ALVES TELLS RONALDO: YOU MUST ACCEPT THE FLAK!
The Brazilian says the Real Madrid ace just
has to deal with the criticism coming his way
given he so willingly puts himself in the
limelight
Barcelona full-back Dani Alves says Cristiano
Ronaldo should expect to take most of the
blame for Real Madrid's Clasico humiliation.
Barca cruised to a 4-0 success at the
Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday, piling the
pressure on coach Rafael Benitez, as well as
president Florentino Perez and star forward
Ronaldo.
But Dani Alves refused to offer any sympathy
to Barca's fierce rivals, suggesting criticism
comes with the territory for big-name players
such as the Portuguese star.
"He's still Cristiano - a top quality player.
Perhaps that's the problem," he told
reporters.
"How can I say this? He's such a character,
he likes to be the protagonist. If you want to
be like that, when you win they speak about
you and put you in the limelight but, if you
lose, you must take the flak.
"If the team doesn't get things right or win
it's going to be your fault.
"But we have enough to worry about
ourselves without Cristiano. To be honest, I
don't care what Cristiano does."
Plenty have pointed the finger at Perez for
appointing Benitez during the close-season,
with the Bernabeu crowd voicing their
discontent at Saturday's performance.
"I don't care what happens at Madrid as long
we're doing well," Dani Alves added, "It's a
competition and, if your opponent is weak,
you need to be strong and make sure they
don't have an option.
"It's not our problem. The secret [to winning
the Clasico] is to have a good team, one with
balls, personality and ambition and that's
what we have.
"They approached the game in a way to
attack and counter us but we were cleverer.
We played a better game and understood the
game better.
"We scored more goals and that's what
football is about, trying to take options away.
"That gives us a better chance of winning. I
think we played the perfect game in every
aspect.
"We looked so much better [than the 6-2 win
at the Bernabeu in 2009] but not because
Madrid were bad.
"It's that we played well. People focus on
Madrid and what they did wrong rather than
what we got right. We read it to perfection -
we were incredible in every aspect."
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