This past weekend, the second best league in the world was back. And how?
Real Madrid played Deportivo in the opening fixture of this season's La Liga. The galacticos had a chance to show what fans can expect for the rest of the season.
But, my attention was drawn not to the result and the performance, but to the goalscorers. One goalscorer in particular. Christiano Ronaldo.
Ronaldo scored his first competitive goal for Madrid - from the penalty spot. Now, what bothers me is, why/how did Ronaldo get the nod to take the penalty over Raul who was the regular penalty taker for so many years? Raul is such an icon at Madrid that, even when Raul was not performing, he was not even considered for a transfer.
Has Ronaldo edged ahead of Raul as the first choice for taking penalties? Is this a marketing strategy for Madrid? Is there a clause in his contract regarding this? Who knows?
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Graham Hunter seems to think Ronaldo and Kaka are gonna split penalty duty.
There are new horses for the course now.
Diving and Penalties contribute to half the tally of Ronaldo's goals at ManU.
@Raghu, again, why Kaka and Ronaldo? Marketing? They need to be in the news for publicity?
And in all this, there is no mention of Raul anywhere.
@TT, I agree about the penalties. They contributed to Ronaldo's tally of goals at United. But that was a totally different issue.
Imagine what happens if Ronaldo scored only 10 goals this season and Raul scores 10 penalties?
@vivek
Imagine what happens if Ronaldo scored only 10 goals this season and Raul scores 10 penalties?
If that happens, I would be very happy. It'll prove that spending doesn't bring you titles.
^^ Or it'll prove that Ronaldo isn't the best player in the world.
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