Bayern’s coach decision could arrive in April
Ahead of their German Classico against Dortmund on Saturday, Bayern Munich's struggle continues in finding a successor for Thomas Tuchel.
After scoring a brace to see Real Madrid edge Bayern Munich 2-1 away, star forward Cristiano Ronaldo has stressed “The tie is still open,” according to a statement on the club website (www.realmadrid.com).
On Wednesday night, Ronaldo became the first player to have racked up 100 goals in European competitions.
The 32-year-old has now notched 97 times in the Champions League, once in the competition's qualifying stage and twice in the UEFA Super Cup. Coming in behind Ronaldo in these rankings are Lionel Messi (97 goals) and Raúl (76).
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As for the teams for whom he has struck these goals, 84 of Ronaldo's strikes have come during his time at Real Madrid, with the remaining 16 having been scored during his spell at Manchester United.
He has 85 European caps for Madrid, giving him an average of nearly a goal a game.
On Real’s comeback against Bayern Munich in the second half a visibly happy Ronaldo stated: “I am happy with the win, we reacted well to make a comeback. It is not easy to play here against a team like Bayern. Despite going behind in the first half we came back in the second half and came back. We scored early on and from there the game was easy. It was a great win, the team played well and the return leg is open.”
Bayern keeper Manuel Neuer made a number of superb stops to deny Los Blancos from increasing their lead and Ronaldo was full of praise for the German: “I think if Neuer had not been on such form we would have scored more goals. Football is a real bag full of surprise and in a few minutes anything can happen. We scored, then Bayern had a man sent off and things suddenly became easier for us.”
Ronaldo, who hadn't scored in Europe for over six months, revealed how he had been training hard to prepare for the business end of the season: “Our hard work is paying off. I trained hard in order to be ok for this month and a half of competition. The results are going our way and I'm happy because of that.”
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