Hindustan Times (Lucknow)

RONALDO SCORES ANOTHER TON

TAKES REAL INTO 7TH CONSECUTIV­E SEMI FINAL

- Omnisport sportsdesk@hindustant­imes.com

Cristiano Ronaldo has called on Real Madrid fans to stop whistling him at the Santiago Bernabeu following his match-winning UEFA Champions League display against Bayern Munich. Cristiano Ronaldo hit a hat-trick on Tuesday to add to the double he scored in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League quarter-final, his goals helping to seal a 4-2 win in the Spanish capital and a 6-3 triumph on aggregate.

Ronaldo celebrated his first goal – a thumping header from a Casemiro cross – by putting a finger to his lips and turning towards the stands.

The Portugal captain had been the subject of jeers during a frustratin­g opening hour of the match and he has urged those fans to treat him better.

“I just ask that they don’t whistle me,” he told Antena 3. “I always give my best, I work and I help Real Madrid. I didn’t tell them to be quiet – never.

“But I take the positive things. The team was good, we played well and obviously I’m happy with the goals.”

Real’s win came in controvers­ial fashion, with Arturo Vidal sent off in the 83rd minute following a harsh second yellow card, with Bayern 2-1 up at the time thanks to a Robert Lewandowsk­i penalty and Sergio Ramos own goal.

The visitors’ frustratio­ns grew when an offside Ronaldo restored Madrid’s aggregate lead in extra-time.

Cristiano Ronaldo tapped in a third from Marcelo’s pass when he again looked to be fractional­ly ahead of the play, before Marco Asensio added a fine fourth to safeguard the win.

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