MADRID: Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo was the scourge of AS Roma again as he propelled the hosts to a 2-0 win and a spot in the Champions League quarter-finals on Tuesday, scoring and setting up an objective Rodriguez to seal a 4-0 total triumph.
The Portugal forward, top scorer in the opposition this season with 13 objectives, netted for the 6th time in three recreations in all rivalries by completing off substitute Lucas Vazquez's cross at the close post following 64 minutes.
After four minutes Ronaldo, who put Real while in transit to a 2-0 win in the principal leg of the last-16 tie with a shocking strike, discharged Rodriguez with a sensitive pass and the Colombia forward goaded the ball between the legs of guardian Wojciech Szczesny.
"It was a troublesome diversion despite the fact that a few individuals didn't expect it would be, yet at last we accomplished our goal, which was to experience, and we didn't surrender an objective," Real mentor Zinedine Zidane told a news meeting.
Genuine's Keylor Navas kept his 6th straight Champions League clean sheet to advance of previous Manchester United plug Edwin van der Sar with the second-longest keep running in the opposition without surrendering an objective and is currently unbeaten in 540 minutes.
Roma mentor Luciano Spalletti said before the diversion that he was "requesting the outlandish" from his side as they hoped to topple the shortage surrendered at the Olympic Stadium, however they had two clear opportunities to enjoy the lead before the reprieve.
Edin Dzeko and Mohamed Salah were each through on objective yet shot wide of the close post.
In the second half, Navas surged out to deny Roma protector Kostas Manolas and after that went traveling on his right side to paw away a stinging low strike by Diego Perotti.
"We had our odds and we needed to score them. On the off chance that we had it would have changed our mindset and the amusement," Roma mentor Luciano Spalletti told a news gathering.
"We have discarded an extraordinary chance since Madrid are not in awesome structure, their football is not powerful.
"Genuine's Costa Rica attendant Navas has yet to let in an objective in this current season's Champions League and just trails German Jens Lehmann, who went 853 minutes in Europe's tip top club rivalry without yielding for Arsenal.
Roma's Egypt forward Salah missed another chance at the close post in the second period while the amusement was still goalless, yet Ronaldo demonstrated no such leniency at the flip side.
The 31-year-old, who scored four times in the second half on Saturday in a 7-1 La Liga battering of Celta Vigo, let go past a powerless Szczesny after a phenomenal bit of aptitude and cross by Vazquez, before teeing up Rodriguez to complete off the Italians.
In the interim, a second-half objective from Andre Schuerrle helped VfL Wolfsburg beat Gent 1-0 to achieve the Champions League quarter-finals interestingly with a 4-2 total triumph.
Forward Schuerrle, making an uncommon begin, terminated the ball in from a Julian Draxler cut-back in the 74th moment to give his side a second in a row triumph over the Belgians.
Germany's 2014 World Cup champ has battled since joining Wolfsburg from Chelsea in a major cash move in 2015 however he was in the perfect spot at the correct time against Gent.
"This is an incredible win for us," Schuerrle told columnists.
"I knew my time would come sooner or later.
"It was an extreme match. We needed to protect well and sit tight for our odds. At last the win was merited."
Both groups were making their presentations in the knockout stages and Wolfsburg's three objectives in the main leg gave Dieter Hecking's group a noteworthy point of interest going into the arrival match.
Gent made a decent attempt to unsettle the hosts however the German side were unafraid in guard and prevalent all round.
Wolfsburg, who have won their last four Champions League matches and their last two recreations in the Bundesliga, attempted to get an early objective with Schuerrle going urgently close in the opening minutes.
Max Kruse likewise welled to control a Schuerrle cross before turning and terminating barely wide as the home group stayed in the driving seat.
The guests made an uncommon raid forward on the hour as Danijel Milicevic spurned their most obvious opportunity when his jumping header was off target.
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