Cristiano Ronaldo will aim to end an uncharacteristically
long goal drought at three games when Real Madrid travel
to face Malmo in the Champions League on Wednesday, AFP
reports.
Ronaldo is just two goals shy of matching Raul’s 323-goal
record as Madrid’s top goalscorer of all time.
However, the Portuguese has been made to wait for his
historic moment after failing to find the net in La Liga
meetings against Granada, Athletic Bilbao and Malaga in
the past 10 days.
Ronaldo was especially frustrated as Real failed to score at
home for the first time in 56 matches in a 0-0 draw
against Malaga on Saturday despite 31 attempts on goal, 14
of which came from the World Player of the Year.
Yet, Ronaldo often saves his best for European nights as he
netted a hat-trick in Madrid’s 4-0 win over Shakhtar
Donetsk in their Group A opener to move out on his own as
the top scorer in Champions League history with 80.
“Everyone knows what he is like. He is not obsessed with
beating records but rather he aims to help the team to win,”
Madrid left-back Marcelo told the club’s website.
Rafael Benitez’s men have now been held scoreless twice in
their opening six La Liga fixtures, but the former Liverpool
and Chelsea boss is confident the goals will come for the
Spanish giants if they continue to create as much as they
did against Malaga.
“Creating so many chances seems positive to me, but
preventing opportunities on the counter-attack is
something that we need to correct as well as managing the
anxiety at the end of games,” he said.
“When the opposition goalkeeper is the man-of-the-match
it means you have at least done your job attacking and
created so many chances he has had to intervene a lot.”
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