Ronaldo celebrates after his hat-trick
Cristiano Ronaldo delivered when it mattered as he tore into the Wolfsburg defense with a wonderful hat-trick. Real Madrid completed an incredible comeback winning the game 3-2 on aggregate. The Portuguese scored two goals in two quickfire minutes to give his team a two-goal lead at half-time and leveling it up on the night.
Wolfsburg thought they could at least force it into extra time but Ronaldo had other plans completing his hat-trick in the 77th minute to round off a historical win. Here are some of the records broken after the result.
29 – The most significant stat of the night is the Madrid’s achievement of a come from behind win for the first time in 29 years in an international competition after being 2 goals down in the first leg of a match.
6 – Real Madrid reached the semi-finals of the competition for the 6th successive time, a feat only matched by Barcelona in the history of the competition. Will they face each other in the finals this year?
The German lucky charm – The last time Real Madrid won the UEFA Champions League was two seasons ago, beating Atletico Madrid in the finals 4-1. That year they beat Borussia Dortmund in the quarterfinals by the same scoreline of 3-2. They have once again beaten a German team by 3-2 in the quarterfinals this year. So history might repeat itself!
7 – Zidane is making his home nation proud. He is now the 7th manager from France to have reached the quarter-finals
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SOCCER PREDICTIONS FOR WEDNESDAY 13-04-2016
ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP:
Crystal Palace – Everton under 3.5
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE:
Atl. Madrid – Barcelona (2:0)1 Alternative Handicap
Benfica - Bayern Munich (2:0)1 Alternative Handicap
HUNGARIAN CUP:
Ferencvaros – Debrecen 1win
SLOVAK CUP:
Ruzomberok – Trencin 2win
SWITZERLAND SUPER LEAGUE:
Sion - St. Gallen 1x
Lugano – Basel x2
9 –
Ronaldo once again proved why he is one of the world’s best last night.
The Portuguese has always reached the semi-finals of the competition
when his team have managed to reach the quarter-finals. He achieved it
with Manchester United in 2007,2008 and 2009 and for Real Madrid in
2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 making it 9 semi-finals altogether.3 – Ronaldo scored yet another hat-trick last night adding to his incredible goal tally. This was his 3rd hat-trick in the Champions League this season. No one else has managed so many in a single season in the history of the Champions League. In fact, the total number of hat-tricks from every other player combined in the competition this campaign adds up to 3!
78 – Ronaldo holds the record for the all-time top scorer in the Champions League with 93 goals in 125 appearances. 78 of those goals have come in the last 73 games! That means he scored only 25 in his first 52.
An incredible rise in his goals per game ratio!
5 – Lionel Messi until yesterday was the only player in Champions League history to have scored 5 hat-ticks. He now has company, with his eternal rival Ronaldo also reaching the milestone.
41 – Ronaldo has now scored an incredible 41 hat-tricks in his career. Out of the 41, an incredible 37 have come during his time as a real Madrid player. This means he scores a hat-trick at least every 11 games. That's incredible considering most strikers score maybe one or two in a season!
15 – This record is one, the Ballon d ‘Or winner has all for himself. Ronaldo has crossed the 15 goal landmark for the season. He is now the only player to score 15 or more goals in two different Champions League seasons. The first was two seasons ago when Madrid won their 10th Champions League crown
17 – Cristiano Ronaldo loves to play against German sides. His hat-trick last night made it 17 goals in 16 games against German teams. It's more than how much he has scored from sides against any other country
Stats Via:
OptaJose
Real Madrid Stats
Squawka Football
Infostrada sports
CREDIT: http://www.sportskeeda.com/football/stats-records-broken-after-cristiano-ronaldos-hat-trick-against-wolfsburg
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