the season. It is the worst team at home, but as local has lost four of twelve games. Oltra remains a doubt in the lead, who will partner Nino. Kome and Ayoze are candidates.

No doubt the Chilean coach Manuel Pellegrini at Real Madrid, who will have his team upset by the low rate in defense of Alvaro Arbeloa, punished. Have you tried Chilean coach Sergio Ramos at right back, leaving the central position occupied in recent games, causing the return of the holder of Argentine Ezequiel Garay.

The rest is the same team who crushed Villarreal (6-2), one of the most complete games of the season with the best version of Cristiano Ronaldo.

It recovered ‘Lass’ Diarra of backache suffering and will headline in the midfield. By contrast, Pellegrini still without two key players such as Jose Maria Gutierrez ‘Guti’ and Karim Benzema, both with groin injury.

They are also low by injury in Real Madrid Pepe and Royston Drenthe. So the call completed two developments, the homegrown Marcos Alonso and Pedro Mosquera.

For a few hours, you can return to being a leader Real Madrid, in case of victory, and to extend their league winning streak of five consecutive wins. Barcelona plays and costumes immediately after white wants to increase pressure on the hand to hand they both have the title.