...Bale’s success or failure is intricately tied to his relationship on and off the pitch with Cristiano Roanldo. Egos can fly in the dressing room over who the main man is and set it ablaze in a similar fashion to the infamous dressing room coup and counter-coup of Jose Mourinho’s last season at the club. On the pitch, both stars will be aiming to outdo the other and score more goals, thus, become selfish and uncooperative.

This is where manager Carlo Ancelotti, whose complete loss of the dressing room to John Terry and co. in his last
season at Chelsea is well documented though, should come in. If he is able to stamp his authority on the team and let the big boys
know who the boss is, such a
situation may not arise.

Good enough, both Bale and Ronaldo seem to be warming up to each other. Both were pictured sharing an embrace on their first meeting at Madrid’s training ground on
Wednesday. All fears about a rift or burst up can be put to rest for now...

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Still Ronaldo

Gareth bale has his 1st goal

Ronaldo also scored. He's clearly the superstar; world's highest paid footballer with 203 goals in 203 matches for Real Madrid!