Ronaldo Pimpin Skuad Ancelotti Rebut Puncak Klasemen
Ronaldo Strikes Again as Ancelotti`s Men Reclaim Top Spot
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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Madrid (B2B) - Real Madrid menyikat tim papan tengah Levante 3-0 pada pertandingan Liga Spanyol Senin dihi hari sehingga membuat tim asuhan Carlo Ancelotti kembali memimpin klasemen sementara setelah sehari sebelumnya direbut oleh Atletico Madrid.
Cristiano Ronaldo, yang memimpin pencetak gol terbanyak musim ini, membuat timnya unggul 1-0 pada menit ke-11. Umpan manis Agel Di Maria dari sepak pojok berhasil disundul CR7 ke gawang Levante yang dijaga K Navas.
Empat menit setelah babak kedua, Marcelo mencetak gol kedua bagi Madrid setelah menerima umpan dari Ronaldo, seperti dilansir Yahoo News.
Pada menit 64, David Navarro harus menerima kartu merah kerena menjegal keras Ronaldo sehingga Levante harus bermain dengan 10 orang.
Pada menit ke 81, pemain belakang Levante Nikos Karampelas melakukan gol bunuh diri ke tim tuan rumah.
"Ini mungkin bukan pertandingan terbaik, tetapi kami mendekatinya," kata pemain Madrid, Marcelo.
"Kami sedikit lemah di babak pertama dibanding babak kedua, tetapi hal yang penting kami terus berkembang," kata pemain asal Brasil tersebut.
Real Madrid kini memimpi dengan nilai 67. Urutan kedua adalah Atletico Madrid yang tertinggal tiga poin setelah menang 2-0 atas Celta Vigo pada Sabtu.
Sementara Barcelona bermain buruk saat melawan tuan rumah Valladolid sehingga kalah 0-1, berada di urutan ketiga dengam poin 63.
Madrid - Real Madrid returned to the top of La Liga with a comfortable 3-0 win over Levante at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday.
Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring with his 38th goal of the season when he headed Angel di Maria´s corner low past Keylor Navas after just 11 minutes.
Navas then kept his side in the game with a string of fine saves, but there was nothing the Costa Rican could do when Ronaldo teed up Marcelo to curl in the second four minutes after half-time.
Levante were reduced to 10 men on 63 minutes when David Navarro was shown a straight red card for a foul on Ronaldo.
And the visitors´ miserable evening was summed up when Nikos Karabelas´ scored a spectacular own goal nine minutes from time to make it 3-0.
Victory means Real now lead second-placed Atletico Madrid by three points with Barcelona a further point back in third.
"It is a small advantage, but we cannot get ahead of ourselves. We can only think about the next game," said Real boss Carlo Ancelotti.
"At one point we were six points behind so right now we are in a very good position. All we can do is conitnue in this form.
"There is still a long way in the season to go and the objective is to get to the last game of the season in this position."
