In the early morning of Wednesday and Thursday, the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals began with the remaining four matches, and the most concerned focus was manchester United's home game against Atletico Madrid, which will kick off at 4:00 a.m. Beijing time on March 16. In the first leg, Manchester United drew 1-1 away to Atletico, and in the second leg, only if they won at home, they could eliminate Atletico to advance to the Champions League quarterfinals, and Ronaldo looked forward to scoring two hat-tricks in a row to send Simeone out early.
Manchester United have won three Champions League titles, the last one was in 2008, when Cristiano Ronaldo was still in the team, and it was difficult to find a title for the next 13 years. As one of the giants of La Liga, Atletico have never won the Champions League in their history, and the best result is runner-up.
It was the first time in the history of the two teams that they had met in the Champions League, having only met in the European Cup Winners' Cup in November 1991, when United lost 3-0 away from home and returned to a 1-1 draw at home, eventually eliminated by Atletico 1-4 on aggregate.
In the first leg of last month, Atletico scored a fantastic 1-0 start with Felix's header in the opening seven minutes, before United equalized 1-1 with Ilanga's goal to avoid a loss.
At the beginning of the season, the Champions League knockout stages have abolished the away scoring rules, so Manchester United scored a goal away from home, returned to the home draw and could not qualify, must beat Atletico, the bottom line is 1-0.
In the last two games, Manchester United first defeated Manchester City 1-4 away from home, and then returned home to beat Tottenham Hotspur 3-2, ushering in a big rebound, Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick to help the Red Devils win the crucial fourth victory.
After beating Tottenham Hotspur, Cristiano Ronaldo will lead Manchester United to eliminate Atletico madrid to advance to the Champions League quarterfinals. According to statistics, C Ronaldo career 36 times against Atletico, scored 25 goals and assisted 5 times, including 4 hat tricks, last month's first leg C Ronaldo performance was mediocre, no goals and no assists, back to the familiar dream theater, the Portuguese superstar is looking forward to scoring 2 consecutive hat-tricks, based on last weekend's league hat and is a major nemesis of Atletico, C Ronaldo against Atletico To complete the hat is not impossible.
Ronaldo has scored 807 goals, officially crowned the title of the first goalscorer in football history, and every next goal is a new history. In addition, Ronaldo scored 140 goals in the Champions League, and the first scorer in history, as well as two more goals, can achieve 16 consecutive seasons of goals in all competitions to reach 20+ feats, thus setting 3 consecutive records.