MADRID - Real Madrid qualified for the quarter-finals of the Champions League after eliminating Roma in the last 16 of the competition on Tuesday night.
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Real Madrid's coach Zinedine Zidane looks at before match.??[Photo/Agencies] |
Zinedine Zidane's side qualified 4-0 on aggregate with a 2-0 home win, but they saw how their rivals missed several clear cut scoring chances before Cristiano Ronaldo put them ahead 25 minutes from time.
Although the talk has been about how well Real Madrid's youngsters have performed in their last two games, with the arrival of a big game, Tony Kroos and James Rodriguez were back in the Madrid side while Danilo was preferred to Dani Carvajal at right back.
Meanwhile a fit-again Gareth Bale was back in attack after scoring on his return from injury at the weekend.
The first half saw both sides look to play open attacking football with Cristiano Ronaldo looking to shoot at any opportunity, although Edin Dzeko had the best chance for Roma on 14 minutes.
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Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring a goal.?[Photo/Agencies] |