Cristiano Ronaldo Dropped an Elbow From the Top Rope on His Real Madrid Teammates
By Rob Perez
Following Real Madrid’s 0-1 defeat at the Bernabéu to inner-city rival Atlético Madrid on Saturday afternoon, Real’s perennial superstar Cristiano Ronaldo didn’t hold back any punches, when prompted by reporters, saying criticizing him was unfair as he is playing with teammates below his “level.”
Ronaldo, who hasn’t scored a goal against Atlético in the two clubs’ previous five fixtures, was practically asked if he’s still got it.
His response:
"“It annoys me that they say that Cristiano has dropped his level, and that is why Madrid have dropped their level,” he said. “If they were all at my level we would be first. You always ask me these crappy questions — it seems that here in Spain, I am in the s—. “The numbers do not lie. Statistics never trick you — it is easy.”"
After recognizing the fact that fellow stars Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema have been consistently absent due to injury, Ronaldo subtweeted the heck out of Real’s second-teamers
"“I don’t want to knock anyone, no teammate, but when the best are missing… I like to play with Bale, Benzema,” he said. “I don’t want to say that Jese, Lucas [Vazquez] or [Mateo] Kovacic are not good players, they are very good, but… to win a competition you need to have your best players.”"
Furthermore, re: Barcelona’s La Liga dominance this campaign:
"“In a competition this long, to win you need to have your best team. They are 12 points ahead, obviously they have done better than us,” Ronaldo said. “If you had Neymar, [Luis] Suarez and [Leo] Messi almost always injured, Barca wouldn’t be where they were. Maybe, but I don’t believe so.”"
Current Mood.