Real Madrid aiming for Champions League treble
Champions League: Real Madrid v Tottenham Hotspur
Reigning champions Real Madrid and their superstar striker Cristiano Ronaldo are doing a good job of defending their Champions League title against European giant clubs in Group H to date with scores of FC Barcelona 3-0 Juventus and Dortmund 1-3 Real Madrid. Real Madrid has big plans to win a historic treble this time around as the titan Spanish La Liga club prepares to face England Premier League giant club Tottenham Hotspur in their next Group Stage fixture! Ronaldo was interviewed after Real Madrid's recent victory over Apoel Nicosia in the opening round of fixtures in the 2017-18 Champions League tournament. The Portugese footballer stressed the importance of the Champions League tournament to Real Madrid who reportedly is the most successful club in the competition's history. "We want to win it. It's Real Madrid's competition," said Ronaldo about the prestigious European league.
The Portugal international's brace against Dortmund on took his tally in the Champions League to an amazing 109 goals in 142 appearances. Actually Ronaldo did not score a Champions League goal until his 27th appearance in the competition, hitting the net twice for his Premier League club at the time, Manchester United in a 7-1 defeat of Roma in 2006-07. After that stunning win, Ronaldo seems to have acquired an insatiable desire to score in every match in the popular European tournament that determines the football “Kings of Europe”. Ronaldo has scored 7 hat tricks in the Champions League to date, and his double in the Westfalenstadion was the 31st match that he has scored two or more goals in a game. Ronaldo is the first player to reach 50 goals in the Champions League knockout stages and the only footballer to have scored in 3 Champions League Finals. Ronaldo is famous for the penalty he scored in the 2013-14 Champions League Final against Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid's 4th goal in their 4-1 victory after extra time. Ronaldo’s celebration was captured in a photograph as the Real Madrid forward tore off his shirt and struck a memorable pose to the delight of some of his fans and shock of other supporters. After scoring against Dortmund, Cristiano Ronaldo brought his Champions League tally to 109 goals in 142 appearances.
"Those who always criticize Cristiano are going to have put their guitar back in its case," said Ronaldo after scoring twice in last season's 4-1 triumph over Juventus in Cardiff, which sealed a fourth Champions League trophy for his collection. Ronaldo lets the stats speak for themselves, and his statistics will end the debate about his place in football history. "Whether people like it or not, the numbers speak for themselves," Ronaldo said in 2016. "I don't doubt that I will go down in footballing history. I will be up there with the rest." This campaign, Real Madrid are on the cusp of breaking one of the few records left to be broken in European football history - a Champions League Treble win. French Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane's side now have the opportunity to match Ajax (1971-73) and Bayern Munich (1974-76) by winning the Champions League tournament 3 times in a row. Zidane has a chance of becoming the only manager in history of the beautiful game to win the competition 3 times consecutively. Historically, Real Madrid has a club policy to always prioritize the Champions League competition, going back to the time when Madrid dominated the tournament in its infancy. Real's 5th consecutive title came courtesy of a 7-3 thrashing of Eintracht Frankfurt.
With many powerful European sides and football players in the competition, winning the tournament even one time requires an era-defining team and in addition, an era-defining player to win back-to-back titles. For example, Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola's side could not achieve the feat more than one time in a row, an accomplishment that also eluded exceptional managers Alex Ferguson and Carlo Ancelotti who is one of only two coaches to have lifted the trophy three times. Zidane's men including Ronaldo are looking on course to win another Champions League trophy this season with Ronaldo in great form scoring four goals in two games to date with a first-ever victory over Dortmund in Germany on the books. Real Madrid’s top scorer (joint with Barca’s superstars Lionel Messi and Neymar in 2014-15) for the past five Champions League seasons, Ronaldo is key to Real's continual successes.
