Real Madrid: The aftershocks of Cristiano Ronaldo's departure


It takes great players to build a great team. Ancelotti brought in the big boys in the form of Gareth Bale and James Rodriguez. The aging midfield was rejuvenated with the additions of Isco and Toni Kroos. พนัน บอล With the immediate effect, the deadly combination of BBC was formed which earned real Madrid a whopping 108 goals in a 2013-2014 season with Ronaldo breathing fire scoring a massive 51 goals in all competitions.

Bale played a significant part as he single-handedly won the Copa Del Rey พนัน บอล with a beautiful solo goal while injured Ronaldo watched from the stands and admired his teammate. The Madrid side went to win the biggest European competition with a sturdy defense in the form of aging Pepe and reliable Ramos and the front three BBC.

The next season, Madrid failed to win any big trophy by missing out in the semi-finals but Ronaldo was at his best again scoring 61 goals in all competitions. Ancelotti paid with his job the following season while Real surprisingly appointed Rafael Benitez as the manager. The side failed to find the net regularly as Real suffered the biggest home defeat to the Catalans by a 0-4 margin. Time and again the age factor of the superstar Ronaldo was brought into question as with each passing game Madrid found difficult in scoring.

Rafa Benitez was sacked and Zidane who was the assistant coach took on the reigns of the ailing Madrid side. Once again Ronaldo พนัน บอล was made the main man while Zidane heavily relied on the youngsters with the likes of Varane, Casemiro, Nacho, Asensio, and Lucas. The Portuguese single-handedly turned the home tie against Wolfsburg with the home side needing more than two goals to qualify for the next round.

Liverpool vs Fulham: What the press had to say as Reds continue unbeaten start



Liverpool beat Fulham 2-0 to pile more misery on the newly promoted side as they flounder in their attempt to avoid the drop. Goals from Mohamed Salah and Xherdan Shaqiri was enough to hand the Reds three points and continue their 12 game unbeaten league start.

sbothai8 Left-back Andy Robertson assisted Shaqiri’s goal with a delicious, first-time cross to take his league and European to a club high six – while Salah continued his return to form with a composed finish. Before the game started Virgil van Dijk was showing off his nutmeg skills, and the Dutch captain produced an excellent performance to help blunt the Cottagers attack.

Members of the gathered press were happy with the way the Reds performed, with the Independent commenting that Liverpool ‘made light work’ of Fulham’s threat as Jurgen Klopp’s sbothai8 men went about collecting three points in routine fashion. The broadsheet picked out Robertson, Shaqiri, Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane as the top performers – although it indicated that Roberto Firmino had another quiet day at the office.

Their match report indicated that the Reds had the lion’s share of possession but were ‘sloppy’ on the ball and failed to create clear-cut chances. The Liverpool Echo picked out Fabinho as the best of the midfielders, although sbothai8 they commented that the Brazilian needs to be more careful with his tackling. Despite keeping a clean sheet, the local paper reckoned van Dijk and Joe Gomez were average. They called the Dutchman ‘slack’ and said Gomez was schooled by striker Aleksandar Mitrovic.