Cristiano Ronaldo became the first man to rack up 100 European goals with a brace in Real Madrid's 2-1 win at Bayern Munich - but warned a place in the last four of the Champions League was still not secure.
Bayern Munich took the lead in the 26th minute when Arturo Vidal hammered home a powerful header into the top of the net from a corner kick.
Ronaldo would answer back just two minutes into the second half, with the 32-year-old volleying home a low cross from Carvajal, before Bayern's night got worse when Javi Martinez was sent off for two bookable offences. "To be able to reach this mark is an honour and against a team like Bayern it is better still", the Portugal skipper told BeIN Sport Spain.
Zidane was also full of praise for Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored his third and fourth Champions League goals of the season to take his career total to 100. "You'd have to tell me who kept doubting as it never reached me".
Goals:1-0 Vidal (25'), Ronaldo (47'), (77').
Borussia Dortmund lost its rescheduled Champions League quarterfinal with Monaco 3-2 on Wednesday after tributes were paid to the player injured when three explosions targeted the German team's bus. But the Chilean headed wide from another good chance late in the half and then blazed a penalty over the bar in first-half stoppage time after Dani Carvajal was harshly adjudged to have handled a Franck Ribery shot.
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"We will decide whether Lewandowski can play on Wednesday". Munich's Juan Bernat, left, and Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, right, challenge for the ball during the Champions League quarterfinal first leg soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and Real Madrid, in Munich, Germany, W. The last time Madrid failed to score was in April, in a 0-0 draw at Manchester City in the Champions League semifinals.
However, Bayern chairman Rummenigge is sure their star striker will be ready to play in the return fixture at the Santiago Bernabeu next Tuesday.
"We had the chance of having a good 45 minutes". After the goal, Bayern were much better and they were close to score the second, especially after another header from Vidal. "The key was patience".
"To win here is not easy", Zidane said. In a game of very few chances, Griezmann proved decisive as it was he who also won the penalty with a lung-busting run from well inside his own half before being brought down by Marc Albrighton midway through the first half yesterday.
And he scored twice in his only previous appearance in the UEFA Super Cup as Madrid defeated Sevilla 2-0 in 2014. It was not a penalty, but this can happen. Despite going behind in the first half we came back in the second half.
The four-time world player of the year then slotted in the victor between goalkeeper Manuel Neuer's legs 13 minutes from time.
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