Ronaldo’s massive move from Real Madrid to Juventus appears to be showing its effects on both clubs, despite his absence in this morning’s action, as two incredible stats emerge.
Real Madrid’s shock loss to CSKA Moscow has revealed the presence of a deeper problem within Julen Lopetegui’s side.
For the first time since the 2006-07 season, Real have failed to score in three straight matches in all competitions and are now in the midst of a 319 minute goal drought.
Current Real Madrid goalkeeper Keylor Navas, was part of the side shocked by CSKA Moscow in the Champions League last night. The Russian outfit beat the reigning champions 1-0 despite Los Blancos having won the competition for the previous three seasons.
That all came with Cristiano Ronaldo playing a key part but the Portuguese ace left the Bernabeu for Juventus during the summer. He departed as Real Madrid’s all-time leading goalscorer with Julen Lopetegui’s side having now gone three games in a row without scoring.
The Spanish heavyweights last endured such a goalless streak in January 2007 under Fabio Capello – before Ronaldo had joined the club from Manchester United.
And Navas has admitted Ronaldo has left a big hole at the Bernabeu but is determined to move on. “Cristiano left the bar very high at Real Madrid,” Navas said. “You cannot cover the sun with a finger. He made many goals while he was here, but it’s already the past and we cannot live in the past.”
Nikola Vlasic’s second-minute goal was enough for CSKA to beat Real Madrid in the Russian capital. That was despite the visitors hitting the woodwork three times while Raphael Varane missed a golden chance for an equaliser late on.And Navas has rued the missed chances that leave Real Madrid second, behind CSKA, in Group G.
The goalkeeper added: “We are sad because they had one chance and took it. We made some stellar chances, but could not get it in. In every game you want to score goals and we had some chances to do so. We were unlucky.We want to start scoring again in the coming games.”
Ronaldo, sent off in last month’s 2-0 win over Valencia, missed his first game since joining the Turin club in July but Juventus made light of his absence as they cantered to their ninth straight win of the season in all competitions.
The win leaves them with six points in Group H while group stage debutants Young Boys have yet to pick up a point or score a goal after losing both games 3-0 – a stark contrast to their Swiss league record of nine straight wins.
Juve went ahead after five minutes with the simplest of goals. Defender Leonardo Bonucci sent a long ball looping over a flat Young Boys defence and Dybala timed his run perfectly to volley gently past David von Ballmoos.
The Argentine struck again in the 33rd minute by tucking in the rebound after von Ballmoos could only parry Blaise Matuidi’s shot from the edge of the penalty area.
Juan Cuadrado was released on the right and his ball into the area was touched in by Dybala who became the fourth Juventus player to score a Champions League hat-trick.