Cristiano Ronaldo: 5 Things To Expect For Real Madrid vs Borussia Dortmund

4. Expect Him To Score Tonight

You've seen the above image a hundred times. Cristiano Ronaldo putting the ball in the back of the net before tearing away to celebrate in front of his adoring fans in scenes of absolute bedlam. In fact, Ronaldo NOT scoring these days is something of a rarity, especially in the Champions League. The prolific Portuguese' has netted eleven times in 10 appearances in Europe's top club competition this season, with three of those coming against Galatasaray as Los Blancos tore the Turkish apart in the quarter finals. The 28-year old is on an inspired run of form and will be absolutely integral to Madrid tonight as they go looking for what could prove to be a crucial away goal against Dortmund at Signal Iduna Park. Dortmund managed to keep Ronaldo quiet throughout each of the previous two meetings between the pair in the so called Champions League "Group of Death" earlier in the campaign, limiting him to just one goal in 180 minutes of football. However, you can expect the goal-machine to be in typically merciless form in front of goal this time round if his recent goalscoring record is anything to go by.
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Joseph is an accredited football journalist and has interviewed nearly all of the current 20 Barclay's Premier League managers. He is also a correspondent for Bleacher Report and has written for Caught Offside and Give Me Football.