Real Madrid all but sealed their passage into the quarter-final of the Champions League with a 2-0 away victory against AS Roma . ...
Real Madrid all but sealed their passage into the
quarter-final of the Champions League with a 2-0 away victory against AS Roma.
The game hanged just before the hour mark when
Marcelo's throw-in opened up room for Cristiano Ronaldo down the left wing. The Portuguese cut inside with a trademark flick and his
deflected shot found its way into the net beyond an outstretched Wojciech
Szczesny.
— Football Sauce (@FootballSauce) February 17, 2016Roma weren't without their threat in the opening period either, Egyptian winger Mohamed Salah caused Marcelo all sorts of problems on the wing and the Italian's broke at pace every chance they were afforded.
Salah created the spark for the Italian side but they failed to break down the Catalans Substitute Jese Rodriguez scored the second and final goal of the evening for the visitors firing past helpless Sczcency— Cristiano Ronaldo™ (@Cr7King4ever) February 17, 2016Zinedine Zidane's first taste of Champions League football as a manager couldn't have gone any better, his side were dominant for large swathes of the game and were able to keep Luciano Spalletti's side goalless on their home turf.Elsewhere tonight, Gent lost out 3-2 to visitors Wolfsburg after coming from 3-0 down.Goals from Sven Kums and Malian defender Kalifa Coulibaly in the final 10 minutes ensured that the fixture remains alive heading to the second leg in Germany.A Julian Draxler brace as well as Max Kruse's strike on the hour mark guaranteed victory for the German side.
Simon Moses lasted for an hour for the Belgian team and was unable to create the spark needed for the win. They now have a difficult task in the return leg after conceding 3 goals at home.Great goal from Draxler. pic.twitter.com/mHDoAI4ikS— Gaz (@MidKnightGaz) February 17, 2016
NAHHHHH Stop that Draxler 😅😅😅 pic.twitter.com/9Ie7pNHkbH— Footy Accumulators (@FootyAccums) February 17, 2016
— Aussie Class (@AclassINDUSTRY) February 17, 2016
— Football Sauce (@FootballSauce) February 17, 2016
— Football Sauce (@FootballSauce) February 17, 2016