Coming up in Champions League fixtures, Real Madrid host Premier League giants Tottenham Hotspur on October 17 at Santiago Bernabeau in Madrid, Spain. (Buy Real Madrid v Tottenham Hotspur tickets), Then on November 1, the Spurs host Real Madrid in a return Champions League match in London at Wembley Stadium. (Buy Spurs v Real Madrid tickets). Real Madrid travel to play APOEL FC at Neo GSP Stadium in Nicosia, Cyprus on November 21 (Buy APOEL v Real Madird tickets). And on December 6, Real Madrid host mighty German Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund on December 6th at home at Santiago Bernabeu (Buy Real Madrid v Borussia Dortmund tickets). Other not-to-be-missed Champions League matches coming up in October include PFC CSKA Moskva v FC Basel, 1893 SL Benfica v Manchester United FC, RSC Anderlecht v Paris Saint-Germain FC, Bayern München v Celtic FC, Qarabağ FK v Club Atlético de Madrid, Chelsea FC v AS Roma, Juventus Football Club v Sporting Clube de Portugal, and FC Barcelona v Olympiacos FC.
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Champions League 2017-18 groups
Group A: Benfica, Manchester United, Basel, CSKA Moscow
Group B: Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Anderlecht, Celtic
Group C: Chelsea, Atletico Madrid, Roma, Qarabag
Group D: Juventus, Barcelona, Olympiakos, Sporting Lisbon
Group E: Spartak Moscow, Sevilla, Liverpool, Maribor
Group F: Shakhtar Donetsk, Manchester City, Napoli, Feyenoord
Group G: Monaco, Porto, Besiktas, RB Leipzig
Group H: Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Tottenham Hotspur, Apoel
Champions League results
Matchday 1
SL Benfica 1-2 PFC CSKA Moskva
Manchester United FC 3-0 FC Basel 1893
FC Bayern München 3-0 RSC Anderlecht
Celtic FC 0-5 Paris Saint-Germain
Chelsea FC 6-0 Qarabağ FK
AS Roma v Club 0-0 Atlético de Madrid
FC Barcelona 3-0 Juventus
Olympiacos FC 2-3 Sporting Clube de Portugal
Liverpool 2-2 Sevilla
Matchday 2
FC Basel 1893 5-0 SL Benfica PFC
CSKA Moskva 1-4 Manchester United FC
Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 FC Bayern München
RSC Anderlecht 0-3 Celtic FC
Atlético de Madrid 1-2 Chelsea FC
Qarabağ FK 1-2 AS Roma
Sporting Clube de Portugal 0-1 FC Barcelona
Juventus Football Club 2-0 Olympiacos FC
Dortmund 1-3 Real Madrid
Manchester City 2-0 Shakhtar Donetsk
Chanmpions League fixtures
Martchday 3 fixture
Wednesday 18 Oct 2017
PFC CSKA Moskva v FC Basel
1893 SL Benfica v Manchester United FC
RSC Anderlecht v Paris Saint-Germain FC
Bayern München v Celtic FC
Qarabağ FK v Club Atlético de Madrid
Chelsea FC v AS Roma
Juventus Football Club v Sporting Clube de Portugal
FC Barcelona v Olympiacos FC
Matchday 4 fixtures
Tuesday 31 Oct 2017
FC Basel 1893v- PFC CSKA Moskva
Manchester United FC v SL Benfica
Paris Saint-Germain v RSC Anderlecht
Celtic FC v FC Bayern München
Club Atlético de Madrid v Qarabağ FK
AS Roma v Chelsea FC
Sporting Clube de Portugal v Juventus Football Club
Olympiacos FC v FC Barcelona
Matchday 5 fixtures
Wednesday 22 Nov 2017
PFC CSKA Moskva v SL Benfica
FC Basel 1893 v Manchester United FC
RSC Anderlecht v FC Bayern München
Paris Saint-Germain v Celtic FC
Qarabağ FK v Chelsea FC
Club Atlético de Madrid v AS Roma
Juventus Football Club v FC Barcelona
Sporting Clube de Portugal v Olympiacos FC
Matchday 6 fixtures
Tuesday 5 Dec 2017
SL Benfica v FC Basel 1893
Manchester United FC v PFC CSKA Moskva
FC Bayern München v Paris Saint-Germain
Celtic FC v RSC Anderlecht
Chelsea FC v Club Atlético de Madrid
AS Roma v Qarabağ FK
FC Barcelona v Sporting Clube de Portugal
Olympiacos FC v Juventus Football Club
