Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo: 'I'm enjoying playing alongside Gareth Bale'

Since Gareth Bale's record £86m move from Tottenham Hotspur to Real Madrid, he has suffered the intense scrutiny of the global media spotlight but after a good run of form he has picked up the best reference of all - from teammate Cristiano Ronaldo

Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo admits he's enjoying playing alongside Welshman Gareth Bale now the Galacticos are starting to click.

The all-star Santiago Bernabeu outfit are currently third in the Primera Liga, behind great rivals Barcelona and Atletico Madrid.

But Carlo Ancelotti's men are starting to click and have won their last three league games, scoring 15 goals in the process.

The Portuguese has bagged eight of those goals, while Bale has chipped in with two.

Both hit the net in last week's Champions League draw with Italian giants Juventus and head into the international break in a rich vein of form.

Ronaldo will face Sweden on Friday night as his nation aims to qualify for Brazil 2014 through the play-offs while Bale will link up with Chris Coleman's Wales squad to face Finland on Wednesday, boosted by some kind comments from his talented teammate.

The former Manchester United star said: “He [Bale] is a player that is starting to feel at home with us now,”

“He is starting to play very well and the fact is I'm enjoying playing alongside him and with Karim [Benzema] as well and [Angel] Di Maria.

“We are all getting to know each other.”

After the break Madrid will face Almería, Galatasaray and Valladolid as they continue their fight to overhaul their domestic rivals and bid for European glory.

Romanian rescue truck ready to roll...over anything

If you see this thing coming, you can be sure of one thing: you’re in big trouble. At least you were.

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The Romanian-made monster looks like Hummer built for Brobdingnagians, and has giant wheels at its extremities endowing it with approach and departure angles that would make a Jeep Wrangler weep on its Trail Rated badges.

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Stuck in the middle of a lake? No problem, the Rescue can go there, too. It can be waterproofed and fitted with a set of airbags that straps to the wheels to make it float.

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Oh, and if you happen to encounter a lot of electromagenetic pulses where you operate, protection against them is an option.

The price? Sorry, there’s no sticker on the window, and they’ll only reveal it to legitimately interested customers.

If you fit that description, we hear Bucharest is lovely this time of year. Even if it’s not, you should be good in one of these.

MILAN - Ricardo Kakà spoke exclusively to the Milan Channel after this evening’s match at the San Siro:

It was an emotional experience playing again at the San Siro. I’ve been thinking all day about when I was coming onto the pitch. The fans, the welcome… it’s something that I’ll always keep with me. It was fundamental to win here and we did it. Tuesday will be a tough game but we’re getting players back slowly and the team is getting stronger and stronger. We can do very well.
I spent a month not playing and working on getting back and now I’m back. I’m missing match fitness and I don’t know when I be back on form but I hoping to make it as soon as possible.
It’s great to know that the fans expect a lot of you. It’s good to hear what you see from outside, you know me well and have seen good things from me. It’s very pleasing. Gabriel played well and made a great save from the free kick. It’s not easy to come on for Milan at the San Siro but he did well and he has a great future. I’ll try to help the team in any way I can with my attitude and showing that as a team we can go far. We need to be a solid group if we’re to win and that0s what I want to transmit to the team. We can only win as a team, as individuals we can’t do it.
My family is very important. I’m happy that they’re here to see me back playing and see what Milan means to me.”