The Clasico circus is rolling into town and while the typical extreme examination will stack on Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi it's Real Madrid's king of escapology Sergio Ramos who is able to prove crucial in the conflict of LaLiga's behemoths. The Portuguese superstar scored his 100th goal in the competition as Real reached the last four following a thrilling encounter at the Bernabeu.
It established the trigger to get a 4-1 extra time triumph as well as the ending into a distressed delay for Madrid's La Decima fixation.
Ronaldo celebrated his first goal - a thumping header from a Casemiro cross - by putting a finger to his lips and turning towards the stands.
And he has admitted his disappointment with the Bernabeu faithful over their treatment.
And in a match so often played on a perilous tightrope, Ramos is a man that can swing the balance in Madrid's favour. "This is the most important thing for me now".
In the Spanish league, Ronaldo's 19 goals leave him five behind Suarez and 10 behind Messi.
"After we went 2-1 up and with 11 players, we were in great mental shape and then we had the wind taken out of our sails", he said.
However, Bayern were also beneficiaries from refereeing decisions as they were gifted a non-existent penalty in the first leg and earned another spot-kick in the second meeting which was far from certain. "We're the deserving winners". "Number 12? No not yet but let's hope so".
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Tuesday's treble extended Ronaldo's lead over Barcelona rival Lionel Messi as the top scorer in Champions League history.
"Those numbers. Those scandalous numbers you think you can never achieve, the appearances, the goals, and that to me is where it's going", Neville told Sky Sports when discussing Ronaldo's achievements.
Love may be a strong word for the relationship between a star player and fans of the club he represents and few genuinely achieve that bond in a moveable feast served only by the cold reality of financial clout. What he did is outside any sort of category.
However, the four-time World Player of the Year was jeered by the home crowd in the first half at the Santiago Bernabeu after a few wayward shots.
A diving header from Ronaldo with 14 minutes left looked to have been enough to send the Spanish side through, only for freaky own goal from Real captain Sergio Ramos to levelled things up at 3-3 overall. "We need everyone in the team to help". "More than the second yellow [for Vidal] or the offside goals, the six goals we scored over the two games means we deserved to go through in the tie".
"We turned in a really good display, I'm proud of my players, who played with commitment and gave it everything".
"The referee's task is quite hard, whether it's for or against us I won't get into it", Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said. Madrid are used to suffering.
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