Bale, Ronaldo, Benzema Masing-masing Cetak 2 Gol, Tekuk Schalke 6-1
Bale, Ronaldo, Benzema All Score Twice as Cruise to Victory in Germany
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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Gelsenkirchen (B2B) - Real Madrid tampil perkasa dengan mempermalukan Schalke 6-1 di Veltins Arena pada leg pertama 16 besar Liga Champions, Kamis dini hari.
Bermain di hadapan pendukung sendiri, Schalke tidak berdaya dan hanya mampu menguasai 10 menit awal babak pertama, seperti dilansir Yahoo Sports.
Gol pembuka Los Blancos tercipta pada menit 13 dari kaki Karim Benzema. Penyerang Perancis tersebut menuntaskan kerjasama Bale dan Ronaldo yang merangsek dari sisi kiri pertahanan Schalke.
Gol kedua Madrid dilesakkan Gareth Bale pada menit 21 memanfaatkan umpan Benzema. Skor 2-0 untuk keunggulan Madrid ini bertahan hingga akhir babak pertama.
Awal babak kedua Schalke mencoba menguasai jalannya laga. Jefferson Farfan beberapa kali berhasil menembus pertahanan Madrid melalui sisi kanan namun tidak menghasilkan banyak peluang.
Real Madrid justru menambah keunggulan pada menit 52 melalui aksi Gareth Bale yang dituntaskan Cristiano Ronaldo menjadi gol.
Lima menit kemudian Cristiano Ronaldo menjadi aktor terciptanya gol keempat Madrid. Umpan matangnya memudahkan Benzema mencetak gol keduanya dalam laga ini.
Bale yang tanpa terkawal di sisi kiri pertahanan Schalke berhasil mencetak gol kelima Madrid berkat umpan panjang bek Sergio Ramos.
Satu menit menjelang laga usai, Ronaldo menggenapkan kemenangan dengan gol keenam Madrid berkat umpan Benzema.
Schalke hanya mampu menciptakan gol hiburan melalui kaki mantan pemain Madrid, Klaas Jan Huntelaar pada menit ke-90. Skor 6-1 keunggulan Madrid bertahan hingga laga berakhir.
Meskipun bermain tandang namun Madrid menguasai jalannya pertandingan dengan 57 persen penguasaan bola serta 10 tendangan ke gawang sementara Schalke hanya melakukan empat kali tendangan on target sepanjang laga.
Kemenangan besar ini membuat Madrid menapakkan sebelah kakinya di perempat final Liga Champions karena Schalke harus menang enam gol tanpa balas pada leg kedua di Madrid jika ingin terus melaju.
Gelsenkirchen - Real Madrid cruised to a rare victory on German soil as they romped to a 6-1 win at Schalke 04 in Wednesday´s Champions League´s last 16, first-leg clash.
Real Madrid cruised to a rare victory on German soil as they romped to a 6-1 win at Schalke 04 in Wednesday´s Champions League´s last 16, first-leg clash.
Real are now all but guaranteed a quarter-final place even with the return leg to come in Madrid on March 18 after Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale both scored braces.
Real´s Ballon d´Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo also scored twice on his return from a three game suspension to see him take over from Zlatan Ibrahimovic as the competition´s top-scorer this season with 11 goals.
Schalke goalkeeper Ralf Faehrmann admitted his side had been outclassed as Real fired in 21 goal attempts compared to 10 by the hosts.
Netherlands striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar scored a 91st-minute consolation goal for Schalke, but it couldn´t prevent the Royal Blues suffering their heaviest defeat in European competition.
Carlo Ancelotti´s Real are now unbeaten in their last 27 games dating back to October.
The huge victory went some way to correcting Real´s terrible away record in Germany as they made the Royal Blues of Schalke look anything but regal.
This was only Real´s second win in 26 visits to Germany after 18 defeats, including their 4-1 drubbing at Borussia Dortmund in last season´s Champions League´s semi-final.
Real needed just 13 minutes to take the lead at the Veltins Arena as their star-studded attack clicked into gear.
Bale cut in from the right, the ball came to Ronaldo and his backheel was deflected by a Schalke defender to Benzema and he fired past Faehrmann.
Schalke equalised almost immediately as teenage midfielder Max Meyer fired over the bar with the goal at his mercy after Iker Casillas had blocked Julian Draxler´s shot.
Schalke were punished for wasting their rare opportunity and with 21 minutes gone, Bale held off two Schalke defenders to make it 2-0.
