I sometimes think that people take this type of players for granted.
They are not machines. Ronaldo was clearly injured, the same knee injury is been battle for the last month or so, and he play his heart out. Going for every aerial ball, doing the job of Benzema on the middle - which btw was clearly not fit too -, had a couple of chances, barely miss a superb header by inches. Can't understand the hate. Yes, the celebration wasn't call for, but still was nothing of provocatory nature.
Real Madrid was a deserving winner. Atlético didn’t manage to create a single chance (bar the Casillas’ blunder). They defend well, but the amount of chances that Real created there was only one deserving winner, IMO. Di Maria was again fantastic, put the team on his back. Love his new position, he brake defences from there.
We all felt in love in Atlético’s Cinderella story through the season, but last night the tiredness on their legs was clear and they could only manage to defend. If it was Mourinho’s team we would have a chorus of protest around here that would fill several pages.
And somebody should send a memo to Ramos telling him that he isn’t a striker.
