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Real Madrid are expected to experience a challenging moment after the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo. Atletico Madrid rate without Ronaldo Los Blancos is still brilliant.
Atletico looked at the match against Madrid who was building a new era at A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia, Thursday (08/16/2018) pm dawn, at the European Super Cup. Staring at this match, Los Colchoneros armed with a bad record against the city rivals in European competition.
In six Champions League meetings, two in the final and one each in the quarterfinals and semifinals, Atletico have never come out as a successful team. But at least there is a potential situation will be different in this game.
Madrid is starting a new era under Julen Lopetegui, who replaced Zinedine Zidane. Apart from that Madrid no longer has Cristiano Ronaldo who has been the goal machine for nine seasons.
Ronaldo moved to Juventus and now Gareth Bale is projected to be the spearhead of the team. Madrid also tried to move on from Ronaldo with a number of young players such as Marco Asensio or Vinicius Junior.
Atletico Koke midfielder admitted Ronaldo was a very top player. But for him the departure of Ronaldo did not necessarily make Madrid instantly become a medioker.
Cristiano Ronaldo is a very good player and has shown it for years with many different teams, not just Real Madrid, "Koke was quoted by Marca as saying.
"But they nevertheless have a brilliant team, a promising young team, so the game will still be difficult with or without Ronaldo. We will have to pay close attention to details in order to win this trophy," he added.