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Cristiano Ronaldo kills Schalke’s dreams

Nice try, though.

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Hey Schalke 04, we see you scored a goal at the Bernabeu. That's pretty neat. It's almost like you're a real Champions League contender. And you're only down by one goal on aggregate now, and one away goal too! Boy, that's really neat. You might be in with a cha...

HA! HA! NO. Cristiano Ronaldo let them believe for five whole minutes before scoring this goal to make it 1-1 on the night and 3-1 on aggregate.

This theme continued, with Schalke scoring a second goal to give themselves hope again. Ronaldo crushed that hope, again, with a header, again, to make it 4-2 on aggregate and 2-2 on the night at halftime.

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