Thursday 8th October 2009
We are not the Real Ronaldos!
Jorge Valdano has declared that Real Madrid can function just as well as a team without Portuguese wing wizard Cristiano Ronaldo.
A lot has been made of the recent Madrid defeat, the only loss this season, which has come in Ronaldo's absence through injury, but Valdano is adamant that the 2-1 loss to Sevilla was not directly due to the Portugal international not playing on that day. The sporting director did concede that Madrid did miss the talents of the winger.
"How is he [Ronaldo] not going to be missed?" he responded when asked about the former Manchester United man.
"That does not mean that the team can't work perfectly without him. It's too early to say that there is dependency," Valdano added, according to AS, before leaping to the defence of Marcelo.
He added, "He's [Marcelo] a left-sided player and central midfielder. He's 21-years-old. He is very young and has been making progress. We must not condemn him for one game. We believe he has a future here."
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