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          Ronaldo crowded out of Real attack

          Both Cristiano Ronaldo and Real Madrid's attack have struggled thus far in 2015. ANDER GILLENEA/AFP/Getty Images
          • Adrian Melville, ESPN Insider
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            • Joined ESPN in 2013 as a soccer Insider
            • Worked previously at NBC, Major League Soccer and Opta (UK)
            • Played college soccer at Princeton and professionally for the New England Revolution and Santo Andre, a second-division club in Brazil
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          Mar 20, 2015, 01:00 PM ET

          Real Madrid's attack is stuck in neutral. Since the calendar turned to 2015, Los Blancos are scoring just 1.8 goals per game compared to 3.7 in the 15 matches before the season's winter break. More importantly, the team has lost five of its 15 games since the new year and heads into this weekend's Clasico trailing Barcelona by one point in the La Liga standings. At the forefront of these issues is Cristiano Ronaldo.