And Just Like That, Real Madrid Up 3-0

In a span of just seven minutes, Real Madrid erased a scoreless tie and took a 3-0 lead over Marseille with a trio of goals. First, in the 58th minute, Pepe played a through ball into the box for Cristiano Ronaldo who finished with a left-footed shot into the center of the net. Minutes later, Marseille’s Souleymane Diawara was whistled for a bad foul in the penalty area. Kaká took advantage of the mistake, putting the PK into bottom left corner. Real’s onslaught continued when, in the 64th minute, Ronaldo struck again, this time with a near point-blank goal.

Real Madrid gaining three points in the Group C standings seems all but inevitable at this point.