Ronaldo draws blank for Real
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GIANLUIGI Buffon kept the shots out while Cristiano Ronaldo failed to put them in.
While Buffon starred in goal for Juventus, saving a penalty and making two remarkable saves in a 1-0 win at Lyon, it was a frustrating night for record-chasing Ronaldo in the Champions League.
The Real Madrid forward needed only two goals to become the first player to score 100 career goals in European club competitions. But he could not muster even one for the defending champion in a 5-1 rout of Polish side Legia Warsaw, which had lost five of its past seven matches.
Madrid has scored 11 times in its past two games, but only one of those has been from the usually prolific Ronaldo. Madrid’s goals came from Wales forward Gareth Bale, an own-goal by Tomasz Jodlowiec, and further strikes by Marco Asensio, Lucas Vazquez and Alvaro Morata.
Madrid is level on seven points with Borussia Dortmund, but the German side leads on goal difference after winning 2-1 at Sporting Lisbon.
Prolific striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, with his ninth goal in nine games, and Julian Weigl scored in the first half for Dortmund. Midfielder Bruno Cesar pulled one back midway through the second half after an indirect free-kick was awarded near the penalty spot.
Ten-man Juventus won 1-0 away to Lyon thanks to some heroics from goalkeeper Buffon. Colombia midfielder Juan Cuadrado scored the winner in the 76th minute after cutting in down the right, beating full back Jeremy Morel and launching an unstoppable shot into the near top corner from the tightest of angles.
Prior to that, Lyon had threatened an upset. But Buffon saved a 35th-minute penalty from Alexandre Lacazette and then denied Lyon twice in the second half with remarkable reflex saves, tipping over forward Nabil Fekir’s deflected shot when off balance and kicking away Corentin Tolisso’s point-blank header.
Riyad Mahrez scored the winner in a 1-0 victory against FC Copenhagen that kept Leicester well on track for the next round after three straight wins. Leicester coach Claudio Ranieri’s tactic to keep Mahrez fresh just before Champions League games is proving decisive.
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