One of the best friends of Cristiano Ronaldo in football and now former teammate Marcelo claims that many in the team did not expect that the Portuguese would leave Madrid's "Real" in the summer.
The 33-year-old footballer decided to make changes after last season and was sold to Turin's "Juventus" team for 100 million euros. Coincidentally or not, but the "white" team is currently going through a difficult period, although in recent years they have not been able to demonstrate good results playing against C. Ronaldo in Spain.
As Marcelo himself said during the interview, the loss of this player is huge for the team, but the club will certainly not fail without him.
"After finishing the holidays and returning to the same routine at Madrid's "Real" club, not seeing Cristiano was very unexpected. We all thought he wouldn't leave," Marcelo said on his "Youtube" channel.
"Madrid's "Real" is a huge club, Cristiano too, but the club is always bigger than any other player. The history of the "Real" club is special and Cristiano has certainly contributed to it. However, "Real" must not stop even after his departure.
Players change clubs, stop playing, end their careers, but Madrid's "Real" lives on and will do so for ages," added the defender.
When asked about the upcoming match against "Barcelona," Marcelo responded: "Representing this club at the 'Camp Nou' stadium is always special. It brings good feelings, because when other fans hate you, it only motivates you more.
These are the matches in which the team that makes fewer mistakes will win. We have to be very careful because 'Barcelona' has enough quality to punish us in attack."
