Portugal honours Cristiano

Cristinao Ronaldo's unquestionable talent supplies countless honours for the player, and none are as special as those bestowed upon him by his home country. The Portuguese sports press has named him the best Portuguese Player Outside Portugal.

"Cristiano Ronaldo is part of Portugal," says Antonio Florencio, President of the Portuguese Sports Journalists Association, "It is impossible to understand this country without him. Along with Figo [who also played for Real Madrid] and Eusebio [who has always professed his admiration for the team] he is one of the most important players. Ronaldo is different in that he made a great impact when he was very young and he has already won the Ballon d'Or. He is the captain of the national team and has been capped 70 times. He still has a lot to say, especially now that he plays for Real Madrid."

This is the third time Ronaldo wins the award. "It is a great privilege to win this a third time," said Cristiano, "I am extremely grateful."

The Portuguese Sports Journalists Association was established in 1966. This year, they have also honoured Oporto's Bruno Alves as the Best Portuguese Player in Portugal, Jose Mourinho as the Best Portuguese Coach Outside Portugal, Jesualdo Ferreira as the Best Portuguese Coach in Portugal and Oporto's Hulk as the Best Newcomer in Portugal.

Cristiano suspend for 2 games

Meeting this morning to discuss the red card shown to Real Madrid's Crisitiano Ronaldo in Los Blancos' weekend fixture against Malaga, La Liga's Competition Committee has decided to suspend the €94 million man for two matches, as reported by Marca.

Madrid have decided to appeal the ruling in a bid to have the punishment reduced to one match. The Appeals Committee meets on Thursday and will make a final decision at that time. In the initial ruling the Competition Committee did not classify the player's action as 'aggressive', which would have carried a ban of at least three matches.

Marca has been with Cristiano Ronaldo on the day after his expulsion. "I did not want to hurt anyone, I was just trying to free me." repeated Cristiano, who spent about 2 hours to eat alone in the restaurant Urrechu and went quickly in his Ferrari on the way to their house to try to get away from controversy.

Despite the massive criticisms that have been made, Cristiano showed his professionalism by showing up in the morning in training with RM, which was voluntary for those who had been holding the match again Malaga.

RM 2:0 Malaga; Cristiano red row after double hit

Cristiano Ronaldo broke Patrick Mtiliga's nose as he struck him in the face in Real Madrid's 2-0 win over Malaga, earning a red card in the process.

Yet the world's most expensive player insisted that he should not have been sent off, branding the referee's decision "a disgrace".Ronaldo scored both goals for Real Madrid in their 2-0 home win, moving them to within five points of leaders Barcelona.

But he picked up a red card in the 70th minute after swinging his arm behind him and catching Mtiliga in the face as he tried to spin away from the Danish defender's clutches.

"I always want to play and these things anger me. I've spoken to Mtiliga and he said he doesn't believe I should apologise because he doesn't think I hurt him intentionally."

"Those who understand football will see the tackle wasn't worthy of a red card. I was unlucky to hit his nose."

"I never try to trick referees. I never intended to injure the player. I believe they should be fair with what really happened. I didn't want to injure anybody. I'm not that kind of person. I'm not a bad person. I just want to shine while I play football. I'll be angry when I get home because I'm suspended and won't be able to play in the next match."

"People who understand football know that my intention is always to try and play. The red card is a disgrace I don't understand it," Ronaldo said.

"I've been down to the Malaga dressing room to apologise and he understood the situation. I know you saw blood on the TV screens but I was just trying to break free. I never try to hurt anyone."

RM 0:1 Athletic Club; Bad night for Cristiano.....

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RM 2:0 Mallorca

Even without goals from Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid beat Mallorca 2-0 at the Bernabeu. Newman was holding the visiting team, but could not prevent defeat.

