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| Cristiano Ronaldo and Alvaro Morata celebrating with team-mates. |
Portuguese and former Sporting CP’s player, Cristiano Ronaldo and Spanish Alvaro Morata spoiled the party for Sporting CP who taught they’ve capped a famous win – with two late goals bringing Real Madrid from behind to win 2-1 in a dramatic Champions League Group F encounter at the Santiago Bernabeu.
The defending champions looked set for a shock defeat before star man, Ronaldo who scored in his last Liga game stepped up and picked out the top-right corner directly from a set-piece 25 yards out, and Morata secured all three points with a 94th-minute header.
C’ Ronaldo’s 350th appearance for Madrid came against the club where he made his first club football career appearance, and it looked set to be a frustrating one when Bruno Cesar put Sporting ahead two minutes into the second half.
But, the three times Balon D’or winner continues his strides as he rattled the post from inside the six-yard box with seven minutes remaining and he finally hit the net in the 89th minute, Sporting goalkeeper Rui Patricio getting a hand to the ball but failing to stop it flying in off the upright.
The 31-year-old refused to celebrate against his former club, but 67th-minute substitute Morata – dropped with Zinedine Zidane favouring Karim Benzema from the start – had no such qualms when he sent the home fans into raptures in the fourth minute of stoppage time.