#4 Marcelo’s mistake and recovery and Cristiano Ronaldo’s poor game
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Marcelo is one of the best left-backs in the world, and on his day proves it, but against Celta, he had a Jekyll and Hyde game. For an otherwise outstanding defender, he made a strange and weak mid-air, back-heel clearance to Bongonda’s cross that fell straight to Aspas who smashed the ball into the Madrid net.
He should have dealt with the cross better but that being said, the ball was behind him. Maybe if he had positioned himself better, he could have averted the danger, but he was tracking back at speed.
However, he did make up for his error by scoring a brilliant volley soon after the Aspas goal. It was a powerful strike that deflected off a Celta defender and flew into the net.
Meanwhile, up front, Cristiano Ronaldo had a rare poor game by his high standards. He had a good chance in the first half to give Madrid the lead. Nine times out of ten he would have buried that chance, but his shot was scuffed. Celta nullified his goal threat by marking him tightly at all times. His other chances were not even half chances and they were very few in the game bar a couple of shots from distance.
