Not content with four titles in 2014, including his second Champions League, prolific Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo is determined to make next year an even bigger success.
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Ronaldo netted 51 goals in 47 appearances last season, setting a record of 17 goals for one edition of Europe’s elite club competition, as Real secured a record-extending 10th continental crown and the King’s Cup.
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The Portugal captain continued where he left off in 2014-15 as the world’s richest club by income claimed the European Super Cup and Club World Cup and he has amassed an incredible 32 goals in 25 games in all competitions.
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His haul of 25 in 14 La Liga matches is a Spanish record and he looks set to smash the biggest total for a season in Spain’s top flight of 50 scored by Lionel Messi in 2011-12.
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“It would be a dream if 2015 was like 2014 or even better,” Ronaldo said in an interview published in sports daily As on Saturday.
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“It is possible to do it because Madrid is always a candidate to win the competitions it is playing in,” added the 29-year-old.
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“We have a team spirit that can help us win the most titles possible and we will fight to the death to get them.”
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Ronaldo attributed much of Real’s recent success to the arrival of coach Carlo Ancelotti, who replaced the divisive Jose Mourinho at the end of the 2012-13 season.
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Italian Ancelotti immediately ended Real’s 12-year wait for their 10th European title and, using the club’s millions, has built a formidable side that is top of La Liga and one of the favourites to repeat their Champions League success this term.
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“The coach has a lot of importance,” Ronaldo told As.
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“He is a great trainer and a great person and we are all delighted with him.
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“Together we are a united family which will try to improve on the successes of 2014.”
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Ronaldo will find out whether he has won a third Fifa World Player of the Year award, and his second in a row, on 12 January when he is up against Argentina captain Messi and Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.
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The guy is always greedy but we love him like that