Soon after the match, Ronaldo himself spoke to the press that he felt sad, and that the club knew the reason behinds it.

So, what is the reason exactly ? Since the match came later after Andres Iniesta crowned as UEFA best footballer, the press quickly accused him for getting disappointed for not winning the title. But then they find out that the previous meeting between Ronaldo and president Florentino Perez have caused all his problem. And that was when money talks…

Since 2009, Ronaldo pocketed €10 million per year. Minus the 23% tax, he still received €7,7 million. The actual tax income in Spain is 45 %, but since David Beckham’s law, then the 22% rest of the tax are paid by the club. Which means, every year, Real Madrid have to pay €15,5 million for Ronaldo’s salary plus taxes. And to make it worse, in a certain amount of salary, the tax could increase into 52%.

Since Ronaldo wished to renew the contract with Real Madrid (his contract will ends in 2015), he asked for a raise, and that’s when the number of €31,5 million came out. With that kind of money, Ronaldo expected to receive a clean €15 million per year. Unfortunately,  it is doubtedly that the club will pay for that kind of money in a year just for 1 player.

The option for Real Madrid is not to renew the contract with Ronaldo, which mean they only pay for €10 million or €15,5 million plus tax until his contract ends in 2015. The bad part is that in 3 years, Ronaldo can leave the club free of charge. But still,  this way they will save around €45 million, with the asumption of €15 million extra tax per year.

Of course, if Madrid rejects Ronaldo’s offer for a raise, then no wonder that the Portuguese star felt unwanted. However, Ronaldo proved that he is a professional player, and that the personal problem won’t disrupt his performance on the pitch by scoring 2 goals.

The question is, will Real Madrid change their mind and grant Ronaldo’s wish for a raise ? Is he really worth the price ? With all his goals and his achievements for the club, then yes, I think he is worth it. Come on, lets face the fact that Ronaldo is the best player in the world right now, but he only came on the 6th list for the highest paid footballer. Here are the list :

1. Samuel Eto’o                            €20 million

2. Zlatan Ibrahimovic              €14,5 million

3. Wayne Rooney                       €12,3 million

4. Didier Drogba                         €12 million

5. Lionel Messi                            €10,5 million

6. Cristiano Ronaldo                €10 million

By the list above, even Ibrahimovic gets bigger money, and he’s no wizard in football, imo…. So, is it wrong for Ronaldo to ask for more money ? Does it mean he’s greedy ? Nope, he’s just asking for the salary that he deserves.

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Cristiano Ronaldo arrived at Los Angeles for Real Madrid pre-season training camp yesterday (28 July 2012) along with 25 other Madrid players. The team stayed at Beverly Hills Hotels for third time on the last 3 years,  and trained at UCLA University.

Jose Mourinho will be demanding the players for a rough schedule of training, knowing that they had not been into working regime for weeks due to holiday. As usual, they will have 2 training session, at morning and the evening.

Next Thursday, Real Madrid  will be having a friendly match against LA Galaxy for Herbalife event.

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For 3 whole year with Real Madrid, Cristiano Ronaldo failed to add another Balon D’Or trophy in his collection. It was hard enough to watch Lionel Messi walked away with the title, but for him to win it 3 consecutive years just unbearable. This year, hopefully it will be different. Why ? Because finally, his well performance has helped Los Blancos  in stopping Barcelona’s domination in Spanish league.

The question is, was it enough ?

Since he joined Real Madrid, he had a bit hard time to overcome the European football competition. 3 years now and still no Champions league title.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s personal record in Champions League competition last season was actually far from disappointing. He collected 10 goals,  and helped Real Madrid to reach the semi-finals round. But once again, he lost to Lionel Messi who became CL top scorer by grabbing 14 goals.

Luckily this year, Cristiano Ronaldo has an advantage to overcome Messi through his national team. With the help of his performance in Euro 2012,  Cristiano Ronaldo has bigger chance to win Balon D’ Or.  Let’s face it, although Portugal didn’t make it to the final, Ronaldo succeeded to fill the expectation as a captain and reached the semi-finals.

But still, to win his second Balon D’Or, Cristiano Ronaldo needs  more than just number of goals.  He needs to improve his skill with the team, and work a bit on his attitude on the pitch.

