Vanderlei Luxemburgo came to the defence of Ronaldo after the striker was jeered by fans during his side’s 3-1 victory at home to Real Betis on Wednesday. “The people that jeered him today will be cheering him tomorrow,” Luxemburgo said after the match.”He worked hard, fought, went in search of the goal and tried everything, but sometimes in football no matter how hard you try, the ball won’t go in the net.” Ronaldo, who has not scored in the last seven league games, came in for heavy criticism from the Spanish media for arrival late for training after his recent Valentine’s Day engagement celebrations in Paris.Brazilian striker was in lively form at the Bernabeu and created several scares for the Betis defence, but was unable to end his recent scoring drought.
Ronaldo has been Real’s top scorer in each of the two seasons since he joined the club from Inter Milan and is the club’s leading striker in the present campaign with 11 goals, two more than Michael Owen.
