19 Feb 2015

Ronaldo lives to score goals

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Cristiano Ronaldo. (Pierre-Philippe Marcou, AFP)

Cape Town - Cristiano Ronaldo ended a rare three game goalscoring drought with the first goal in Real Madrid's record equalling 10th straight Champions League win on Wednesday beating Schalke 04 2-0 in Germany.

The holders, whose other goal came through Brazilian Marcelo in the second-half, will fancy their chances of easing through to the quarter-finals when they meet in the second leg next month.

Real's victory, which fortunately for the hosts did not come near the 6-1 hammering they took in last season's last 16 first leg encounter in Germany, equalled Bayern Munich's record which was set back in December 2013.

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