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#4 Cristiano Ronaldo's head is bloody but unbowed
Perhaps the most typical image of Cristiano Ronaldo is him checking his face in his smartphone after taking a knock to his head. Critics will point to his vanity, but the truth tonight is that Cristiano Ronaldo, the footballer, was utterly unselfish.
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The Portuguese star toiled away for most of the night, dovetailing with Marcelo down the left, but his scoring touch seemed to desert him in the final moments. The frustration may have boiled over, but the 78th minute finally brought Ronaldo's deliverance.
Tweets were floating around that Gareth Bale has outscored Ronaldo in La Liga, but you discount the man at your peril. He bravely took studs in his face to score his second, and if given the choice, no one would doubt that he would have continued, all in the chase for a hat-trick.
Zinedine Zidane will be glad to see his talisman find the net, and will hope that this signals that the floodgates have opened. Real Madrid could certainly use him.
