Last night, Real Madrid and Chelsea played the final preseason match of the summer in the International Champions Cup Final. It was considered a "friendly", but it was everything but that. It was Jose Mourinho playing against his former club and against several players he doesn't have a good relationship with, including Ronaldo. Carlo Ancelotti was also playing against his former Chelsea, but with much more "friendly-type" circumstances. Mourinho made some very classless comments before the match saying he "coached the real Ronaldo, the Brazilian Ronaldo" and that "Real Madrid is about politics, not sport." He didn't have an extremely successful time at Madrid and his last season there was just a disaster when it came to his relationship with his players. Right from the start, you could tell Cristiano wanted to score at all costs. He was a man on a mission. He was blasting shots from long range, dancing around defenders and caused havoc in Chelsea's 18. Early in the first half, Ronaldo scored on a beautiful free kick that went up and over the 4 man wall and dipped just under the cross bar. You could tell by his celebration that it was a message to Mou. Later, in the second half, Isco gave a perfect cross into the box with Ronaldo running straight through and smashed in the header. It was a brace for Ronaldo and just humiliated Mourinho. The "fake" Ronaldo was by far the best player on the pitch in what was really a more even contest than most made it out to be. Chelsea wasn't terrible by any means, but they did get torched by an extremely determined Cristiano Ronaldo. Real Madrid weren't spectacular either other than the obvious Ronaldo, but also, Isco and Oezil were great too. As usual, after the match and after he got stuffed in the face, Mourinho restated his comments about Ronaldo. Jose also didn't even shake Ronaldo's hand. After the final whistle, he walked straight off the pitch and into the locker room. Hopefully, he realizes Cristiano was the man that helped him over stay his welcome in Madrid. The classier man one last night.
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Ronaldo vs Chelsea
Last night, Real Madrid and Chelsea played the final preseason match of the summer in the International Champions Cup Final. It was considered a "friendly", but it was everything but that. It was Jose Mourinho playing against his former club and against several players he doesn't have a good relationship with, including Ronaldo. Carlo Ancelotti was also playing against his former Chelsea, but with much more "friendly-type" circumstances. Mourinho made some very classless comments before the match saying he "coached the real Ronaldo, the Brazilian Ronaldo" and that "Real Madrid is about politics, not sport." He didn't have an extremely successful time at Madrid and his last season there was just a disaster when it came to his relationship with his players. Right from the start, you could tell Cristiano wanted to score at all costs. He was a man on a mission. He was blasting shots from long range, dancing around defenders and caused havoc in Chelsea's 18. Early in the first half, Ronaldo scored on a beautiful free kick that went up and over the 4 man wall and dipped just under the cross bar. You could tell by his celebration that it was a message to Mou. Later, in the second half, Isco gave a perfect cross into the box with Ronaldo running straight through and smashed in the header. It was a brace for Ronaldo and just humiliated Mourinho. The "fake" Ronaldo was by far the best player on the pitch in what was really a more even contest than most made it out to be. Chelsea wasn't terrible by any means, but they did get torched by an extremely determined Cristiano Ronaldo. Real Madrid weren't spectacular either other than the obvious Ronaldo, but also, Isco and Oezil were great too. As usual, after the match and after he got stuffed in the face, Mourinho restated his comments about Ronaldo. Jose also didn't even shake Ronaldo's hand. After the final whistle, he walked straight off the pitch and into the locker room. Hopefully, he realizes Cristiano was the man that helped him over stay his welcome in Madrid. The classier man one last night.
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