Roma coach, Luciano Spalletti, has no plans to “cage” Cristiano Ronaldo when the Italian club take on Real Madrid in their Champions League last-16 first leg tie on Wednesday evening.
“I don’t think there are any favourites, both sides have a 50-50 chance of making it through the round. We want confirmation of the progress we’re making and this is the perfect match to understand whether we’re on the right track or not.
I’ve heard talk about sticking men on him but I won’t tell my players that three of them need to mark Cristiano Ronaldo. I’m not going to say to them that they’re worth a third of one Portuguese player, otherwise I would need a team of 33 to face a side of that quality.
I have to let whoever is playing in the same area as him know that he has the chance to match Cristiano Ronaldo. Alessandro Florenzi can counteract Ronaldo, but he is not the only one. He has speed and against a player like that, pace is a necessity,” he said.
“I don’t think there are any favourites, both sides have a 50-50 chance of making it through the round. We want confirmation of the progress we’re making and this is the perfect match to understand whether we’re on the right track or not.
I’ve heard talk about sticking men on him but I won’t tell my players that three of them need to mark Cristiano Ronaldo. I’m not going to say to them that they’re worth a third of one Portuguese player, otherwise I would need a team of 33 to face a side of that quality.
I have to let whoever is playing in the same area as him know that he has the chance to match Cristiano Ronaldo. Alessandro Florenzi can counteract Ronaldo, but he is not the only one. He has speed and against a player like that, pace is a necessity,” he said.
I don’t need 33 players against Ronaldo, others — Roma coach
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