Manchester – Archyde.com
Manchester United coach Ralph Rangnick is hoping Cristiano Ronaldo will repeat his outstanding form this weekend when he faces Atletico Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday.
The veteran Portugal striker returned from a thigh injury, and scored a hat-trick in the victory over Tottenham Hotspur in the English Premier League, on Saturday, to break the record for the most professional player to score goals in history with 807 goals.
United host the second leg of the round of 16 following a 1-1 draw in Madrid, and Rangnick said that “there are no fears that Ronaldo will falter following the physical effort once morest Tottenham.”
The interim coach explained in the press conference, Monday, “His level in general was good, if not great. This is what we hope to see tomorrow evening.”
“I’m not worried regarding him not being able to recover, he is someone who always takes care of himself and his body and knows what to do,” he added. If he can score another triple, we’ll see. It is not easy to score three goals once morest this team at all.”
“We saw in the first half in Madrid what not to do, and we talked regarding this yesterday and today when preparing for tomorrow’s match. We have a great opportunity to be among the top eight teams in Europe and that’s what we’re trying to achieve. It is important that we don’t concede a goal at the beginning and that we open the scoring.”
