Ronaldo helps Madrid as Porto also make it
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
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FC Schalke 04 won at Real Madrid CF, but thanks to record-breaking Cristiano Ronaldo the holders and comfortable victors FC Porto are the first two quarter-finalists.
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• Madrid through despite Schalke ending their ten-game winning streak
•Cristiano Ronaldo becomes all-time leading UEFA competition scorer
• Porto into first quarter-final since 2009 after comfortably defeating Basel
• Wednesday: Chelsea (1-1) Paris, Bayern (0-0) Shakhtar
Real Madrid CF 3-4 FC Schalke 04 (agg: 5-4)
• Schalke's first-half leads, through Christian Fuchs and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, both cancelled out.
• Those goals are Ronaldo's 77th and 78th in Europe, overhauling Raúl González's record.
• Karim Benzema scores before immediate reply from competition debutant Leroy Sané.
• Huntelaar gets another with six minutes left but Madrid prevail on aggregate.
Reaction: Carlo Ancelotti, Roberto Di Matteo
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FC Porto 4-0 FC Basel 1893 (agg: 5-1)
• Yacine Brahimi strikes early for Porto with a fine free-kick.
• Brahimi creates second for Hector Herrera not long after half-time.
• Casemiro nets a free-kick as good as Brahimi's and Vincent Aboubakar makes it four.
• Walter Samuel sent off in added time for Basel.
Reaction: Julien Lopetegui, Paulo Sousa
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