Monaco to host Juve

Monaco hope midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko will be available for tonight’s Champions League semifinal first leg clash against Juventus at the Stade Louis II, despite suffering a broken nose and could well play in a protective mask.

German midfielder Sami Khedira is suspended for the Italian champions, but otherwise it will be a near fullstrength squad which heads to Monte Carlo.

The Bianconeri are hoping to make up for losing the final against Barcelona two years ago. before Real took the lead. A cross from Sergio Ramos was nodded out only as far as Casemiro, who swung the ball in from the right towards the back post where Ronaldo powered a bullet header past Oblak.

The goal was perhaps fortunate to have stood as Ronaldo appeared a yard offside when Ramos had first played the ball in.

If there was some debate about Ronaldo’s opening goal, there was none about the 32-year-old’s second on 73 minutes.

Benzema held the ball up from Diego Godin at the edge of the Atletico penalty area before laying it off towards Ronaldo. Filipe Luis slipped as he tried to make a clearance, which saw Ronaldo latch on to the loose ball before firing it past Oblak.

Atletico were cut open again with four minutes left when Vazquez charged to the goalline and pulled the ball back to the penalty spot, where Casemiro stepped over it for Ronaldo to knock into the net and take the adulation of the Bernabeu once more.