Ronaldo, Madrid break records in C’hagen win

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COPENHAGEN: Real Madrid and Cristiano Ronaldo racked up the Champions League records in a 2-0 victory over FC Copenhagen that ended the home side’s interest in European competition this season at the Parken stadium on Tuesday.

The nine-times European champions, who had already wrapped up top spot in Group B, have scored in a record 31 consecutive Champions League fixtures to beat the tally set by arch-rvials Barcelona last year.

Real’s second goal came from Ronaldo, who scored his group stage record ninth of the campaign with a simple close range finish three minutes after the interval and also had a last-minute penalty saved by Johan Wiland.

Real’s masterful midfielder Luka Modric opened the scoring and set the first record for Madrid when he curled home a beautiful opening goal in the 25th minute from 20 metres.

In other matches, Benfica beat Paris St Germain 2-1, Olympiakos won 3-1 over Anderlecht and Viktoria Plzen defeated CSKA Moscow 2-1. (AFP)

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