Ronaldo, Ozil Shine As Real Win

[Folami David]

Cristiano Ronaldo gave fans at the first football match ever at Dodger Stadium what they wanted on Saturday, scoring one goal and aiding another in Real Madrid's 2-1 friendly win over Everton.
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More then 40 000 spectators turned out at the 51- year-old baseball stadium nestled in Los Angeles' Chavez Ravine, and the first football goal in the venue's history went to one of the game's greats when Ronaldo scored in the 17th minute.
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He had chipped a volley from the centre of the area over the crossbar in the 10th, but made no mistake on his next chance, when a crisp ball from Mesut Ozil brought Everton keeper Tim Howard out of his goal and Ronaldo got round him to slide an angled shot into the open net.
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"It was a little bit strange because we didn't play in a football stadium, but the atmosphere, the tradition of this stadium is outstanding," Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said.
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"To be in this stadium with such fantastic history is very good for us."
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Ancelotti didn't address the Gareth Bale transfer saga. Tottenham's 24-year-old Welsh star is reportedly set to complete a world-record move, valued at around €100 million, to Real Madrid next week.
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Instead, Ancelotti voiced confidence in his current group of players.
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Pressed as he was hustled out of a media conference as to whether Bale would indeed play for Real Madrid, Ancelotti quipped that perhaps Bale would wind up in baseball.
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The frenzy of speculation over Bale hasn't hampered Real Madrid's pre-season campaign. They have now won four and drawn one of five pre-season matches.
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Ozil doubled Real Madrid's lead in the 31st minute after taking a pass from Ronaldo.
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The Spanish side's second goal came a minute after Sylvain Distin appeared to score on a header for Everton, but the goal was disallowed because of a foul.
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Everton also saw a golden opportunity go begging in the 24th, when Marouane Fellaini's header off a corner kick ricocheted off the right post.
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Second-half substitute Nikica Jelavic scored in the 61st minute for Everton, but the English club were unable to find an equalizer even as they began to play more confidently in the closing stages.

[Shola Sholaz]

Ronaldo knows how rise to the occasion in times like this! Good one.

[Folami David]

Mesut Ozil is also a player Real Madrid would miss if he eventually quit the club. He has a lot of impact of so many of Madrid's goals....

[Shola Sholaz]

Gareth Bale joining Real Madrid would definately brighten things up in that club a bit....I hope he won't take over from Ronaldo.