Cristiano Ronaldo reveals his pick to win the Champions League
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Cristiano Ronaldo has backed Real Madrid to win the Champions League again this season and insists Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City will overcome their slump. Carlo Ancelotti’s side, who beat Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League final last term, have endured a difficult campaign in Europe this season securing just nine points from six games so far.
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Madrid currently sit 20th in the Champions League table and four points behind an automatic place in the knockout stage. City, meanwhile, have also struggled to dominate in the Champions League this season and also face the prospect of requiring a play-off to reach the next phase.
Guardiola’s side are also falling out of the running in the Premier League title race after a 1-1 draw with Everton on Boxing Day left them 14 points behind leaders Liverpool, who also have a game in hand. When asked about City’s struggles at the Globe Soccer Awards on Friday night, Ronaldo replied: ‘Well, in football you never know what’s going to happen.
‘The teams have moments, difficult times, good times and what, for example, City pass through this moment is a difficult time but I’m sure, 100 per cent that they will be back. ‘It’s like Madrid, people don’t expect that they’ve bene so brilliant in the beginning but they are not too bad, they are there, two points in front of Barcelona and they say it’s a bad season, I don’t understand why they say these kind of things.
