Cristiano Ronaldo warns Real Madrid to stay on guard against Barcelona ahead of the UCL Semi-finals
The Portuguese international and Real Madrid striker, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629, has cautioned the men in white to get ready to play the best football of their lifetime in order to overcome the firepower of Barcelona in the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League.
The thrilling Semi-finals saga between two Spanish giants was confirmed on Wednesday at White Hart Lane, when Ronaldo’s 50th minute strike against Tottenham Hotspur gave Madrid a convincing 5-0 aggregate victory and set a mouth-watering tie against their biggest rivals, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Barcelona-c39078.
The 26-year-old Ronaldo, who is also the leading goal scorer for Los Blancos this season with 40 goals to his name, warned his team about Pep Guardiola’s skilful Barcelona ahead of the semi-final fixtures.
“We will face http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/The-Strongest-c40725 opponent of all in the semi-finals, and we must be ready. Barcelona are one of the best teams in the world, but so are we. We have to believe it is possible for us to beat them. We are having a good run and feel confident.” Ronaldo warned.
Despite an easy victory over Spurs, Ronaldo has set a high aim of taking Madrid to the final of the coveted European Cup after a gap of nine years. Madrid are desperate to claim their tenth UEFA Champions League trophy; Los Galacticos won their ninth Champions League trophy in the 2001/02 season where they defeated Bayer Leverkusen in the final.
It has been an impressive and smooth show from Madrid until now as they have stunned some big names en route to the grandest stage of the Europe’s biggest competition. Firstly, they overcame Olympique Lyon in the Round-of-16 and now they have beaten Harry Redknapp’s Spurs. After thrashing Spurs 4-0 in the first-leg at Santiago Bernabeu, Jose Mourinho’s men gave the second beating to Spurs on Wednesday with a 1-0 score.
The former Manchester United forward speaking about their victory over Spurs, said, “We are happy for qualifying for the next round. Tottenham Hotspur are a great team, but we did a great job in both games.”
The two giants of European football, Barcelona and Real Madrid, lock horns this weekend in the La Liga clash, providing them with an ideal preparation opportunity ahead of Champions League semi-finals. After the Spanish Primera encounter, they will battle again for the ‘Copa del Rey’ glory on 20th April, 2011.
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