Cristiano Ronaldo is satisfied with his first season at Real Madrid even though it looks destined to end trophyless. The 25-year-old has scored 26 goals in 28 La Liga games since moving to the Bernabéu from Manchester United for a world-record £80m last summer.
Madrid head into this weekend’s final round of fixtures a point behind Barcelona. Manuel Pellegrini’s side must win at Málaga and hope Barça fail to beat Real Valladolid at Camp Nou if they are to pip their rivals to the title.
Regardless of the outcome this weekend, though, Ronaldo is content with how things are progressing in the Spanish capital.
“I really enjoyed the season that I’ve done, but what’s missing is winning a title,” he said. “I’m very happy here in Madrid and my team-mates have helped me a lot, but the team has not won anything. We have to keep fighting and I am confident we will win many titles (in future).”
Ronaldo struck his first Real Madrid hat trick against Real Mallorca in the 4-1 win and kept the title hope alive by keeping the gap with Barcelona to one point with two games remaining in the Primera Liga.
Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo has declared that he is confident los Merengues will claim the Primera Liga title and acknowledged that while the elimination from this year’s UEFA Champions League hurt, the team must accept responsibility for the quarter final exit.
The defeat to Lyon ensured that Madrid crashed out of the competition they have won nine times at the first knockout hurdle for the sixth season in succession.
That left them with just the Spanish title to fight for but the Portuguese is aiming to win all their remaining games to claim the title.
“I am confident we will win the league. We have eight games, eight finals and we will try to win them all. It is difficult but we will try,” he is quoted as saying by AS.
“The elimination from the Champions League hurt a lot, when I watch the matches I get very angry because we have the team to be there and it’s our own fault we are not.”