The enormous undertaking of Cristiano Ronaldo

• The striker is quick to heal her knee to score against Bayern and ambition to win five times the Golden Ball , one more than Messi

• Goal of Florentino Pérez  
• Dark Cristiano injury

Cristiano Ronaldo has become a dream of becoming the best player of all time . Earning his second Ballon d'Or in January , added to the constant stimuli received from the circle of his friend and agent , Jorge Mendes, have been proposed unheard goals. They say in the locker room now wants Madrid to win five gold balls to beat all the records , and, for months , his attitude has changed. Suddenly , he looks less lost , less joyful . He began to behave like their fiercest days of 2010 and 2011 , when he aspired to dethrone Messi was not enough to play for yourself . If last season after the fourth Messi Ballon , he was resigned to enjoy their wonderful condition , plays this year , again, to go down in history .

Cristiano does not support the idea of ​​staying out of the Champions League semifinals against Bayern next Wednesday . He does not like to feel that the team wins without him on the field , let alone likes to be told that , since that victory at El Sardinero Madrid in early 2011 - some pundits have even said that Madrid played very well without striker . These emergencies desire to score a goal in the Champions League , 15 in total so far this season and beat the record of Messi and a European course Altafini added . Le spurs ambition to lead the team again after three weeks out with tendinitis in his left knee.

Cristiano Ronaldo

 The trip back to Madrid after the end of Mestalla, on Thursday morning, was not entirely happy to Portuguese. The joy felt by the obtained Cup tarnished by the failed attempt to participate. He tried to stay a little outside of the celebration and was the subject of derision for its euphoric and naturally suspicious colleagues. Because while going to Cibeles, in the template began circulating the news that the president, Florentino Perez, had hastened to break his self-imposed silence to praise and give interviews , unequivocally , the figure of Gareth Bale. The Welshman , who had put the winning goal (2-1), is reputed to be the player with the most is the President , making a distinction that inspires distrust in the locker room because it goes against the unwritten codes relationship between players and authority. So, when the kids saw Cristiano wearing his black cap , warning him of what was happening.

- Have you heard how the president is his son?

The son of Florentino Perez, in the jargon of the costume is Bale. And Cristiano , you know that is not preferred , responded to the jokes with a half smile , mix of complicity and acknowledgment of the obvious.

The doctors are very cautious about the state of the patellar tendon Cristiano. Inflammation is severe and does not believe that next Wednesday is fully recovered to play. The player tries to tune with all the means at its disposal . With doctors and physiotherapists who pays himself and specialists working for the club. Working overtime. Morning and evening . On Saturday jumped lawn Valdebebas to touch the ball for the first time in several days and yesterday repeated testing session articulation in a series circuit of jumps , turns and changes of direction.

At 29 footballers start planning the final years of their careers. Cristiano , who turns 30 in August, dreams of a more glorious than the rise decline. Plays with the idea of ​​catching the fifth Golden Ball, but that it must win before the third. As nobody got time for such an undertaking , and as this year 's World Cup, pushing circumstances get the award at the upcoming FIFA gala .

With low hours Messi and Barcelona eliminated from the Champions League, it is natural to think of a Cristiano opportunity . His 45 goals in all competitions are another monumental figure suggests more . Everything would be perfect if not for the maddening discomfort that causes the left knee.

They say in the club when doctors discovered that the degree of inflammation suffering his patellar tendon concluded that Cristiano had been playing with great pain. They thought they had endured the discomfort for months , quietly , to avoid being discovered and orthopedic officers give him the floor. This could continue increasing personal records . Surmised that the suffering of Cristiano resistance it was possible by the aid of specialists who care outside Valdebebas , outside Madrid , and under Mendes.

Now Cristiano is quick to resume a colossal adventure. Wait thrashing Bayern and expects its knees longer remember their limits.
- elpais.com