{"id":395801,"date":"2018-01-27T17:47:25","date_gmt":"2018-01-27T17:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=395801"},"modified":"2018-01-27T17:47:25","modified_gmt":"2018-01-27T17:47:25","slug":"ronaldo-scores-two-penalties-victory-valencia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/01\/ronaldo-scores-two-penalties-victory-valencia\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronaldo scores two penalties in victory over Valencia"},"content":{"rendered":"
Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice from the penalty spot as Real Madrid saw off Valencia to ease the pressure on boss Zinedine Zidane.<\/p>\n
It saw fourth-placed Real close the gap on the hosts to two points, with a game in hand, although they remain 16 points behind La Liga leaders Barcelona.<\/p>\n
Ronaldo converted after being fouled in the box and added a second following a push on Karim Benzema before half-time.<\/p>\n
Valencia’s Santi Mina pulled one back, before Marcelo added a third for Real.<\/p>\n
Toni Kroos then put the game beyond the hosts with a superb long-range strike for Zidane’s side one minute from time.<\/p>\n
Zidane\u00a0said he was enduring his “worst moment”\u00a0as Real coach after the European champions were knocked out of the Copa del Rey by Leganes on Wednesday at the Bernabeu.<\/p>\n
The Frenchman also suggested his future at the club depends on whether they can beat Paris St-Germain in the Champions League last-16 next month.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice from the penalty spot as Real Madrid saw off Valencia to ease the pressure on boss Zinedine Zidane. It saw fourth-placed Real close the gap on the hosts to two points, with a game in hand, although they remain 16 points behind La Liga leaders Barcelona. Ronaldo converted after being fouled […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":395804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[10196,6304],"yoast_head":"\n