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#2 In the Champions League, Ronaldo always performs
At Real Madrid, it is not only the collective that raises its level in Champions League action. Individually, Ronaldo always performs.
Even this season, when his league form has been questionable for much of the campaign, he still notched nine goals during the Champions League group stage, scoring in all six of Madrid’s matches.
In total, he has scored 115 goals in the competition over the course of his career to date. Last season, he scored 10 times during the knockout stages, including hat-tricks against both Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich.
Neymar did produce a few telling performances in the competition during his time at Barcelona, most notably in their incredible comeback victory against his current employers PSG in last year’s round of 16. But he hasn’t been as consistently decisive as Ronaldo always seems to be in Europe’s premier club competition.
