One former Real Madrid midfielder, Rafael Van der Faart, said that Real Madrid without Cristiano Ronaldo would not be favored as the 2018-2019 Champions League winners.
Ronaldo has left Real Madrid, after nine years playing for los Blancos at the Santiago Bernabeu. Ronaldo left in July to continue his final career with Juventus.
For nine years, Ronaldo strengthened Real Madrid, he has presented 450 goals in all football competitions. Seeing the positive records obtained by Ronaldo, it seems not easy for other players who equalize records like Ronaldo, moreover the number of goals is only obtained from 436 matches.
After Ronaldo left, since July 2018, Real Madrid has been unstable. Several times suffered a successive defeat. Until now, Real Madrid lagged far behind in La Liga 10 points from Barcelona in the standings.
Therefore, the former Real Madrid midfielder mentioned that Real Madrid is no longer a Champions League Favorite team. Like when Ronaldo was at Real Madrid.
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