Ronaldo leads Madrid through with another landmark
Cristiano Ronaldo's hat-trick made it five goals in the tie and 100 for him in the UEFA Champions League as Real Madrid saw off Bayern München to reach a seventh straight semi-final.
Cristiano Ronaldo turned into the principal player to score 100 objectives in the UEFA Champions League – and made it five objectives in the tie – as Real Madrid conquered ten-man Bayern München in additional opportunity to achieve a record seventh progressive semi-last.
Having got both Madrid objectives in a week ago's the first leg, Ronaldo counteracted Robert Lewandowski's punishment and, after a Sergio Ramos claim objective had constrained additional time, he struck twice more in the extra 30 minutes to raise the century. Substitute Marco Asensio skipped through to include a securing fourth.
Offering to wind up noticeably just the third group in UEFA Champions League history to win a tie having lost the home first leg, Bayern started deliberately. Thiago Alcántara's initial shot was obstructed by the sliding Marcelo; Arjen Robben dragged the bounce back wide.
That set the tone for an open first half, with the better possibilities falling Madrid's direction. After Manuel Neuer had parried Dani Carvajal's cross, Jérôme Boateng repulsed Ramos' bounce back hanging in the balance. Ronaldo was then denied by Neuer at his close post.
Marcelo needed to take Robben's endeavor off the line ahead of schedule in the second time frame before the main objective came in the 53rd moment. Casemiro was decreed to have stumbled Robben; Lewandowski smoothly set the spot kick past Keylor Navas.
In the end seconds of the main time frame, Ramos grabbed ownership halfway through the Bayern half and was managed time to choose Ronaldo in space in the range; the complete was typically unerring.
Ronaldo subsequent to finishing his cap trap
Ronaldo subsequent to finishing his cap trap
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With Bayern exhausted and resolved to assault, holes opened up in Madrid and in the 110th moment, Marcelo drove through the heart of their resistance before unselfishly giving Ronaldo a tap-in to finish his cap trap and raise 100 objectives. After two minutes, Asensio fixed triumph with a fine solo strike.
Cristiano Ronaldo
Similarly, as in the Munich first leg, it was practically unavoidable Ronaldo would be the Madrid legend today. His equalizer came when Bayern was undermining to take the total lead before he wrapped up his treble and guaranteed his 100th UEFA Champions League objective to flame the Merengues into another semi-last.
Madrid's protective travails
Everyone's eyes will appropriately be on Ronaldo, however, there will come a period when he needs those behind him to assist and keep out the restriction. While Madrid's striking capacity is deadly, they have a flawed back line; they are yet to enlist a perfect sheet in this current season's opposition. Having leveled on the night they simply needed to see the diversion out yet inside two minutes Bayern scored once more. On the off chance that at last, it didn't cost them, the semi-last may be an alternate story.
Bayern experience the ill effects of weariness
Eyebrows were raised when the group sheets turned out and both Boateng and Mats Hummels were in Bayern's beginning XI. The couple safeguarded fearlessly, however it was continually going to be troublesome for them to play 120 minutes, and Real exploited their tiredness and the additional man to rebuff Bayern clinically.
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