Yesterday Real Madrid and Paris Saint German both recorded victories as the two mega-rich football club had there last domestic game before the Champions league meeting on Tuesday. The encounter on Tuesday is likely to go down in History as the most expensive game with the two club battling not just for a place in the round of 8 but also financial bragging rights between Fiorentino Perez and Nassar Al-Khelaifi.
PSG began their litmus test ahead of Wednesday with a visit to Stadium Municipal at Toulouse with Ligue 1 leader trying to extend their dominance in the French league. The game was a tight one as the 15th position Host were able to keep PSG at bay for the first interval. The second half begin with the host seemingly frustrating PSG but it took the combination of Neymer and Di Maria to break the deadlock at the 68th minute as the Brazilian continues to justify his huge transfer fee.
Ronaldo had a Hatrick and an assist as Madrid returned not only to winning ways but scoring ways with a 5-2 dumping of Real Sociedadon Saturday. The performance was described as a timely performance of Real Madrid a side that have struggled for consistency since the beginning of the year. “Thank you fans, On Wednesday night, the king of Europe is back” was the final message of stadium announcer who expressed Optimism that the Ronaldo and the Los Blancos team is back to compete for the continental glory on Wednesday. Real Madrid began in superb and immediately took the lead as early as the first minute with Lucas Vasquez with Ronaldo providing the assist. By the end of the first interval, the game seize to be a contest as Ronaldo brace and Toni Kroos goal placed the Spanish giants in dominant position. Ronaldo finally got his third goal with Illarramendi grabbing a consolation goal against his former employers after Jon had scored earlier in the 2nd half.
The performance of the two sides yesterday all but proves that Wednesday night game will surely be a Cracker and not a formality as have been speculated. It’s not just a knock-out tie but a duel between Players like Ronaldo and Neymr, a last gap attempt to save job for Zidane and a financial bragging rights between Fiorentino Perez and Nassar Al-Khelaifi.