Cristiano Ronaldo scores last goal in Real Madrid 5-1 Granada
Cristiano Ronaldo scored the last goal of the game that saw Real Madrid easily beat Granada by 5-1 at the Bernabeu Stadium for the 18th round of La Liga.
The first half of the game saw Real Madrid with a small advantage over Granada. Karim Benzema opened the scoring on 19 minutes after a classy flick of the ball from Cristiano Ronaldo, but the response by the visitors came just 3 minutes later on 22 minutes, from a lovely Mikel Rico header to tie the game 1-1.
Real Madrid went up 2-1 on the 35th when Sergio Ramos headed in from an Ozil corner kick, giving the Merengues a deserved lead going into the interval.
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Cristiano Ronaldo during Real Madrid 3-2 Malaga game
Real Madrid produced a magnificent comeback in the second half to beat Malaga 3-2 after being 2-0 down at half-time, in the first leg of their round of 16 game and are now favorites to reach the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey.
After a slow and cautious start by both teams, Malaga stunned the Santiago Bernabeu crowd with an early goal after just 10 minutes of play when Sergio Sanchez headed the goal, his first for the team from Andalusia, after a corner kick by Carzola.
Malaga scored their second goal on the 29 the minute, and silenced the Madrid fans when once again when Cazorla curled his corner kick into the area where Demichelis headed the ball into the back of the net past the unusually slow Iker Casillas, to give Manuel Pellegrini’s side a surprising but deserved 2-0 lead at the interval.
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Callejón scores in Real Madrid 5-1 Ponteferradina game
Real Madrid are through to the last 16 of the Copa del Rey after easily beating Ponferradina 5-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, their last game of the year before leaving for the Holiday Season.
After winning the first leg 2-0 this game was a formality as well as a good opportunity for José Mourinho to play many of the lesser used players like Sahin, Varane, Nacho, Adan and Pacheco (goalkeepers) Joselu, Granero, Altintop, Callejon and Casado.
Cristiano Ronaldo did not play tonight, Callejón (25 minutes) and Sahin (45 minutes) scored for Los Blancos in the first half.
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Cristiano Ronaldo scores in Seville 2-6 Real Madrid game
Real Madrid are back on top of La Liga after they thrashed Seville 6-2, with the precious help of another Cristiano Ronaldo hat-trick. Pepe was sent off just before the interval but that did not shake Real Madrid at all.
The big news in José Mourinho’s starting line-up was the entrance of Callejon. Ozil and Kaká started on the bench, as did Khedira.
The game started well for both teams, but Real Madrid eventually put themselves in an early advantage when on 9 minutes, Cristiano Ronaldo scored after a great pass from Di Maria.
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Cristiano Ronaldo during Ponteferradina 0-2 Real Madrid Game
After their home defeat to Barcelona, Callejon and Cristiano Ronaldo helped Real Madrid beat Pontaferradina 2-0 in the first leg of the Copa del Rey tie. This away win helped Real regain some optimism after their depressing defeat to the Catalans in their last game.
Even though Ponferradina is a second league club, José Mourinho did not take too many chances by putting into play many of the regulars for this game. The first chance to score for Real Madrid came on 21 minutes when Cristiano Ronaldo burst through Ponferradina’s defense before attempting to slip the ball under the onrushing Orlando Quintana who made a great save.
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Cristiano Ronaldo struggles to pass Barcelona's defense
Barcelona made a stunning turn-around even though Real Madrid could not have wished for a better start for their “El Clasico” with the Catalans as they scored first with just 20 seconds on the clock, a record between both teams. This win leaves Barça on top of La Liga even though they have a one game advantage over their main rivals.
José Mourinho saw his cycle of 15 consecutive games come to an end and leaving the duel between Ronaldo vs Messi once again pending towards the Argentinian. Ronaldo was a shadow of himself and it seems that both he and Mourinho have still not found the way to overcome that psychological barrier called Barcelona.
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Ajax goal wrongly disallowed against Real Madrid
Real Madrid traveled to the Amsterdam Arena and beat the Dutch champions Ajax by 3-0, equaling their club record of 15 consecutive wins in their last game of the Champions League and ending as the Group D winners with 18 points.
It was a night to forget for Ajax who did not deserve to lose the game by these numbers, thanks to some bad calls by the trio of referees headed by Jorge Sousa of Portugal, who disallowed two good goals by Ajax.
To make matters worse, Ajax were relegated to 3rd place in the group after Lyon surprised everyone with their stunning 7-1 away win against Dinamo Zagreb and ended 2nd in the group plus a spot in the last 16. This epic turnaround gave Lyon a better goal average than Ajax who will now play in the Europa League. A very unlucky night for Ajax.
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Cristiano Ronaldo during Gijon 0-3 Real Madrid game
Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 17th goal in the Spanish League as Real Madrid won their 10th consecutive league game and their 14th in a row in all competitions, at Sporting Gijon’s El Molinón Stadium by a comfortable 3-0.
In a tense and tricky game for Real Madrid, with referee Iturralde Gonzalez showed lots of yellow cards especially against the Gijon side, but it was Real Madrid’s assistant coach Rui Faria who got a red card on 18 minutes for strong protests against the referee.
Di Maria opened the scoring on 35 minutes after getting past defender Suarez and scoring from the tightest of angles. Three minutes later Cristiano Ronaldo had a good opportunity but his shot went slightly over the bar. The interval arrived without any changes in the scoreboard.
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