Derbyanabella,Footballfantalk.com

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It’s been 3 years since Cristiano Ronaldo joined Real Madrid for the first time. Probably people still remembered when on July 6th 2009, Cristiano Ronaldo taken his first step as a Madridista. Since then, no less than 146 goals have been recorded through either his feet and head. What makes it amazing is that all 146 goals came from 146 matches, that brought 2 titles for Los Blancos.

With €94 million transfer fee, Real Madrid was finally able to bring him to Santiago Bernabeu, with the hope that his presence will conquer Barcelona’s domination.

Unfortunately, it was a bad season for both Cristiano Ronaldo and Real Madrid. While their rival Barcelona kept on climbing to reach the top, by grabbing 6 title from all 6 competition. Real Madrid’s dream team  failed to match Pep Guardiola’s squad.

But it wasn’t Ronaldo’s fault. As a professional player, he has shown an amazing performance. 33 goals in 35 matches is one hell of a record for a newbie in the club. Plus, his injury has prevented him from having a maximum achievement.

The second season, along with Jose Mourinho as a new coach, Ronaldo changed his shirt with his favorite number 7. With the lucky number, he managed to create 53 goals from all 54 matches, won the pichichi title, and grabbed Copa del Rey trophy with his goal over Barcelona in the final round. Not bad, not bad at all….

On the third season, Cristiano Ronaldo was unstoppable. Only Messi could match and even exceed his goal number. With 60 goals from 55 games, it was hard to believe that he just entered the Spain’s club 3 years ago, knowing that Messi already joined Barcelona for far longer time and made his debut in 2004. Based on this experience, I guess we can say that Ronaldo is still one step ahead Messi. Or am I wrong ?

But enough to say, the important thing is that finally in his third year, Cristiano Ronaldo was able to bring Los Blancos to conquer Barcelona from the league’s domination. Unbelievable….

Now, we should wait for his next round in his fourth season with Real Madrid. Will his goal statistic increase ? Will he provide more titles for Real Madrid ? I guess time will tell.

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To end the game with style, coach Mourinho played 3 strikers all at once – Cristiano Ronaldo, Benzema , and Higuain. The strategy proved to work well, and although Higuain didn’t score a single goal, he did contribute 2 assist in the game.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored the opening goal in minute 19th, that also became his last goal on the season. His total goal in La liga is now 46 goals – such amazing record, to achieved in just 3 years with Real Madrid.

After the goal, Benzema doubled the point 4 minutes later, thanks to Gonzalo Higuain and Ronaldo’s assist.

The third goal was created on the second half round, through Mesut Ozil, 4 minutes after the match started. Again, a nice touch up from Higuain helped Ozil in scoring his first on the game.

Not long after, Mallorca’s finally able to steal a goal from Real Madrid through Gonzalo Castro. However, despite already winning the league, Real Madrid kept on being persistent and scored their fourth goal, again, through Mesut Ozil.

With the victory, Los Blancos succeeded in collecting 100 points in La liga, first time in history, with 121 goals. While Mallorca came on 8th in the standings with 52 points.

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However, Ronaldo had a bit of history in Champions League penalty kick. On season 2007/08 when he was still with Manchester United, he failed to execute twice.

The first time was at Camp Nou, at Champions League final. ManUtd rewarded with a penalty  after Gabriel Milito caught on a handsball early of the game. At that time, ManUtd still won the Trophy since the match ended with 0-0, while The Red Devils won the first leg of 1-0.

Second time was against Chelsea, also in the Champions League final, where he failed to take the penalty in the extra round. The  situation was similar when he failed against Bayern Munich yesterday. But while on his 2 Champions League penalties failure he still managed to win the game in the end, but not this time. With Real Madrid, it had stopped him from getting to the final round, followed by his other colleagues failed penalty kick, Kaka and Sergio Ramos.

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In his 3 years career with Real Madrid, Ronaldo only missed 1 penalty shot, and that happened on his first year. It was such a bad timing to miss his second time during the critical execution.

The match ended with 2(1) – 1(3) for Bayern victory.

Here are pictures from Cristiano Ronaldo during the match. Enjoy !!

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