Real Madrid took a firm grip on a spot in the Champions League quarter-finals with a 2-0 win over Roma.
Advertisement
Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo scores during a Champions League, round of 16, first-leg soccer match between Roma and Real Madrid, at the Rome Olympic stadium, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016. “I’m happy for these two away goals and that we didn’t concede any goals”.
“Obviously you should expect to improve at the end of the season because the experience we have is to manage two games a week and train for five”.
One of the more proactive teams in Serie A, Roma possess the potential to ask Madrid questions with their attacking style of play.
Miralem Pjanic heads things up in midfield and will be one of the players to keep an eye on for the home side, as on his day, the Bosnian has the ability to rip any defense apart. I am happy for him and for the team. But the former Arsenal keeper should have done better saving Jese’s shot, as should the Roma defence, who backed off and allowed him to drive the ball across the face of the goal and into the far corner of the net. “I wouldn’t be amazed if it was my team who went through”. Cristiano Ronaldo unlocked the game and offered us a moment of magic with a Golazo (You can see the goal here: CR7 goal vs AS Roma) and Jese sealed the game with 5 minutes before the end of the game.
“The difference between us and them is that they reaped the biggest rewards with a minimum of work”, said midfielder Radja Nainggolan.
“We’re on the right path, we have to carry on working together”. You can’t afford even a small mistake against them.
Back in Spain, Messi continued his goal scoring exploits, as he became the first man to score 300 goals in La Liga.
Advertisement
Despite statistics suggesting Real have a 100 percent chance to go through to the last eight after a 2-0 first leg win, Zidane added: “Statistics don’t count, especially when there’s still another 90 minutes to play”.
