Of course pre-season friendly results have to be taken with a pinch of salt, and cannot really be used as a tool to predict how a team will perform when it starts to matter.

Christiano Ronaldo made his debut for Real Madrid last night, in a friendly against Irish side, Shamrock Rovers.

The Dublin team were able to shut the £80million winger out and he was substituted at half time; it took a later goal from new signing Karim Benzema goal to seal a win for the Spanish giants.

Meanwhile Michael Owen was banging in his second goal just 14 minutes into his second appearance.  At the moment the free signing versus £80million sale is looking like a smart piece of business.

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