Marcelo Admits Madrid Miss Ronaldo

By Max Wise

Real Madrid defender Marcelo has admitted that the Los Blancos miss Cristiano Ronaldo who joined Juventus in the summer.

Madrid have struggled in Ronaldo’s absence this season, and capped an underwhelming campaign by suffering a humiliating 3-0 defeat to CSKA Moscow at the Santiago Bernabeu in the Champions League on Wednesday.

The European Champions trail Barcelona by five points in the Spanish La Liga, while they have already made a managerial reshuffle by replacing Julen Lopetegui with Santiago Solari.

Marcelo believes Ronaldo is the best player in the world and any club who loses such a gem is bound to have difficulties.

"He is a player who as well as being my team-mate is my friend, as he is with Sergio [Ramos] and Luka [Modric]," the Brazilian told Club del Deportista.

"It's obvious that when the best player in the world isn't in your team you're going to miss him. But I don't want to say that we don't have the best players in the world in every position."

"Any team would like to have Cristiano with them, but Madrid will continue to be Madrid despite players coming and going."