As planned beforehand, Cristiano Ronaldo went off after 63 minutes against Atletico Madrid in order to be in tip top condition to face Juventus despite the comfortable 3-0 advantage from the first leg.Even more than usual, the Champions League is being a special tournament for the Portuguese where he has scored in all the game with six in the group stage, and then two against Paris Saint-Germain and another against Juventus.It means that Ronaldo has broken the record of consecutive matches scoring in the Champions League, that was held by Van Nistelrooy, who had scored in nine on the trot.Perhaps it is not surprising that the Champions League is special medicine for Ronaldo looking back. During his drought in the league when he had only got two goals from the first 12 games, he still managed to score in each of the European clashes.Now he has a total of 14 goals, three off another of his records, of scoring the most goals in a Champions League campaign.While Ronaldo has picked his matches so as to keep in top form, he has not missed any Champions League games.
While he has been ready to step aside for games in the cup and go off in the league in the second half, he has not missed a minute in Europe.With his last goal against Atletico, he has now 40 goals this season.
23 have come in the league, two in the Club World Cup and another in the Supercopa de Espana. Not bad for a player who appeared in decline at the start of the campaign.Lionel Messi is still at the front of the scoring list in LaLiga with 29 in 30 games, an average similar to Ronaldo who missed four games through suspension.
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