Barcelona goalkeeper, Marc-Andre ter Stegen believes his team cannot afford to think how Real Madrid’s performance in the El Clasico will change without Cristiano Ronaldo despite the capital team’s all-time leading goalscorer departure to Juventus.
Real Madrid ended a five-game winless streak, which included a run of four matches without scoring a single goal, by beating Viktoria Plzen 2-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday and will face their fiercest rivals at Camp Nou on Sunday but Ter Stegen warned his team-mates to pay attention to the talent in Madrid’s line-up on Sunday, rather than who will be missing regardless of his team’s four-point advantage.
“I do not focus on a single player, Madrid have very good players with a lot of individual quality.
“It’s true Cristiano scored many goals and was a very important player for Real Madrid, so of course you will notice his departure from the club.
“We will see how it gets solved in the future. The important thing for us is to concentrate on ourselves to have a spectacular season and, with our great team, be better than all others and achieve objectives.”
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