With Álvaro Morata suspended, coach Diego Simeone

Cristiano Ronaldo reassured Juventus supporters and his legions of fans worldwide that at 34 he’s not ready for retirement yet.“Age is just a number. It does not mean that at 34 Cheap AS Roma Soccer Team Uniform , 35, 36 you are at the end of your career,” Ronaldo said at a news conference ahead of Juventus’ Champions League match against Lokomotiv Moscow on Tuesday. “I can show that with my performances, how I play, the way I play, the way I still feel good, sharp, thinking about the game, more mature. This makes the difference.”In the second season of a four-year deal at Juventus, Ronaldo had sparked concern among his fans when he said in an interview published a few weeks ago that he was starting to enjoy seeing himself “outside of football, so who knows what will happen in the next year or two?”Ronaldo recently scored his 700th goal as a professional while on international duty with Portugal and has been nominated for a record sixth Ballon d’Or award — which would break his tie of five with Lionel Messi.But Ronaldo said he’s more interested in winning a treble with Juventus.“We want to win Serie A www.thetopsoccer.com/club-team-kit/atletico-madrid , we want to win the Cup, the Champions League,” he said. “Juventus should think big. … We are going to try to win all the trophies, we know it will be difficult, especially the league and the Champions League, but I think it is possible. Everything is possible.“In terms of individual, I have nothing to say as this is individual. It is not the most important thing,” Ronaldo added. “The most important is the collective awards. If you win the collective awards you have more chance to win the individual awards. … The Golden Ball is for me in second place.”While retirement may not be on Ronaldo’s mind yet, family time is a big part of his life now.“To win games, to score goals, to enjoy myself Cheap Barcelona Soccer Team Uniform , to arrive home and see my kids happy and say, ‘Congratulations daddy for scoring a goal.’ That makes me happy,” he said. “This is my motivation to come to train, for the games, to entertain people and the fans with my passion.” BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Eden Hazard is hoping to score his first goal since joining Real Madrid when it visits Atlético Madrid in the Spanish capital derby on Saturday.After the “clásico” between Barcelona and Madrid, the derby is the most highly anticipated league game in Spain. And with Madrid leading La Liga by one point ahead of Atlético, the winner will put itself in early command of the title race.“You know what the vibes are like in these games, the passion, the rivalry between the fans, especially when you’ve got two teams from the same city www.thetopsoccer.com/club-team-kit/bayern-munich , like Real Madrid and Atlético,” Hazard said. “I want to score and win in the derby. Your mentality, in a derby that’s key and what’s even more important is your desire. When you’re a football player, you know what derbies are like. You know what you have to do, you just have to win. You don’t need your teammates to tell you that.”Hazard joined Madrid in June on a club-record transfer of around 100 million euros ($113 million) plus add-ons. He has been considered by fans as a late replacement for star Cristiano Ronaldo, who left over a year ago.The Belgium midfielder has only made three appearances so far for Madrid due to an injury in the preseason. He was on the pitch for most of the humbling 3-0 loss at Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League, then helped the team earn a hard-fought 1-0 victory at Sevilla last weekend when his performance stood out more for his defensive work rate than his attacking flair. He did not play in a 2-0 win over Osasuna in midweek as he was rested ahead of the Atlético match.Hazard will likely join Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale to lead Zinedine Zidane’s attack.The match at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium will bring Hazard face to face with former Chelsea teammate Diego Costa.Costa scored 20 times for Chelsea both in the 2014-15 and 2016-17 season, when he teamed up with Hazard to guide their side to a pair of English Premier League crowns. But Costa has scored just six goals in the Spanish league since returning to Atlético from Chelsea in the middle of the 2017-18 season. He finally got his first of this season on Wednesday, when he scored in a 2-0 win at Mallorca.“Diego Costa is the opposing player I want to come up against because he’s my friend and we played together,” Hazard said.With Álvaro Morata suspended, coach Diego Simeone will have no choice but to go with Costa to spearhead his attack alongside the 19-year-old João Félix.Costa scored four goals in a friendly against Madrid this preseason in New Jersey that Atletico won 7-3 TheTopSoccer , but Simeone said that he expects Saturday’s match to be a totally different contest.“Bale has taken a step forward, Benzema is playing at his best, and Hazard has incredible skills,” Simeone said. “We have to take the game to our territory where we think we can do them damage. These are matches that are very competitive, ones that are decided in key moments and by details that swing the result one way or the other.”Madrid leads the league with 14 points from six games. Atlético is one point behind in third place, trailing a surprisingly good Real Sociedad on goal difference.Defending champion Barcelona, which faces a trip to Getafe earlier on Saturday most likely without the injured Lionel Messi, is four points off the pace in sixth place.