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#3 Life without Cristiano Ronaldo was never going to be easy
When Cristiano came to Madrid the team was struggling to even qualify for quarters of UCL, but with his arrival, the team won everything they could not have imagined a decade back. Cristiano was there for Real Madrid when everyone was down saving the team on numerous occasions which one can't even keep tabs on. Real Madrid relied on Cristiano's individual brilliance to get them sailing and his numbers speak for him as he never disappointed. Ronaldo scored 451 goals in just 9 years to become the club's all-time goalscorer and managed to collect 16 titles.
After his departure, it was all down to Julen Lopetegui to get this squad balanced out and find a way to replace 50 goals a season. Everyone knew it was never going to be easy for Real Madrid to keep the current Ballon d'Or achievements in the past.
