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#1 2017-18 Round of 16 First Leg: Real Madrid 3-1 PSG
Having won the competition in the previous two seasons (the first team to win back-to-back titles in the Champions League era), Real Madrid faced French champions PSG in the Round of 16 while riding a wave of confidence.
Adrien Rabiot's 33rd minute strike provided the lead to the visitors, but Cristiano Ronaldo's penalty for the hosts equalized proceedings. The teams went into half-time at one goal apiece.
That first strike by Madrid marked a record seventh time that Ronaldo had scored 10 (or more) goals in a Champions League season. The next best mark by any other player is two. In the process, Ronaldo also became the first player to score 100 Champions League goals for a club.
PSG displayed greater energy and fervor in the second half. Kylian Mbappe drew a save off the Madrid keeper and the French team saw their calls for a penalty waved away after Sergio Ramos seemed to have handled the ball inside his own box.
Madrid pounced on PSG's lapses when Ronaldo's 83rd minute strike put the hosts into the lead for the first time in the tie. Then Marcelo's goal three minutes later provided a comfortable 3-1 win for the hosts.
The win was Madrid's seventh consecutive in a Champions League knockout game at home under Zidane. The day was also a landmark one at an individual level, as Gareth Bale became the second Welshman (Ryan Giggs with 141 is the other) to play 50 Champions League games.
