article_snippet: Had The 10-time-winner not been for Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored twice to ensure his place as the record goalscorer in European football competitions, then The 10-time-winner could have been far more embarrassing.
article_snippet: Had it not been for one player on the opposing side
article_snippet: Unfortunately, that one player was Ronaldo.
article_snippet: As lethargic  and lackadaisical as Real was throughout the contest, Ronaldo's two goals, both headers, ensured the contest place in the next round.
article_snippet: Nobody has scored more goals than Ronaldo in European club football --
article_snippet: Nobody 77th and 78th taking Nobody to the top of the chart ahead of Nobody nemesis, Lionel Messi.
article_snippet: Nobody latest efforts may not have been the most spectacular, but His latest efforts were so very precious given the nature of the tie.
article_snippet: Fortunately, in Ronaldo, Real has a man who has power beyond those of Real fellow mortals.
article_snippet: Ronaldo finding both time and space inside the penalty area before heading home from close range.
article_snippet: Real was reeling -- and yet it was Ronaldo once again who got it out of trouble.
article_snippet: Fabio Coentrao, the left-back, produced a fine cross and Ronaldo eased away from Raphael Varane's marker to head Raphael Varane's second of the game.
article_snippet: The Frenchman danced The Frenchman way through the defense before coolly netting Real's third of the evening with eight minutes of the second period played.
article_snippet: Ronaldo was allowed both time and space to take aim and curl a quite sumptuous effort into the far corner past the watching Casillas.
highlights_snippet: Cristiano Ronaldo scores twice in 4-3 defeat by Schalke .
  