ronaldo has scored five goals in one match.
ronaldo has scored five goals in one match.
how many goals has ronaldo scored in one match?
five
the month started by a 5–2 victory over apoel in the second leg of champions league quarter-finals, giving an aggregate score 8–2 as "los blancos" advanced to the semi-finals against final hosts bayern munich. real madrid was resting some of their usual starters, but still managed to score five goals overall. cristiano ronaldo netted a brace and kaká, josé callejón and ángel di maría each scored one in the victory, while apoel's goals were scored by gustavo manduca and esteban solari, later scoring a penalty given to the cypriots after hamit altıntop's foul in the box. on 8 april, real madrid had a goalless draw against valencia in la liga, leading them only four points ahead of barcelona. three days later, on 11 april, real madrid beat atlético madrid in an away game 1–4. cristiano ronaldo scored a hat trick including two astonishing goals and assisted callejón to score the fourth goal to close the game. atlético's only goal was netted by radamel falcao. on 14 april, real madrid beat sporting de gijón home 3–1 with goals from higuaín, ronaldo and benzema. sporting's only goal was a penalty given to them after a handball from sergio ramos in the box, which was scored by miguel de las cuevas. on 17 april, real madrid lost to bayern munich away at the allianz arena 2–1 in first leg of the champions league semi-finals. franck ribéry and mario gómez scored for bayern, while mesut özil netted madrid's only goal. on 21 april, real madrid beat barcelona in "el clásico" in camp nou 1–2, extending their lead in la liga to seven points with only four matches left, which all but decided the domestic title. sami khedira opened the scoring from a corner kick in the 17th minute which broke the record for the most goals scored in a domestic league, with 107. alexis sánchez equalized in the second half in the 70th minute, but only a few minutes later, özil assisted and ronaldo scored the winning goal of the game by shooting the ball over víctor valdés into the net. this was the first victory for real madrid in la liga against their arch rivals in camp nou since 2007. on 25 april, in the second leg of the champions league against bayern munich, cristiano ronaldo initially put madrid up 2–0, but former madrid player arjen robben netted an away goal back for bayern with a penalty. the match ended 2–1 after extra time and as both sides were tied 3–3, it went to a shootout. during penalties, iker casillas made two saves but ronaldo, kaká and ramos failed to convert their spot kicks and madrid lost 3–1.
2011–12 real madrid cf season
real madrid clinched a spot in the champions league knockout phase on 2 november when they defeated lyon away 0–2. ronaldo scored both goals to reach 100 competitive goals for real madrid in 105 matches. he beat lloris with a powerful free kick in the first half, which was real madrid's 900th goal in european competition, and a penalty kick in the second half. four days later, real madrid defeated osasuna 7–1 in their first ever noon kickoff, scheduled to cater to asian audiences. sixty million people watched the match from china as a result. prior to kickoff, ronaldo presented his 2010–11 european golden shoe award and the team supported former player antonio cassano, who recently suffered a stroke and underwent heart surgery, by wearing "forza cassano" shirts. ronaldo scored his fourth hat-trick in la liga, benzema netted two goals, and pepe and higuaín scored one each in the victory. di maría served three assists in the first half before tearing his hamstring early in the second half, and şahin made his real madrid debut as a substitute following six months of injury. real madrid defeated valencia away 2–3 on 19 november for their 11th consecutive victory, the longest in mourinho's managerial career. nicolás terol, champion of the 2011 grand prix motorcycle racing season 125cc class, ceremonially kicked off the match. benzema opened the scoring in the first half from a quickly taken alonso free kick, and sergio ramos doubled the lead from a corner in the second half. roberto soldado pulled a goal back for valencia before ronaldo avoided onrushing goalkeeper diego alves to restore a two-goal advantage. soldado scored again four minutes later, but valencia had an appeal for a handball in the penalty area turned down in stoppage time. three days later real madrid defeated dinamo zagreb 6–2 in their 1,500th official match at the santiago bernabéu to clinch top spot in their champions league group. despite resting ronaldo, iker casillas and pepe, real madrid scored four goals in the opening 20 minutes through benzema, callejón, özil and higuaín. callejón and benzema scored again after halftime before fatos bećiraj and ivan tomečak added late consolation goals. the win was also their 250th in uefa competitions. on 26 november, real madrid stretched their unbeaten streak against atlético madrid to 22 matches after a 4–1 home victory in the madrid derby. prior to kickoff, casillas was presented with a commemorative ball by florentino pérez for recently becoming the most capped spanish international of all time. atlético struck first through adrián, but shortly afterward goalkeeper thibaut courtois was sent off while conceding a penalty, converted by ronaldo. di maría finished a low cross from ronaldo early in the second half, and then higuaín extended the lead by capitalizing on a defensive error from diego godín. godín was later sent off for denying higuaín a clear goalscoring opportunity in the box and ronaldo converted another penalty. the victory coupled with barcelona's loss at gefate boosted real madrid's lead in la liga to six points. real madrid were again recognized by iffhs as "the world's club team of the month" after completing november with all victories.
2011–12 real madrid cf season