Neighbours Atletico Progressed After Edging Past Leicester City

Posted by betensured02 on March 26th, 2018

Neighbours Atletico progressed after edging past Leicester City, while the other two ties – Barcelona against Juventus, and Monaco against Borussia Dortmund – conclude on Wednesday.

Record-breaking Ronaldo….

• Cristiano Ronaldo’s hat-trick made him the first player to reach 100 Champions League goals
• On the same night, Real’s neighbours Atletico reached the same tally as a club
• Madrid have qualified for the Champions League semi-finals for the seventh consecutive season – the longest streak in competition history
• Bayern lost both legs of a Champions League knockout tie for the first time since April 2014, which was also against Real Madrid in a 5-0 semi-final aggregate defeat
• Ronaldo has scored nine times against Bayern in the Champions League – only Barcelona’s Lionel Messi has scored as many against a single opponent (against Arsenal)
• Lewandowski has netted six goals against Real Madrid in the Champions League, the most of any opposition player
• The Poland striker converted his sixth penalty in the Champions League, maintaining his 100% record from the spot in the competition (excl. shootouts)
• Arturo Vidal’s red card was the 19th shown to a Bayern Munich player in the Champions League – only Juventus (22) have had more in the competition
• The average age of Bayern’s starting line-up in this game was 30 years and 116 days, making it their oldest in Champions League history

Ronaldo scores hat-trick as Real Madrid beat Bayern Munich

Ronaldo has scored 10 of Real Madrid’s past 12 Champions League quarter-final goals

Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick to take his Champions League tally to 100 goals as holders Real Madrid controversially overcame Bayern Munich in extra time to reach the semi-finals.

Bayern Munich midfielder Arturo Vidal’s harsh 84th-minute dismissal was the first pivotal moment of a thrilling game, and Ronaldo was clearly standing in an offside position to score Madrid’s second in extra time.

Needing at least two goals to progress, Bayern had led when Robert Lewandowski confidently drilled in a penalty.

Madrid struggled to find rhythm at a nervy Bernabeu before Ronaldo headed in Casemiro’s precise cross.

Bayern responded just 36 seconds later as Sergio Ramos’ own goal forced extra time, but then crumbled after Ronaldo fired in Madrid’s second.

The Portugal captain tapped in the third – his 100th Champions League goal – after Marcelo’s marauding run, with Marco Asensio sealing victory by shooting into the bottom corner.

Madrid will discover their semi-final opponents when the draw is made on Friday.