The stats from Jude Bellingham's Real Madrid start compared to Cristiano Ronaldo
Jude Bellingham's seismic impact at Real Madrid is littered across the playgrounds, parks and pitches of the Spanish capital.
Standing with their arms outstretched, looking towards the imaginary crowd, kids have gleefully adopted Bellingham's iconic celebration. Yet, shouts of «Siu!» are still prolific up and down the country, such is the undiluted power of Cristiano Ronaldo's legacy.
They say that the legendary white shirt hangs heavier than any other, but no one in the glittering history of Real Madrid had ever breezed through the opening months of their time at the club as impressively as Ronaldo. That is until Bellingham sauntered along.
Date
Match
Goals
Assists
29/08/2009
Real Madrid 3-2 Deportivo La Coruna
1
0
12/09/2009
Espanyol 0-3 Real Madrid
1
0
15/09/2009
FC Zurich 2-5 Real Madrid
2
0
20/09/2009
Real Madrid 5-0 Xerez
2
0
23/09/2009
Villarreal 0-2 Real Madrid
1
0
26/09/2009
Real Madrid 3-0 Tenerife
0
0
30/09/2009
Real Madrid 3-0 Marseille
2
0
25/11/2009
Real Madrid 1-0 FC Zurich
0
0
29/11/2009
Barcelona 1-0 Real Madrid
0
0
05/12/2009
Real Madrid 4-2 Almeria
1
1
Arriving as the most expensive player in the history of the sport, one year later than he had hoped, Ronaldo's move to Madrid was lumbered with weighty expectations. An underwhelming debut, saved by a well-taken penalty, left the club's director Jorge Valdano fretting that Ronaldo «doesn't need to try to prove who he is every time he gets the ball». One Spanish outlet likened the Portuguese superstar to a teenager nervously fumbling their way through a first sexual encounter.
Ronaldo had well and truly loosened up by the time he earned his second start in La Liga, scoring the first of two goals against Xerez after just 47 seconds. Three days later, Ronaldo needed a lazy 107 seconds to open the
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