May 6th, 2012
Real Madrid 2 – 0 Malaga
(1-0) 35′ Cristiano Ronaldo, (2-0) 39′ Cristiano Ronaldo
It takes them a while to get going, during which they are normally indebted to Casillas and poor finishing from their opponents, but it only takes a couple of flashes of excellence to get Real Madrid out of jail and on the road to three points. Today it was Cristiano Ronaldo who took on the responsibility and cracked in two goals to put Malaga out of sight. Yet his brilliance sometimes comes at a cost, and todays was an disgraceful elbow in the face of Mtiliga which earned
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May 6th, 2012
After operating on Filipe Luis’ ankle, surgeon Rafael Arriaza believes the Brazilian could be back on the football pitch within six months. Filipe was rushed into the operating theatre almost as soon as he arrived at the hospital, as one of the main arteries was being obstructed, which could well have led to amputation had it been left for too long. Filipe suffered a terrifying three centimetre dislocation of the ankle along with a fracture of the fibula. Those who were with the player after the incident claimed he was ‘as serene as a bullfighter that has just been gored
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May 6th, 2012
Cristiano Ronaldo recieved his marching orders for the second time in a Real Madrid shirt this weekend for an elbow on Patrick Mtiliga of Málaga; but was it deserved? Whilst I certainly feel a degree of sympathy for Cristiano, in my humble opinion he had to go. The Portuguese wizard must be sick of defenders grabbing hold of his shirt, as they have no answer to his lightning bursts of pace, but he needs to learn to let the referees do their job. Easier said than done with some of the performances of refs you see. He should have stopped and wait for the
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Real Madrid 2 – 0 Malaga
