Chapter 468: Depressed Ronaldo

After Sergio Aguero and Forlan created threats, Real Madrid's attacking line did not do nothing.

In the 33rd minute, Real Madrid broke the ball again in midfield and counterattacked, and after Ricardo advanced with the ball on the left side, he suddenly cut inside and then stuffed the ball into the penalty area.

In the first half of the league, he used this trick to feed Ronaldo several cakes, but Van Nistelrooy did not have Ronaldo's explosiveness, he almost missed the football, resulting in the ball stopped, lost the angle of the shot, and hurriedly got up and missed.

A minute later, Real Madrid counterattacked again, Ricardo and Kaka played a one-two, and then pushed the ball to the edge of the penalty area, Kaka inserted a direct kick to the goal, and the football was like a cannonball, hitting the pillar.

The first substitutions for both sides were particularly early. On the Atletico Madrid side, Simão is actually not healed from his injury, and Pepe is injured on the Real Madrid side.

However, the two men fell to the ground in the scramble and were eventually substituted together.

Aguirre was replaced by Reyes, and the player was returned by Real Madrid and then subloaned to Atletico Madrid by Arsenal.

Manuel Pellegrini reluctantly brought on Salgado, with Sergio Ramos moving to the middle to partner Cannavaro.

The substitution caused chaos in Real Madrid's backline, especially when defending set-pieces, and everyone's marking duties changed.

They couldn't adapt for a while.

In the 38th minute, Antonio. Lopes whipped in a free-kick and Sergio Aguero headed home from close range in front of goal, unmarked.

However, the small player's heading skills still need to be improved, the angle of the ball on the top is not particularly tricky, and Casillas reacted quickly and reflexively raised his hand to block the ball.

Atletico Madrid missed their best chance to pull one back.

A minute later, Atletico Madrid were back in the ascendancy when Reyes delivered a well-placed pass, only Sergio Aguero's effort from near the penalty spot hit the crossbar.

It was the second time he hit the crossbar of the game.

The commentator also felt sorry for him: "If his luck had been better, the score would have been 2:2 now." Sergio Aguero is a really good player, and in my opinion, he could be a candidate for the Ballon d'Or in the future, and he is fully capable of competing with young players such as Ricardo, Kaka, Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and so on. ”

Those who frequently waste opportunities will always be punished. In the 42nd minute, Guti took a corner kick, the defender in front of the post tried to clear the ball with a header but it was not far away, and Van Nistelrooy met the ball and volleyed past Atletico Madrid again.

Real Madrid led 3-0 and there was no suspense in the game.

In the ensuing game, both sides created a few chances, but neither was able to capitalise on them to change the scoreline. The score of 3:0 remained until the end.

In his post-match press conference, Manuel Pellegrini also admitted: "The difference between the two sides on the pitch is not as big as the score difference. The opponent got some chances, but didn't take them. And we took our chances, and that's it. ”

"We didn't do any worse today than our opponents," said Atletico Madrid boss Aguirre, who regretted it, "but we didn't get the favor of Lady Luck." Sergio Aguero hit two crossbars and a glaring penalty was missed, otherwise the outcome would have been more favourable. That's football, the side that works hard doesn't necessarily get enough rewards. It was a good opportunity for us to close the gap, but we didn't take it. ”

Ruud van Nistelrooy can score on the pitch and there seems to be no reason to put him back on the bench, as does Raul.

Ronaldo also has nothing to say about it.

In fact, in Pellegrini's mind, Ronaldo is indeed a much better striker than Ruud van Nistelrooy. However, Ruud van Nistelrooy has the advantage of not only finishing in the box, but also more versatile and active than Ronaldo, which is more suitable for the team's tactical system.

With already having Ricardo and Kaka, Pellegrini prefers to use Ruud van Nistelrooy as a lone striker.

Of course, if Ricardo is out of action, Ronaldo is a better option than Ruud van Nistelrooy.

As for Ricardo, Manuel Pellegrini has allowed him to try several positions this season and ultimately felt that the left winger was the one he was best at.

So for the next few games, Ricardo started as a left winger, while Ruud van Nistelrooy also started all the time, and Ronaldo played a few rounds of substitutes in frustration.

And when Ronaldo played as a substitute, Ricardo was full of firepower.

In the 3-0 win away to Almeria, Licardo scored twice; In the 8-0 home sweep of Valladolid, Ricardo staged a senior four. In the 3-2 away win over Real Betis, Ricardo scored with a pass.

After playing this 24th round of the league, Ricardo's league goals tally quietly reached 15, catching up with Ronaldo's goals and tying for the top scorer list.

In the next Champions League match, Ronaldo finally got the chance to start.

Real Madrid will take on Roma away.

Real Madrid's signing this time is average, Roma, among all the teams that are second in the group, should be on the same level as Liverpool, Schalke 04, and Arsenal, and is better than Fenerbahce, Lyon, Celtic, and Olympiacos.

However, Real Madrid are not afraid of this opponent.

Before the game, the media and the Melingers thought that Real Madrid would get an easy victory, but Roma playing at home played tenaciously and even wildly.

In the face of Real Madrid's dream attack line composed of Ronaldo, Licardo, Kaka and Raul, they did not give an inch, did not worry about the defense being penetrated, and played very actively.

In the opening 5th minute, Raul crossed diagonally, and Ronaldo made a difficult turn and volley in the box to break the deadlock for Real Madrid.

Ronaldo, who had finally broken the goal drought, was very excited, and he ran to hug Raul, and the two dressing room bigwigs hugged each other tightly, showing the fans the unity of the team.

The mellingers at the scene all thought that this was a sign of a big victory.

However, in the 24th minute, Gago made a mistake in clearing, and Pizarro volleyed hard, hitting Gago's leg and flying into Real Madrid's goal, equalizing for Roma.

It's nothing, it's just a fresh start. On the pitch, Real Madrid's attack was impressive, and the Millingers were not worried about losing.

However, in the 57th minute, Roma launched a counterattack with a long pass from the backfield, Heinze made a mistake in the tackle, Totti took the ball and passed straight to the goal, Mancini Jr. took the ball and stabbed it alone, shook off the attacking Casillas and pushed the empty goal. Roma reversed the score!