Cristiano Ronaldo breaks more Champions League records in Real Madrid's victory against Juventus

Tom Biggs 08:24 04/04/2018
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  • Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates his second goal against Juventus

    Cristiano Ronaldo broke more Champions League records as he inspired Real Madrid to a 3-0 victory against Juventus in the first leg of their quarter-final clash.

    Ronaldo netted twice as Zinedine Zidane’s side gave themselves a three-goal advantage to take back to Madrid for the second leg in a week’s time, with the Portuguese international setting up Marcelo for the third.

    Here we take a look at some of the key stats to come out of the game between Madrid and the Old Lady.

    – By scoring against Juventus, Ronaldo became the first player to score in 10 successive Champions League appearances. The forward also became the first player to score in the first nine matches of a Champions League campaign.

    – The 3-0 defeat was the joint-biggest in Juventus’ Champions League history, set on four previous occasions (home and away).

    Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates his second goal

    Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates his second goal.

    – Ronaldo scored his ninth Champions League goal against Juventus, equalling the record for most goals by a player against a specific opponent in the competition. Ronaldo himself (9 against Bayern Munich) and Lionel Messi (9 versus Arsenal) have also reached that figure against a specific team.

    – Ronaldo equalled the record set by former Madrid team-mate Iker Casillas (95) for the most Champions League matches won.

    – Paulo Dybala picked up Juventus’ 24th red card in the Champions League – already a competition record.

    Paulo Dybala received Juventus' 24th Champions League red card

    Paulo Dybala received Juventus’ 24th Champions League red card.

    – Sergio Ramos received his 36th yellow card in the Champions League, equalling Paul Scholes for the most in the competition.

    – Real Madrid became the first side to score 200 Champions League goals in away matches when Ronaldo netted his first against Juventus.

    – Juventus’ 23-match unbeaten home run in the Champions League came to an end. It was their first home defeat in the competition since a 2-0 home loss to Bayern in April 2013.

    – On the 199 previous occasions the away team has won the first leg of a European tie 3-0, that team has always progressed to the next round.

    Match facts and statistics are provided by Gracenote.

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