He is not that selfish afterall (photo by Jan Solo)
Ronaldo is not a rude, overconfident and self centered crap winger that he used be in his Manchester United days. He is now at Real Madrid. Real Madrid is a huge club and Ronaldo knows how he should behave himself in front of the media when he is representing Real Madrid colors. May be that is something Mourinho has hammered into his brains, to think about the team and not just about ones ownself.
Ronaldo said the other day that he would gladly sacrifice his goals haul if that meant Real Madrid would win more titles. Despite winning the Copa Del Ray, Real Madrid players did not look satisfied after they beat Barcelona to the cup. Part of the reason is that Barcelona won pretty much everything apart from the Copa Del Ray cup.
And also because Messi scored 53 goals too (though he took more games to do it than Ronaldo did). Another reason could be because of the success of Barcelona, Real Madrid players will never be satisfied, at least for the next 5 years given Barcelona does not win a single major title in that period.
It could also be because, the top 3 players in the world according to FIFA are from Barcelona. That is why I think Ronaldo himself is not satisfied with his current level of play. It may have given him some comfort that he scored so many goals, but I think his hunger for titles supersedes anything else.
Here is what he said
“I would prefer not to score as many goals and win more titles,”
About the whistling that he got in the Euro qualifiers against Norway, he said:
“I don’t listen to anything. I am happy for the result. Paulo Bento’s arrival has improved the team which is now solid, confident and mature and this is why we are first [in the group].”
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