Ronaldo had, so far, 13 goals in 13 games, but this was left blank. With Kaka's return to the team, Real Madrid stepped in after just seven minutes with a great goal by Higuain. Granero came on 20 minutes to render the injured Van der Vaart, and made the second goal of the night, in the second part (49m). Higuain crossed from the right and the Spanish midfielder appeared at the far post to finish.

Ronaldo tried the usual goal until the end, but was not happy and to finally see a yellow card for kicking the ball with the game stopped.

Cristiano win the goal of the decade at MU

Cristiano Ronaldo scored the decade of Manchester United, according to the club's supporters. In a list of 20, fans voted the kick-cannon of Portuguese in eighth-finals of the Champions League against FC Porto, the same that won the FIFA vote for best goal of 2009, with 20 percent of the vote.

The Portuguese winger has three goals in the 'top ten'. The second and Ronaldo's fifth on the list is free to Portsmouth, while another 'rocket' to Arsenal in the semi-finals of the Champions League last was in seventh place.
However, Paul Scholes is the player who puts more goals in the list of ten, with four. Wayne Rooney, Federico Macheda and Ruud van Nistelrooy complete the picture.

Here's the list:

1) Cristiano Ronaldo vs Porto, 2009 (20%)

2) Wayne Rooney vs Newcastle, 2005 (15%)
3) Paul Scholes vs Aston Villa, 2006 (11%)
4) Paul Scholes vs Barcelona, 2008 (10%)

5) Cristiano Ronaldo vs Portsmouth, 2008 (6%)

6) Federico Macheda vs Aston Villa, 2009 (6%)

7) Cristiano Ronaldo vs Arsenal, 2009 (5%)

8) Paul Scholes vs Bradford, 2000 (4%)
9) Ruud van Nistelrooy v Charlton, 2005 (4%)
10) Paul Scholes vs Panathinaikos, 2000 (4%)

Cristiano most popular sports star with Facebook fans

Real Madrid's Portuguese international striker Cristiano Ronaldo is the most popular sports star on Facebook, the sports daily Marca reported on Wednesday.

The flamboyant footballer could count 3.2 million fans on his social network site on Wednesday, putting him ahead of Swiss tennis star Roger Federer with 3.18 million and US swimmer Michael Phelps, 2.86 million.

Ronaldo, 24, arrived in Real Madrid from Manchester United last summer in a world record 94-million-euro deal.

He is also the most profitable player ever in a club which had such stars as Zinedine Zidane and David Beckham, generating 80 million euros in advertising revenues per year.

RM 0:0 Osasuna

Cris jump over Marcelo

Real Madrid will be the best team of 2010

Cristiano Ronaldo sat down with Spanish sports daily Marca to discuss his first six months as a Madridista.

Champions League:

“Fans and players dream about winning the Champions League. This year’s final isa t the Santiago Bernabeu and it’s a great opportunity for us. Winning the Champions League was the greatest experience of my career and we don’t want to let this opportunity slip through our fingers.”

“All this club talks about is Champions League, Champions League, Champions League, but we shouldn’t because it puts a lot of pressure on the players. It is better to continue doing what we are doing, which is winning games. Good things will happen, but the players don’t need any added pressure. Madrid needs to focus on winning the Champions League and La Liga, but it depends on other factors like luck, the draw… But I think we are going to win.”

“Olympique Lyonnais is our next opponent. We cannot underestimate our adversaries if we want to do well. Barcelona, Chelsea and Manchester are great teams, but they will come at a later date if we qualify. If and when that happens, every team will be difficult.”

World Cup:

“Brazil is an incredible team, but I would like to play Spain because it would mean that we have beaten Brazil and Ivory Coast. Spain is one of the favorites to win the World Cup.”

2010:

“Real Madrid will be the best team of 2010. We need to have the drive and motivation to win everything that comes our way.”

“In the New Year I wish lots of health for the whole world, which really is what matters the most. On a personal level I hope I do not get hurt any more and on a team level I would like to win the Champions League and La Liga.”