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17.12.2010 »» Real Madrid will face O. Lyon in Champions League, Round of 16

Real Madrid have drawn Lyon as their Round of 16 opponent in the Champions League. The first leg will be played at Stade de Gerland on 22 February and the second at the Santiago Bernabeu on 16 March.

Concerning this game, Emilio Butrageño (representing Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League draw in Nyon) said: "This is a cruel but thrilling competition. We drew Lyon and must accept it. There is a lot of parity in football today. Ties are determined with few goals and every aspect of the game is important. We must be very focused and know that the return leg is being played at home. We are more than capable of making the quarterfinals. Let's see in what shape we are in come Ferbuary. It's time that our Round of 16 fortunes change."

Last year, Real Madrid was knocked out of the Champions League by O. Lyon, so memories are still fresh and this can be called a revenge match. Cristiano Ronaldo scored the only goal for Real Madrid in the 2 matches played last year, but that wasn't enough to bring down the french side who won 1-0 in France, and achieved a 1-1 draw in the Santiago Bernabeu.

To complete the information, we'll leave you with the rest of draws for the round of 16 in the UEFA Champions League:

Lyon - Real Madrid

Roma - Shakhtar Donetsk

Milan - Tottenham

Valencia - Schalke 04

Inter - BayernBayern

Arsenal - Barcelona

Marseille - Manchester United

Kobenhavn - Chelsea

Sources: realmadrid.com/ronaldo7.net

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Rumors of conflict between Cristiano Ronaldo and Iker Casillas

Yesterday, according to "Cadena Ser", a spanish media newspaper, there are problems between Cristiano Ronaldo and Casillas. The newspaper defend the thesis that it all started when Casillas's girlfriend, Sara Caronero, called Ronaldo "egoistic" and "individualist", in a TV show back in September.

Apparently, Ronaldo was upset with those comments, and sent a text message to Iker expressing his disgust at the whole situation. Iker then replied: "Sara is a journalist and she was just doing her job."

It has been said that Ronaldo and Casillas relationship has never been the same since that incident. Reports say that Florentino Perez along with Jorge Valdano and Miguel Pardeza, took them both into an office and replayed the video to explain to Cristiano that Sara had been misunderstood but Ronaldo wasn't convinced with it all. Since then, they've not been seeing eye to eye.

This spanish newspaper still adds that Ronaldo relationships inside Real Madrid's locker room are "reduced" to Pepe, Marcelo and Di María. This brings another topic to the table, on which Ronaldo feels the lack of support from the rest of his team mates, when it comes to defend and protect him on the pitch against insults, boos/whistles and harsh tackles.

Ronaldo7.net gathered this information from several sources, but wants to remind the fans that at this point, this is just speculation being made from the spanish press, so please don't jump into precipitated conclusions.

Sources: cadenaser.com/record.pt/bleacherreport.com/ronaldo7.net

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Cristiano Ronaldo will be ready for Sevilla

Cristiano Ronaldo missed the first part of the training session earlier this morning, in the preparation program for the game against Sevilla next Sunday. (You can check the new countdown clock for next maches on the top right corner of ronaldo7.net website). However, latest reports say that Ronaldo still joined the group in the end of the session and didn't show any limitations.

Justification for Ronaldo's absence for the first half of the pratice, pointed to specific gymn work, so there shouldn't be worries about his physical condition.

While Real Madrid prepares the match against Sevilla, Barcelona prepares their game against one of their biggest rivals, Espanyol. The derby will take place this Sunday aswell and it's expected to be one of the hardest games Barcelona will have to play during this "La Liga" campaign. Ronaldo7.net presents you a motivation video published by Espanyol fans (La Curva RCDE), to motivate their players and supporters for this important match: