Cristiano Ronaldo glossed over Real's stuttering performance against Shamrock Rovers to proclaim his team 'spectacular'.

Monday evening gave the world its first glimpse of the new Galacticos era as Real Madrid took on Irish part-timers Shamrock Rovers in their first pre-season friendly.

The hero for the Merengues was Karim Benzema, who netted the only goal of the game five minutes from time, but most of the attention was directed at Ronaldo who played the first half.

Despite not contributing as much as he would have liked, the worlds most expensive player was still delighted with his debut.

Speaking to reporters after the match he said "I'm a bit tired because we have been training hard three times a day.

"During the game, I felt a little overloaded, but I'm sure that... soon my performance will be much better."

Ronaldo then went on to praise the star-studded team around him "I am in a spectacular team," he beamed. "We played the ball well but the most important thing of this first game is that we won.

"I'm very happy at Real Madrid. It doesn't matter to me where I play because all the positions are the same. What I want is to integrate into the team as quickly as possible.

"I believe the team have done well, but now we need to find our rhythm."