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Champions League: Real too good for Juve as Bayern beat Sevilla

Admin April 4, 2018

Real Madrid FC

Cristiano Ronaldo scored with a bicycle kick which was outstanding even by his standards to lead Real Madrid to an emphatic 3-0 win away to Juventus in their Champions League quarter-final, first leg on Tuesday night.

With his back to goal, Ronaldo launched himself into the air to meet Dani Carvajal’s chipped ball and produced a perfectly-executed bicycle shot which flew past keeper Gianluigi Buffon and put Real 2-0 ahead.

In another match, Bayern Munich came from behind to beat Sevilla 2-1 in Spain to keep hope alive in the return leg at the Allianz Arena.

Ronaldo had got Real off the mark with a third-minute goal, scoring for a record 10th successive Champions League game.

Marcelo was also on target as Juve’s five-year unbeaten home record in European competition crumbled.

A red card for playmaker Paulo Dybala completed a miserable evening for the Serie A champions, beaten 4-1 by Real in last season’s Champions League final.

Juventus had not lost at home in Europe since Bayern Munich’s 2-0 win in April 2013, a 27-match run.

However, that record was quickly under threat as their usually impregnable defence was split open with nonchalant ease after only three minutes.

Marcelo flicked the ball between two defenders to set Isco free on the left and his low cross to the near post was flicked into the net by Ronaldo for his eighth goal in six meetings against Juventus.

Juventus responded well to the setback, launching a series of dangerous attacks.

Real goalkeeper Keylor Navas had to prevent what seemed a certain goal with a superb point-blank save from Gonzalo Higuain’s volley.

Defender Giorgio Chiellini also missed a good chance when he misdirected a header from a corner but Real were always menacing and Toni Kroos thumped a rising shot against the bar from 25 metres.

Juve also began the second half in lively mood but lost their way in a dramatic eight minutes.

An uncharacteristic mix-up between Buffon and veteran defender Chiellini started a Real attack which ended with Ronaldo’s astonishing goal in the 64th minute.

Two minutes later, Dybala, booked in the first half for a dive in the penalty area, was given a second yellow card for a clumsy challenge on Carvajal.

Marcelo applied the coup de grace in the 72nd minute as he switched passes with Isco and then Ronaldo before rounding Buffon to score into an empty net.

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